I remember when we used to say that CMY's offense is the point guard...
but we really are hurting without a good point guard right now and it shows why this season is going to be a tough one. Wabissa Bede became a good distributor of the ball under CMY. He could not shoot at all but he did not have to. Storm Murphy was polished under CMY at Wofford and Sean Pedulla got better at Tech too. Hunter Catoor got much better under CMY.
I remember when a guy named Aaron Rodgers tore us up at the Insight Bowl and everyone was screaming about linebacker play and how Bud Foster forgot how to coach. Coaching was not the problem and things were solved once he recruited players like Xavier Adibi, Vince Hall, Jack Tyler, et al.
CMY has not lost it but the talent is not good enough right now to be successful. Our best guards are playing for Vanderbilt and Ole Miss this season making the entire season a loss due to the crash at the guard position. The fact that we could not get Jordan Schutt more than 2 shots and zero points last night or Ben Burnham a good shot in the second half speaks to how the PG is not even apparent in this team. It is killing us.
CMY must find a PG next year and hope that Brandon Rechsteiner makes it as a wing. This will be tough to watch the rest of the way and until WB installs more budget to pay ACC-level players for next season, it may be a tough watch for some time to come.
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1y
If they sucked then we need some more guards that suck just like them.
We’ve got some phd candidates in Point Guard studies here.
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eokhokie
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1y
The lack of depth a guard has been an issue for a while... You can say it's not always his fault but this has been an issue for 3 year
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1y
with 2 years to go. One sg played 5 years at VT, another guard left for Vandy and 2 guards were just bad evaluations by the staff. The 2 bad evaluations still playing are on CMY. He's recruited guards and has lost too many battles for HS recruits to be sure.
Hammond is obviously one of the great evaluations at PG he recently made.
It's a new day in recruiting and whether CMY or VT basketball in general wants to jump in is yet to be seen.
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1y
I am really tired of the poster here who conveniently forget how we got to this point.
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1y
message board are fine, that's what they're designed for. Uninformed or just don't care about causes do get old after time. But, again, that's what message boards do and in my case, I'm trying to just shake my head and have a "sigh". Tough for an opinionated sob to do but I'm trying to hold my fingers off the keyboard and count to 100!!
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1y
didn’t know where Cal was located? There is uninformed, and then there is just plain stupid!
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1y
that’s ignorant. Ignorance is defined as lack of knowledge. All of us or ignorant of certain facts and information some like myself more than others.Stupid however is well … I think Forrest Gumps Moma said it best.
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KCHokie2
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In the winner's circle.
** Edited by KCHokie2 at 1/9/2025, 6:27:30 PM
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HokieRat
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I'm tired of posters chalking that up to something that couldn't be controlled or avoided
** Edited by HokieRat at 1/9/2025, 2:04:52 PM
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Hokie`79
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1y
Give me a break.
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1y
All federal and state enforcement agencies to ask if any of your recruits are being investigated for anything and if so what those charges are and the evidence involved.
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No law-enforcement agency would ever disclose info on pending investigation
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