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hokies05

John Ballein nepotism

John Ballein has most of his family working in the Athletic Department. It will be hard to get rid of him.
Posted: 09/28/2023 at 01:39 PM ET

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hokies05 • 09/28/23 01:39 PM ET
Good. **
VT One • 09/28/23 10:15 PM ET
Serious question: is the Ballein hate solely from the ESPN article?**
NOFX • 09/28/23 06:44 PM ET
No. The ESPN article just added more fuel to the fire.**
RJHokie • 09/28/23 07:32 PM ET
That’s the entire problem
RiverVT • 09/28/23 06:19 PM ET
The nepotism part? Hell, that's university wide, for all of academia.
UEMcGill • 09/28/23 09:13 PM ET
...you wanna git rid of... dis❓❗️❓**
bourbonstreet • 09/28/23 06:18 PM ET
Yup plenty of attractive chicks in the world…**
Brewing_Hokie • 09/28/23 08:53 PM ET
Looks like a young Katie Holmes**
Warped Hokie 76 • 09/28/23 09:16 PM ET
And yet still more attractive 😜😂**
Brewing_Hokie • 09/28/23 10:23 PM ET
yep another Matthews
Mercury • 09/28/23 04:26 PM ET
I sat in his office years ago for a meeting.
GSOHokie01 • 09/28/23 04:13 PM ET
First impressions are usually correct.**
saret • 09/28/23 08:38 PM ET
Need some outside experience **
OrangeHokieFan • 09/28/23 04:01 PM ET
Captured bureaucracy **
tallahasseehokie • 09/28/23 03:52 PM ET
Athletics in colleges are not funded by the State, auxiliary operations
Mercury • 09/28/23 04:31 PM ET
"Our state is not managed like the crazies in Florida". I agree**
Windows NT • 09/28/23 05:15 PM ET
Ur state is run by NOVA swamp
tallahasseehokie • 09/28/23 04:42 PM ET
I am with Florida on this one hahaha
jdkhokie • 09/29/23 11:47 AM ET
Go away.
Culpeper Hokie • 09/28/23 08:48 PM ET
Im much prouder of the Commonwealth than crazies in Fla
Mercury • 09/28/23 07:44 PM ET
huh?**
Windows NT • 09/28/23 05:13 PM ET
Vt is a state institution. You are going to have bureaucracy no matter
fordham • 09/28/23 04:20 PM ET
guess ur not familiar with the term agency capture **
tallahasseehokie • 09/28/23 04:37 PM ET
you're clueless on how the government operates**
Windows NT • 09/28/23 05:17 PM ET
Really crappy culture - no wonder we have drama
WildTurkE • 09/28/23 03:02 PM ET
It will be hard to land an AD if the performance measure is fball wins
fordham • 09/28/23 04:25 PM ET
VT needs coordinators that don’t need training wheels. They look like
24148hokie • 09/28/23 04:41 PM ET
that's why Pry takes notes during the games. learn on the job**
Windows NT • 09/28/23 05:19 PM ET
especially because he just got promoted
JerseyHokie84 • 09/28/23 02:56 PM ET
Amen.
Atlee Hokie • 09/28/23 07:39 PM ET
I would be worried with 7 jobs in a shorter time frame.
fordham • 09/28/23 04:27 PM ET
She still brings a lot more from 11 years ago than ...
Atlee Hokie • 09/28/23 07:42 PM ET
with weak leadership, you are right. in the cutthroat corporate world, can
stat_hokie • 09/28/23 01:53 PM ET
Or just adios, we are moving in another direction!**
MDHokie79 • 09/28/23 03:22 PM ET