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VT Rocker OP
Mar 13, 2025 at 03:43 PM ET
And we didn't want Pedulla anymore???....ooooof

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VAHokie89
History
He is history here. And looking at the thread, i hold out the possibility that: He forced top many drives/shots and got himself in trouble He didn't feel forced or wasn't forced to carry the team. Cattoor and others would likely beg to disagree and ask for the ball in certain games.. of course none if us are in his head to know he felt. Filling the image of young’s type of pg at the time: murphy, pedulla, rechsteiner… it did appear he (a) could play obviously at the p4 level and (b) struggled with forced play at the p4 level He is doing well and deserves praise for his growth from where he was then to now We could have used his veteran leadership and scoring now. There are lots of points in the thread and posts last year that are not mutually exclusive and can be true at the same time
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gobblecreek
Played for himself last year, at least the second half of season..
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RiverVT
His turnovers are way down and different style of basketball play.
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VT One
He doesn’t play 38 minutes a game and he doesn’t have to carry an
unrealistic scoring load at Ole Miss- including attacking the basket.
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ancient alien 2018
Good grief!!
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LonghornHokie
Would've been the best player on this year's team by a wide margin.
Extremely wide.
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DCL
It instead we get a pg who had 72 turnovers for years and shot 36%
Chris Coleman Chris Coleman
As far as TOs per 40 minutes...
Both Rechsteiner and Hammond had lower numbers this year than Pedulla had last year. If you read my article yesterday, you'll see that there was a turning point for VT's point guards and their turnover numbers, and I've got a theory as to why.
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saret
So, Okay, Chris. What's your theory.
Chris Coleman Chris Coleman
Here's a link to the article...
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saret
Thanks for responding. I obviously remember the article.
One of the things about BB teams is the meshing/coordinating of skills, and how players skills/weaknesses affect each other's performance. Imho, one of the strengths CMY is to make a team better than the sum of its parts. This year was a classic example.
hoosnowahokie hoosnowahokie
Which is another reason he left. If they all get together and say
hey, good season, I'm going to *XYZ school* and know they aren't getting much in return, I'd go somewhere with a much better chance to play in the dance too with 1 year of eligibility.
BG Hokie BG Hokie
Of course Mike Young wanted him. We didn't have the loot and VT fans were
complete arseholes to him, including a wish of death. Yeah, I think I'd leave an under funded program in which all of my friends/teammates are also leaving, get more money, and play closer to home too.
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soflahokie
Everyone wanted Pedulla, he was our best player
vthokieq vthokieq
Considering he got death threats, I wouldn't say everyone.
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jrc3rd
The threat could have come from a Cheetos eating online gambler from Russia
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soflahokie
We have a small amount of idiotic fans
That scream the loudest
VolTron VolTron
& true everywhere. Plus bigger the school, bigger the pool of those idiots
It was mentioned on the B10 broadcast that one of the Purdue players was getting death threats during a shooting slump early this year. That's friggin Purdue, I can't imagine what SEC and Ole Miss fans are like
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Pride_and_Joy
Apparently, any criticism of a player is interpreted by some as
“We didn’t want him.”
vthokieq vthokieq
The abuse our PGs take is BEYOND simple criticism.
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Scream_On_D
^ This
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ombandit
Blatantly false
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D-Day
I think it was more. We didn’t have the right level of money to offer him.
Thanks WB.
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jrc3rd
Or he wanted to go to the NCAA tournament. I would say both.
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VT Rocker OP
Meaning most of the fanbase was sick of him last year for
his ball hawking time
BG Hokie BG Hokie
They were stupid. Does this go that far back, we should look up the Pedulla
haters and remind them how stupid they were. Great point!