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Stork
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Deep breath. No one is saying get rid of who we have. All that is being

said is if some choose to leave, it won’t be the end of the world. We have Coach Duffy. Thankfully. Players can be replaced. Look at how well our 5 portals have worked out. Ekh, Rose, Lani, Olivia Summiel, Taylor Soule. Not bad results. And pretty good chemistry from them. The only one that didn’t was Owusu. And evidence points to Brooks more than her. And it doesn’t appear anyone else if leaving. So it doesn’t matter anyway. Now look at what we lost last year; Kitley, Amoore, Strack, Silva, Summiel, Cayla King, And our entire coaching staff. All at the last minute, without a new coach to take the time to properly recruit and gain portal players. And I’d say, we did pretty darn good this year after that fiasco. 1 game away from NCAA. That’s why we shouldn’t sweat it. It all works out. ** Edited by Stork at 3/26/2025, 12:07:08 PM ** Edited by Stork at 3/26/2025, 12:11:33 PM
Posted: 03/26/2025 at 12:05 PM ET
(In response to this post by BackInTheBurg)

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Looks like Coach Duffy will have to build team out of portal
BAMAHOKIE • 03/25/25 10:04 PM ET
We haven't lost anyone, including White to NIL. **
HokieFan14 • 03/26/25 01:09 PM ET
Seems like the model for sustained higher performance is to
VT757to276 • 03/26/25 11:57 AM ET
"Build a team out of portal." She's returning the majority of her roster!**
David CunninghamAdmin • 03/26/25 10:39 AM ET
Down to almost half of last year's roster... 6 out of 11?**
VAHokie89 • 03/26/25 01:03 PM ET
Those numbers don’t necessarily tell the entire story with 2 graduating
BackInTheBurg • 03/26/25 01:59 PM ET
Agreed. Just acknowleding that it is barely the majority**
VAHokie89 • 03/26/25 02:14 PM ET
Hopefully the rest of last year’s team returns.**
Durham Hokie • 03/26/25 12:25 PM ET
Is that a good thing? I think he might be indicating we need to get better
vatechcowpatty • 03/26/25 11:39 AM ET
Post play is where we needed the most improvement and we have 2 post player
Hokiekid1 • 03/26/25 12:33 PM ET
Sure, but it's different to say VT needs to add pieces rather than rebuild.**
David CunninghamAdmin • 03/26/25 12:24 PM ET
Thank you! The fan hysteria over transfer news just baffles me.**
vtbball80 • 03/26/25 11:04 AM ET
I have not seen a lot of hysteria for the women's transfers**
VAHokie89 • 03/26/25 01:03 PM ET
There is some hand wringing - small roster, need to hit the portal hard...
vtbball80 • 03/26/25 02:30 PM ET
There’s definitely some that are approaching it. **
Stork • 03/26/25 02:38 PM ET
a lot of players in the portal were bench warmers,**
mrknowitall • 03/26/25 12:46 PM ET
Not sure that there is hysteria. I see excitement and the
VTBAMA • 03/26/25 12:02 PM ET
I interpreted your "have to build" as hand wringing - sorry if I got that..
vtbball80 • 03/26/25 02:26 PM ET
Yeah, again, she was taking one portal a year at Marquette...
`lag • 03/26/25 09:03 AM ET
Things are changing though with more mass exodus occuring in the world
VAHokie89 • 03/26/25 01:04 PM ET
Quite a difference between Big East and ACC in women’s hoops. And what was
Stork • 03/26/25 09:33 AM ET
Plenty of very good guards hopefully coming back. And an excellent pg
Durham Hokie • 03/26/25 08:18 AM ET
its not black and white
1947Sunbowl • 03/26/25 07:56 AM ET
Why do you say that? I’m pretty sure none of this is a surprise to Coach
BackInTheBurg • 03/25/25 10:17 PM ET
Odds are she knew this last year when she went with 11 only
VAHokie89 • 03/25/25 10:14 PM ET
Definitely. She’s got this. I expect a few big splash portal additions.**
Stork • 03/26/25 04:11 AM ET
Everyone's hoping/assuming ....
VAHokie89 • 03/26/25 10:56 AM ET
Just hope we don’t have any splash withdrawals **
DGHOKIE • 03/26/25 06:52 AM ET
We don’t have any players currently that we can’t live without.
Stork • 03/26/25 07:42 AM ET
I would prefer that we don’t lose any. Especially six of them **
DGHOKIE • 03/26/25 09:31 AM ET
Disagree. Don’t wanna live without Baker, Nelson, Wentzel, Suffern,
Durham Hokie • 03/26/25 08:23 AM ET
Wells coming along nicely too**
j9hokie • 03/26/25 02:20 PM ET
While I want to keep them, everyone is replaceable
VAHokie89 • 03/26/25 11:00 AM ET
Totally disagree with this sentiment. I kind of understand what you’re im-
BackInTheBurg • 03/26/25 11:22 AM ET
Like i said, it is also about who would replace them
VAHokie89 • 03/26/25 12:59 PM ET
How many former top 100 recruits has VT or Duffy got from the portal?
hokeyhokie • 03/26/25 11:10 AM ET
Don’t want to loose them, but none are in the category of Amoore or Strack
Stork • 03/26/25 08:26 AM ET
We didn’t lose them to the portal. Kenny took them. Portal was the Vehicle **
DGHOKIE • 03/26/25 07:15 PM ET
You want to maintain your core players, especially those that want to be
BackInTheBurg • 03/26/25 11:02 AM ET
You do.. assuming you do
VAHokie89 • 03/26/25 01:05 PM ET
Deep breath. No one is saying get rid of who we have. All that is being ◄
Stork • 03/26/25 12:05 PM ET
Did you even read my post or do you just respond in kind? Sometimes I won-
BackInTheBurg • 03/26/25 12:13 PM ET
I’ll leave you alone.
Stork • 03/26/25 12:21 PM ET
Haha. Until I post something about Kate Sears **
BackInTheBurg • 03/26/25 01:36 PM ET
And Lani White**
Durham Hokie • 03/26/25 08:24 AM ET
Same. Though would not be surprised
VAHokie89 • 03/26/25 07:08 AM ET
There’s one that wouldn’t surprise me, but I suspect would shock many. And
Stork • 03/26/25 07:44 AM ET