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dont tell frank!

charlotte hokie lately:

I respectfully disagree. Football is a muscle memory driven athletic endeavor. To expect a flawed football team (and this is a flawed team) that has been built under the pretense of a flawed offense to just work harder and come out the other side as a national champion isn't fair to those kids and the staff. I want to see the Spring game to set my expectations. Even with the flaws, if you look at the schedule, Virginia Tech should win the ACC Coastal Division. At the same time, with any struggles to adjust to a new system, a key injury here or there (which they have already suffered with Exum) or a bad matchup, dreams of even an ACC championship season can go up in smoke.

This is a ground zero year, and we forget that because of the success of the defense and the promise that Logan Thomas has. 2013 is about establishing a compete level on offense that matches the defense and adding the professionalism and attention to detail that has been missing from that offense. Step 2 is landing an SEC caliber recruiting class, which is possible this cycle. Step 3 is landing second tier recruits which fit your system.

IF those things happen, you have an opportunity to compete for a national championship. Build the program. That is what Nick Saban did at Alabama. It took several years to put get the players, teach the system, and build the foundation. For the first time since 2005, I can see the Hokies taking the same steps. Filling the trophy case is the goal, but filling it this year, in the midst of all this change, with so many potential question marks, I think is unfair.

And, frankly, I may rant and rave on here about National titles, but it doesn't just take elite work, great recruiting, and genius play calling to win a National title. You need a great deal of luck. We scoff at repeated ACC titles. That used to mean something, and it never failed to amaze me how many people in the fan base crapped all over that accomplishment. I think an ACC title this season would be one hell of a year, and will lead to bigger and better things.

No I just didn't see that Charlotte Hokie posted it. Apparently Antone Exum things stay in the Antone Exum thread.

As an avid reader of this site and life-long Hokie, I appreciate the in-depth analysis TKP offers. But one thing drives me absolutely crazy...the constant lack of perspective and vision for our program that the administrators, fans and analysts here have.

This was an amazing article with an excellent analysis of our depth charts, but was completely ruined and fell victim to the same ole' stereotype that our fan base gets at the very end of the article.

The fact that we have to 'wait for the Spring Game to determine what a successful 2013 season is' is an absolute joke and frankly a reflection of disgrace to our program. Defining a successful season shouldn't be difficult or ever reconsidered in my opinion. Just because we have an off year doesn't mean we should reevaluate our program goals. Rebuilding 'a foundation of better things to come' is never an option, reloading should be the only thing that is acceptable.

Our goal, (which has been made as clear as mud) by a few of our program's leaders is to win the ACC Championship, play in a BCS bowl and compete for a national championship every year. Now while that may seem a bit of a realistic stretch this year after coming off last year's disappointments, the goal and vision should remain. This year's definition of success should be visible in every locker, every workout lifting station, every team meeting, every cheesy t-shirt the program makes, and topic of conversation at every local watering hole Blacksburg has to offer and should never be in question. The fact that it isn't -- and moreover that we have to determine what 'success' is -- should be a question of doubt to us all.

If we, as fans, don't know what our team goals are this year, then our coaches (new and old) don't know them, our administration can't fund them and our players achieve them. If our goals were so clearly stated by the beautiful (albeit empty) trophy case overlooking the practice field...shouldn't everything else echo that?

I'm not saying that any of us here, analysts included, can impose the correct goal and vision for our beloved program...but for us to question our own short-sighted and immediate goals for this year to me reflects on our disjointed leaders atop this organization. The ultimate goal should never vary from year to year nor change in the wake of a disappointing season. It should be echoed by a commitment to build the finest facilities (see our over-extended Rector Field House), ability to attract top quality recruits year in and year out (elite talent almost always leaves the state), hire and retain a top-tiered coaching staff (our recent offensive staff changes hardly moves any needles in the national football fraternity), and an administration committed to spending money to fund all of these things (Weaver -- do I even really need to go there?).

If we have to wait until the end of April to make a goal list for the season, then we've already fallen short of it. Bottom line...when anyone arrives on campus in Tuscaloosa they know their goal. We don't.

Notice, Woody "The Little Ball of Hate" Baron is with the ones running down Knowles from behind. #QUICKNESS

Thoughts & Prayers with those at the Boston Marathon.

thanks man.

If we can get Exum to tweet about this thread, and create a new thread about that, you could probably sell the movie rights to Christopher Nolan. Also, Charlotte Hokie, this is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. I appreciate your work.

I feel like this is the most meta thread on the site ever. Charlotte Hokie posts (what is an amazing photoshop) on the Exum pwnage thread, then people swing by and grab the 'shop and send it to Exum on Twitter, then it comes back here in a new thread.

actually, it is a white dude and baby for some baby product advert.

I think we just found the other image that should go on the back of the scoreboard, right next to Exum On A Treadmill.