A comparison of rosters as Young comes in

Sorry everyone, my apologies, I had fat fingers earlier folks and in no way was comparing young to Johnson. I like the Young hire. At any rate, what I was trying to post was:

James Johnson left the following players with eligibility remaining when he was fired (not including walk on's):

Devin Wilson
Adam Smith
Van Zegeren
Meuller
CJ Barksdale
Marshall Wood
Kirby
Thompson
Rankin
Emelogu

Not terrible, at least in terms of numbers. Most went on to play for D1 schools- some like Thompson, Smith, Rankin did very well post VT. Now of course Buzz didn't want to keep any of these guys but Wilson, but that was the potential roster for him.

Buzz is leaving with eligibility:

Horne
Wilkins
Kobongo
Blackshear
Bede
Nolley

Bede has entered the transfer market, and many speculate the best player here, Blackshear to do the same. You could argue James Johnson left Buzz a better roster than Young is getting. Let's give the guy some time, and if Johnson can recruit some of those guys above to VT, I think Young will do just fine recruiting.

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