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# | Jayden McDonald, Redshirt Senior Linebacker to enter Tranfer Portal 
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"~25 minutes from Baltimore" could be "outside Annapolis" - y'all might be neighbors!
Hey looks like we had a couple of years of overlap in the MVs.
Any good Dave stories/memories? Also, what was best/funniest band nickname you heard in your time there?
In honor of the recent Easter Holiday...
Why did the Energizer Bunny go to jail? He was charged with battery.
What do rabbits need after getting caught in the rain? A Hare dryer.
Once a Hokie, always a Hokie for me. Wish her the best of luck as a pro.
Obviously I wasn't in the UT band so I don't know for sure, but from my outside perspective it was clear they had some nicer equipment and more dedicated trucks for moving it. I also think, but am not sure, they had scholarships. That is the biggest differentiator IMO. Scholarships = more prospective members = more competition to make the band = better product.
I'm torn on this...
On one hand, the world is smaller now than 10-20 years ago. It used to be that, if a player wasn't in our 6-hour radius, his family may never get to see him play. Now, with every game being broadcasted everywhere, social media making it easier to stay connected with family from afar, airfare being more accessible than ever before, etc
On the other hand, you need to plant your flag somewhere. Recruiting the whole country is like boiling the whole ocean. A 6 hour radius seems like a wide enough net for a reasonable cost (in terms of resources and cash).
Keep developing those networks.
We need the TOP PLAYERS from the radius, not just PLAYERS from the radius.
I choose to be happy we didn't have to find that out.
So I can continue to wear my Kitley gear without reservation.
oh hi, that's my post, but that image was originally posted by The Cassell Guard
https://www.instagram.com/p/DIcmGY4okOP/
As a season ticket holder for both Tech & Mystics basketball, I'm suddenly very excited about this upcoming year
I mean that's what you get when your best gets within that 6 hour radius are Tier 2 players
I really hope we didn't think we could just declare that we are now recruiting our region and then start picking up all the good players. Because that's just not happening
"the last 5 national champions"- like the 20 or so before them, had multiple top 5-10 recruiting classes. That is the common thread overwhelmingly. So if VT plucked the BEST players from that 6 hour radius that is a different argument.
When young, fishing the beaches of the OBX was a regular thing since we lived in Chesapeake and the beaches there were better fishing. I remember, though, those days when skates and dogfish (we called them sand sharks in those days) were all that was in the surf. Never liked it, pull or no pull, but about all we got when they were the predominant fish onshore was some blow toads. Once we learned how to clean them, though, we'd at least have some supper for momma to fix back at camp. Probably should have learned to eat the sharks, but we didn't know how good they could be on the table.
Soo, back to the present, I'm fishing tomorrow morning with my neighbor in the Mobjack. Report will come if warranted, and today, one of my old clients and present fishing buddies is on the New with a guided trip in Giles. He got his biggest smallie to date with me back in my guiding days, a 6 pound toad that came on a Teaser tube from a pocket eddy no bigger than a wheelbarrow and just about this time of year.
One way to consider this would be to compare the recruiting radius of the last 5 national champions. My guess is the chart would look similar with a majority of the players within 6 hrs and some standout players/positions from outside that radius.
The world and country are a lot "smaller" now than the horse and buggy days. Millions of americans walk down stairs in their pajamas and work full time at their homes. The entire recruiting process does not have to be face to face- key component of the 6 hour philosophy. Like all things in competitive sports or life, It looks good on paper until it doesn't get results. And this hasn't for us. Penn State, Clemson, GA, Alabama recruit this territory as well, and they are kicking our ass.
Or lose the made up radius mentality all together
I was actually surprised at how much we stick to the radius. My gut feeling was it was a bit more made up than it is, I think it's probably a function of the transfers being some of the bigger play makers and me not following recruiting closely enough to know where they came from originally.
I think the 6hr radius is sold to fans as the modern version of winning the state, but realistically it's an operational efficiency thing and probably won't change much even if the staff's messaging changes and they start trying to do national recruiting.
No hate from me for Georgia, just no love any more.
Yep. Hate it, but believe it's true.
That 6 hour radius includes nearly 70 million people.
It's a satisfactory pool from which to draw players.
In game coaching and game preparation is easier/improves with better players.
The radius makes a lot of sense and is not the reason for the record. In game coaching and game preparation is a much bigger candidate.
Well since the 6 hour radius has yielded 6-6 at best with few quality wins in 3 years... maybe we push that out a bit? Or lose the made up radius mentality all together?
My thoughts exactly.