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GoldCoast

I'm w/ you, but my point is the MBB funding issues are due more to our..

..Admin who is in over their head and/or not able to adapt to running the AD more like a business and it is more clear every day. The latest is this NIL hoops fiasco, but they live off these excuses of "not P2", "Blacksburg" or "remember VT was not good 15 years ago", i..e, the "poor ole' VT mindset". If not for our "activist Alums" we would not even have Franklin who is pushing for required changes and hopefully it works in the most important sport (based on $$'s). We need new leadership in the worst way to see what VT can really do, especially in MBB.
Posted: 04/02/2026 at 08:02 AM ET
(In response to this post by VTCALS72)

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CMY and Tony Bennett are similar in that they both run systems that require
MarionHokie82 • 04/01/26 04:41 PM ET
Mike Young would be one of the greatest high school basketball coaches ever
Zanderhokie • 04/02/26 03:00 PM ET
Exactly. I’ve said this before as well and after this past season I’m
SCHokie1103 • 04/02/26 08:31 AM ET
Maybe there is an under the table understanding about the year after
HokieNL • 04/02/26 06:58 PM ET
Somehow Matt Painter is making it work**
WildTurkE • 04/01/26 06:13 PM ET
Sure, it can work, in that situation.
Gobbler Guru • 04/02/26 10:32 AM ET
You hit it right on the head!**
MarionHokie82 • 04/02/26 09:48 PM ET
Painter keeps a lot of kids 4 years. It can be done **
millmtnhokie • 04/01/26 07:17 PM ET
Staggering amounts of NIL cash, plus great coaching chops, at both
ancient alien 2018 • 04/01/26 10:20 PM ET
If they have to be like #4 or #45 this year then I don't want them.
LonghornHokie • 04/01/26 09:26 PM ET
Big 10 money helps**
Moseley Hokie • 04/01/26 07:36 PM ET
It's a chicken-egg thing. Painter is an established coach who wins.
reestuart • 04/02/26 08:41 AM ET
VT has more now with the increase. They are simply better run.
GoldCoast • 04/01/26 10:18 PM ET
Maybe so but is that because of the $$$ that allow not only the purchase
VTCALS72 • 04/02/26 07:41 AM ET
I'm w/ you, but my point is the MBB funding issues are due more to our.. ◄
GoldCoast • 04/02/26 08:02 AM ET
Fully agree with new real leadership at the place real change in direction
VTCALS72 • 04/02/26 08:11 AM ET
^^^THIS^^^**
hok1eboy • 04/01/26 10:10 PM ET
CMY was not making much money until he joined VT a few years ago, he was
icelus • 04/01/26 05:08 PM ET
His wife was a partner at PWC. She was making the big $$$**
UpperQuad • 04/01/26 11:12 PM ET
It might be questionable......
2hhoop3 • 04/02/26 03:19 PM ET
Good point. Real life stuff matters at the personal level. I'd work a ****
40ozDistrict • 04/01/26 10:12 PM ET
But do we really want to pay a guy who’s mainly in it for the money?
Zanderhokie • 04/02/26 03:05 PM ET
I mean, this would be extremely not smart for MY to abide by and it…
GoldCoast • 04/01/26 05:02 PM ET
MY could probably be successful in this era of college athletics at the DII
VTHokie2000 • 04/01/26 04:49 PM ET
Your exactly right. Definitely more stable rosters there.**
MarionHokie82 • 04/01/26 05:02 PM ET
Is that true? Everyone is poaching from everyone. We are looking at
hokiehill1117 • 04/02/26 11:45 AM ET
I get the prestige of being a DI coach. However, sometimes the juice is
VTHokie2000 • 04/01/26 07:13 PM ET
Money money money.....Money**
40ozDistrict • 04/01/26 10:13 PM ET
It would bring a tear to Gordon Gecko's eye.**
VTHokie2000 • 04/02/26 12:02 AM ET
"Greed, is good! Greed works!"**
HokieNL • 04/02/26 12:26 AM ET