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Looking good, Hokie20! Can't wait for the full thing!
This weekend should be pretty bad (heat wise) but expect the heat to be washed out next week with some thunderstorms early-mid next week. Should drop things down to the 80s for ya
Whit went out and beefed up the recruiting staff immediately after Fuente was hired. He created 2 new recruiting staff positions IIRC and promised Fuente that if more was needed he would gladly listen. Fuente himself made comments after the hire of Bartelstein that they were going to see how things went with the current additions and that he would re-evaluate after things went into motion. Nobody discounted the idea of the staff growing in the future, and it seemed just the opposite to me (over time).
I agree with your point, but I also want to point out that Fuente was a pretty darn good net-positive on his first recruiting class that he had only a few weeks to contribute to. He added the #1 JUCO QB in the nation to a class that was basically Beamer's and that cannot be understated. Re-recruiting Patterson, fending off Muschamp for Denmark + Maryland from Beckett... I guess I just see how terribly that class could've gone and how much got done in 2 months. We have work to do nonetheless, but I consider 2016 as a win, especially compared to how the class was expected to finish by everyone a week before Fuente was hired.
Yep, he never liked it from the beginning it sounded like. Went so far to say he was "shocked" to a local F-burg reporter that tweeted out tidbits from their convo. I really never liked the way his comments came off. It seemed like he was ticked off that he wasn't consulted first perhaps
Seems fair to me.
Probably getting down voted for this but when is a kid's "commitment" ever going to be taken seriously any more. I am sure it is hard for coaches to account for this because they are probably turning down recruits when they have kids in these slots. I want to be the better person but I could careless for someone who commits then decommits after a new offer or what not... enjoy your new team.
It's easy to forget that only a few years ago we had basically zero non-coaching football staff (Weaver). Babcock had to get us to where we should've been 5 years ago, first. I don't expect a recruiting staff that is going to grow a whole lot more right away, but the results of having that structure in place now will be felt over several years and not just an immediate bump IMO
Say...anyone else notice in the latest Hokie Swag mag (on campus bookstore)...they have a whole series they're calling the "vault collection". It's all the throwback (and way-way backs). They must have unretired them. Very cool. Maybe we will see something on the field again
Are you really 33 years old
Let's worry about the upcoming season, and the signing on the dotted line next Feb will follow. That goes with the guys committed here or elsewhere. Until you have a signature you've got nothing.
Press panic button now!!
Coincidentally enough, at a website called tinyurl:
Would be nice, but that's not going to happen...
Does Fuente invite kids to visit VT when they are already committed to other schools? I really don't know the answer but I would think we wouldn't given the above. This recruiting deal is so much like showing livestock for a living.
The cold kiss of recruiting...sigh
What gets me the most is that Whit stressed endlessly about how recruiting was so important in today's game and how they needed to be a primary area of focus with how the program moved forward even under Frank and then we proceed to overhaul the staff with a bunch of guys who are unproven at best on the recruiting trail. Don't get me wrong, I have full faith they can coach the hell out of what they get, but to be where we say we want to be, we need to be able to do both. Lack of recruiting is what got us to where we are now, and we aren't exactly hitting the ground running on these first two classes.
I got it. But you got it first.
oh well, same shit, different day. Still a ways from signing day, so who knows where he'll end up or who we will get.
He's winning
Elite recruits want to play with other elite recruits. Our momentum on the trail has completely stagnated, probably playing some part on Garbutt looking elsewhere. Had we gotten commits from a few more highly-ranked guys, I doubt Garbutt bails. We really need to step it up, or else I fear more decommits will be coming.
if Garbutt decommitting gets us a Jordan Williams commit, i'll take it.
A 17 year old has the right to do what's best for him, Hokie football team will be fine. Fuente hasn't done anything wrong. Winning will cure everything.
Probably true that an increase in recruiting spending won't matter all that much, but having a recruiting budget ranked 48th of 55 P5 teams (as of 2013) does not help
Well done!
Lots of VPI stuff in there, and I have to say I'm loving the old, old Gobbler stuff like the hats and shirts.