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They have to keep supporting the narrative that the SEC is the best conference with the best numbers. Even if they have to make sure they are literally the only games on.
Everyone is also screaming, "Why didn't we hire Cignetti?? We let him get out right from underneath us!" Hindsight is 20/20. The only big program that took a shot on him was Indiana. No one knew how great he was going to turn out. They took a long-shot on a lottery ticket and it paid off for them. Indiana also had really nothing to lose and no real appreciable football history in the modern era, so if it didn't work out, nothing would have really changed.
Absolutely cannot take that risk right now at VT. Another dud/G5 type coach who cannot translate to this level and the program is absolutely finished. A guy with the resume and experience of Franklin you have to absolutely make a moonshot for if he's interested and available. Going to be expensive, but the return you get if it pays off will repay us tenfold many times over. And there's a ton less risk with a known quantity like him. Franklin will generate buzz and raise the program profile immediately.
Kinda crazy when you consider that Penn State never made the 4 team playoff or the BCS National championship game. There's been an official national championship game since 1998 and Penn State never made it nor the 4 team playoff which should have been significantly easier to make. Last year was literally the closest they've gotten to a national championship game since national championship games came into existence and they fired the guy like 6 games later
He did it by beating the teams they should have beaten. If tech could do that we'd be drowning in wins and thrilled with the state of things
"well reasoned" is laughable. Don't let the abrasiveness distract you from the fact that homey was a talking logical fallacy
Its literally all of the million/billion $ providers and services vs each other squeezing every cent out of each other and then turning to the consumer to squeeze more out of them. I don't care who's at fault its been a pattern forever that's gotten substantially worse since streaming services started. They provide no additional value and raise rates once a year - the consumers always lose.
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This is a slap fight between two multi-billion dollar companies over who gets a bigger share of the money they pick from our pockets. Whoever wins, the consumer loses.
They were a field goal at the buzzer away from playing in the National Championship Game
YTTV cant be innocent in all this with how many disputes they've had
I miss DC. He had some hot takes, but it was different. You could feel his frustration, and he was right more often than he was wrong. A bit brash, but 90% of his posts were well reasoned, though inflammatory and argumentative.
on par with Skippy
Damn, Holt is ruining a perfectly good name/nickname(mine and the peanut butter) ...
FWIW (not much) - Joe Rexrode did a column in The Athletic this morning predicting the coaching carousel (all the potential jobs, not just currently available), and he did have Franklin to VT. His logic was more or less that VT is a better job for Franklin than a B-tier P2 school outside of his mid-atlantic base like Michigan State or Wiscy.
I'm still skeptical, but it's at least not just VT delusion saying there's a chance. Notably absent from Rexrode's predictions were UNC which IMO would have similar pros to VT (winnable conference, same recruiting footprint).
I'm gonna be honest I take 0 stock in him being in the semis last year looking at Penn State's path of known world beaters Boise State and SMU
there is certainly a lack of support somewhere...
This is an overly dramatic take IMO.
Do I think Franklin should be at the top of our list? No. I believe there are better options out there. But he's the smart/safe hire for this administration. Whit needs to nail this hire to save his job - he's not going to take a risk on a younger G5 guy even though I think that's probably the route with the most potential for success. Franklin represents a safe, tried-and-true hire with historically good recruiting chops (something we've been missing since Beamer's prime) and a pretty solid track record of moderate-to-good results. He'll absolutely raise the floor which is what Whit desperately needs. The fans all want a home-run guy who will come in and turn VT into some juggernaut in the ACC putting us in position to be an attractive addition to one of the P2 leagues when the ACC crumbles in 2030. That proposition comes with risk, however. That guy exists out there but we don't know who he is (is it Helton, Huff, Chesney, Sumrall, Chadwell...?? We just don't know. Good chance one or two of those guys blows up and the others don't. That's the game.). 4 years ago we had to pick between Brent Pry and Mike Elko. That was the risk we took and it didn't pay off for us. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Could Bob Chesney absolutely kill it and be the next Curt Cignetti? Yes. Also, he could completely flop like Justin Fuente. You just don't know - but I think guys like Chesney and Helton are worth the risk. But I'm also not the one who has hired 2 consecutive failed football coaches and desperately need to nail this third. I'm not the one who 'can't afford to get this wrong'. If Whit was fired with Pry and a new AD got the chance to hire our next coach I think it's more likely they'd go the risk-reward route and hire someone like Chesney. Whit can't afford that risk though. He needs the safe bet. Franklin represents that. It's no surprise to me that VT is rumored to be pursuing Franklin pretty strongly. I don't agree with it, but I get it. And if we end up hiring him I'll be fine with it. At the very least, I don't think we'll get any worse with him. But it's not going to be an exciting brand of football. We're not going to be hiring the next Mike Elko. But, also, we won't be getting the next Brent Pryrite either...so...pick your poison, I guess.
Not really sure this is true. SEC has six games this weekend. Four of them are on ABC/ESPN (it's essentially an SEC infomercial on ABC from 1100am-1030pm) Two of the four games have at least one team with a losing record.
The only game we got on ESPN that is purely ACC is Miami at SMU. Magically Boston College got an ESPN timeslot at 1-7 .... playing Notre Dame.
At this point the Mouse doesn't care if it's a bad SEC matchup. If all the had playing on a Saturday were the bottom 8 SEC teams, they would still get 4 prime spots if foitball is on.
How could his style of running a program be considered outdated when he was literally in the semi's last year?
Football fans are not exactly rational. See: Penn State firing a semi-final coach
I don't readily have access to one and have no plans to go out and buy one. I will be looking at VPN/pirating services in depth this weekend. Remember when streaming services and cutting the cord was marketed as the cheaper more flexible alternative?
Preach.
I'm pretty confused by the original comment and thought i may have been taking crazy pills. Thanks for providing some eye opening stats.
How could his style of running a program be considered outdated when he was literally in the semi's last year?
the Hokies are available OTA this weekend if you have access to an antenna (assuming you don't have issues getting the CW)
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