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hokiejoe11 | 12 years 6 months # | Steelers sign Danny Coale!

Champs of the preseason.

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| 12 years 6 months # | Class of 2014 First Look: Vincent Mihota

Vinny

hokiejoe11 | 12 years 6 months # | Men's BBall: VT 8-11(1-6) at Boston College 5-14(1-5) 7 PM ESPN3

Not looking good. I'm sure Ben will be limited again and Smith is done for the year. Barksdale I don't believe is playing tonight either because of a groin injury.

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| 12 years 6 months # | Who are realistic bball coaches we could hire?

Greenburg, for one more bit of the apple. Why not?

hokiejoe11 | 12 years 6 months # | Babcock faced with Basketball problem - Washington Post

There really is no short term solution. At this point, Babcock needs to bring in his own guy who will have to clean house and build the program. They need to find someone that has a coaching style to fit the ACC.

AMB4VT | 12 years 6 months # | OT: Notre Dame putting $400 million upgrade to stadium

By then they will be adding another 400 million dollar addition.

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| 12 years 6 months # | Virginia Tech offers 2015 Five Star QB Torrance Gibson

You get a turkey leg and heavy sigh. Hard to do , but very true statement.

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| 12 years 6 months # | OT: Notre Dame putting $400 million upgrade to stadium

Nice. Save me a seat for 20** or whenever we get around to seeing ND on the schedule.

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| 12 years 6 months # | Virginia Tech offers 2015 Five Star QB Torrance Gibson

Hopefully he is looking to bring in a Chris Leak-Tim Tebow situation here. And by that I mean multiple titles.

cds7c | 12 years 6 months # | Who are realistic bball coaches we could hire?

Ehhhh.......

1. It's college basketball, everyone is cheating. It's like running for public office in Louisiana. The context of corruption skews normal morality.

2. Miami cheated a lot, in two programs. Missed a bowl game or two. UNC gave out degrees. Got....um...nothing. The NCAA doesn't do anything. Why not cheat?

3. A coach with a history of cheating is going to be watched like a hawk.

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| 12 years 6 months # | Who are realistic bball coaches we could hire?

True.
It's commodities brokering with kids.

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| 12 years 6 months # | Babcock presser at 12:15 today. Will be streamed by Hokie Sports.

A couple of quotes: "Character and competence"
"Create memorable experiences"
"Your first gift (donation) is your smallest." (Me paraphrasing here: VT should retain donors and make them want to increase their giving due to their positive experience.)
"No plans to replace coaches, I want to see how I can support our current staff better."

Hokies semper liberi | 12 years 6 months # | Who are realistic bball coaches we could hire?

A name I didn't see anyone mention is Donnie Jones. He turned Marshall around in two years and had multiple players come in that were great. Deandre Kane (now at Iowa state) is one of donnies guys as is hassan whiteside (2nd most blocks in a season and now d-league player). He was involved in some trouble after going to ucf but I'm not sure how involved he was with the infractions even though he took the fall. Plus he wouldn't cost more than 1mil. Definitely an upgrade and a coach who has performed a huge turnaround at a non-power bball school already

zomfgbbqhax | 12 years 6 months # | Whit Babcock - Great Article via Bleacher Report via AP

The only good thing about Bleacher Report is their stupid app. It's good for lazy me to check VT related tweets and non BR articles when I'm bored at work.

VTMaroonOrange | 12 years 6 months # | Whit Babcock - Great Article via Bleacher Report via AP

Sorry, I worded that incorrectly. The reporter didn't say fire Beamer, but I don't believe the word retire was used either. Regardless, I still thought it was a premature/tough question to ask the AD.

4VPISU | 12 years 6 months # | Whit Babcock - Great Article via Bleacher Report via AP

I know - I'm not a fan of BR either- technically it's an AP article, Bleacher Report was where it popped up though.

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| 12 years 6 months # | Who are realistic bball coaches we could hire?

Question for Basketball experts:

How bad is JJ doing right now? He was put in an impossible situation, and we all expected this to happen... Is his coaching so bad that he doesn't even deserve one more year? How much of the team's current struggles are JJ's fault, and how much is just the result of the situation he was placed in?

I heard so many of the Head Coaches who JJ coached under speak so highly of him. I really hope he doesn't leave VT, go elsewhere and be successful.

Are you convinced that JJ cannot build his program given time? Are you convinced that another coach could? Why?

popbrmo | 12 years 6 months # | Babcock presser at 12:15 today. Will be streamed by Hokie Sports.

I enjoyed his address even though he seemed nervous through the whole thing. As soon as the questioning portion opened up he hit his stride. I thought he answered all questions perfectly and let his qualities shine through. I was impressed on how he would answer the question and follow it up with a personal account.
Also, #MemorableExperience

Blue Collar Hokie | 12 years 6 months # | Who are realistic bball coaches we could hire?

man dino's an old snake in the grass

vtman09 | 12 years 6 months # | Who are realistic bball coaches we could hire?

I say we go for Pearl. I don't care if he had violations in the past. Our basketball program isn't in a position to go for the good-guy hire. We need a solid coach right now and Pearl is that coach.

Blue Collar Hokie | 12 years 6 months # | Who are realistic bball coaches we could hire?

oh, there's a word for it. . .'nice'

macraw83 | 12 years 6 months # | Northwestern Football Players Take Steps to Be Represented by Union

That shouldn't count, that's for one field.

The vast majority of engineering internships are paid, and fairly well I might add. It all depends on the field.

I have seen articles that say that it's about a 50/50 split between paid and unpaid internships which is a bit more believable. And obviously different industries are going to have different splits, just because they have different opportunities available for people who haven't graduated.