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Ruffian99 Ruffian99 OP
Apr 03, 2024 at 04:26 PM ET
Wait until Whit gets lured to a SEC school, all those haters from last week
Will be crying in their beers again.

17 Replies

va.tech va.tech
Boy! We could use some good news. I drank my beer.
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83hokieee
Eh, we haven't had an AD everyone liked since Dave Baine.
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st_andrew
He wouldn’t have to hire a mover with all the help he’d get.
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ombandit
Whit? I’ll be celebrating if that happens! 🤣😂
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VT757to276
I'd imagine that he's had inquiry...I do think he has some intangible ties
to Virginia....of course, KB did too.
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133966Hokie
A few overtures have already been extended to Whit over the years.
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mghokie
Yes, he has had more than one chance to leave.
tallahasseehokie tallahasseehokie
he has a way of keeping his negotiations tight and leak free (on his side)
Must admit, I had my doubts after the Fuente failure, but his other hires have more than met my expectations.
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HokiesACC2004
Nobody complained about Fuente when he was hired
Poop happens. Done pretty well on his other hires.
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Hokie`79
Whit has made good hires. At the time of the hire, even Fuente was viewed
as a good hire. No one knew he wasn’t suited for what he stepped into. ** Edited by Hokie`79 at 4/3/2024, 5:00:49 PM
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HokiesACC2004
Pretty much.
tallahasseehokie tallahasseehokie
For sure, he was lauded as the next up and comer
turns out that he ran into the portal and the job got bigger than his skill set...it happens in all jobs- all industries, change limits everyone eventually.
hokiepro hokiepro
Covid didn’t help either
He was a status quo coach…he didn’t adapt to the portal & Covid situations We also learned Hokie Nation as a whole doesn’t like an introvert
TomTurkey TomTurkey
Fuente was a post-hire cluster. Almost a perfect storm of events.
MP4VT2004 MP4VT2004
Yeah, the initial hire was fine. Extending his contract was bad, IMO.
VTHokie2000 VTHokie2000
The timing of when he did the extension was definitely bad IMO.
Then again, I prefer to see an AD give a coach 2-3 years first before having any discussions about contract extensions. If the coach leaves for another school, then so be it and move on to the next coach.
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Hardcore_Hokie
Replacing a HoF legend rarely works out.