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While the percentages all seem to favor Greenberg, I don't think the extra 3 to 5 opponents to plan for plus the inability to get a revenge game as frequently as Greenberg had has helped Young.
On this I disagree because quantity of opponents doesnt touch quality of opponent. Most years with 5 rematches it meant playing Duke, Maryland and/or UNC twice. There is also the quality of opponent head coaches. Coach K, Roy Williams, Gary Williams, Paul Hewitt, Dino Gaudio, Tony Bennett, Oliver Purnell. Young crossed paths with a couple on the downsides of their career but 2004-2010 was a much stronger version of ACC basketball. I honestly feel like preparing for the same opponent twice actually is harder. Rarely do you see sweeps of playing an opponent twice. If you just split all your rematches you were looking at an 11-5 ACC record.
Today's ACC has multiple boat anchors even from schools that were historically good. I would also argue that the preparation for opponents has become much simpler with the amount of data and film readily available that wasnt nearly as advanced in the Greenberg years. The travel schedules are more difficult so dealing with mental fatigue from that is harder for Young.
nice pulls
Wrong Woods, this is son jokes.
The two are very similar on paper.
Both have 61 ACC wins.
Greenberg had 6 ACC postseason wins. Young has 5.
Greenberg had 20 ACC road wins. Young has 21.
Greenberg had 22 ACC home losses. Young has 27.
Greenberg took 128 games. Young took 131.
Greenberg had 2 seasons in which his road win opponent winning percentage was over 50%. Young has 0 (Best is this year's .500)
Greenberg had 1 season in which his home loss opponent winning percentage was under 50%. Young has 0.
Greenberg never had a season in which his road win opponent winning percentage was under 25%. Young has 1.
Greenberg had 11 other teams to plan for, including 5 rematches.
Young had 14 for 5 years, including 5 rematches, 17 for a year with 3 rematches, and 16 for a year with 2 rematches.
Greenberg's combined Road Win Opponent Winning Percentage was 41.36%. His combined Home Loss Opponent Winning Percentage was 67.9%.
Young's combined Road Win Opponent Winning Percentage is 34.47%. His combined Home Loss Opponent Winning Percentage is 61.07%
While the percentages all seem to favor Greenberg, I don't think the extra 3 to 5 opponents to plan for plus the inability to get a revenge game as frequently as Greenberg had has helped Young.
Also, it bears to say, the Hokies, whatever conference they are in, aren't expected to be a .500 team.
Since joining the Metro in 1978, only 1 out of 9 coaches has an overall conference winning record. In 48 years, the Hokies have only had 18 winning conference records, (Moir 6, Foster 1, Greenberg 4, Williams 4, Young 3). Add in the 44 years of SoCon play, and you get 14 more winning records (Noe 7, Laird 3, Proctor 1, MacEver 1, Matthews 1, Shannon 1). In fact, Noe was the only coach who never had a conference losing record (more than 1 year), though I don't think we should really compare too hard to something that existed before JFK didn't have anything besides a thought going through his head.
Sub-.500 conference play, with the occasional flareup of success, is where our expectations should historically be.
Maybe a guy named Tiger can chip in.
Won't effect NIL on football. They will get new donors specifically for him.
Pssh. Like you have any idea how he'd feel about anything.
GGC too i bet!
I think Greenberg had a much tougher ACC to play in than Mike has.
Good point
Well I was right that Carolina threw stupid money at a LB, but I missed the mark on which LB it was going to be
I think there's plenty of space if we get creative. Just look at the Horse Center... do we really need this on campus? You already mentioned the golf course - we've already neutered it, putting an arena on the land would just finish the job. Then look a bit closer to central campus - West AJ is old and the open quad to its east - that's roughly double the amount of acreage that Cassell sits on today. Knock down AJ, build an arena on campus, and tear Cassell down and replace it with a parking garage.
The #Giants are signing standout LB Tremaine Edmunds to a 3-year, $36M deal with $23.7M fully guaranteed, sources tell me and @MikeGarafolo.Deal done by Todd France of @AthletesFirst. pic.twitter.com/a3SPqLQ5qq— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 9, 2026
I'm sure Joe is happy about this!
On a side note, GT and BC have already fired their men's basketball coaches.
On FB they did indeed specify breast cancer
I am just going to nod and pretend I have heard of either of them.
That said, an arena closer to Lenovo Center at NC State or JPJ at UVA should be evaluated. The biggest issue at Tech is where would you put it and the parking? Realistically it would finally kill the golf course. Not that the four additional dorms being there are helping it.
Firsts first the same
1st is 1st 💁
It looks like she just picked the furthest spot to stop on the trail.
In the analysts video from earlier today, just after Paige pulled out, noted the huge wind is still going. Sounds even louder/drowning the speakers out even more than last night. Paige picked up straw and they knew she was going to stop on the trail. Mentioned it is unusual for so many of the leaders to stop at Finger Lake. Belief is that everyone wants to have their teams well-rested before attempting to get up to and over Rainy Pass, which can be like a wind tunnel through the Alaska Range. Thought that winds will be harder up there and could be a lot of blowing snow. Had 6-10 inches of new snow in Anchorage and guessing it is more up at the pass.
Monday afternoon, March 9 ~1:15 PM east coast/9:15 AM Alaska. Jessie Holmes and Paige are the only teams that had moved past Finger Lake checkpoint. Paige arrived at 5:28 Alaska time/9:28 AM east coast, dropped 1 dog (not a great sign to drop one so early) and pulled out at 5:36 AM Alaska time/9:36 AM east coast. Jessie arrived earlier, but took a 4-hour rest for the team, so pulled out in second. Paige subsequently stopped to rest the team on the trail just after the checkpoint and Jessie has moved back ahead. Some people like to rest at the checkpoint, but others like to keep their dogs away from the other teams or too many people, so will take breaks outside of a checkpoint. Standings are:
1. Jessie Holmes running 16 dogs 124 miles in/851 to Nome
2. Paige Drobny resting on the trail with 15 dogs, 124 miles in/851 to Nome
10 teams are resting in Finger Lake, 123 miles in/852 to Nome, and based on order of arrival they next 8 are:
3. Michelle Phillips with 16 dogs
4. Ryan Redington with 16 dogs
5. Riley Dyche with 16 dogs
6. Bailey Vitello with 16 dogs
7. Jessie Royer with 16 dogs
8. Pete Kaiser with 16 dogs
9. Rookie Kevin Hansen with 16 dogs
10. Jason Mackey with 16 dogs
The Red Lantern position is Rookie Sadie Lindquist, running 14 dogs 88 miles in/887 to Nome.
One of the expedition mushers, Steve Curtis, is behind Sadie.
Where did he put that out? I dont see any Berman tweets on Frazier.
1ST PLACE! GO SQUIDS GO!
I'd be willing to take the lead, but not sure how to set it up. I mean folks can just venmo me money but that doesn't seem very legit.
Merc looks strong but so much of that is that they screwed over their customer teams like McLaren by not giving them the full engine specs until they arrived in Australia.
Wouldn't be shocked if F1 changes regs again going into next year to bar that from happening. They need customer teams to have an equal chance for the health of the sport
Coach Young has only 2 seasons with winning conference records - 2020-21 (9-4) and 2021-22 (11-9).
his other seasons at VT:
2025-26: 8-10
2024-25: 8-10
2023-24: 10-10
2022-23: 8-12
2019-20: 7-13
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