WaPo: VT Basketball players skipped workouts because "they didn't want to walk in the snow" leading up to Miami game

Buzz Williams left Marquette to coach at Virginia Tech, and many wonder why

His team hadn't just lost; it had been lazy and uninspired, deadly sins for a coach who sees himself as an overachiever. Two players missed a weightlifting session two days earlier, he had been told, because they didn't want to walk in the snow. Now this: Virginia Tech's 10th Atlantic Coast Conference loss by a double-digit margin, a bottom-half finish in 18 of the 21 statistical categories maintained by the ACC, and seven consecutive losses to end a miserable first season in Blacksburg.

"I'm not going to endure this just because I'm getting paid," Williams, 42, told the players, who remained quiet. "I'm just ... not."

All in all, just not a very inspiring piece about the status of the culture of Virginia Tech basketball. Buzz knew he was in for some struggles here, but he didn't realize it was as awful as it was. Laziness and an inability to give a crap became the norm, and its not going to be a quick or easy fix. I'm not even sure it'll be fixed before his current contract comes to term (before rollovers).

I think this put it best.

Now, the memories fresh in players' minds, Williams hoped to reinforce the good and bad things, asking players to turn in their notebooks to the blank pages and to write down one thing he had learned today. "Take your time," Williams said, beginning his own list on the whiteboard. Ten minutes passed, and Williams started calling names.
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Devin. "It's extremely hard to win when you're accustomed to losing," guard Devin Wilson said.

What is most frustrating about this is that only 4 years ago this was not the case. Fresh off that home win against Duke after GameDay, would you believe we would be this bad this soon? I don't know if I'll ever be able to forgive the old administration for allowing what was on the verge of becoming a potential revenue generating sport fall into such disarray.

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