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I hear ya on that man!
Probably off sweating somewhere.
Mein German ist not up to Schnuff these days zo it must be zat Hodges fellow. The new coach will have options if he's open to them, and Frank Beamer doesn't mind.
We are 4 hours from DC, 3 hours from Richmond, 3 1/2 to Raleigh, 2 hours from Charlotte. I'd say we are in a good central location.
Gary's busy being 69 years old.
College basketball analyst for the Big10 Network.
....and Duke, UNC, Louisville and Syracuse are regularly above a five seed. Tony Bennett is a great coach, UVA made a great hire, one I hope they never make in football. This being a system that took him five years to get to where it is right now. He has had three consecutive 20+ win seasons so I would likely put it as competitive at this point.
Miami was four seniors and an NBA ready guard, how often does that happen any more in college basketball unfortunately?
Whichever way Whit goes, I want the outside world to at least take notice of the hire and say Wow, maybe they are moving the right way.
Speaking of Maryland, what's Gary Williams up to nowadays?
Sigh okay. I think what he's getting at is we need to come down from the clouds a little. Bill Self and anyone on his level are very much in the clouds. Also, I believe Self makes a little south of $3.9M a year, if I'm not mistaken. I'm all about tossing out some extra dough to get a good coach and a solid group of assistants, but not at the expense of risking our entire athletics department's future (see Maryland). This is all assuming a guy the likes of Self (or anyone else in the 1%) would even listen and not laugh Whit right on out of town. Kids picking VT hats and ESPN salivating over VT basketball are all very, very big ambitions/ifs. We need to try and find that next guy.
Then we get to the next problem of how do you pay a basketball guy top dollar and not Frank, Bud, Torian, etc? That's just football. I think the past month has proven we have some very quality coaches in other sports too. Wrestling, anyone? Theyve been top notch. Dresser has done nothing but win since he stepped on campus. My point here is if we chuck out millions in basketball, then millions in raises in other sports thats a hell of a lot of dough for a program that runs in the black but only by about $6M. There are a lot of egos and prides for Whit to manage and they are typically managed in dollars and cents. Mostly dollars. Lots of dollars.
Essentially, while Im just as excited as anyone else about what is going on here and how it can start to shape a new culture for VT athletics, I, like cds7c, am trying to stay level. Im sure Ill lose a few turkey legs here but I think some of us should take a deep breath and land that rocket ship back on Earth.
It will never happen, but TIM MILES. He took Nebraska from mediocrity to the tournament (in the B1G no less) in just a few years. He's gonna have a lot of guys wanting him to lead their programs.
You mean Bucky Hodges?
I liked the results we got with Seth. But I HATED with a passion when we got left out of the tournament and he got on the soapbox.
Just keep your trap shut and schedule better OOC.
Is his name Bucky "Dieter" Hodges?
A guy like Thad Matta might have been a better example (still not very likely).
Indiana wants to get rid of Tom Crean. I'd take him in a heartbeat.
Fair enough. I, for one, do like seeing some orange on the uniform. Maybe even orange pants. I love #ALLMAROONEVERYTHING, but there's a time and place for that.
I don't like the old school stripes on the shoulders though. I've grown tired of that jersey
Well, UVA is doing it this year. We will see if they do it consistently.
But they are also doing it with a very different model than the Bill Self idea. They hired realistically, a guy who leans on a system, were patient for him to cleanse his roster of non-system guys, and are excelling with a full roster of his guys with experience. This is the blueprint. It doesn't require you to a.) hire Bill Self (or Roy Williams or Tom Izzo or John Calipari) or b.) recruit 5* kids to one and done.
But few people would say UVA is competing with Duke, UNC, Louisville and Syracuse because of one great year. Remember, Miami was a #1 seed 52 weeks ago.
Panic?
I heard there's a 7'13" German guy named Dieter Something who regularly throws in 45 footers and stuffs balls from the top of the board who's looking for an American university where he can study engineering and maybe get a peek from the NBA. Also heard his favorite color is maroon. Know any schoool like that?
My point isn't Self in and unto himself. My point is make Tech known for targeting the top of the pile rather than the middle. Go after the 1%ers. I agree on all your points about the Kansas basketball program. I have been a fan of theirs since fifth grade, when my dad took me to a game there while we were stationed at Fort Leavenworth and I got passed above the fans heads in the middle of a big chant. Its an incredible experience to attend a basketball game at Kansas. That was back when Williams was the head coach and Self was just getting his feet wet under Williams. It hasn't changed much since. And that's more to do with the coach and less to do with the other stuff. You get a coach that establishes your school and the money to build the other things follows. That's kind of my point here. Go get the top of the pile.
i kind of look at like what Jim Laranaga did. when Mason made its final four run, he turned down some offers to stay. couple years later when Mason had been good but not great, Miami came calling and Laranaga took the job. its been a couple of years now since VCU made it to Final Four. theres a chance hes thinking about the right opportunity to jump up in conference pecking order
Could we partially hire Coach K? We could make a deal where he could coach Duke 90% of time and VT 10% of the time. That would still be an improvement.
Seriously though, I hope VT does step up and invest some money in a good hire who can provide a great ROI.
If UVA is competing with those schools this year, I see no reason why we can't.
Your right and other than Bryant Matthews, who else staying on that team mattered? Seth came in and did the same thing JJ did, played three freshmen. JJ wasn't able to keep Finney-Smith, which wasn't surprising considering his AAU coach got a job at Florida about the same time Seth was fired, same funny thing happened with Harrell's AAU coach at Louisville. Ten years ago AAU wouldn't have had that swing and letting a kid out of his NLI probably wouldn't have happened back then either.
This bit about Shaka Smart kills me. Maybe he countered with a # that he knew couldn't be met? Either way it looks like Weaver's penny pinching burning us again.
bring seth greenberg back. at least we would make it to the NIT regularly.
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