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They won 18 games with a depleted roster playing a Top 30 schedule...

That's the 91st percentile in the whole nation in strength of schedule. On what planet is that grounds for "knowing you won't be very good"? You play who gives you the best chance of winning. Jaydon Young is at the end of his freshman season and he committed a very dumb error at the end of the half that cost VT a bucket. And your solution for being better is to play him more? If Rodney Rice had left in the Spring then VT would have been able to replace him while offering someone in the portal starter/rotational minutes. If Long didn't get hurt for the final 13 games of the year, then VT would have been 9 deep, just like what you're asking. And that's without Young or Rechsteiner
Posted: 03/13/2024 at 03:24 PM ET
(In response to this post by BuffaloTraceHokie)

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I think we lost because we don’t have the bench ..
VPI63 • 03/13/24 02:32 PM ET
We couldn't even inbound the ball after getting a gift turnover under our
Jethro Tull • 03/13/24 03:11 PM ET
yes but mostly no imo
Vippie1 • 03/13/24 03:05 PM ET
or an athletic starting 5 with size and quickness**
NativeBurger • 03/13/24 02:53 PM ET
Yep. And if you had told me at the beginning of the season that Rech
Femoyer Hokie • 03/13/24 02:35 PM ET
Even if we had a bench, I'm not convinced
BuffaloTraceHokie • 03/13/24 02:34 PM ET
Young should have played a lot more imo....
HokiePail • 03/13/24 02:50 PM ET
I think most coaches are around a 7/8 man rotation. We just do not have..
Jackie VT • 03/13/24 02:40 PM ET
Jaydon Young?**
OakHillHokie • 03/13/24 02:40 PM ET
Young should have played a lot more this year...
HokiePail • 03/13/24 02:52 PM ET
That's simply not true...
GCHokie34 • 03/13/24 02:38 PM ET
I can only speak to what I've seen regarding his tenure at VT.
BuffaloTraceHokie • 03/13/24 02:44 PM ET
You’ve seen that this season due to necessity, not choice.
JSCVPI20 • 03/13/24 02:54 PM ET
And again, I think CMY is stubborn about a few things...
BuffaloTraceHokie • 03/13/24 03:00 PM ET
His last losing season was 8 years ago...
GCHokie34 • 03/13/24 03:15 PM ET
Would also like a couple of few big dance wins**
lazarus1 • 03/13/24 04:54 PM ET
I'm not sure we disagree on this point...
BuffaloTraceHokie • 03/13/24 03:24 PM ET
Be specific...
GCHokie34 • 03/13/24 03:27 PM ET
Your last sentence would be an amazing solution!!
BuffaloTraceHokie • 03/13/24 03:51 PM ET
Why not use more than 13 scholarships?
GCHokie34 • 03/13/24 03:56 PM ET
I think we agree to a certain extent...
BuffaloTraceHokie • 03/13/24 04:22 PM ET
In his first year at VT...
GCHokie34 • 03/13/24 02:53 PM ET
Way too many facts in this post - slow down **
AnotherTechW • 03/13/24 03:04 PM ET
I'm not sure what your point is here... other than to argue.
BuffaloTraceHokie • 03/13/24 02:58 PM ET
if your argument is play Camden and 2 frosh more you're not gonna win many
ME Hokie 07 • 03/13/24 03:34 PM ET
Again...
BuffaloTraceHokie • 03/13/24 03:52 PM ET
Stubborn has nothing to do with it.
NC Hoke • 03/13/24 03:32 PM ET
What was factually incorrect?**
BuffaloTraceHokie • 03/13/24 03:47 PM ET
Your OP
NC Hoke • 03/13/24 04:04 PM ET
They won 18 games with a depleted roster playing a Top 30 schedule... ◄
GCHokie34 • 03/13/24 03:24 PM ET
So many things to respond to here, and we could
BuffaloTraceHokie • 03/13/24 03:47 PM ET
As a coach, there is a huge difference between mistakes...
GCHokie34 • 03/13/24 03:53 PM ET
I agree here...
BuffaloTraceHokie • 03/13/24 04:24 PM ET
No player is going to be mistake free...
GCHokie34 • 03/13/24 04:31 PM ET
How is 18 wins not very good against a very tough schedule?
HokieAl • 03/13/24 03:11 PM ET
I'm not entirely sure what you are responding to... **
BuffaloTraceHokie • 03/13/24 03:22 PM ET