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| 12 years 5 months # | Javon Harrison to FSU; looks to be a done deal

Bummer. His tape on YouTube is brilliant.

If we get Ford tomorrow, this WR class is still something to be very excited about. But, damn, that tape is good.

Leonard | 12 years 5 months # | Read and React: "National Signing Day: Cavs' Mike London looks beyond high school coaches to cultivate Virginia Beach pipeline"

If I'm the Hokies, I'm not all that fussed about these dudes liking me. I want to talk to your high school coach and your mama. Period.

VT_Slacker | 12 years 5 months # | Read and React: "National Signing Day: Cavs' Mike London looks beyond high school coaches to cultivate Virginia Beach pipeline"

You just show me the spot where he threw him under the bus

I'll be down there tomorrow to make sure it got him

shakeitallabout | 12 years 5 months # | Read and React: "National Signing Day: Cavs' Mike London looks beyond high school coaches to cultivate Virginia Beach pipeline"

I sort of get the feeling that they may dislike tech so much that they would cater to whomever comes in and replaces him.

I agree that's true with the current Thoroughbreds leadership. However, with Little Turtle gone, will the elder Cutler continue to be someone players will want to pay to coach/train them, or will their own parents get the bright idea that they should be doing the coaching? I don't see much of anything to stop every class of parents/potential recruits from doing this for themselves and promoting their own interests.

Leonard | 12 years 5 months # | Read and React: "National Signing Day: Cavs' Mike London looks beyond high school coaches to cultivate Virginia Beach pipeline"

Although there there's really no hard evidence of wrongdoing here, I'm with Coach Beamer on this one...smells very AAU, and don't even get me started on what goes on with the AAU.

VT_Slacker | 12 years 5 months # | Read and React: "National Signing Day: Cavs' Mike London looks beyond high school coaches to cultivate Virginia Beach pipeline"

7v7 seems fun and it gets skill players plenty of reps against formidable talent

I've heard many of the arguments from people in the know...AAU, we gonna put a stop to that, we're gonna leverage the HS coaches, etc., etc..... but we have choice in this country

they are deluding themselves... 7v7 ain't going nowhere cuz its fun and developmental at the same time

JMHO... as a recruiter you can stick your head in the sand and lose, or you can treat these guys like the legit coaches they are

rockidr4 | 12 years 5 months # | Bitter blog - The best a Hokie has played in the Super Bowl? Chancellor has an argument

I'm just here for gifs.

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| 12 years 5 months # | Read and React: "National Signing Day: Cavs' Mike London looks beyond high school coaches to cultivate Virginia Beach pipeline"

I hate the 7-on-7 teams, it's turning high school football into high school basketball. These kids have more of a sense of entitlement than ever before.

After Kamara's comments about why he chose UVA, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of these players don't care about winning. For those you don't know, Kamara tweeted that "Go wherever you gone start, winning games doesn't get you to the league" (http://virginiatech.247sports.com/Board/59428/Jamil-Kamara-25233341/1).

This is how some recruits think, it's absolute garbage and I don't want that level of entitlement or that level of apathy towards winning anywhere near Blacksburg.

Side note to Kamara: NFL teams are in the business of winning games. Because of this, they are going to draft players and sign free agents who care about winning games. When you're sitting down with an NFL team and you tell them "I chose UVA because winning games doesn't matter", how do you think they're going to respond?

VT_Inferno | 12 years 5 months # | Javon Harrison to FSU; looks to be a done deal

ha punny...

nice

TechHokie13 | 12 years 5 months # | Javon Harrison to FSU; looks to be a done deal

He did, but anyone who makes that mistake should expect appropriate punny retribution.

VT_Inferno | 12 years 5 months # | Javon Harrison to FSU; looks to be a done deal

Perhaps Hville mean 'patience'? That's how I read it. It's relatively late, I can understand. Not meant to be a grammar nazi.

BWade | 12 years 5 months # | Read and React: "National Signing Day: Cavs' Mike London looks beyond high school coaches to cultivate Virginia Beach pipeline"

Fascinating to be sure. When London is fired after this year and that connection is burned what happens then? I sort of get the feeling that they may dislike tech so much that they would cater to whomever comes in and replaces him.

shakeitallabout | 12 years 5 months # | Countdown to February 5

Glad to hear it. We have a great class regardless and I'm pumped about adding 5 o-lineman since that's been an area we've struggled with for years now. I believe we have future playmaking starters at QB and RB coming in as well. Can't lie that I'm going to be disappointed if we don't get one of Harrison, McKenzie, or Nnadi though. I'd rate my confidence level in getting those players as Harrison (10%), then I. McKenzie (30%), and then Nnadi (50%).

pajokie | 12 years 5 months # | Javon Harrison to FSU; looks to be a done deal

HokiesFTW123 | 12 years 5 months # | Countdown to February 5

Very true.

shakeitallabout | 12 years 5 months # | Countdown to February 5

I did, but I'm still standing by UGA as my hunch. It's not like we haven't been "duped" by twitter plenty of times before.

Isaiah McKenzie, 4* WR recruited by Florida, Ole Miss, USC-e, & ND says if Hokies offer he might commit on the spot. http://t.co/FnkYRHXnci— Kyle Bailey (@TheClubhouseKB) January 29, 2014

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| 12 years 5 months # | Javon Harrison to FSU; looks to be a done deal

So you're a doctor of some sort?

OkieSkins | 12 years 5 months # | Countdown to February 5

shakeitallabout: Your predictions I would be pretty happy with.

pajokie | 12 years 5 months # | Countdown to February 5

VT bringin the Legion of

to Balcksburg! GO HOKIES!

shakeitallabout | 12 years 5 months # | Read and React: "National Signing Day: Cavs' Mike London looks beyond high school coaches to cultivate Virginia Beach pipeline"

That's the part that is most interesting to me. Is this connection between the Thoroughbreds and UVA going to level back off in the next couple years when Cutler's son is no longer affiliated with the players? If London is fired (I think it happens after this season), will the connection remain and will kids continue to buy in to a losing program? The fruits of this relationship are undoubtedly paying off stronger than ever this year (Eli Harold and Mizzell playing, Brown and Blanding in the program), but the future is far more unclear.

shakeitallabout | 12 years 5 months # | Read and React: "National Signing Day: Cavs' Mike London looks beyond high school coaches to cultivate Virginia Beach pipeline"

How exactly would Stinespring be throwing Newsome under the bus when Newsome objectively wasn't having success with the Virginia Beach recruits? You can't throw someone under the bus for not getting recruits when, oh let's see... he wasn't getting recruits! Newsome was part of the staff until only one year ago, and not a single one of those guys ever considered VT. Little Turtle is just squawking the company line and throwing out a red herring as an excuse to why they don't like VT. There is plenty of evidence that it had nothing to do with Newsome though.

PS these guys must really have a thing for piss poor coaching if that's all they can come up with.

BWade | 12 years 5 months # | Read and React: "National Signing Day: Cavs' Mike London looks beyond high school coaches to cultivate Virginia Beach pipeline"

Here's the other thing. I am in no way defending London. Goodness no. But I think those 7 on 7 types have a hard time looking out for anyone else but themselves and the team pays for it as a whole. I would love to have the talent but I'm not exactly heartbroken to have lost out on a lot of those guys over the past couple years.