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Shbolf OP
Mar 28, 2026 at 08:01 AM ET
Neo will be a better player at his next stop….AND
it will be because we were his training ground. Oh…Of course it will be CMY’s fault….TIC….

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lazarus1
4mo
as I understand it, there are a number of former VT players
who were much more successful after leaving the CMY program, for whatever reason.
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GCHokie34
4mo
Can you imagine getting better as you get older and more experienced?
Crazy concept
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lazarus1
4mo
better coaching might be a better answer
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GCHokie34
4mo
And so when Tyler Nickel and Jaden Schutt got better at VT?
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40ozDistrict
4mo
If Neo performed as hyped he would have left anyway.
Gobbler Guru Gobbler Guru
4mo
I think he will do better if two things are true.
1. He is not asked to be a primary scoring option for his new team. 2. He accepts that his handle and vision are great for a SF, not so great for a PG. Neo was miscast in his role this year, and it seems that was primarily by his own request. He will thrive and be a matchup nightmare if he's more of a facilitator in a point forward role. If he goes somewhere else hoping to be The Man, he will struggle again. He simply does not have the quickness or ballhandling ability to play the 1, possibly the 2 as well. But at the 3 or 4, he could be deadly.
YBYSAIAHokie YBYSAIAHokie
4mo
Did Neo leave on bad terms with the VT coaching staff?
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Vippie1
4mo
Neo will be much better at next stop
and will be much better then he possibly would have been with another year at VT. Neo will benefit more from a different tone of coaching (i.e. tougher love, more accountability) and a stronger cast that will allow him to play more to his strengths and not to be a gameplan focus of the opposition.
VermontDDS VermontDDS
4mo
He will be better cause he'll have a full offseason to prepare for college
he will probably be more selective on which program he chooses also
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bjw810
4mo
how could you possibly speak to the coaching that he was getting at VT.
you do not know what goes on behind closed doors or the conversations that are being had.
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Vippie1
4mo
So why is he in the portal?
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GCHokie34
4mo
Because it is a useful tool in negotiating with teams who might draft him..
NBA teams know exactly how much each school has in the coffers to offer a player. It benefits Neo a lot more to say "hey, I have an offer from a college to go there, so if you want me, it'll need to be a guaranteed contract" Being at Virginia Tech would mean only VT competing with NBA money. Being in the portal means he could float literally any team or just be vague and some team at the end of round 1 or early round 2 (or some team who wants to buy into that range) will have to make a decision on giving him a guarantee to entice him out of college. But dont take my word for it, Im just an "expert" with quotation marks
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2hhoop3
4mo
The first and most obvious reason......
is money. The second is likely a needed change of scenery. There are likely other reasons as well.
YBYSAIAHokie YBYSAIAHokie
4mo
Maybe he's psychic or has a Ouija Board.
TomTurkey TomTurkey
4mo
Or what transpired on the practice court
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VT ChemE 1986
4mo
This!