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Richmond is closer to Duke than VT is also.
Some schools can still lock down states, LSU got nine of the top 10 in state in 2016, Alabama and Auburn got 6 of Alabama's top 10 but they landed every blue chip recruit but one, UNC has landed four of the top 5 for 2017. We should still be aiming to land as much of Virginia's top talent as possible, since in theory this is the easiest talent for us to land. Realistically 4-5 blue chip in state every year would be continuing our historical performance
Slightly off topic question: does the athletic department have to pay back the School more money for a scholarship for an out of state player?
I know this probably doesn't matter much either way, I was just curious.
My one moment of clairvoyance was calling a grand slam against UVA in (I think) 1993. Denny Hedspeth was up with the bases loaded, and I leaned over to my friend, pointed at left-center, and said, "375. Right over the numbers." Crack! (Or ping, really.) Over the wall, about 4 feet to the left of the numbers in left-center.
Of course, we were skipping a mandatory address to the Corps by the general, so I ended up pulling some weekend dorm restriction over that, but it was worth it. I mean, who schedules an all-hands meeting during a VT/UVA baseball game on a gorgeous spring day? Come on, Gen'rul!
He looks like an older Sam Rogers with the same intensity
True, but this year, we saw Duke and UNC come into VA and clean our clock.
To be fair, the triangle is closer to eastern VA than Tech is. Other than state pride, there's really no downside to recruits looking to stay in the region.
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The odds aren't posted, because no one ever bets against Jack Click. If he wins the job, everyone wins.
I can get on board with this.
YEP
Plus- as I have said repeatedly
1) Virginia doesn't produce great offensive linemen.
2) The "757" post-Vick Hokie era I think has impacted the recruitnicks, and some overrate 757 players. The 757 particularly doesn't produce offensive linemen. Other players have not developed well (Richmond as well) at VT or other schools, especially over the last four years. As I have noted, VT only had 3 starters from the 757 (Clark, Hodges, and Motuapuaka.) Out of state recruiting has produced the Hokies best players lately, and when you look at young players counted on to step up next season, most are out of state or non-757/Richmond players. The Edmunds brothers are from near Danville. McMillian and Teller are NOVA kids. Mook and Alexander are North Carolina kids. Ford, Lydon, and Lawson are Florida guys. Nijman is Jersey; McLaughlin is a South Carolina kid. Gallo is from PA. Evans (and Brewer before him) are Texans.
3) Prior to the Vick era, when you look at all the guys who went to the NFL or were all conference in that era where the the program "was built" (pre 1999) you notice that a bunch of kids were out of state guys. Gray was from Florida. Antonio Freeman, George DelRicco, Billy Conaty, and Eugene Chung were Maryland kids. Jim Baron was from Tennessee. Jim Pyne was from Massachusetts. Will Furrer was from PA. Tyronne Drakeford was from South Carolina. The program was built where VT got their top talent from out of state. In that way, the ACC move may have hurt the program. VT was on network TV (CBS) throughout the northeast and when Penn State and Syracuse started to falter, VT made headway in PA, MD, and NJ (culminating in the recruitment of Kevin Jones.)
Get your Virginia targets, and find projects locally. But, I want Fuente to be regionally and nationally focused. Focusing efforts mostly in Virginia is a formula that is doomed to fail.
Calling Purdue P5 team is very generous. Motley had the same stat line against Furman, for what it's worth.
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If Motley graduates, I believe he can transfer to any school that will take him regardless of conference. If he hasn't graduated, I don't know that a transfer is very feasible as he is a redshirt-Junior and would spend his last year of eligibility sitting out. Lastly, a non-graduate transfer within the ACC requires you to sit out for two years. I'm sure there's a compliance person that can set me straight on this.
Evans: 3:1
Lawson: 3:1
Motley: 5:1
Durkin: 10:1
Jackson: 10:1
No love for Jack Click... 100:1
I'll take the guy who put up 50+ against a P5 team (without utilizing McMillan) over hype.
Heart always beats hype.
looks like he will be no to limited contact most of spring.
some other guys are going to get a chance to step up and earn some burn.
I would say it makes it slightly less difficult. 75% (and maybe more) of schools are running some form of a spread offense now. And winning and losing is still a zero sum game...losing a high scoring game with a "fun" offense is still losing (as folks are going to soon appreciate).
All VT is doing is preventing erosion, not separating itself. Much, much more is needed off the football field. The most important people by far in determining where VT's ceiling is athletically and whether it gets reached are Timothy Sands, Whit Babcock and the Board, not Justin Fuente, Buzz Williams, Bud Foster, et al.
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The four power 5 schools in California kept just 6 of the top 10 and 10 of the top 20 in California.
Texas? 6 of top 10 and 11 of top 20...between five power 5 schools + Houston.
Ohio? 4 of the top 10 and 7 of top 20. By the only power 5 school in the state.
Georgia? 3 of the top 10 and 6 of the top 20.
The bigger point is that the recruiting game has changed. Schools can't (and probably don't even try) to build a wall around state borders any more. Everybody recruits regionally now (with some schools having bigger "regions" than others) and a handful essentially recruit nationally.
People really do need to get out of the 90's and 00's recruiting mindset. Zero isn't good, but the days of VT getting 5 of the top 10 and 10 of the top 20 in VA are gone.
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I think the whole taking back virginia campaign is being done with a realistic goal of landing just a few more of the top recruits. I hope the administration doesn't think it's realistic to truly seal up the borders, and like you have pointed out, I don't think it would be wise anyway.