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You can't lose what you never had

Yeah we lost recruits to Kentucky, but given Coach Brooks' history of playing a short roster and adding via the transfer portal every year, he also lost a lot of recruits who transferred out. I think Carys Baker could be a future All-American. I think Lexi Blue could be a future All-American. If Kenny Brooks was still here, what is the likelihood that he would be able to develop both those players given his history of playing a short rotation and reliance on the transfer portal. While the mix of current talent and future talent would have been incredible, I'm quite sure that a significant portion of that talent would have hit the portal anyway. Suffren hit the portal before Coach Brooks took the Kentucky job but apparently she is staying for Coach Duffy. Coach Brooks is gone and while we may lament what could've been, the cupboard isn't bare for the new coach. The cupboard looked pretty bare at Kentucky. ** Edited by delmarva hokie at 4/17/2024, 2:10:14 PM
Posted: 04/17/2024 at 02:06 PM ET
(In response to this post by carhokies)

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Hope some portal/transfer news comes soon
j9hokie 04/17/24 09:49 AM ET
For us guys....
Old Line Hokie 04/17/24 03:06 PM ET
Raterman didn’t get the HC job at MU
TabbHokie 04/17/24 01:41 PM ET
The biggest VT news is that we're only losing two players...
delmarva hokie 04/17/24 10:49 AM ET
Also lost the top recruits and top asst coaches. Kentucky is VT #2.**
carhokies 04/17/24 01:09 PM ET
You can't lose what you never had
delmarva hokie 04/17/24 02:06 PM ET
Yes. I know. Our players not a "lock" till May 1, though I feel positive
j9hokie 04/17/24 11:56 AM ET
I'm interested too...
delmarva hokie 04/17/24 12:21 PM ET
I would add the lost recruits to the list.**
hokietony 04/17/24 11:36 AM ET
You can't lose what you never had
delmarva hokie 04/17/24 12:06 PM ET
I think there should be a rule that if a coach leaves for another job...
EDGEMAN 04/17/24 12:13 PM ET
The "winning" school should lose that many, and, maybe, reimburse school 1
TomTurkey 04/17/24 03:11 PM ET
I like that idea even better!**
EDGEMAN 04/17/24 04:15 PM ET
Let's make this equity thing work by jeevers**
TomTurkey 04/17/24 04:23 PM ET
Conspiracy theory: School don't actually want more OVs in that scenario
The_Phew 04/17/24 01:35 PM ET
I would guess much less than that we don’t fly a lot of kids in from Cal.**
DGHOKIE 04/17/24 07:33 PM ET
At least have that option.**
EDGEMAN 04/17/24 02:22 PM ET
Yup,Buzz pretty much used our visits to recruit for A&M.Then MY didn't have
HokieBrazil 04/17/24 12:39 PM ET
I was thinking of that when all but one of Kenny's recruits followed him...
EDGEMAN 04/17/24 12:41 PM ET
That's fair, but this largely out of anyone's control right now. **
delmarva hokie 04/17/24 12:37 PM ET
Exactly. That would give the incoming coach a tool to attract players**
EDGEMAN 04/17/24 12:40 PM ET
yep, commits are starting to bubble up Wishing CMD luck**
j9hokie 04/17/24 11:57 AM ET
Most def**
ombandit 04/17/24 11:55 AM ET
+1 for using “complement ” correctly. You must not be an engineer **
DGHOKIE 04/17/24 11:34 AM ET
Thank you, I'm not smart enough to be an engineer.
delmarva hokie 04/17/24 12:08 PM ET
for all intensive purposes, you would be correct.**
squarerootofone 04/17/24 11:51 AM ET
It’s a tough road to hoe**
DGHOKIE 04/17/24 01:14 PM ET
Get a Note of Republic to put their stamp on it**
GCHokieof91 04/17/24 02:31 PM ET
My mother-in-law (deceased) used to tell people that she had a “high anal
DGHOKIE 04/17/24 04:40 PM ET
My neighbor used to say, whenever
GCHokieof91 04/17/24 07:25 PM ET
I think our coaches have some good options
LkRidgeHokie 04/17/24 10:12 AM ET
Hopefully incoming, not outgoing.**
HokieJack 04/17/24 09:59 AM ET
Yeah. Portal closes 2 weeks from today. That will be good.**
j9hokie 04/17/24 10:01 AM ET