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I thought the article portrayed we are pulling out of the nose dive.
It gave enough to know that everyone from WB to Fu to Ballein to various bean counters had a hand in why the program slide so bad. But it also gave enough to show the ship is being righted and the future of the program is looking brighter. More funding, better facilities, improved staff support, coaches getting recruiting on a bit of an upswing, etc.
It left me with the impression the mistakes of the past are being addressed and there's better hope for the future. In the age of needing to put a best foot forward so we can somehow have a seat at a big boy table in the conference realignment game of musical chairs, the article left me with a "so your telling me there's a chance!" impression for the future.
I get the posters that are unhappy with it. It aired VT dirty laundry and does have a bad look for what happened behind closed doors. It's embarrassing. And E(SEC)PN has earned the reputation for tearing others down to make it's darlings look better.
Sometimes the only thing that gets the dirty laundry thrown out is to shine a light on it, though. Overall, I didn't think it was a hit piece and was glad to see it.
Thread Replies (20)
Article on ESPN by Andrea Edelson
-- janine
Aug 21, 2023 at 12:30 PM ET
janine
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08/21/23 12:30 PM ET
Winning solves everything **
-- HokiesACC2004
Aug 22, 2023 at 05:07 AM ET
HokiesACC2004
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08/22/23 05:07 AM ET
Spot on! Some don’t want to admit but just _______ win!**
-- VPI47
Aug 23, 2023 at 10:39 AM ET
VPI47
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08/23/23 10:39 AM ET
Posted it Saturday. No one seemed to want to comment on it then.**
-- MikeVT85
Aug 21, 2023 at 11:53 PM ET
MikeVT85
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08/21/23 11:53 PM ET
Seems awful timely to me. ACC looking for more money and here is an
-- 97Hokie
Aug 21, 2023 at 09:30 PM ET
97Hokie
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08/21/23 09:30 PM ET
Everyone did already…I thought that was Friday?**
-- hokiepro
Aug 21, 2023 at 07:37 PM ET
hokiepro
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08/21/23 07:37 PM ET
Some people have lives they don't live on the board like yourself **
-- jecvtmgr
Aug 21, 2023 at 07:49 PM ET
jecvtmgr
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08/21/23 07:49 PM ET
Best way that can be shut up
-- GCHokieof91
Aug 21, 2023 at 02:15 PM ET
GCHokieof91
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08/21/23 02:15 PM ET
Exactly. Something we haven't done in more than a decade. The biggest
-- JLuge76
Aug 21, 2023 at 03:58 PM ET
JLuge76
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08/21/23 03:58 PM ET
What else would we get from ESPN but a hit job article. We are not SEC.**
-- jonnyhawk
Aug 21, 2023 at 01:50 PM ET
jonnyhawk
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08/21/23 01:50 PM ET
Your lack of logic baffles me
-- Vienna_Hokie
Aug 21, 2023 at 07:37 PM ET
Vienna_Hokie
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08/21/23 07:37 PM ET
Thank you for your time Commissioner Sankey ! **
-- uber hokie
Aug 22, 2023 at 04:31 PM ET
uber hokie
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08/22/23 04:31 PM ET
No disrespect Hawk but there was a lot of truth to that piece like it or
-- SCHokie1103
Aug 21, 2023 at 06:53 PM ET
SCHokie1103
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08/21/23 06:53 PM ET
I think it was not a hit job. From observations over the years ....
-- VToncologyNurse
Aug 21, 2023 at 04:30 PM ET
VToncologyNurse
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08/21/23 04:30 PM ET
I thought the article portrayed we are pulling out of the nose dive.
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-- HokieinATL07
Aug 22, 2023 at 10:03 AM ET
HokieinATL07
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08/22/23 10:03 AM ET
And she attended Florida, so no surprise.
-- techer1983
Aug 21, 2023 at 03:01 PM ET
techer1983
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08/21/23 03:01 PM ET
Huge thread started by Bitter on sub board *hint, hint***
-- TomTurkey
Aug 21, 2023 at 01:39 PM ET
TomTurkey
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08/21/23 01:39 PM ET
It wouldn’t be august for Hokies’ sports otherwise
-- Hokie1992
Aug 22, 2023 at 01:50 AM ET
Hokie1992
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08/22/23 01:50 AM ET
Plenty of comments below**
-- WildTurkE
Aug 21, 2023 at 12:43 PM ET
WildTurkE
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08/21/23 12:43 PM ET