"Whit Babcock interview: Hokies' AD on Beamer's energy, recruiting, future" Article

A David Teel interview of AD Babcock from The Daily Press: Link

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But even in my career coming up, that was one thing that I did pause and think on and say, you know, that No. 10 jersey we're selling at Missouri, Chase Daniel's jersey, that's solely because of him. So that one kind of resonated with me. And I'm embarrassed to tell you, I have not, I did a while back, but I have not gone to the bookstore to check, or ask, but I'll make sure we do that. It's safer and better just to do No. 1, or if you have a championship in a certain year do that, but not to reflect the numbers of the players until we get that piece figured out.

Buy your jersey now people.

Wet stuff on the red stuff.

Join us in the Key Players Club

They have to because of where the game is going to avoid having to pay royalties to players. Luckily I still have my RMFW jersey that I sport on gamedays....

I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction:
“I served in the United States Navy"

Every jersey we sell should be #32, which should be a number that is given out as a weekly honor to the player deemed most worthy of wearing it for the game. (and the 32 yard line hash marks should be blacked out in Lane as well).

This gets us away from the issue of profiting off individual players and also is a meaningful tribute for our school.

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

#32 huh? I can dig a Cedric Humes Jersey.

I've got several jerseys that I hand out on game day or when I take people to games. They already don't have names on them, but it would be nice if they could have different numbers. (For some reason, I've got a bunch of jersey's with the number '3'.) Does this mean I'll never get other numbers unless I customize one myself or go retro?

For me, the players don't own the numbers, and I think it's kind of dumb for everyone in the crowd to have to sport the same number.

Well I already have a No. 1 jersey of Macho Harris days. Not a fan of it but I understand it.

If you don't want to recruit clowns, don't run a clown show.

"I want to punch people from UVA right in the neck." - Colin Cowherd

I stopped wearing jerseys years ago. I didn't wear them enough and I think they're overpriced.

However, I do have enough t-shirts, sweatshirts, etc. to start my own store.

I've got one in each color in the 09-13 style (With the old T in the V logo on the collar instead of the VT), a maroon #4, an orange #42, and a white #99. I make sure to wear the jersey color that matches the one the team is wearing that day. It helps our chances, and don't try to tell me otherwise.

The Orange and Maroon you see, that's fighting on to victory.

I do the same. It does help.

#SCIENCE

We put the K in Kwality

You're doing it right. It's bad luck not to be superstitious.

Im so excited about the direction our team is headed! Also, if you took a TL;DR approach to this article, you at least need to read this segment:

As far as Coach's future, there's nothing been determined on that at all. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Whenever that day comes, we'll do what we feel like is best for Virginia Tech. But, and Coach said this in a certain way the other day, and I liked it: Just like in a season, you can get too far ahead of yourself about what might happen, and I think it's a disservice to our team and our fans to be looking anywhere beyond this year. ... He's doing a great job, he's our coach and I sincerely do not know when that time is up. But between the two of us, I'm confident we'll get it right. Shoot, do I think about it? Of course, and we'll have a plan. But I also have faith that things will work out the way they're supposed to be. But what I want to do for him is support him in every way possible, honor his career and what can we do to finish, whenever that may be, on the right note. And I don't know that there's a manual for that. But he and I have built trust, and we talk often, and he's ready to coach. So I'm not going to get all hung up on what-ifs right now.

"The Big Ten is always using excuses to cancel games with us. First Wisconsin. Then Wisconsin. After that, Wisconsin. The subsequent cancellation with Wisconsin comes to mind too. Now Penn State. What's next? Wisconsin?" -HorseOnATreadmill

So reading between the lines, this is Beamers last year right?? /sarc

If you don't want to recruit clowns, don't run a clown show.

"I want to punch people from UVA right in the neck." - Colin Cowherd

So definitely believe Whit is one of the best hires we've made probably since promoting Bud Foster to DC. He gets it in every facet of the game. Loved his points about Beamer's coaching timeline and his views on recruiting. Great interview.

If you don't want to recruit clowns, don't run a clown show.

"I want to punch people from UVA right in the neck." - Colin Cowherd

I think hiring Frank Beamer comes in a close second to promoting Bud Foster to DC.

/s

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-What we do is, if we need that extra push, you know what we do? -Put it up to fully dipped? -Fully dipped. Exactly. It's dork magic.

Whit is good at his job.

I'll take "Extreme Understatements" for 1000 please, Alex

"The Big Ten is always using excuses to cancel games with us. First Wisconsin. Then Wisconsin. After that, Wisconsin. The subsequent cancellation with Wisconsin comes to mind too. Now Penn State. What's next? Wisconsin?" -HorseOnATreadmill

classic...this made me laugh out loud!

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