I guess we can market a new T-Shirt... "Forever Young" ** -- Maroon October 04/07/2019 7:37PM The Young and the Restless!! ** -- Mom2Hokies 04/07/2019 7:57PMVirginia Tech Basketball Board
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I guess we can market a new T-Shirt... "Forever Young" ** -- Maroon October 04/07/2019 7:37PM The Young and the Restless!! ** -- Mom2Hokies 04/07/2019 7:57PM At least he's not a job hopper? :)) I'm in stitches. ** -- SSN Hokie 04/07/2019 7:37PM Probably because none wanted it. -- Brown Hound 04/07/2019 8:03PM None? False. Quite a few did -- hokiepro 04/07/2019 8:59PM Yeah sad when Vandy gets a guy like Jerry Stackhouse... -- hokie19 04/07/2019 7:44PM I’ll take your tickets -- hokiepro 04/07/2019 7:56PM If so, I'll admit I am wrong...Very wrong... ** -- hokie19 04/07/2019 8:01PM Does the AZ sun make people extra negative? -- hokiepro 04/07/2019 7:36PM Sorry. Just enjoyed hearing VT bball on the national stage for a few yrs -- SunDevilHokie 04/07/2019 7:50PM WOFFORD was on the national stage this year -- hokiepro 04/07/2019 9:04PM No, but there are a lot of coaches between Jay Wright and Mike Young. ** -- DHokie 04/07/2019 7:41PM It seems kind of like a Bill Foster hire to me. -- Tex Lombardi 04/07/2019 7:42PM More like Bobby Hussey. ** -- Last Full Measure 04/07/2019 8:14PM Good point, and exactly what we DO NOT need. We are not a blue blood -- SSN Hokie 04/07/2019 7:49PM If you build it they will come... -- Tex Lombardi 04/07/2019 7:58PM I'm curious to see what Will and CC have to say once the dust settles... ** -- Maroon October 04/07/2019 7:35PM ... and we won't be singing this song... -- Old Line Hokie 04/07/2019 7:47PM Great wedding song. Really gets the reception party going. Lol ** -- Hoakie82 04/07/2019 7:42PM
I wonder if this is how Vandy football fans felt when Derek Mason was hired ** -- GoobyPls 04/07/2019 7:29PM Seth was a toxic potty mouth - good riddance ** -- WildTurkE 04/07/2019 7:53PM We're supposedly at a much different place now- we were in the A10 ! ** -- Vippie1 04/07/2019 7:37PM No, we were in the Big East ** -- WarDarnHokie 04/07/2019 7:40PM Tech was in the basement when SG hired. Losing seasons 6 of 7 yrs -- Flanker 04/07/2019 7:33PM He gave us four 20+ win seasons when that seemed unthinkable ** -- WarDarnHokie 04/07/2019 7:34PM Was Seth a great hire? Wouldn’t you expect more now? ** -- Hubman 04/07/2019 7:25PM Yes. Like a coach of a Top 20...oh, wait. ** -- 48zip 04/07/2019 7:34PM Not great but definitely good. He gave us a solid start to our first ACC -- Twincountyhokie 04/07/2019 7:27PM Who does Greenberg coach now? Oh yea, that's right. He doesn't. ** -- ACCJesse 04/07/2019 7:29PM NO ** -- ACCJesse 04/07/2019 7:27PM Great? No. But he was the right man for the job at the time. ** -- BuffaloTraceHokie 04/07/2019 7:26PM Just like Buzz was the right guy at the time -- Hokie`79 04/07/2019 7:29PM Exactly. In a way, he saved Tech hoops. ** -- WarDarnHokie 04/07/2019 7:29PM Officially ~8pm ** -- Hokie Bird 94 04/07/2019 7:24PM The other upside is we should have more money for football now ** -- UpstateSCHokie 04/07/2019 7:26PM Is it $ that's the problem with football? I'm not sure ** -- Hokie Bird 94 04/07/2019 7:27PM Might want to brace for a couple of those ** -- Hokie Bird 94 04/07/2019 7:24PM Mike Young literally built a program and is a fantastic X and Os coach -- soflahokie 04/07/2019 7:21PM He has more tournament wins in the past 20 years as well ** -- Casey 04/07/2019 7:23PM Local guy who won't skip out to Texas either. There are worse things. ** -- WarDarnHokie 04/07/2019 7:25PM The recruiting part worries me but no doubt he can coach -- VaTechHokiesACC 04/07/2019 7:25PM Those who know him say he has a Dabo Sweeney-type personality and if so -- YBYSAIAHokie 04/07/2019 7:28PM Clemson took a big chance on Dabo -- 48tnhokie 04/07/2019 7:38PM Sometimes it works out ** -- VaTechHokiesACC 04/07/2019 7:39PM That must be true, he sure snowed the hell out of Babcock... -- ombandit 04/07/2019 7:30PM I hope you’re right. ** -- two91hokies 04/07/2019 7:30PM So do I. ** -- YBYSAIAHokie 04/07/2019 7:31PM Works for me. ** -- VaTechHokiesACC 04/07/2019 7:29PM How? -- 48zip 04/07/2019 7:29PM By making such an obscure hire for an ACC school is how. If Young flops -- DGHOKIE 04/07/2019 7:39PM I meant THIS PROCESS. THIS WEEK. Feel free to correct me. ** -- 48zip 04/07/2019 7:41PM Lol. I see what you did there. Funny. ** -- Brown Hound 04/07/2019 7:41PM Have you checked them out? I have. No thanks ** -- DGHOKIE 04/07/2019 7:41PM Really? now that is a step down in recruiting ** -- 949hokie 04/07/2019 7:27PM Hopefully he can bring Hoover as a grad transfer ** -- DGHOKIE 04/07/2019 7:21PM Maybe he can bring the whole team ** -- ombandit 04/07/2019 7:19PM 12 no star freshmen ** -- untuchVT 04/07/2019 7:33PM And he comes to a place with critical player needs ** -- UTPr0sim 04/07/2019 7:23PM I don’t think it’s Young per se, but the # of better hires available ** -- DGHOKIE 04/07/2019 7:23PM It really is laughable, isn't it? If it turns out to be Young ... -- Hokiestud 04/07/2019 7:20PM He has more NCAA wins and appearances than we do over the past 20 yrs -- 4dhokies 04/07/2019 7:58PM Ties to the area should be down on the list for our hiring criteria. ** -- 949hokie 04/07/2019 7:32PM Yes -- harrisonburghokie 04/07/2019 7:42PM I'll give the guy a chance, but this is nothing compared to how Schiano was -- UpstateSCHokie 04/07/2019 7:14PM It's pretty close* ** -- 48tnhokie 04/07/2019 7:24PM Shaka was the at a pit stop w vcu. Not w same school for 20 yrs -- hokie19 04/07/2019 7:12PM I’d rather have a good coach be hired away than -- st_andrew 04/07/2019 7:10PM And how is that working out? ** -- 48zip 04/07/2019 7:30PM Agree. Could not care less about him “coming home” -- Burke Hokie 04/07/2019 7:23PM Yup, the coming home thing really does not mean much to most of us -- 949hokie 04/07/2019 7:31PM Speaking of home in 949.......5 min ago..... -- CrystalCoveHokie 04/07/2019 7:42PM Don’t call me Nancy ** -- fnhokie 04/07/2019 7:09PM OK whining bedwetter. ** -- VT ROCKS U 04/07/2019 7:37PM I don’t whine ** -- fnhokie 04/07/2019 7:38PM Or Shirley ** -- 949hokie 04/07/2019 7:33PM I have never seen Whit in uniform before ** -- DGHOKIE 04/07/2019 7:18PM More like this.... -- UpstateSCHokie 04/07/2019 7:05PM NO. Wofford gave Kentucky all they wanted. ** -- ACCJesse 04/07/2019 7:28PM No! JJ was hired to keep Erick Greene. Greene wouldn't even stay for this ** -- N2VT2 04/07/2019 7:14PM IF this is true, you mean to tell me after 5 years of Buzz, top 15 team -- 91HokieBob 04/07/2019 7:07PM He's Top 20. Top 15 net ** -- 48zip 04/07/2019 7:32PM OK...I hope so... ** -- 91HokieBob 04/07/2019 8:15PM Maybe they were looking for the antithesis of Buzz. ** -- pokiehokie83 04/07/2019 7:15PM May be... ** -- 91HokieBob 04/07/2019 8:16PM We were in the cellar after Buzz scorched the earth anyway. ** -- Hockey Dad 04/07/2019 7:10PM True, but if get a higher profile guy could have brought players with that -- 91HokieBob 04/07/2019 7:13PM The luck has to run out tomorrow. Those were back to back once -- Hockey Dad 04/07/2019 7:17PM Just the way Sands wants it. ** -- N2VT2 04/07/2019 7:15PM You mean Sands doesn't care if we win ACC and or nationally?? So is he -- 91HokieBob 04/07/2019 8:34PM I rather liked seeing VT on the national stage through end of March. Mind -- 91HokieBob 04/07/2019 8:25PM What ?? ** -- VT25 04/07/2019 7:35PM Sands -- mikej5747 04/07/2019 7:27PM And there it is. Yep, they goin find out the hard hard way. Yawn. That -- 91HokieBob 04/07/2019 8:29PM That or Mike Hunt ** -- 3TechFanz 04/07/2019 7:05PM My name for powder puff football was Annie Jankledoo ** -- Pitbull87 04/07/2019 7:38PM I remember in HS a practical joker submitted -- GCHokieof91 04/07/2019 7:22PM But the question remains. Has anyone seen Mike Hunt? ** -- 1MetroHokie 04/07/2019 7:06PM If it should turn out to be M. Young, I think it’s a shame that so many -- Beach Hokie 04/07/2019 6:55PM I just think it's bizarre that posters are surprised that there are many... -- ombandit 04/07/2019 7:18PM I would think he knows what he is doing as a coach ** -- VAHokie89 04/07/2019 7:23PM I don't think it is personally against Young... I think it is... -- Maroon October 04/07/2019 7:10PM Over-high expectations. BTW, Odom was never offered the job. ** -- Hokie Bird 94 04/07/2019 7:19PM I get it, but if he’s going to be our guy, he will need our support as -- Beach Hokie 04/07/2019 7:14PM Understood. He certainly has his work cut out for him. -- Maroon October 04/07/2019 7:20PM Support OUR coach whoever it is. -- hokiepro 04/07/2019 7:12PM Yep. Wojo was not that guy. Wanted it on a platter. Stepping stone. ** -- Hokie Bird 94 04/07/2019 7:22PM I'd rather see a guy succeed who doesn't want to be here, than a guy who -- NokieHokie 04/07/2019 7:22PM I’m definitely going to pull for him, it’s the crazy mindset -- hokiepro 04/07/2019 7:29PM I agree with you on that. But I'm just pushing back on the "we got a lesser -- NokieHokie 04/07/2019 7:32PM The glass half full side of that is if he does succeed -- hokiepro 04/07/2019 7:34PM I'm a bit different on this. I work better when I like my work. Wanting to -- Hokie Bird 94 04/07/2019 7:27PM I'm not saying we won't support the new coach... but answer me this... -- Maroon October 04/07/2019 7:15PM Buzz left the cupboard bear do the attractiveness was reduced -- 133743Hokie 04/07/2019 7:21PM Wrong, Buzz showed the potential IS here, without a doubt... ** -- ombandit 04/07/2019 7:24PM Wrong. He showed he could succeed as s hired gun. He built a team, not a -- 133743Hokie 04/07/2019 9:14PM Buzz proved that Buzz can win anywhere...even VT ** -- DrHokie 04/07/2019 7:29PM Buzz doesn't have a monopoly on success ** -- ombandit 04/07/2019 7:35PM Not disappointed because he just won 30 games -- hokiepro 04/07/2019 7:16PM 30 wins against a cupcake schedule -- Flanker 04/07/2019 7:27PM And he has had as many losing seasons as winning ones ** -- VictoryTurkey 04/07/2019 7:20PM Most in his first decade there building up from NOTHING ** -- hokiepro 04/07/2019 7:25PM It’s moments like this when I realize “Hokie Nation” isn’t any different -- vthokieq 04/07/2019 7:09PM Your picture is quite fitting for most of this fan base -- 48tnhokie 04/07/2019 7:14PM We might be surprised -- Hokie Steam 04/07/2019 7:08PM Or he simply interviewed him and liked what he heard. -- vthokieq 04/07/2019 7:10PM Regardless of who the new HC is, I think it's safe to say that whit has -- squarerootofone 04/07/2019 7:07PM He does what he is told. Whit ain't gonna rock the Sands boat. ** -- N2VT2 04/07/2019 7:18PM He’s a Radford native who would be coming home -- hokiepro 04/07/2019 7:04PM I want Matta, but know there are strings attached. So Young works for me. ** -- Calamitous 04/07/2019 7:04PM I agree. I have seen at least 20 of his games in recent years. I think -- GreenvilleVT 04/07/2019 7:03PM No doubt all that is true, but I really worry about recruiting more... -- ombandit 04/07/2019 7:12PM FWIW: I said from day 1 that Manning would fail at WF -- VTECHFAN 04/07/2019 7:11PM There is no point trying to reason with you -- 48tnhokie 04/07/2019 7:21PM How many wofford games have you watched? -- GreenvilleVT 04/07/2019 7:19PM GT, Miami, and UNC have all played Wofford in the last few years -- VTECHFAN 04/07/2019 7:25PM What makes you such a damn expert -- 48tnhokie 04/07/2019 7:49PM Really? Give him 4 years then we’ll see -- hokiepro 04/07/2019 7:15PM This job is much more about recruiting... -- hokie19 04/07/2019 7:11PM Everyone thought Jeff Bzedlik was a terrible hire for Wake too. -- st_andrew 04/07/2019 7:09PM Thank You Greenville, well said* ** -- 48tnhokie 04/07/2019 7:09PM Yup...don't need another Buzz with one foot out the door. Did us no favors ** -- Hockey Dad 04/07/2019 7:01PM Wait, St. Buzz did all the great things. I hope the FBI digs deep on Fox -- N2VT2 04/07/2019 7:22PM You are exactly right. ** -- dobrohokie 04/07/2019 7:12PM Woffords kids are probably fundamentally better than our team last year -- GreenvilleVT 04/07/2019 7:31PM Trusting Whit seems to be blind trust at this point -- VTECHFAN 04/07/2019 7:00PM I don’t trust Whit like others blindly do... -- Calamitous 04/07/2019 7:14PM I think Young is going to be similar to Jim Christian at BC. -- VTECHFAN 04/07/2019 7:17PM Probably a solid comparison ** -- hokiekev 2k4 04/07/2019 7:26PM Posters sound like the Star Wars character -- TomTurkey 04/07/2019 6:59PM The more I read on him, the more excited I am -- HokieAl 04/07/2019 6:58PM Cultural fit? Sounds great if you like a losing culture in the ACC. -- N2VT2 04/07/2019 7:25PM Only thing is can he recruit at ACC level? That's my concern. If I had some -- HokieZZ 04/07/2019 7:05PM Agree...not just a stop off. ** -- Hockey Dad 04/07/2019 7:00PM +100000 ** -- DeNovo 04/07/2019 6:58PM Yep, very disappointing posts on here, we’re better than this ** -- BROman Hokie 04/07/2019 6:57PM I think it's shameful the way we canonized Buzz on this board ** -- N2VT2 04/07/2019 7:26PM It's shameful really. ** -- GCHokieof91 04/07/2019 6:58PM I like the way you think! ** -- pokiehokie83 04/07/2019 6:56PM Great year no doubt for Young, respect for that, but Power 5 worthy... -- ombandit 04/07/2019 7:03PM Well back to basketball on the cheap -- Mercury 04/07/2019 6:56PM So you're bailing on them. Nice.** -- YBYSAIAHokie 04/07/2019 6:58PM Yes, that’s what this reaction is. It’s the manifestation -- st_andrew 04/07/2019 7:01PM Well put ** -- ombandit 04/07/2019 7:55PM So THATS why we go low! ** -- 48zip 04/07/2019 6:57PM Mike Young = Bobby Hussey, Ricky Stokes, James Johnson ** -- Hokie408 04/07/2019 6:59PM Bobby was a good coach, but not a HC -- 48tnhokie 04/07/2019 7:06PM O please...you only going to be pleased with Calipari?? ** -- Hockey Dad 04/07/2019 7:02PM Wofford will hire Calipari as Young’s replacement ** -- Hokie408 04/07/2019 7:22PM Twitter link -- 949hokie 04/07/2019 6:58PM Awesome. ** -- 48zip 04/07/2019 6:49PM Only thing that can make this worse is the Hoos winning tomorrow.... ** -- Big D 04/07/2019 6:48PM That was going to happen if Buzz stayed. Like the attitude. ** -- Hockey Dad 04/07/2019 7:03PM Young will do far better than you know ** -- DeNovo 04/07/2019 6:48PM To make matters worse, he'll get a pass if we finish in the cellar next yr ** -- UpstateSCHokie 04/07/2019 6:47PM And he should -- VaTechHokiesACC 04/07/2019 7:40PM I hope so. Time to build his team. ** -- TomTurkey 04/07/2019 7:01PM Then he better be bringing in a bunch of ultra talented freshmen ** -- UpstateSCHokie 04/07/2019 7:02PM He’s been to the ncaa tourney more than Buzz had when he was hired. ** -- GreenvilleVT 04/07/2019 6:57PM Buzz had been to NCAAs 5x's in 6 years, Mike Young 5 x's in 17 years ** -- OBX 04/07/2019 7:09PM Not hard to do in that conference. ** -- 3TechFanz 04/07/2019 7:04PM It's a one bid conference dude... -- PDXHokie 04/07/2019 7:06PM I know. VMI played them for the title 2 times for it. VMI. Again. VMI ** -- 3TechFanz 04/07/2019 7:21PM Young must keep Blackshear & Nolley if he wants to shut up the doubters ** -- VickVTsFinest 04/07/2019 6:38PM Nolley Bede aren't going anywhere, will have to sit -- 48tnhokie 04/07/2019 6:53PM KJ maybe A&M, not NBA this year. ** -- 949hokie 04/07/2019 7:21PM Haters gonna hate. ** -- 48zip 04/07/2019 6:47PM Or Whit must be getting ready to move on ** -- ombandit 04/07/2019 6:46PM Swofford must be about to retire ** -- GoobyPls 04/07/2019 6:47PM Both OMB and you are possibly on to something ** -- Calamitous 04/07/2019 6:58PM I laughed. -- Maroon Baboon 04/07/2019 6:41PM Hopefully we can steal a few 2 star recruits -- untuchVT 04/07/2019 6:37PM This -- harrisonburghokie 04/07/2019 6:41PM One of his Wofford signees was the -- GCHokieof91 04/07/2019 7:12PM Mike Young can coach, as shown in his NCAA tourney performance. I accept -- techman 04/07/2019 6:33PM It isn't tough -- PDXHokie 04/07/2019 6:35PM I hope you’re right and recruiting goes well ** -- techman 04/07/2019 8:08PM Not only that but his early HC years was only 5 years after moving up to D1 -- HokieAl 04/07/2019 6:42PM Looks pretty good. Thank you fir this info -- Ruffian99 04/07/2019 6:38PM Amen to this. I've read alot of posts -- GCHokieof91 04/07/2019 6:54PM And in the Wofford press guide it mentions him beating VT in 2002 -- HokieAl 04/07/2019 6:57PM LOL we were down 17 at the half, classic Stokes-era BB ** -- BROman Hokie 04/07/2019 6:59PM ...I like the sound of that. Solid results ** -- chumley 04/07/2019 6:33PM I can assure you it’s a done deal for Young. ** -- RJHokie 04/07/2019 6:33PM My 18 year old son said Odom was a done deal. welcome to the twitterverse. ** -- VRJNYTK 04/07/2019 7:18PM I’m not on Twitter but I have/had privileged inside (not Athletic Dept) -- RJHokie 04/07/2019 7:22PM Good. Thanks. ** -- 48zip 04/07/2019 6:41PM It’ll likely be a done deal before midnight ** -- BROman Hokie 04/07/2019 6:30PM Knowing he was one foot out, what was the point of paying Buzz to elevate -- HokieZZ 04/07/2019 6:23PM Exactly. We have all of the momentum in the world. Baffling choice. ** -- CochraneResident 04/07/2019 6:26PM Momentum? That left the building with Buzz and graduation. ** -- Hockey Dad 04/07/2019 7:05PM Positive -- harrisonburghokie 04/07/2019 6:30PM Is there an issue? Or is it that these things take time -- pokiehokie83 04/07/2019 6:29PM Maybe, if I was a young coach, I’d stay the hell away from the VT job... -- BROman Hokie 04/07/2019 6:27PM Solid post. As much as users on here like hoosnowahokie want to trash -- DeNovo 04/07/2019 6:44PM Bobby Hussey reincarnated -- N2VT2 04/07/2019 6:40PM You know, maybe we're focusing too much on his record in his early years. -- YBYSAIAHokie 04/07/2019 6:27PM That new arena is gorgeous ** -- BROman Hokie 04/07/2019 6:25PM Whit does whatever Sands wants him to do. -- N2VT2 04/07/2019 6:43PM I think they're waiting on Cronin -- lchoro 04/07/2019 6:22PM If this is to make Cronin more palatable mission accomplished** -- Tyde 04/07/2019 6:32PM It is amusing to read this stuff. ** -- 48zip 04/07/2019 6:20PM I don't know. whit made it clear to not listen to leaks coming from the -- squarerootofone 04/07/2019 6:18PM Eventually the floodgates always open ** -- HokieZZ 04/07/2019 6:19PM "Into the valley of death rode the 600" ** -- TomTurkey 04/07/2019 6:22PM I think I’ll just continue to trust Whit to make the right hire. ** -- Hillsvillehokie1 04/07/2019 6:17PM Wow there partner, you sound like the voice of reason* ** -- 48tnhokie 04/07/2019 6:59PM Get outta here with that talk! ** -- 48zip 04/07/2019 6:19PM
