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Whit says that, Ballein comes out, they hit Monty with a double steel chair shot, give the crotch chop to the camera and walk off together, with Travis Wells screaming "bah gawd, tune in next week!!"
Would've thrived in the current Big East maybe since those are non football schools
Seven words:
"Meet your new Athletic Director, John Ballein"
Mic Drop.
I think he got the Seth Greenberg treatment. Seth was a good coach but a complete jerk, and Weaver was sick of dealing with him.
It will take time to find a new AD as well - and Whit's role between now and when he retires will be to aid in the transition process.
There's no one in the building (per TSL) that would make sense to step in as an interim AD.
https://www.youtube.com/@hokiesports
Looks like the feed is already live.
Has anyone seen where this will be streamed/televised? It's not on HokieSports.
Tell that to espn, sports illustrated, and the coaches who wouldnt come here until he is gone
framed thusly, it is absolutely wild that Nebraska fired him
what has Nebraska done since he was fired you ask?? Well, I wondered the same thing. Here it is.
6-7, 9-4, 4-8, 4-8, 5-7, 3-5*, 3-9, 4-8, 5-7, 7-6
*Covid
They've had two winning seasons and only 1 with more than 8 wins since firing Bo. They f'ed up bigly
One of my in laws said that about GT (which is actually a good school, unlike UVA), and I went on a rant about how pretentious it is to say that. Also I think they called it a 'southern ivy' not a 'public ivy' but it still pissed me off.
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I'm not opposed to 100% turnover. I want players that have no idea about the current culture and atmosphere around this program.
point-wise I can see that from this past weekend, but I would argue we didn't figure anything out until mid-way through the 3rd quarter.
You and I were watching a very different game.
he's stepping down, effective at the end of the school year, and he will be working with the school to find a good successor to the role.
May 2026? I hope not that is WAY too late. Any new AD worth his weight in salt wants to lead the new VT Football HC hire. The transition so the new AD can do that must happen during the remaining football season and be done by Thanksgiving.
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Yea as someone pointed out on here in the last couple days, Shane and Curt are being named so their agent has leverage for a bigger contract. There's absolutely no way they would leave a P2 conference for VT with money problems.
Obviously not specifically Bo Pelini because it appears he's been out of coaching for 5ish years, but being stuck in "9-3 Hell" seems like a damn good situation these days.
He went 9-4, 10-4, 10-4, 9-4, 10-4, 9-4, 9-3 (fired before bowl game), three seasons in the Big 12, and four seasons in the B1G.
Clemson made the ACCCG, and through that, the playoff, last year as an unimpressive 9-3 team. If someone could promise me this level of VT football for at least seven years, I would sprint to sign up for that.
This has been discussed in other threads, but Chris Coleman was on the TSL pod and basically said he didn't think Whit had done a good enough job of staffing up the athletic department for anyone to step in as an interim AD if he were to leave in the coming weeks.
After Pry...I would have similar concerns about Dawson.
Doing "great things" as a Coordinator with top-level talent and Transfer Portal QBs.
Could he replicate that here with what will clearly be less talent??
If he wins 2 ACC games he gets a token interview.
If he wins the acc championship he gets a serious look.
If he wins the national championship he gets a statue.
For the record, I think we beat wofford comfortably this Saturday. These are D1 athletes. There HAS to be enough of them with enough pride that they can rally and at least beat wofford to show they're not the worst team in America. I dont expect to win any acc games except uva because LOLuva.
Yes, not to speak for bar1990 but I heard the same TSL pod and CC was specifically talking about Whit's hiring within the department, not coaches.
In fact on that pod they lauded Whit's non-football coaching hires, which I believe deserve praise overall. In another life, Whit would have made a great second in command, an AD in charge of non-football sports or something.
Not taking questions? what?