How have Tulane, JMU, Duke etc excelled with lesser recruits compared to VT
I just don't get it.
Is it purely coaching?
Other teams with worse recruiting classss and less money even before this recent uptick have competent football plays, or at a minimum, some semblance of an offensive and defensive identity, and VT can't even get close to scratching the surface for several years.
I just don't get how we can't even have a passable offense (no pun intended) yet other programs can, with lesser investment and recruiting.
I'm super hopeful for some sort of coaching competency with Franklin.
(And maybe my statistics are wrong or I don't understand something. Just wild VT has sucked for SO LONG. You'd think one year we might get lucky in spite of ourselves)
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7mo
Some combination of QB play, better university and alumni support relative to peers, schedule and deep reliance on transfer portal suggesting far more money and probably some coaching.
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7mo
setting expectations. Instilling discipline. Motivating each player. In a word "leadership". At least that's what I learned and experienced in the US Army. Saw it and the lack of it throughout my work career afterwards.
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7mo
Or development
Or both
** Edited by CPVT3 at 12/6/2025, 10:45:09 PM
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7mo
and finding diamonds in the rough? That’s a big part of it.
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