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this part right here just made me very nervous...
While I like the experienced Hokie offensive line group and have high hopes for the talented young players pushing those veterans, last season Texas rolled out an offensive line with only one player who was not a five- or four-star Rivals recruit. With that kind of talent and elite running backs like Gray, Malcom Brown, and Joe Bergeron, Texas should have shredded Big 12 defenses. Searels won't have that level of talent initially in Blacksburg, so it will be interesting to see if he has the attention to detail to keep the Hokies as strong fundamentally.
We weren't gonna get him anyway. Not with his sketchy past and show-cause penalty.
I have to try this.
Once again, because of the way Cassell is situated, you CANNOT move the students closer to the court without ticking off the high dollar donors. All those great sight lines we talk about would be completely ruined in a layout that includes students closer to the court (in other words, standing in front of donors).
There are 4 sides to the court. If the students were on one of them courtside, that leaves 3 others for those donors to choose from. If it adds energy to the environment and the program, I highly doubt donors are going to complain. They donate in hopes of seeing a good program and to see that their money was well spent.
#GREGGMARSHALL4VT
But seriously, why isn't this a thing yet?
It would enhance our definition of the Origin of Boom and create/enhance the nickname VT Island.
Once again, because of the way Cassell is situated, you CANNOT move the students closer to the court without ticking off the high dollar donors. All those great sight lines we talk about would be completely ruined in a layout that includes students closer to the court (in other words, standing in front of donors).
That whole issue is a non-starter in this environment in that facility.
And the box would not only be for basketball, it would be for any event in the new facility. Concerts, monster truck rallys, rodeos, WWE events, (maybe VT hockey in the future?) etc. The area would be able to attract all of those events, and the suites would be open for them all. This is about far more than only football. Heck, the concerts alone would potentially get the suites sold annually.
Congrats Joe. And thanks to all for making this a fun place to have real talk about our favorite hobby.
I'm planning/hoping on getting up there, trekking from ATL and making it a long weekend...
TheKeyPlay needs a pop-up tent... we should consider making a fishbowl fund for most glorious sun/rain stopper... Who's in charge of officially organizing such a shindig? Have the leaders of this news-site (Joe, French, etc.) chimed in on this to bless/lead/get out of the way?
We would have probably benched him for Leal anyway...
Weaver had nothing to to do with scheduling. The only thing he does is give it the final ok, but the teams are responsible for setting and scheduling their OOC games. It's usually one of the assistants that does it. I know for Women's, Joyce does it and I would venture to guess that Ramon or Kurt did it for the men.
Corporate boxes would be a waste of money (and lots of money). We still have trouble selling the south end zone boxes. Think anyone would pay $10k+ to watch our BB team right now.
I say do the impact projects first: new court, concourses, and move the students closer to the floor. Then once you've got a winning program that consistently fills the Cassell, consider boxes in the top corners.
Only Demon Deacons and Devils.
I can tell you for a fact that a lot of the players are starting to check this site for comments about their performance knowing that it will be constructive critique, not random bashing as with most other sites.
And, probably more importantly, to get an update on the CAKE vs. pie debate.
Location?
Where Cassell is currently to still allow for the quick access to the practice facility as well as still keeping the football facilities as a part of an overall structure. Tear down the facade and the roof on Cassell, dig out the bowl again to allow for the baseline seats to be court-level, and build up from there with a state of the art facility to match the architecture throughout campus.
We already have an established BBall program, its just not a very good one. Having a snappy new facility would create buzz we just don't have right now. And plan this now to have it ready in 2025-2030. The school could REALLY use it.
A loooooooong time. Look at VCU's roster. There are probably 2 current guys who could play on that system. Probably take 3-4 to get them in.
That would make a huge statement landing him to augment our secondary.
Yeah, it was just completely repainted this past summer. The only thing happening this summer is the usual redo of the top layer of poly and the ACC logo is being switched to the most updated one. The biggest change, though it may not be likely, would be the maroon lane being taken away and it just being wood colored like it was before.
The soon-to-be-released web app I'm working on refuses IE8.
IE8 is the new IE6.
I really think that game could be HUGE for keeping recruits after the 2015 season. It's a once in a lifetime event that I think will definitely keep players who aren't going to be guaranteed first rounders.
Since Chewie is a Hokie, I believe he has all the measurables and physical ability to be one helluva Tight End (or Quarterback).
Not going to disagree, but we need to establish a BB program first. We also need to figure out a location for this new multipurpose building. Space on campus is starting to get a lot more sparse.
I sat on my couch watching UVA finish the ACC title sweep thinking to myself what could have been for Tech basketball if we made a home run hire like Tony.
Tony came in to an ACC school, recruited a core of solid players and coached the hell out of them. This should be the blueprint for Whit, right? Hire a guy who can do the same? We don't need a guy who can bring in 5-stars, we need a guy who can coach up what we have, bring in solid talent that wants to play in the ACC, develop and build a group that plays great team basketball.
And that should be possible. We're a large ACC school. We have a student/alumni base that will support good hoops.