An efficient, well-run Hokie Club could/should make a HUGE difference in today's environment where effective fundraising is critical. We need the leader of the Hokie Club to be an experienced fundraiser. It's really not that complicated, but we have failed to do that FOR YEARS! From Chris' outstanding article today: "(Whit) originally brought in Bill Lansden as the head of the Hokie Club to completely revamp Virginia Tech’s donation model and bring it up to modern standards. It was the correct decision and badly needed to be done. "However, as the new guy, Lansden became the bad cop. When donors pushed back against the new structure, Lansden fell on the sword rather than Babcock. I don’t know if it was planned this way, but he was sacrificed to get Tech into a better position financially. "All of that was good decision-making, but it was quickly undone by a series of bad decisions. Lansden stepped down in October of 2019; to this day, he’s never been truly replaced. Babcock appointed Brad Wurthman, who had no fundraising experience, to do the job while also overseeing numerous other areas of the athletic department. "For reasons unknown, Babcock then decided to move on from Wurthman in 2025, but he simply gave the job to another Tech employee who also had no experience in fundraising: Danny White. "The Hokie Club has remained understaffed and not properly led for a long, long time. In the modern era of college athletics, fundraising is extremely important, but Babcock failed to address it. "Multiple sources have indicated to Tech Sideline that Virginia Tech wanted to bring the Hokie Club under university advancement to streamline everything, but Babcock always rejected such a move until very recently, when he ran out of leverage. We don’t know why. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that it’s still operating in the 20th century, but I’d say it’s a good 10-15 years behind the times."