Roster management: if we can keep Hammond, Hansberry, and Johnson I’m happy
as a starting point. Those three are good, tough players. Schutt, Dorn, and Sincere Jones, probably good if we can keep them but no disaster if they leave. Freeman and Davis, no idea. At least they’ve gotten practice reps for a year in Young’s system, so there’s that.
We’ll need to be active in the portal… again.
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4mo
And it was significantly more than what he's currently getting and that's why he's portalling?
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4mo
That VT couldnt even come close to
As the market gets more data its easier to figure out what you can/should ask for each season. Its also easier for schools to figure out what number they can realistically get to in order to fill out the roster
Those 2 numbers weren't close so they let him get his worth on the market. Nothing nefarious...just a very poor program
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4mo
game, etc....you are tieing the coaches hands. The coach is suppose to coach to win. A lot of these kids only care about the money and how they can pad their stats and not vested at all in the school or team success. Many are delusional about their skills and ability to make the NBA, when in reality most will be very lucky to even have a career in Europe. What are coaches suppose to do in this era...I sure don't know and don't envy that task.
Whether you can or can't afford a kid, sometimes you have to show them the door and wish them good luck elsewhere.
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4mo
Whether people like it or not he has a market value. VT doesnt have the funds to meet the market value and still fill out their roster, so he is getting the market value elsewhere and it'll likely be more than he was asking for from VT
No one in Gurdaks camp made any demands about playing time or touches or anything, so this just seems to be ranting about something just to rant
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3mo
instance? Do you and Mike Young negotiate with the players/agents?? Anything this staff member has shared has been spot on, so I have no reason to think they would be lying or have any reason to. Unless you are involved in the negotiations, I'll just have to disagree with you on this one and move on.
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4mo
Do you think he should be a starter next year?
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4mo
He would've been a starter yes...Likely will be wherever he goes with a number of exceptions
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4mo
priority and I suspect it was. The fact that we couldn't make it work with CG is a pretty clear indication that we are not adequately funding VTMBB to compete in the ACC or be an NCAA tournament-caliber team.
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4mo
...contributor his true freshman year, then lose him to someone with a bigger checkbook.
Yeah, that blows!
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4mo
Loses weight, then runs off with Chad Thunderbird.
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4mo
Plus he's been in the system for 3 years.
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4mo
to stay. As for the others you mentioned? Who knows? I would like to see what Jones can do.
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