VT is getting some loving over the Fuente hire (and Whit hire) in the Washington Post.
I stopped reading the Washington Post college sports section when it became all about Maryland and they stopped covering VT as a local team, but the small amount of coverage VT has been getting lately has at least been positive. This one is mostly praise for Whit, which I believe is well-deserved.
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Thanks for sharing the article. It was a great read.
In the last two years, VT has hired a new:
I think we nailed every hire.
Also, Voice of the Hokies
Not sure on that one yet, hopefully it will come with time.
From what I've had the chance to listen, he--like Bill--likes to maintain some semblance of "impartiality" as a broadcaster. But for Jon it's to such an extreme when he gets really excited I can't tell which team he's yelling for ("Touchdown [fill in the blank]!", now wait for Mike's "Ohh Nooo!" to determine which team scored).
Bill had a certain "You should see it from out here!", the Old Man from A Christmas Story-type longing to his voice on a play gone wrong for the good guys, reserving the JockJams Medley call for anything thrown near Danny Coale.
This is true.
Timothy Sands
Whit Babcock
Buzz Williams
Justin Fuente
I really like all of these hires, and I think they'll all lead VT in the right direction.
Agreed! Whit has taken on his two highest visibility challenges in his first two years and did very well. I think Sands will take longer for his efforts to hear significant fruit, but he is the under the radar how of the century.
Fuente seems like a great hire but I will reserve judgement until he has coached a season or two against the big boys. Keeping most of the D coaches should help his transition and most of his moves and ideas so far seem like winners so he should do alright.