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This is super interesting. So he was about to resign but also managed to bring in JF and then decided to stay? That is quite a change of course. Im guessing the board wanted him out. If he wanted to leave on his own then why would he help bring in the news coach?
Good point!
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# | ESPN: Inside James Franklin's rapid recruiting overhaul at Virginia Tech This. Gotta start somewhere
Could've been in the ACC HQ. Not necessarily another school.
I GOTTA BE ME!
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5 months 1 week
# | Batten Down the Hatches This Weekend, Hokie Nation. [Winter Weather Thread] I wish I was in Tiajuana
Eating barbequed iguana
Wow.
Very curious to know which ACC program. I would have to assume its a less football focused school like Wake.
I am not at all a Whit fan and this is not me defending him but he was pretty instrumental in bringing in Franklin. The ironic thing is that he had already signed his termination papers before Halloween and was set to take another job in the ACC. But he signed a new deal around thanksgiving that I believe will be for a reduced salary. He won't have much involvement in football moving forward but I do believe Franklin wants him in Blacksburg. JF will be running the show for the program and will essentially be reporting directly to the board.
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I feel like its been a really long time since we've actually won an offseason - I can remember single events that we spun into wins in the offseason but we haven't wholly won an offseason in a very very long time.
I am tired of "winning" the off-season. It is time to start winning on the field again......
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also, the Explorers
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# | ESPN: Inside James Franklin's rapid recruiting overhaul at Virginia Tech There should be a pay scale by positional value. PFF or some other football data site ran an impact by position analysis and basically showed that QB, DE, OT, and CB had the most impact on a game, so if you plan to overspend, do so there. Breaking the payscale for a Safety just isn't worth it.
I don't think there's been like an official press release but plenty of reliable sources have announced the hirings.
Edit Must have read this post there's a presser at 11am today to officially announce the staff
They haven't announced a lot but Bitter has said on the TSL podcast that he's FOIA'd actual contracts and things. People have signed contracts, just no big announcements.
Has the coaching staff actually been announced or has it just been sleuthed together by the internet?
Months into his tenure, Franklin is quick to caution: On the field, inside the program and at the administrative level, the Hokies still have a long way to go.
This is so hard not to lose sight of. We have done so much improvement in the recruiting cycle but we still have a really young team and there's still a ton of settling in to be done from everyone.
ZIMA SUCKS
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# | ESPN: Inside James Franklin's rapid recruiting overhaul at Virginia Tech I am still to date, amazed/shocked that PSU fired Franklin. One less bad interception against Oregon in OT and who knows how team plays against UCLA (which they almost still won after slow start) and Northwestern (solid defense that played well against Oregon too) after that.
This is not "one's man trash is another man's treasure" type of thing. I could be wrong and time will tell, but I truly think we hit the jackpot with the Franklin hire. As long as the winning happens (and the money/donations keep coming in), I think this hire potentially could change the direction of VT football in a way we can't even imagine yet.
FIRE WHIT.
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# | ESPN: Inside James Franklin's rapid recruiting overhaul at Virginia Tech Finally, an ESPN article that isn't speaking on the internal disfunction or an idiotic Whit quote.
our miss on that player is an interesting representation of the JF NIL strategy.... understand not overpaying for one player that blows your budget and creates unfairness, but one of the complaints from PSU (unclear if warranted or not) is that he was missing on top tier talent due to refusal to skew the payscales towards the top like others.
For us, I think that being fair makes the most sense, but was an interesting look into the very different strategies schools are deploying. Theoretically we will have more solid depth but may not have the same reach of high profile players.
SOUP OR SALAD?
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# | Hokie Hoops Central: Duke (19-1) at Virginia Tech (16-6) Noon ESPN I reference this game often because it was also the last time I ever ate at a Five Guys. My wife and I had a birthing class while pregnant with our first and I remember talking to the VT dads in there about it.
Not often you can say you've almost doubled up the score on your conference opponent though.
MEH. 😕
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# | ESPN: Inside James Franklin's rapid recruiting overhaul at Virginia Tech Interesting quote:
Among the former Nittany Lions pledges who visited for the Miami game, four-star safety Matt Sieg, who signed with West Virginia in December, marked the Hokies' only miss.
And we know how that went down. What an amazing, impactful recruiting weekend!
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