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# | OT: Where would you like to see money spent on VT sports programs? 
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Absolutely they matter. Has the devil, Nick Saban won 4 national championships since '09?
No doubt, developmental prospects can be big-time hits. But the overall top-to-bottom class quality is crucial for depth. Stars, as stupid as they sound, are decided by folks with a lot of experience watching high school players and their adjustment to the college game. You are certainly not doing yourself a disservice by signing players who 'the experts' agree are pretty damn good.
I'm disappointed we missed out on a great prospect. I can't fault him for taking Michael Corleone's advice. Never take sides against the family.
This does not detail the Fuente train. If things like this happen in the 2017 and 2018 (especially) cycle, I'll start to wring my hands. This doesn't even give me indigestion.
Fuente's first order of business is clear: win with the roster he inherits. As it stands, we addressed one of our biggest needs at WR, and shored up LB a bit with some bodies, if not immediate contributors. But CJF is going to have to win with what he's got before he climbs the 'crootin ladder.
What specific staff positions would you like to see?
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# | OT: Where would you like to see money spent on VT sports programs? I was going to suggest referees/umpires. Also, Fuller-cloning.
How about.... BIFF
Give her a fake until after you're married, then swap it out with a real diamond.
Hey whatever gets us over the hump, right!?
It's tough to hang your reputation on a single national championship, in bass fishing. Not to disrespect that team, heard they were all real anglers!
Do over gets you another leg from me. If at first...
I grew up in Marietta, GA. That program, when it was humming, was a MONSTER. I remember them putting over 500 yds on my HS (Lassiter) pretty much every year I was there.
They had a QB named Eric Zeier, and while he wasn't much of a pro, he was a darn good QB at UGA.
I'd like us to retake Duke in the recruiting class standings, for good. These new recruiting assistant positions/logistics coordinators are a start.
I'd like to never be ranked lower than Duke in anything but basketball and academic ratings from now on.
A coaching change, not getting past the 8 win mark since 2011(?), all contributing factors in a down recruiting year for us.
But Duke? Aside from a great coach and a good education, it has to be among the worst p5 programs. That is the most pathetic football stadium i've ever been to, outside of Umass. Those are the most pathetic football fans I've ever sat near, outside of Umass. And duke has to have among the lowest attendance rates, again outside of Umass, even when their team was ranked!
All in all, I hate Duke, especially when we lose in sports that matter. I'd like the money everybody else is donating to fix this.
Yeah, if that's not a "Surprise! Mom, I love you" move, I don't know what is. Kind of great actually
#hoosyourdaddy....VT...that'srightbitches!
We're polytech, right? Here are some things, maybe not realistic, maybe not well-targeted, but things:
1) Since we polytech so hard, I think we should have the most advanced in-stadium video capabilities in the country. By that I mean large numbers of high-speed, hi-def cameras so that no replay is ever subject to question. The technology exists, and I think we should pioneer its use in the college game. I'm talking about cameras pointed towards every significant yard line, boundary line, line of scrimmage, on every player from multiple angles all the time (like I said, LOTS of cameras). Never miss anything that happens on the field, ever, and cover it from many angles all the time. Watching or covering a game at Lane Stadium should be the best viewing/replay experience the world of sport has to offer.
2) Which leads into 2. I think we should pioneer the use of these cameras to implement advances in a few areas:
a. Yardage markers. Can we do away with the refs having to walk the chains across the field already?
b. Boundary and goal-line calls. Back in the World Cup, they started using a technology to monitor whether the ball had gone across the goal line or not, and it was awesome. We should do as much as we can to implement this in football.
c. Using many cameras, we'd be able to render 3-D views of the field and every player on it. Transmit this data to another field and project, in holographic form, the entire game on another field. Record it at Lane, project it onto Lane North, or any other field.
#InventTheFuture #Polyteching
He was my favorite player in last year's class. His injury really got lost in the huge expectations on our starting front four. And then, for a bunch of reasons, they didn't play well.
In all honesty, the hype on our DLine last year overshadowed what could be a sneaky good '15 group. Like I said, I love Trevon Hill, but the same class has Gaines, Settle, Dee Fullwood, Harry Lewis.
So I'd like to extend the Become A Dude invitation to that whole group.
And you can't get a top class without winning. Everything goes hand in hand. You can win without a top class, but there is a ceiling. The goal is to roll the winning back into recruiting success so that you can then win more. You have to start somewhere though.
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# | OT: Where would you like to see money spent on VT sports programs? Our recruiting staff right now pales in comparison to many other programs, especially those who we consider to be our peers. That needs to change. After we finish the renovation of Merryman, we need to pour money into our recruiting staff in football to be on a level playing field with everyone else. If we do that, and start attracting the best players to come to Blacksburg, everything else will take care of itself.
The future of VT begins and ends with how well we do on the recruiting front. Everything we do from here on out needs to be primarily focused on how it impacts our ability to recruit.
New chairs in Cassell PLEASE. Those wooden seats destroy my back and I'm not even an old fart yet haha. But I realize more people need to show up for games in order for this to happen tho.
Good stuff, I like your three bulleted priorities.
Baseball is the next major spending item
The baseball stadium needs to be reworked and there needs to be an actual clubhouse for the players under the stadium. It is a joke that the lockeroom for baseball is the old football lockerooms.
That quote should tell you all you need to know.
Wrestling and Women's Soccer. National Championship in the next decade from one of the 2 if properly funded.
I'm expecting a lot of attrition so don't just count on the seniors
I like the question, but there's soooooo many variables/unknowns to consider here.
Personally, upgrades to Lane are low on my list. I'd like minor upgrades to Cassel, especially the lighting, but I like the old school feel & wooden seats.
Things that are important to me include quality staff, budget for recruiting (all sports) and athlete facilities (weight rooms, locker rooms, etc) for all sports. My goals would be to make the following a reality:
- VT should never lose a staff member due to money alone (any sport)
- VT should always have the resources to recruit any player they want (any sport)
- VT should have top of the line facilities available to all student athletes
I'd like to see more staff hired for Hokie visions productions and more money out into media rooms etc to give Tech a quality look in the publics eye when they see it on TV or in print.
Interesting comment. My roommate used to work for Video Department, and now his career is video, photography, directing, editing, etc. He told me that there's a lot of basic production/filming techniques that he's learned since leaving that would make the HokieSports stuff look way more professional. He said 'our videos look like shit' compared to many major athletic departments.
I'd like to see a few more staffers involved in social media and branding efforts.
I agree with improved branding - but that's really a school wide effort, not just the athletic department.
well with the time commitment it essentially is a job
but i agree one can be overworked, my point was most people have a variety of options if they feel overworked (go to union, quit, get a new job, transfer within company, etc). college football players and college athletes in general don't have as many options without recourse.
Look to see what schools like Clemson are doing to fill those roles and copy it.
If I'm not mistaken, someone posted a list in recent weeks of all the recruiting positions Clemson has, and its around 30 positions long.