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# | Virginia Tech Defensive Media Session: A very newsworthy chat with Bud Foster 
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10 years 11 months
# | Virginia Tech Defensive Media Session: A very newsworthy chat with Bud Foster 
The handbook won't hurt recruiting, these photos will.
This makes is much more tangible. And ridiculous.
I get your point word of mouth is important.. but if I tell you to jump off a bridge are you going to do it or will you use common sense?
I would have to think an opposing coach saying something along the lines of "you know VT fines their players, and we don't" would probably be detrimental.. especially seeing as how there was some truth to it
Geez...fines for being disruptive in class? Do we really have to resort to babying people that much? I mean honestly, if you're in college and you can't at least sit quietly and not be a class clown, seriously just gtfo. The coddling here is just ridiculous. And this is not a good look at all. Why in the blue hell would you have something like this on display in a public area? And who approved this? Did Whit know, or was the whole football team just going rogue here? Unbelievable, and I'm pretty disappointed.
Either it's an omen of a perfect season, or you need to see a doctor.
Oh if only that were true. I appreciate the optimism, but as optimistic as I tend to be even I know most of these kids arn't reading the handbook. They are going to listen to whatever they are told. And unfortunately, the moment they are told we fine players, they will cross us off the list. Whether we do or we don't.
did you go through the recruiting process at a Div 1 school??? Did you get a athletic guideline?? I would love to kno
the only reason we're being burned for it is because Bud answered the ?.. Had it been OSU or WVU or ECU they would have gotten burned. its unfortunate but for a kid being recruited this won't be of much surprise because they get every single athletic guideline handbook from every school that is recruiting them..
Once you commit you have to read it and sign it-> yeah kids don't read the whole thing but the key points like fines and punishments are gone over 1000 times in person voice to voice so there are 0 questions when they get in trouble.
VT not being in the ACC title game is affecting our recruitment, losing to Wake affects our recruitment, uncertainty of how long Beamer is around hurts our recruitment, un-attractive offense hurts our recruitment
An athletic handbook with fine/punishment policy that is given to athlete during recruitment and then signed by athlete once he commits and steps on campus isn't hurting recruiting.
I'm guessing that Ryan promised all three a start in preseason as part of the "I'm going to have a fair competition" program. I agree, he likely already knows who he wants to start.
Yeah, at this point, Whit either was aware of it and just lied or he had no idea what was up on the monitors in Merryman. Neither is a good look.
tbd. He will probably make an nfl team as a wideout because he is a freak athlete. Gibson is the same guy basically.
Schools with fining systems right now:
Can football start already?
So, it's soccer?
Not trying to be confrontational. Just that pissed off that our coaching staff could be this stupid to allow this to happen.
This is a PR nightmare that we absolutely do not need. You do not want the bullseye on your back when you're trying to attempt a rebuild.
it will be used against us.. then the kid will get his athletic handbook go through it, read it and then say hey this is the same thing they said they didn't do.. but I see a $10 dollar fine for missing tutoring-> the athletic academic office pays for you to have that.. if you don't show you will be held responsible especially if you are required to go to tutoring.
It might not be to the extent that VT has it but it will be very similar
Your tone is making this seem very confrontational here. I realized some of us are worried about this but we're all on the same side.
Its a PR mess. When is the last time anyone read that iTunes agreement. How many kids read that handbook? 3%. This is the age of social media and fast news, rumors first and facts later. All it takes is kids hearing this on ESPN and those VT letters go right in the trash. 5 star kids want to be fawned over not fined.
I bet all the money in my bank account that Whit was aware of this.
You can fine me if I'm wrong :)
...some people got in trouble for getting up and punishing people at six in the morning.
And they thought this fine system would be a better look?
key phrase "programs that don't do this." You would be shocked at how many programs do this/have a fine policy in place.
And yet they're not being publicly burned at the stake for it.
You can claim its not a big deal all you want. This is a major talking point on every major sports news outlet right now and we're being painted as the villain. This is BAD. That whole Gameday in Lane before the Ohio State game. One guess on what they'll focus on when talking about us.
Yeah, this isn't impacting our recruiting.... Keep thinking that
This doesn't even look good for Whit. How is this up at all? And it's up for the media to see? And Whit hasn't seen it? Or he saw it and didn't react to it?
And where the hell is Frank Beamer?
Wisky. Tango. Foxtrot.
kid's don't come to VT for many reasons.. a fining policy is not one of them
What are you basing this on?
You didn't recently return a participation trophy, did you?
Haha, yup, that was my route exactly, just in the other direction. I lived in Hillcrest, so after class I'd take it all the way to Davidson before heading out into the elements and up that dadgum hill. Didn't always do it, since it took longer, but I definitely made use of it during heavy rain and bitter cold.
Think it's safe to say the evidence has come to light.