To national media perspective.. they see only about 20 programs that sustain the national brand. So if a player goes to school x of course they HAVE to be good. and of course these players would chose to play there. and the corollary for other schools that are reaching into the area, is player y picks a school not a brand, it has to be something wrong, and from their perspective, those players obvioulsy arent that good and the blue bloods eased off. VT over the last 15-20 years, has not been a national brand, and basically been flatline, when they get a bump they seem to crash to an ODU (not allowed). DOes not help rep. For VT now, they hired a nationatl branded, credentialled coach and staff and committed natoinally to drastic investment,. Coach Franklin, is proven recruiter and he's doing it at VT like PSU and Vandy and we are seeing action. Now. No pontification. Just now win, and boom. Compare this to Bellichek and the UNC mess