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UTPr0sim UTPr0sim OP
Sep 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM ET
Somewhere in this Pic you might find the BB team...

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ShockWaveVT ShockWaveVT
10mo
27 coaches and staff, 13 players
impressive level of investment
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BleedinOandM
10mo
Someone tell Bruce Garnes to stop slouching.
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Lancelot Link
10mo
All those bodies to support 13 players? Wow
Zanderhokie Zanderhokie
10mo
Interesting that Snook Peterkin isn’t in that photo, but is on the roster
At least he’s currently listed as #15 on the Hokiesports roster, link below.
HtownHokie HtownHokie
10mo
now that's a lean team photo (@ the link). some front row have huge hands,
and all front row have big aircraft carriers. Avdalas has some sizable guns, larger than i expected for a wing/guard.
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vtsam
10mo
Who's the tall guy in the last row?**
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BleedinOandM
10mo
EL Smiling...ex VT football player who is now the bball team chaplain.
astrohokie astrohokie
10mo
Ace? Or is that Ace sitting at L w/gray beard
OakHillHokie OakHillHokie
10mo
I can’t find Dorn!
Just kidding.
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stevie50
10mo
It's gotta be about time to replace those JV wrestling uniforms!
NC Hoke NC Hoke
10mo
I agree. Go back to the “Virginia Tech” jerseys.
Please…
HtownHokie HtownHokie
10mo
i agree 10,000%. as much as i love the VT emblem, on a uniform they look
dorky and out of proportion to jersey sizes S thru 3XL. VIRGINIA TECH or HOKIES , please
IB4TECH IB4TECH
10mo
They look good to me.
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millmtnhokie
10mo
They’re awful
hokiepro hokiepro
10mo
Nah they’re sharp
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39hokies
10mo
But the players getting paid is the problem.
This is one of the worst team photos I have ever seen. Embarrassing for the players, and patronizing to the staff. The participation trophy kids are all grown up.
WestEndHokie39 WestEndHokie39
10mo
Many of the nonplayers probably work across several sports
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39hokies
10mo
Exactly, that's why they shouldn't be in the picture.
UTPr0sim UTPr0sim OP
10mo
You might have to translate for me. Yeah so many support for 13 players. I
get that. But what else?
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39hokies
10mo
A 13 player basketball team picture should not include 26 staff members.
This would be akin to a college football team picture having over 200 staff. And you can look at college football team photos and see they usually have around 50-75 staff members. Alabama's 2020 natl champ team photo includes 65 staff members for 115 players. This VT team picture is ridiculous.
ShockWaveVT ShockWaveVT
10mo
you clearly don't understand modern CBB
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GCHokie34
10mo
Some of the staff included serve multiple sports...
I dont know for certain, but some are also likely student managers Extrapolating this to football is a false equivalency...it would be like seeing a picture of a tutor with one student and saying "this would be like if a college course had 300 professors" No...of course it wouldn't be like that, it just doesn't scale up that way
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39hokies
10mo
The 23-24 Lakers and their 24 staff members, None of them are in front of
a player, except Pelinka. Support people go behind the team, never in front.
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GCHokie34
10mo
This is the dumbest thing to have concerns about
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Glen Allen Hokie
10mo
For 39hokies...
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39hokies
10mo
What's dumb is thinking 26 support staff need to be in a team photo.
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39hokies
10mo
If you like the photo that's fine, I just happen to think it's ridiculous,
and I think most agree when they think of a basketball team, they think of the players and 3 - 5 coaches and a couple managers, and a trainer. I know bureaucracy at any entity that receives a dime of taxpayer money has explode to absurd amounts, and this photo is a perfect example of how we have grown the bureaucracy around colleges and college sports so much, that the actual players seem like a complete afterthought. Even NBA teams that are worth billions don't have 26 staff members in the team photos.
ShockWaveVT ShockWaveVT
10mo
it sends a message that if you play ball at VT you'll have support
that's the goal of this photo