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Weaver was the man. I am not exactly happy that he sold out some home games for Fedex, but he always did it for the national exposure and the money. He kept the athletic department in the black when almost every other division I school operated in the red.
Unfortunately, I don't know how much his sickness has impacted the last couple years of decisions. His only real mistake as AD was how he fired Greenberg. Not the decision, but the timing.
Well, I don't know. Weaver wasn't infallible; maybe it was a mistake on his part. He still left the department in a better place than he found it and put Whit in a position to succeed. May've had his faults, but you can't ignore all the good work he did.
My goodness that was glorious.
I would give him a week or two to get settled in and then it looks like the best way to get in touch with him would be mail him a letter to his office in Blacksburg. He seems to respond to letters regarding his charity and reaches out all the time.
Thanks, I saw her email but wasn't sure if it would really make it to him. I'm sure VT IT blocks a lot of unofficial mail. I can only imagine the emails they're getting right now.
Check out this YouTube video I stumbled onto today. Buzz is a high energy guy that can relate to students and younger alumni. Great hire, Whit!!
If that is true and he is taking the fall in order to have that rainy day fund, I can at least respect that. But there was money sitting around while we were losing out on Nnadi, Hand, Brown, etc?
Here.. have both.. here's how:
Unless you want Cake in a Pie.. then that will cause an implosion of the earths core. If that happens, The Washington Generals may win multiple games in a row against the Philly 76ers.
Sorry I'm not sorry. YEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHH
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Sadistic!
Looks awesome! Isn't one of the big things that the walls open up so they can practice half in and half out? With those columns there it doesn't look like that's the case.
"stick it in", Fatheads, and Babcock. There is a joke there.
Weaver knew he was at the end of his career and my guess is wanted to keep everything in the black for the next AD to be able to do something with. Let's not forget that he got some great football games scheduled before he left as well. I much prefer this approach. I think people need to give Weaver credit for setting Whit up nicely.
I'm assuming you can email Sharon Spradlin, the administrative assistant for the basketball program (according to VT's athletics website).
Her email is shspradl@vt.edu
Those national titles ensure those offers are accepted. Pretty sure we know who the top atheletes are.
I am intrigued by the staff changes, but I don't think that we were blindsided on who the top prospects were, we just didn't have the recent run of success to reel them in.
Wow that looks cool. Wonder how many Big Ass Fans it will have :P
That looks like it is going to completely fill the walkway path from the Tennis courts down to the east stands.
Put it in a pie, apparently
You believe Beamer put every ounce of truth in that book?
It was a book that was made to sell to VT fans. Saying he was gone because he worked for a guy who wasn't willing to pay fair market value for the services of him and his assistants wouldn't have exactly gone over well in the fanbase or the Athletic Department in which he was employed. No, he spun it in a way to make everyone look good, because thats what you do when you're in that position. Its unlikely we'll ever hear the full story directly from those involved, but the rumors I've heard from people that would know is that Beamer was as good as gone, and it took the President's Office getting involved to resolve the situation. Weaver was content with letting him walk because he got too expensive for his tastes, higher up officials at Tech had a different opinion, and in an emergency meeting, worked out a deal for him to stay, while removing most of the influence of the Athletic Director over the football program.
Yes. Yes. Yes... Atlanta SUCKS, being in the middle of SEC cuntry -not a misspelling (my house sucks for that matter) and then dealing with Yellow Jacket fanfare... I love my wife, but as soon as she dies I'm packing up and taking the kids back to the homeland and their birthright; to be raised properly in an appropriate environment -ok maybe not THAT appropriate as youngsters...
I like the set up, closing with Foster was a good choice
The fact that we had less football staff than Duke or Wake Forest somewhat disturbs me. And what the heck was Weaver doing with all that "reserve pot" money? A rainy day fund for Whit to spend?
Although I prefer cake, I could always bake a pie. LOL