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Illinois Hokie's picture Illinois Hokie | 10 years 3 months # | Arenas of the NIT

Is that a catwalk running over the floor of Cassell, or suspended lighting? I think Cassell would benefit from moving to a suspended scoreboard above the floor, and the ceiling seems well suited to one, but whatever that thing is would interrupt sight lines to it.

Illinois Hokie's picture Illinois Hokie | 10 years 3 months # | 2016 VT Pro Day

AFAIK, he has no intentions of declaring for the draft. I think he's going straight into coaching.

Illinois Hokie's picture Illinois Hokie | 10 years 3 months # | Buzzketball on the Brink of Relevancy

He's a great coach, and credit to him because he can look at his team and figure out how he can have success with this group.

The backhanded compliment game is strong with this one.

Illinois Hokie's picture Illinois Hokie | 10 years 3 months # | At some point we are going to have a conversation about Buzz leaving rumors , it might as well start now.

This thread is a little...

...for my tastes.

Buzz will leave at some point. If it's now, he's stupid.

Whit will build VT into a force to be reckoned with in basketball. That is clearly on his agenda, evidenced by what he did to get Buzz here. When Buzz leaves, Whit will go out and make another kickass coaching hire who will continue the climb.

But if Buzz leaves now, it's a public acknowledgement that everything he preaches is crap. Do I expect him to stay at VT in perpetuity? No. But when you talk as much as he does about service, honor, respect and finishing what you start, you don't bolt after two years of a rebuild. He came here to do a job, and he's about 60% of the way through doing it.

This isn't to say that every coach who moves jobs after two years is stupid. But Buzz does not market himself as a typical basketball coach. His brand is loyalty and decency. He's the one pushing that image, so if he breaks it, that's on him.

Either way, we're fine. We have both a president of the university and an athletic director whose vision for VT I trust implicitly. I just hope Buzz follows through on his word, because I think it will be Buzz's brand that suffers from a jump after two years way more severely than our basketball program does.

Illinois Hokie's picture Illinois Hokie | 10 years 3 months # | OT: The Walking Dead

I gotta admit, the whole "We're all Negan" thing is a little "I am Spartacus" to me.

Illinois Hokie's picture Illinois Hokie | 10 years 3 months # | OT: The Walking Dead

And one of my favorite actors. I think Jeffrey Dean Morgan is gonna hit it out of the park.

Illinois Hokie's picture Illinois Hokie | 10 years 3 months # | Learning Football w/Hokie Bird

I have this one, Hello, Hokie Bird!, Baby Hokie Bird's First Football Game, and a copy of Yea, It's Hokie Game Day autographed by Frank and Cheryl.

Gotta raise em right, y'know.

Illinois Hokie's picture Illinois Hokie | 10 years 4 months # | Current NIT Bracketology

IIRC, we were the first ACC team in history to miss the tourney with 10 conference wins.

Illinois Hokie's picture Illinois Hokie | 10 years 4 months # | Current NIT Bracketology

We have to give them something to give a leaping fuck about. Seth consistently failed to do that. Buzz won't.

Illinois Hokie's picture Illinois Hokie | 10 years 4 months # | Current NIT Bracketology

That's because the NIT was Seth's ceiling. His demeanor and lack of diplomacy had sealed the door to the big dance with anything less than a stellar, 2006-esque year.

Illinois Hokie's picture Illinois Hokie | 10 years 4 months # | OT: Rick and Morty

It's time to Michael down your Vincents.

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