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VPIhokieME's picture VPIhokieME
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| 5 months 3 weeks # | Hokie Hoops Central: Virginia Tech (13-4) at SMU (12-4) 9pm ESPNU

the difference being, I think, Greenberg did it in a tougher ACC. I think the version of the ACC that CMY is playing in is softer than the version Greenberg was in. The ACC has gotten worse over the last decade so Greenberg was probably the better coach, to be honest. I like CMY. But being likeable doesn't win you ballgames (to that end, being an asshole doesn't either....my point isn't that likeable guys can't win. My point is that you don't keep someone around just because they're nice if the results don't meet their goals)

SevenLayersofPlayers's picture SevenLayersofPlayers
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| 5 months 3 weeks # | CMYBall Tournament Chances

Way too much PTSD bubble talk from the Greenburg era, I don't believe any of the projections.

ltrepeter2000's picture ltrepeter2000
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| 5 months 3 weeks # | Hokie Hoops Central: Virginia Tech (13-4) at SMU (12-4) 9pm ESPNU

It should be pretty simple for him, drive or back down a player to the paint and shoot layups/mid range/fadeaway or get fouled.

This part is the mental and physical dilemma of someone moving from Euro ball to American basketball. He has been coached for fifteen years to play passive team defense and facing passive team defense. They dont play physical offense so he has to learn to do that.

HokieinFLA's picture HokieinFLA
| 5 months 3 weeks # | Hokie Hoops Central: Virginia Tech (13-4) at SMU (12-4) 9pm ESPNU

1000%

Rather than guarding the inbounder, you use Neo as a Trapper to force Miller to either pass the ball up or launch a low percentage shot over 2 defenders.

Instead, we let him dribble right up the sideline with our fifth Defender standing at the free-throw line with his hands on his hips.

In the NBA where the ball is Advanced, it makes sense to have someone guarding the inbounder...in College it almost never does.

TheSpiritOfTech's picture TheSpiritOfTech
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| 5 months 3 weeks # | Hokie Hoops Central: Virginia Tech (13-4) at SMU (12-4) 9pm ESPNU

Are we (still) so financially hamstrung that we can't fully invest in both football and basketball? How much is it to fund a competitive basketball program nowadays?

It's a damning indictment on Whit that you publicly let funding for your two revenue sports fall so far behind your peers. We're just now fixing football, but basketball is still in a bad shape reportedly.

I get football is the straw that stirs the drink and always will be, but the measure of being "competitive" seems easier in basketball vs football. Top 40-ish gets you in the tourney most years. Top 25 gets you a decent seed even. You're usually not even sniffing a conference championship in football unless you're in the top 15 or better.

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