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ATLIEN
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9 months 5 days
# | Bitter: Expect no further updates on coaching search - NDAs have been signed Virginia Tech: reinvent the past, but worse.
Lol, made me think of that GT ad from years ago:
Georgia Tech - "We're at Georgia Tech. We can do that!"
Virginia Tech - "We're at Virginia Tech. We could have done that! Well shit..."
My wife (along with probably 80% of Canadians that live outside of Ontario and maybe half of Ontario residents that do not live in the Toronto metro area) would say reconsider. Visit Canada, not Toronto. Man, so many people there just feel that the rest of Canada is nothing by fly over country and so many Canadians from Alberta, British Columbia or Quebec just wish the Toronto metro area would succeed and go away. Could give you some great lines.
FWIW, when I was there, they have a small Chinatown that has some real good food.
The hotel at the baseball stadium was very over-rated and definitely not worth staying at.
Niagra Falls is not far away and it is quite impressive.
Sorry, the 2 times I was there were for a scientific conference and a business trip which, ironically, was coincided with another scientific conference, so I didn't get to see much. But I can give you great lines people said if you want them.
What a shitty year. I don't even know who we play next, didn't know we had a bye...man, I've damn near checked out. When they lose fans like me, they're circling the drain with half down already. That said, I'll watch anyway, but man, what a shitty year.
I have not been since we took our boys - then 12 and 15 - on a Road Trip of the Great Lakes. That was a nice area 13 years ago. All of the bay area seemed very nice. We took a narrated hop-on hop off bus tour to get a feel for the city, ate in an open cafe on the water front, and took a ferry to the Toronto Islands, where we took a guided kayak tour. All of that worked great for the kids at that age. Spent the nights with my wife's roommate from VT pretty far out from downtown, so no real recommendations on where to stay.
Facilities
IT
Kitchen
Custodians
Your Boss
Your Team
Everyone else
Marketing
That is the order everyone matters at work. You want a good office with a nice chair and good monitors, start making friends.
Headed to Germany/Switzerland/France over Thanksgiving - doing 2-3 nights each in Munich, Lucerne, and Strasbourg. We're going to some Christmas markets and Neuschwanstein but the rest is pretty up in the air so would love any recs for other adventures/activities/sights as well as food. Will be four adults and four kids ages 8-14.
SET THE TONE!
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9 months 5 days
# | Bitter: Expect no further updates on coaching search - NDAs have been signed At Virginia Tech, we COULD HAVE done that....but we waited around until it was too late.
Lol was just about to say that. There's no tampering rules or any collective bargaining in college football. Fu went out and was actively interviewing with Baylor behind VT's back. The only ramification of that being Whit getting mad and putting Fu on double-secret probation lol.
It's super shady in college and most coaches just let their agents do all the talking. Probably a huge reason why these deals are getting more and more ridiculous with insane buyouts. And only a small handful of agents represent the vast majority of major coaches.
Exactly. My wife was a "troubled" kid turned teacher. She was always friends with the custodians in school and knew going into her first job that the first friends you make in a school are the custodians. They'll take care of you first before they get around to the other people who look down their noses at them. Whether it's cleaning, supplies, or info, they'll have your back first.
ATLIEN
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9 months 5 days
# | Bitter: Expect no further updates on coaching search - NDAs have been signed it could mean we're meddling with an active coach that we dont have permission to talk to yet and we're trying to secretly lure him away
This isn't a thing in college sports. It's not like the NFL where there are rules about when you can interview coaches.
anyone familiar with toronto? i will be in buffalo/niagara falls next summer, for a williams syndrome conference, for my daughter...and figured i would take the family to toronto before that...my kids' first time out of the country.
i was thinking of staying near the CN Tower / Ripley's aquarium area...seems to be some stuff for kids to do around there, all within walking distance. anyone know if that is a nice area to stay in for a couple days?
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Idk about this. One thing i've thought about him is that he kind of comes off as an asshole. And he's just spent 5 seasons in the most cutthroat league around.
If he leaves the SEC for Blacksburg (giant if), I don't see an arrangement where he isn't the most powerful person in the athletic department.
I would replace all mentions of 'Sands' with 'Rocovich' though to be fair. I don't think Sands has much active involvement in this search.
HOKIE HOOPS WIZ
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9 months 5 days
# | The Argument for Charles Huff to be the next VT Football Coach Then they are the ones the new coach needs to give a raise to for providing all the inside knowledge to really clean house.
I GOTTA BE ME!
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9 months 5 days
# | Bitter: Expect no further updates on coaching search - NDAs have been signed Pretty much, yes !
HOKIE HOOPS WIZ
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9 months 5 days
# | The Argument for Charles Huff to be the next VT Football Coach 311 is a letter offset reference.
3 × 11th letter.
this
i mean, on the positive side of this, it could mean we're meddling with an active coach that we dont have permission to talk to yet and we're trying to secretly lure him away while not letting the competition know we're after them. There's a lot of attractive openings in college football (I like to think VT is one of those), and not tipping our hand to other suitors is a good thing. If this NDA is one way to do that, then so be it.
PLS
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9 months 5 days
# | Bitter: Expect no further updates on coaching search - NDAs have been signed At the rate you eat it, that's basically the $8m annual total comp, right?
I'm hoping that they're looking for a new AD, and that they'll hire them if they find one and can secure an agreement.
I wouldn't expect them to tell me about it.
Tremaine Edmunds got 4 solo tackles in Monday nights game for da Bears.
I GOTTA BE ME!
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9 months 5 days
# | Bitter: Expect no further updates on coaching search - NDAs have been signed So THAT'S what you'd do for a Klondike Bar! I'd do it for 750k a year and a lifetime supply of Skippy Creamy peanut butter. And I'm 60 so that wouldn't add TOO much to the cost ...
when was the last time any program hired a new HC and had that coach join AND COACH mid-season? I'm not opposed to this at all, I'm just curious as to whether its been done.