Facts:
1) The Buzz Williams Hire - A grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning down by three runs.
2) The Frank Beamer Retirement - We all know he had input on Beamer announcing his retirement (not in any way saying Beamer, who should have a monument similar to the Washington Monument on campus, also realized it was time to step away).
3) The Fuente Hire - Look at the snapchats, the recruiting pieces from this website, and the #sauces from around campus; this program is going to be back to it's old ways, i.e. ACC Championships, and actually competing against the big boys.
Final Point:
All of these reasons are exactly why we should be donating to the Hokie Club. Our Athletic Director is consistently setting us up for greatness. Our programs are shooting for the moon. Buzz is shocking the rest of the ACC. Fuente is working to make us a first rate football program. Our Olympic Sports are achieving results that we have never seen (wrestling).
Today was a great day to be a Hokie. I was present today at the basketball game and I haven't seen that type of enthusiasm from the fans since the Duke game in '12. Let's ride this wave and HELP our beloved Hokie teams take over the ACC.
Comments
i think you mean '11...
and yeah, i agree with you wholeheartedly...AD Babcock is a winner and knows how to pick 'em.
You right! My bad on that
"Rhetorical".....duh!!
We'll timed post. I completely agree!
I'll take "Badass Motherfuckers" for a thousand, Alex.
indeed! i actually tried signing up online today but all afternoon the website has been displaying an error. anyone have any amplifying info about this?
I'm not going to answer that question.
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Good work with the close reading here. Ha
I know many worry about losing Buzz, I worry someone will steal Whit. Pay the man!
Allen Iverson might sue, of get him in a drive by. All kidding aside I think we should hold our horse for 2 years or so on the Fuente hire. He did it at a little school, lets see what he does at a big one...
It is a great time to be a Hokie. My freshman year was Tyrod's senior season and I was a little spoiled that year. The past few years I've been finding it to be hard to root for tech sports (I still do obviously..) but the past few months it seems like everything has been reinvigorated and I can't wait for football this year and to see our basketball team next year.
That being said, the fianc and I have already discussed that once the wedding is out of the way and her job starts up, we are definitely joining the Hokie Club and are buying season tickets for 2017. Providing for two people on Arlington off of one salary is tough on the wallet for now.
I upped my donation this year to show support for the changes, all of which appear to have Hokie sports (especially the big two sports) headed in the right direction. If we really want to compete with the Big Boys all Hokies who are sports fans need to help by opening their wallets, even if it is just a modest contribution.
He's done pretty great, no doubt. But I'll reserve assessment till at the end of next football season.
Agreed. He appears to have done well so far, but wait until after next year. Then we see what the new football team looks like. And we see if Buzz is an ongoing feel-good story, or if he even stays with it.
Why wait on the assessment? By any objective measure the Fuente hire was an excellent job.
If Fuente ends up not being good, that's more on him than any mistake by Whit. Not to mention that the stark reality is that the previous coach, regardless of all well deserved platitudes, did not leave a program currently constructed to compete for the CFP.
Did some googling. Survey says...yes.
RELATED: can we henceforth refer to all inquiries regarding Babcock movings and shakings as Whitorical Questions?
No, seriously: can we?
Websters.com now includes a link to this topic as their example of "rhetorical".