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Oh where do you even begin?
- Eliminate Hokies Respect
- Fix the Men's Basketball program
- Overhaul the Hokie Club
This includes the reinstatement of Stick It In and the Goodbye Song. Get rid of the stupid cartoons in the stadium as well. No Hokie needs to be told how to act during gamedays. Let us police ourselves. We take pride in being good fans. Not having the Athletic Dept trust us is INCREDIBLY insulting as fans
As a person, I really do like Coach JJ. I think he's a great guy that COULD become a great coach oneday. But you do not cut your teeth on the coaching circuit in the ACC. Its unfair for everyone involved to ask him to fix the VT basketball program right now. Coach K, even after coaching at Army, took 3 years (with the first 2 seasons being .500 basketball or worse) to get Duke to be the Duke we know. And his hire came immediately after a season where Duke made the Elite 8 and 2 seasons after Duke lost in the NCAA Championship Game under Bill Foster. I don't think its unfair to say that Coach JJ will likely never be the coach that Coach K is, so why do people think he's going to have quicker success at a basketball program with very, very little historic success that is already playing at a putrid level in the best basketball conference in the country, that is only going to get more tough when Louisville comes in?
In order to spend money you have to make money, and the Hokie Club has all but failed at fundraising in recent years. I have never in my life seen a more passive fundraising body, and it goes all the way up to the top. We should have annual fundraising drives to bring in more money, and we should have far more incentives to give than to just get football tickets (which, should we ever get good enough again, will become increasingly more and more difficult for young alumni to obtain with the alumni base exponentially growing by the year). The only times you hear from the HC right now is if you have a local rep that wants to make sure you re-up for the year. No push to give a little bit more, no justification as to why you should give or where the money goes and why they might need more. Nope, just "hey, you're time is due, where's your money?" This needs to change... badly. There is SO much potential there, even in a bad economy, for us to make more money, and to not even see the Hokie Club TRY is just sad. This laziness is what cost us coaches like Pete Hughes and Bonnie Henrickson, and it will cost us more if things don't get better.
Lets put it this way, our alumni base is so ill-informed about athletic giving that many believe that when they give to the Alumni Association to their college every year that those funds also go towards the Athletic Department. Trust me, I heard the "I'm not giving any money until Stinespring is fired" multiple times a night when I used to work the phones back when I was in school. In fact, not a penny of those donations go towards the Athletic Department. The VTAD is run separately, funded by the Hokie Club and any revenue they bring in from their teams, but you would never know that because the Hokie Club doesn't even TRY to inform their base of just how important their giving is.
YES. Implement a solid fund raising program. Make the Hokie Club better with more incentives. Make an effort to reach out to alumni and the rest of VA. Get more corporate funding. Sure, Lane Stadium and Worsham Field is much better than Advance Autoparts Lane Stadium or CarMax Worsham Field, but I would much rather VT be in the position to attract and hire elite coaches when Beamer retires. (Or keep the good ones VT has.)
Kyle was one of 19 health/injury scratches, the guy who runs the senior really trashed the 9 guys who scratched who are healthy. Logan looked good passing, one analyst said he is biggest puzzle in the draft, anywhere from round 2 to un drafted.
I can't help but agree. It's a do for me I do for you thing.
When you boost the boosters e.g. Giving them things they want, amazingly enough we will reciprocate.
We as a team, fan base, and even an institution (when it comes to the first two), started really resting on their reputation.
We got lax in our offense and we paid for it.
We always were a vaunted place to play, and still are, but we have a lot of fans who go for fun or socializing and don't support the right things.
Our higher ups wanted us as a fan base to become something we weren't. We use to be rabid fans. Tough as nails, heart of gold. We started putting too much into the latter.
It'll come back. We have the leadership we want in place, and if they listen, they will be successful. It's as simple as that.
As is everything peoples feelings get hurt over in society. A few equals millions.
Every second minus 120 minutes.
Shit. That's not good. I really hope his career isn't Danny Coale 2.0 =(
Looks like he aggravated an injury and is sitting out. Sucks.
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I'd say 2) Restructuring the budget to upgrade revenue sports coaches comp packages is the first priority and that also ties into a lot of the booster program. There isn't anything immediate to do regarding football scheduling in regards to opponents for right now as VT seems set for a couple years and the indoor practice field should be breaking ground in the spring. The only other thing that might be rather immediate is making sure the ACC gives VT a Thursday night home game this year, hopefully Miami.
My thinking is that football has to be healthy for everything else to run well. Basketball I think you need to give JJ another year to try to right the ship, I don't know how long his contract is but it can't be a long one for a coach with no previous HC experience.
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# | If you were the new AD, what are your top priorities this spring I think putting new energy into the Hokie Club is step 1, because it has implications for everything else. We can't wave a magic wand and come up with more money for coaching salaries, recruiting budget, etc. We need booster support. The thread we had on this topic showed there are some major deficiencies in HC organization and outreach. Engage the boosters, and prioritize/bring back the things people want (Stick It In, All Maroon Everything at LEAST once per year guaranteed, Thursday night game).
Someone should start up a petition to bring back "Stick It In" for the new AD. From all the responses I've heard, this was taken down because of the reactions of a few.
Yeah I'm sure Thomas was good to go in a week or less. I'm more curious about how Kyle Fuller is looking and if he can shake off all that rust.
How did he look in those 5 minutes?
I assume this means he's fully recovered from his Sun Bowl concussion. Not that I'd expect anything different 3 weeks after the fact.
1) Stick It In
2) Try to get 2 home Thursday games to make up for 2013
3) New Basketball Coach
4) Hokie Club reform
Or how UVa manages to have 3.5 fans at their spring game.
I would say 3) Upgrade at men's bball all around, and 2) Restructuring the budget to upgrade revenue sports coaches comp packages (Men's bball, Bud, Lefty, Gray, etc.)
I picked those two because I feel like basketball can be a huge $ maker if you have a good team. Not to mention we are in the best conference (ACC) if we can make the tourney every other year that would be huge for the whole school and athletic department. Also look at whats happening now, coaches salaries are becoming very very very competitive and its starting to shape College Football. If we want to become a powerhouse or at least contender we will need to step up the $/ incentive part to stay competitive.
#1 isn't a huge priority because as we all know it CFB won't be around forever, yeah it would be nice but don't see it happening.
Yeah, I was an 07 grad of Maury, so I probably know your roommate. I had gym with Kam and Spanish with Painter. He was so big, he sat at the table in the back since he didn't like sitting in the desk.
That is something the department is determined to get done since Sharron doesn't want to deal with the football schedule and is still dealing with health issues of her own, so they want to get someone in place.
If JJ gets fired than finding his replacement will probably be number 1. Oh and bring Stick it In back please!
I up legged you.
Getting the basketball program on the right track, without a doubt.
Great news!!
Another reason we must keep a strong presence in the 757
I'm down as well. I'm gonna definitely be at the UVA win, and probably Miami.
Not that my schedule means a whole lot.
Welcome to the site man. Very poignant.