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What?!?! I only remember one game against Purdue when we whipped them all up and down their high school sized stadium.
J. Pearson and Ryan McCarthy, both nominated by Gov. Youngkin, are still on the board, and they were the board's two point men in bringing Franklin in. Mehul was nominated by Gov. Spanberger, and we all know where he's coming from.
Whatever's going on here, I don't think taking VT football/athletics down a peg has anything to do with it, and I think assuming Spanberger is pro-UVa and anti-VT is a pretty silly way to look at how a politician is going to handle two of the biggest economic drivers in the state.
It's the next step, battlefield, arena (not sure right word here), having political appointments either former or even active elected officials be appointed the president of colleges, or their high up aids. 6 Florida schools have had this done. In Idaho, Indiana and Texas there have been massive overhauls to college boards, removing facility, alumni and student reps.
I think a lot of people are also taking rumors and running with it. Youngkin may have been mentioned as a candidate, but that's a lot different than one man was unilaterally bypassing the Board and trying to hire him. Either way the full Board would have to vote on any candidate before they are appointed.
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Belgium definitely was not in a low block. Went back and found some halftime stats when it was 1:1.
- Belgium had 59% of possession
- Both teams had 4 shots on target. Belgium had 13 shots to our 8
- US had 2 big chances created to 0 for Belgium
My personal commentary: Belgium was largely taking shots from outside the box in the 1st half. We were weirdly giving them space outside the 18 and they just decided to bombard from long range. Their goal was in the 45th minute off a rebound if I remember.
We were successful playing through their defense and creating chances in that first half. And that was with Pulisic largely as a non-factor for us (over dribbling/hero ball/etc).
I guess my point is that since friendlies allow so many subs, you can't look at the game as a whole. You've got to look at phases and when we were playing good against good in the 1st half, we were up to the task. The US looked the better team even without having the majority of possession. The wheels came off in the 2nd half for the reasons I mentioned and skewed the scoreline.
You may want to look a little deeper into Youngkin's tenure at Carlyle.
I'll say this. If he was named President that would be my last donation to VT.
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Yea that's what happened here in Florida, 6 politicians or aids to the governor have been appointed university presidents.
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Pretty sure you know why the downvotes are coming, and it has nothing to do with ragging on UVA. Just reign in the political talk bro and you'll be good
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Being successful leader in both the Public and Private Sector = Nonsense. Got it. Good to know.
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As do I. I was making that point to dispel this idea that it was purely a political move by Spanberger to get a left leaning BOV member appointed to Rector
Downvoted for raggin' on UVA....pretty sad what this community has become...
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Yes, but he obviously thinks Spanberger's claims are dubious and unwarranted.
It isn't about sides. Getting picked for a job where you appointed the people who do the picking is downright masturbatory and certainly not in the best interests of the university, no matter how qualified you might be.
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Melvin wins 10-8. He is into the best 2 out of 3
You might as well just read the room here and not go down this path. Offset your downvote. I'm in no position to determine who is qualified for the job, but it's not unprecedented for former CEOs or Governors even to subsequently lead colleges and universities. But as neutral as many claim to be, a lot of opinions here are obviously very biased toward a certain side. You will be outright dismissed for even trying to take this route.
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Seidel wins 10-0. He is into the best 2 out of three for a spot on the U20 world team on the line
Please, no. Don't start this nonsense
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Has no University Leadership. Okay - but most folks in education have no real experience, or couldn't cut it in the real world. Youngkin's resume is about as impressive as you can get...
1) CEO of The Carlyle Group on of the Largest Asset Managers in the world with almost a $500BB of AUM.
2) Former Governor of Virginia with $800BB of annual GDP
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Will get a good dose, hopefully, of what this team has to offer on Sunday. USMNT is ranked 16th and Senegal is 14th.
Must just be thinking about Darrisaw then. McLaughlin was really good for us though
Baine has served on the BOV from appointments by both parties and has good relationships on all sides in Richmond and throughout the state. When he's served for VT, he's all in what's best for VT
Hopefully the days of ass are over for Virginia Tech football.
Basketball....I'm not really hopeful.
There's four hokies in the best 2 out of 3 matches. Trying to have big hokies representation on the international front