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marcb2's picture marcb2 | 10 years 6 months # | Bucky Hodges Article

Guaranteed money roughly falls by a factor of 2 every 32 picks. So a mid-4th rd pick gets half the bonus of mid-3rd pick and a mid 5th rd pick gets half the signing bonus of a mid-4th pick and so on. Signing bonuses aren't huge by the 4th round and dwindle quickly to almost nothing by the 7th round.

Joe Lanza's picture Joe Lanza
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| 10 years 6 months # | Jaquan Yulee decommits from ROLL TIDE!

Here are few reasons I get after ya with the threads. (And I hope others will continue to offer gentle reminders too.)

A descriptive title makes it easier to search for old threads down the road. The Tracker allows folks to filter by title. So if someone 4 months from now filters for "Jaquan Yulee", (s)he will find this thread. It also provides for better search results. Relevant and descriptive titles make sense.

Having major recruiting news as their own threads (commitment, decommitment, offer, etc...) centralizes and organizes topics, makes them more discoverable for other TKPers, and therefore cuts down on duplicate posts.

If TKPers write a well thought out and informative thread body (as per the Community Guidelines), it fosters better discussions, which is what separates TKP from the pack.

New posters pick up on the posting habits of existing community members. If you lazily start a thread with a crappy title, and/or a body that doesn't provide any solid information or foster a discussion, others will do so too.

As online communities grow, they dissolve. TKP is growing very rapidly (over 10,000,000 pagviews in 2015). Some deteriorate quickly, the ones that don't or maintain their integrity the best strictly enforce rules and guidelines. I for one would rather TKP not go to shit like other Virginia Tech / online communities.

Choppin wood by the JUGS's picture Choppin wood by the JUGS | 10 years 6 months # | Jaquan Yulee decommits from ROLL TIDE!

Inner circle talk- he has yet to take SAT

VT won't let him visit until he has taken it... I know UCF has the same rule.

CLThokie's picture CLThokie | 10 years 6 months # | Jaquan Yulee decommits from ROLL TIDE!

I still don't understand people's excuse of "he's to "big" to play MLB in Tech's system". It's not that some players are "too" big, it's just that their skill set isn't right for Tech's system. Most guys that are 6-6 265+ at D-End aren't fast enough of the edge to play end for Tech, but you better believe that if a freak like Jadeveon Clowney at 6-6 270 came to Blacksburg he'd be an end. Yulee can definitely be a big time MLB for us even at 250 lbs....as long as his skill set matches what Bud and Co. look for.

AllMaroonEverything's picture AllMaroonEverything | 10 years 6 months # | Frank Beamer Media Love - A Compilation

Long time lurker here! Not enough legs to post a new topic, but came across this snippet from Coach K. Just a quick little talk with Frank and giving hime praise but thought it was pretty cool coming from a coaching legend in a different sport:

Coach K Talks with Frank

VT_Smity's picture VT_Smity
| 10 years 6 months # | January 2016 Recruiting Thread

Bud Foster, Fuente, and Guerry just followed 2017 DE out of Episcopal High School on Twitter
Doesn't look like he has an offer from the good guys yet

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3rdGenVTEngr's picture 3rdGenVTEngr | 10 years 6 months # | OT- Winter Saltwater Fishing

The charter went well today. We ended up catching 3 reds, 3 trout in the 18-20 inch range, 2 snook.

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