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Every 24 hours or so I go from thinking "omg it's really happening, we're getting Franklin" to "Franklin is going to blow us off through thanksgiving, but lead us on just enough that we don't get anywhere with Chesney or Sumrall or Huff, and then we're going to panic hire someone like Brent Pry."
If we end up panic hiring some P4 coordinator with no head coaching experience, I'll help Whit pack his bags myself.
I think it'll buy him a pass until his retirement, but it won't cement him as one of the greatest ADs ever. Getting oneself out of a really sticky situation doesn't redeem for the fact you got yourself in that position to begin with, IMO.
When the dust settles, I'd be really curious to know how things have worked out between the BoV, the search committee, & Whit. Has Whit been a 100% team player? Has he tried to claw back all of his power? Did he step aside and let things play out the way the BoV wanted?
Regardless I think this is the last coach Whit hires. due to his comments at the BOV meeting earlier this year about funding I think he's looking to retire in the next few years.
Gets Franklin, does 2-3 years with him and then retires.
If Franklin comes in, it'll be to completely own and run the football program. He would install his own guy to be GM of the football program, and its likely that role would report to Sands to separate it away from the rest of the athletic department.
Whit would be allowed to stay but not be in control of anything football related. And honestly, that's probably a good working arrangement going forward.
Kicking myself for not taking this additional step. My large ornate hat is off to you
Louisville is the college of Cardinals (as opposed to Stanford, the college of Cardinal)
I think this depends on how things play out. I'm sure a lot of people will say no regardless, but I think moderate success probably balances things for him, sweeping success redeems him. (I'm sure there will be a lot of disagreement with my take though)
Its in spite of whit and likely the changes required to get him include pushing whit out i assume
Thinking about this last night... should VT actually hire Franklin, which I'm ready to be Big Dogged at this point, does this totally redeem Whit?
lol... I knew I recognized that but I had to look up what it was. I think Dad had his 15 minutes as hasn't been heard from since.
I had to scroll back up, but then I laughed.
Virginia Tech using ancient tradition to select its next coach -- SI
AI Follow-up Links: What is Virginia Tech football? How are popes selected? What is the college of cardinals?
The Jims doing nothing but clapping in unison is my favorite part. And Fish dropping the cup in every scene.
CLANG!
"The fast food restaurants driving the Virginia Tech coaching search" by Bruce Feldman
New Belgium Trippel is what I've been drinking.
Thank you.
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# | Hokies Hoops Central: Charlotte (2-1) at Virginia Tech (3-0) 2pm Sunday ACCNX Apparently our players weren't the only ones not prepared for Charlotte.
Hokies manager team got blasted by the Charlotte managers. 106-58. One of the Charlotte managers put up 50 points by himself.
Until we lose:
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# | Hokies Wrestling: National Duals vs #9 Minnesota for 5th Place Now Flowrestling It was pretty awesome and I like that it will shake up the wrestler rankings. My only hope is they punish the Penn State wrestlers for opting out of it. No way they should get bumped up for sitting out because guys above them lost this weekend. You had most of the top 16 teams involved so the majority of the top 10 wrestlers in every weight class going at it.
If they bump the PSU guys up now they likely are there the rest of the year because their schedule is pretty light this year and will get gifted the top spots in the National Championship tourney. Make them earn their way up.
I think they're reading TKP and using the info we are discussing to toss into chatGPT to produce an article.
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We are a basketball school now! Let's Go!
I think now it is more a chance for some of your non-opt-outs to get some game/film time for next season (for the current team or the next)
If Sumrall is considering VT, it means that UF and PSU aren't interested, and LSU/Auburn are in complete disarray.
So not impossible.