Here's the final installment of our "Top Ten" series recapping the
last decade in Virginia Tech athletics. The final topic is the top ten people
involved in Virginia Tech athletics from 2000-2009, and it's an impressive list.
We'll count down the movers and shakers, out front and behind the scenes, and
we'll talk about people who captured our imagination over the last ten years,
both good ... and bad.
How does someone qualify as a "top ten person"? That's a tricky
concept. A list such as Time Magazine's Annual 100
Most Influential People (don't click it yet -- come back to it later) is
pretty clear cut. It's the 100 most ... well ... influential people. The
only twist is that Time divides the people up into categories: leaders, heroes,
artists, etc.