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That was just the feedback from their overly obnoxious online broadcast and over use of the highlight graphic!
I thought London might..and then he ended up at UMD. As a position coach. LOL
Coach Fu was with Luther Maddy at the awards banquet in Richmond last night. It may not have been recorded.
wondering if he has "the" and "gifted" tattooed on his triceps...?
they sounded pretty rowdy on the radio
I was driving through Radford with a friend once and he asked me to roll up my car windows. I asked why and he said he didn't want to catch anything....
No i think they would understand as well..
I am a Stinespring fan and would love to see him retained in some capacity. At his age (52) I can't see him hanging up his whistle just yet. So, I fully expect to see him coaching somewhere in 2016.
Yeah, his hair is pretty tall.
I think director of recruiting, if there is space, would be a great spot for Steinspring.
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# | Fuente Kicks Off Recruiting Effort with Outreach to 2016/2017 Commits and Recruits Isaiah Ford and Cam Phillips were not elite recruits.
They were the borderline 3*/4* solid recruits that VT has historically thrived on (and will likely always rely on) -- and are precisely the type of recruits that VT whiffed on in 2010/2011.
Yup. Plus for some reason our stadium is one of only a few that isn't black and white with color accents which would be cooler looking
I really think Satch is better low post scorer than is given credit for. He needs the ball in scoring position though, not 18 ft from the basket after setting a high screen.
BTW, that win moved us from 134 to 114 in Sagarin ratings.
Part of that time they were all female at Radford, so it was just the locals that would be angry the Cadets were coming over to take the women.
That was my thought. I think you have to show the west side of the stadium.
Pigeon?
As a VMI grad I take offense to... just kidding I went there and I was floored the first time I saw VMI as high on lists like these as it usually finds itself. I know that I am a moron and struggled to get my poop in a group and expected that most others were in a similar mold as I am (although I did realize that I should not have actually been accepted in the first place based on the quality of those around me). Like one of the other commenters said, the close bonds formed while there coupled with a strong alumni network (took a hit before I got there, but still seems strong) many of my classmates are doing very well.
I stand by my previous statement. VT can't expect to go to out of state every year and reel in 10-15 quality kids from the southern states.VT just isnt that type of program yet.
Why not? What's the difference from between recruiting someone from Charlotte or Greenville and recruiting someone from Northern VA? Travel time is the same.
There is a lot of talent here.
But there's also talent elsewhere. Look at our pipeline to Florida, which brought us Flowers, Hosely, Dadi, Maddy, and probably some other players I'm not thinking of. I know that Dadi/Maddy weren't highly recruited, but Frank & Co. had built a relationship with their high school coach. The guy knows our system, knows these players would fit, so he calls coach and gives him a heads up. Relationships like these are the ones that pay off. If we can afford to routinely travel to schools outside of the state, why wouldn't we?
You can't deny that a great majority of the historical players that we love, have in fact, hailed from Virginia.
I'd wager that these players didn't have the same options that similarly ranked players have today. Internet/Social media makes it easier for a recruiter to maintain a relationship with a recruit from further away, thus increased competition in our backyard.
The goal in recruiting is to maximize your geographic recruiting footprint while staying within your operating budget. You do this by building relationships with high schools and coaches. Maybe your goal is to recruit 75% of a given class from within a 6 hour driving distance, but that doesn't mean you focus on VA more that NC, MD, KY, North GA, etc - it means you focus on kids that fit your system, that you can build relationships with, regardless of home state. This is how you insure on field success at minimal costs.
The same applies, for the 25% of recruiting beyond our 'preferred radius', except we need to focus on specific schools and/or SMALL geographic areas (ie, Delray Beach). It's important to have a higher ROI in these areas since traveling there costs more (in time an money). However, since these areas outside of your preferred radius (presumably) have significantly more talent than any equally sized geographic area within your preferred radius, you can still land plenty of recruits at the same 'cost'.
TL;DR: New staff needs a strategy where they maximize quality of recruit but minimize cost. Recruit's home state is irrelevant.
Think I'll get one but there are definitely better angles of Lane than that
You don't really need a keen eye for that one. It is literally the only print that is not taken during a game that features a helicopter.
Don't know if you'll come back to this, but who do you work for. I work in the space realm on the military side and am fascinated about job possibilities on the outside as I am not quite the young buck I once was. Not looking to punch anytime soon (next 8 years anyway), but I am intrigued by the strength of the market on the outside WRT space... and have a leg.
lol. looks like I took the picture from my season tickets this year. hopefully I can move next year. my 1st year back with season tickets since 2000 was this year and I got them kinda late in the game. still it could have been worse.
They don't allow coaches to vote for him, he would win ever position 1st team, it's just not fair to the other players.
The top thing that stood out to me is that with a 20 point lead twice, Buzz couldnt work Pierce and Henry into the rotation against an inferior team. They need as many minutes of real game time as can be spared to further develop. I understand that they are not Buzz' primary lineup but when it comes to the ACC schedule they could be crucial components that are not capable of helping because they havent seen the court in several games.
I still think that Blackshear's injury, while it may not cause him pain, is effecting his shot and his ability to elevate from a stopped position. The shot issue is most noticeable when he is shooting free throws and is unable to plant both feet flat on the ground. It appears to cause a lean to the right when he shoots. In terms of elevation, there were several times in the lane when Blackshear had position to score early and had his shots adjusted by smaller players because he couldnt rise above. The same thing also happened on several rebounding opportunities, where it appeared he could not plant the left foot to get up in the air and had to wait for the ball to come down to arm level. I just hope the injury doesnt cause bad habits to form from which we could see long term impact rather than just the impact on his game this season.
The last big key is that TYRONE must continue to show up as his energy and ability to create opportunities both for himself and others (Clarke and Bibbs most specifically) have been critical to getting out to these early leads.
One other thing to note is that Radford went 3-20 from outside, and while they aren't a dominant three point shooting team, if they had even had an average night from behind the arc, this game would have been a lot closer than it was. Tech still allows way too many open looks from the perimeter. They did a slightly better job contesting shots last night but I would say that more than half of Radford's attempts were unchallenged.
Another area of concern is that Radford's active zone defense really kept the Hokies from being able to get into the lane as well as they normally have done this year. Sure, we shot 28 free throw attempts but 11 of those attempts came with under two minutes to go and the game already decided as the Hokies were sitting on a double digit lead for the majority of those two minutes. Our in the paint scoring was down 8 points from our average and we got out rebounded 39-33 by a smaller opponent. Part of this issue was that we had no perimeter scoring either, only attempting 2 three's in the second half, allowing Radford to collapse into the lane to clog things up.
Two positives were the Hokies cutting down on turnovers significantly and ramping up assists. Tech finished with 8 turnovers and 17 assists for the game. Most games this season it has been more turnovers than assists at around 14-12 kind of numbers.