2016 WR Phillip Patterson De-commits from Hokies

As reported by Andy Bitter on Twitter:

In the wake of the Beamer retirement news, expect some tumultuous recruiting news.

Patterson is a 3* WR prospect from Bayside in Virginia Beach.

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Yikes. The DEs, OLinemen, and WRs are the players we can least afford to lose from this class.

I understand why though, best of luck to Phillip.

The Orange and Maroon you see, that's fighting on to victory.

It's understandable, but it definitely sucks and makes me angry... Wish him the best of luck though.

Any chance players follow a new coach (assuming they're from the outside) like we got a guy or two from Buzz?

Let's Go...

I'm sure especially if we get someone like Morris or fuente

If you don't want to recruit clowns, don't run a clown show.

"I want to punch people from UVA right in the neck." - Colin Cowherd

We knew this would happen. I'm confident the overall outcome will outweigh the recruiting losses

"The Big Ten is always using excuses to cancel games with us. First Wisconsin. Then Wisconsin. After that, Wisconsin. The subsequent cancellation with Wisconsin comes to mind too. Now Penn State. What's next? Wisconsin?" -HorseOnATreadmill

The new coach will have 4 and 5 stars follow him and the campus and talent already there will just help even more. If 3 stars want to leave it's on them but 3 and below may not be as sought after by the new staff...at least that's what I will lie to myself with so I do not get upset!

FIRST DOWN, HOKIES!

Not surprising since the coaches he committed to aren't guaranteed to be here next season. Some players commit to coaches, some commit to the school as a whole.

Still a chance the new staff re-recruits him.

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Doesn't mean he won't recommit after we announce a new awesome coach

I agree. Don't come running back if we hire a badass coach. I'm kidding, hopefully he does come back. Hopefully if we hit a home run with this hire, we can get some good recruits to come on board.

-Being aggressive, being tough...that's the Virginia Tech way.

Yep, there's still a chance. He's just being cautious, can't blame him for that. If he committed I'm assuming he liked other things about our program besides Frank, so as long as we make an awesome hire he should at least still be interested.

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Lol I love it.

This guy was a long shot really. Bayside guys rarely are college studs

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-Semper Primus

No surprise here, we will likely loose some more but the reverse is also true, we will likely pick up some recruiticorns from the school our new coach is coming from

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I do wish the new coach will be decided as quickly as possible after Nov 28th, we need to get a quick handle on this moving forward.

Not a real surprise or anything to panic over. Our current recruits and our new coaches' recruiting classes will have different goals.

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