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Full disclosure, I love the hire. My fear is Mark Richt. He was successful at Georgia. Great recruiter. Goes to Miami and does...nothing. I think Richt had fallen a bit at the end. I think Franklin had Pedo State close to the National Championship Game last year, so not exactly the same. But, I have been burned before.
For a VT player it means 4 years and not a single play more.
And for anyone who sells liquor in SWVA
Cali to SWVA on short notice can't be cheap
🚨NEWS🚨 4-star QB Troy Huhn will take a visit to Virginia Tech this weekend, @adamgorney reports🦃Huhn recently decommitted from Penn State. Read: https://t.co/nhQv0PXGKl pic.twitter.com/oTjkoMUFNG— Rivals (@Rivals) November 19, 2025
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# | It's James Franklin SZN - Winter 2025-26 Recruiting Thread I was thinking something more like this:
I am on fully hyped and on board with this hire, but also think that people need to be realistic on the win total for next year. 7 wins would be a fantastic turnaround and anything more is a bonus in my book
Campbell needed a renovation in 1973
You could be right about Hale and Cunningham definitely did the best.
Side note, it's wild how many Davids cover this team.
whiffed might be the wrong word. more like we missed out on cignetti 2.0 for the safe option. You know scared money doesn't make money kind of thing.
He's absolutely the best speaker of any football coach I've ever seen at Virginia Tech.
Does he play favorites?
He says "Yes, I do! My favorites are high production and low maintenance."
Thanks!
Not meant as a dig, I was honestly curious.
That's awesome. Gald to see you back around again
Excited for the return of "recruiting is about to take off this time, no seriously I mean it" posts. This time it might actually be true instead of wishcasting!
I wouldn't say we whiffed (unless you mean we whiffed on the entire process). If that happens I'd say we biffed it. I have the same worry about Chesney.
Thanks. Couldn't justify spending money just to complain about Head Coach Bront when I could do that for free on Twitter.
The BoV and committee headed by a bunch of CEOs worked to get him there.
Nitpick here, Michigan under Harbaugh didn't recruit at the same level as Oregon now or Ohio State. They were more in the range that Penn State was.
I think he's mostly outperformed his recruiting rankings, but even finishing the same as your recruiting rankings is super impressive when so many schools with good recruits fail to deliver.
Virginia Tech Recruiting https://t.co/JFupkmsVLZ pic.twitter.com/YL0cdRV3mk— Légend (@DonV757_) November 17, 2025
Welcome back around
I honestly think Whit is good at pretty much every aspect of being an AD other than hiring/firing a football coach.
Or hiring fundraising organization leaders.
Or hiring financial officers.
Or buying new socks for non-rev sports.
et cetera
Late Game James Franklin against Late Game Mario Cristobal is going to be fun for people who aren't invested in either team.
I mean were already paying him so ...
This is quite the change from your initial reaction to the Franklin possibility. You've put a lot of thought into your opinion and have seemingly come out the other side giddy. I'm much more apprehensive about this then you are. I'm worried Chesney is going to skyrocket, I'm worried that Franklin won't be able to recreate his magic here, I don't think we'll be anything more than a 7 win team next year.
I'm excited, but I'm still very nervous.
I might've been reading too far into it but I thought David Hale's resistance had an air of "I'm from ESPN, I've interviewed you before unlike these smalltime local guys, and I'm above your introductory back and forth".
David Cunningham handled it best with the "Welcome to Blacksburg". We were all thinking it, and Franklin seemed to appreciate him saying it.
Tavian plz...