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Whoa, wait, they actually fired him? holy cow, I had not see that until reading your post. God that is mind-boggling that they have that kind of money. Wish the people who were attacked by Sandusky had gotten that much.
Franklin can take any team to 9+ wins until the bottom falls out
Florida's bottom falls out annually. No loss.
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And he'd recruit Maryland well which has more talent. He would have us making pretty regular ACCCG appearances although we might not win any.
And now so is Franklin !
Jk, I think they're all pretty happy now.
Agreed. I only hope THAT is exactly what they do, burn through money just to continue to be 2nd or 3rd in the BIG10 East.
Who knows though, maybe they make a home run hire and actually beat OSU in a year or two.
I managed four (woulda been 5 if TN didn't let Arkansas get close in the 4th quarter)and moved up to a tie for 2nd ytd
Apparently, they had money to burn!
CONSIDER IT DONE
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# | The Argument for Charles Huff to be the next VT Football Coach It's funny. I have this unexplainable gut feeling that Huff would crush it here. How he handled Marshall is what we will need, to a degree, with the VT old regime.
I think he would extract the best from our players from a mental/psychological perspective.
This is the feeling I get from your write up. If my gut feelings were to serve as the crystal ball, I would be elated to have him be our HC.
Well, then we are just screwed lol.
All the more reason why I think it's Shane or bust at this point with this cycle. If we overpay for an unproven coach and it's a bust again that might just be it. Shane at least would recruit well and hire good coordinators.
Replace Kiffin with Rhule
I hate franklin, can't stand the guy or pedo st. But i would think he would have us recruiting at a high level and keep the VA kids here...
$10m for a coach is about to become the median in P2 (in a year or 2) unless teams start paying players more.
Narduzzi - who is a mid coach at a mid program - is making $7m/year. Think about that.
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I agree. Have my massive doubts as well. Committee and whole process seems to be about as convoluted and disorganized as we've come to expect from VT.
We are on a one-way path to overpaying for a middling coach and fading farther into mediocrity (being generous with terminology here) on the field and deeper into debt off of it.
The overall process is disjointed as all hell---seems about as well thought-out as UNC's.
Maybe we one-up UNC and hire Belichick's SuperBowl nemesis --- Tom Coughlin ???
I don't trust anything from this Athletic Department.
Whit is still employed. Sands doesn't seem to care about athletics. The BOV has been asleep at the wheel for decades.
The new 'budget' that was announced appears to be all smoke and mirrors, a lot of the money hasn't even been raised yet and I have no faith in the Hokie Club to get it done.
Until there is a massive overhaul within Merryman, or we discover a billionaire alumni nothing will change.
tl;dr - I'll believe it when I see it.
Reading that the rest of the staff would cost them another $10-12M in buyouts, mostly the coordinators.
I don't think there is a chance that Franklin even picks up the phone if VT calls....
Franklin will have no trouble finding a job with more "brand value" than VT. I know everyone is completely down on him now, but there is a ton of Recency Bias here.
When it comes down to it, there is a simple supply and demand issue here and Franklin is one year and a few plays away from being in the CFP Championship---you really think P4 schools that haven't sniffed that level of success are going to ignore that because he lost to a shitty UCLA team?
Do I think he is a great coach--particuarly on Game Day?? God no. But please tell me how many P4 teams are going to look over a coach with his resume to hire a G5 coach who is a total unknown at this level?
Early odds are that Penn State targets Cignetti and Kiffin
Last reports said we are willing to pay $10 for a coach. Would he take a discount and take more for assistant staff? Who knows.
dear god, please dont let us do the absolute dumbest thing ever
He's making $8.15M per year, we can't afford to give him a raise.
Bud Elliot already on CBS Sports hyping up Franklin to VT. Could literally just bring a ton of players and his recruiting class right down to Blacksburg. The thought is intriguing for a very fast turnaround next year and a staff/recruiters that already own the area. But man, I'd feel pretty icky. Lol