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I retired early from Tech, partly because of Sands. The posters here ... -- BaldHokie 03/01/2021 5:38PM Sands does not understand VT. ** -- hok1eboy 02/26/2021 9:08PM Does 1 person have that much power at Tech 🤷♂️...not in todays world.. -- jagerhokie 02/25/2021 4:33PM Hawking the D&I shaming, raise cash for research, and still raise tuition -- Mighty Fine Catch 02/25/2021 09:17AM Sands cares about 2 things: D&I and research -- DCL 02/24/2021 9:34PM The big push for a satellite into NoVa bothers me -- WildTurkE 02/25/2021 12:55PM I agree with you the goal should be to bring more revenue to Blacksburg -- VTHokie2000 02/27/2021 12:02PM Bingo, and if you are pushing diversity then you are not pushing excellence ** -- Blueboy 02/24/2021 11:48PM Not trying very hard to hide it, are you? ** -- Culpeper Hokie 02/25/2021 09:21AM I'd say this is the "typo or racist" game but rest of the thread reveals it ** -- Synaesthesia 02/25/2021 09:12AM Whatever the case.... -- VPI63 02/24/2021 3:34PM LOL, and he’s not striking out on 4 stars either ** -- ombandit 02/25/2021 5:12PM But probably because he doesn't understand what a time out is. ** -- Blueboy 02/24/2021 8:07PM If your assertion is correct... -- QuadHokie 02/24/2021 11:54AM It is pure speculation on my part - something definitely changed -- Technocrat 02/24/2021 3:06PM I heard he's not popular among students -- bluehokie 02/24/2021 08:31AM I heard differently... -- Culpeper Hokie 02/24/2021 3:01PM Checked again, and... -- bluehokie 02/24/2021 8:48PM This was couple years ago, things could have changed -- bluehokie 02/24/2021 7:16PM Starting to sound like you have an agenda here w/all the anti-Sands posts. -- hokie77 02/24/2021 2:41PM Agreed. The student population is diverse. It's impossible to get a pulse.. -- jesuisvtguy 02/25/2021 1:54PM This is the first time i've ever posted anything about Sands -- bluehokie 02/24/2021 7:15PM Sorry, must have been another poster that started that crap. Thanks for.... -- hokie77 02/24/2021 8:38PM No worries, bro 👊🏼 ** -- bluehokie 02/24/2021 8:45PM We are the second highest paying FB program in the ACC behind Clemson. -- ChrisLords 02/24/2021 01:56AM Agree mostly, but contract extension (or not) can't wait until expiration -- VT757to276 02/24/2021 11:56AM Big difference in staff on how to manage football -- Mercury 02/24/2021 09:30AM What do you mean by "invest in communities" -- VTCALS72 02/24/2021 11:38AM You want to see 2 or 3 more years of this? -- typed by ben 02/24/2021 06:59AM Hopefully we won't see another covid year -- VTCALS72 02/24/2021 07:56AM Why do we have a built in excuse every year? -- typed by ben 02/24/2021 08:07AM We don't ,we have built in reasons against unreasonable expectations -- VTCALS72 02/24/2021 08:19AM How about this, did you know today is giving day? -- typed by ben 02/24/2021 11:36AM Fully agree. It's not just the alums and fans lacking in voluntary giving -- VTCALS72 02/24/2021 11:42AM Exactly .... lots of broken promises .. -- VPI63 02/24/2021 3:42PM I am Football First. -- Maroon Baboon 02/24/2021 12:11AM Just hope you battle the "right" opposition -- VTCALS72 02/24/2021 08:02AM Let's assume this is true. Is it a bad thing to emphasize other sports? -- AbsolutVT03 02/23/2021 9:54PM Seems a lot of non revs are much better now than before Whit and Sands ** -- VTCALS72 02/24/2021 08:04AM I would agree. So the question becomes would it make sense to divert -- AbsolutVT03 02/24/2021 12:31PM Football.... -- VPI63 02/24/2021 8:30PM The biggest problem may be ACC money. It puts any mid-tier program at -- reestuart 02/25/2021 6:24PM What “imbalance”? If anything the sports programs are more balanced. You -- AbsolutVT03 02/24/2021 10:51PM The cash cow's milk will dry up with a couple of 3-7 years in football.... -- VPI63 02/25/2021 01:36AM Think it's way more complicated than "get a new coach". I wouldn't be -- AbsolutVT03 02/25/2021 1:52PM You wrote: -- VPI63 02/25/2021 3:17PM Yes it is probably a good thing for all sports -- Technocrat 02/23/2021 11:36PM The problem with..... -- 2hhoop3 02/24/2021 2:06PM Even if the "long term structural and culture issues surrounding -- VTHokie2000 02/25/2021 07:05AM Good points and.... -- 2hhoop3 02/25/2021 08:11AM I agree the questions can only be answered from each individual -- VTHokie2000 02/25/2021 8:25PM Why not destroy sports while he is destroying the rest of the university. ** -- Blueboy 02/23/2021 7:46PM Curious. How's he doing that? ** -- reestuart 02/24/2021 09:00AM With some of his ridiculous policies, those that favor certain groups -- Blueboy 02/24/2021 6:25PM Stop being vague. Say what you mean... -- Culpeper Hokie 02/25/2021 09:17AM You think we could beat Cal Berkley? -- OldRetiredHokie 02/23/2021 6:25PM Better Coaching would do Wonders...... -- accfootballrules 02/23/2021 7:01PM Better recruiters can do wonders -- VTCALS72 02/24/2021 08:12AM And better posters, less whiners would make this board more enjoyable. ** -- seacain 02/23/2021 9:05PM Nice whine ** -- OldRetiredHokie 02/25/2021 1:02PM It gets old! ** -- Hoakie82 02/25/2021 3:23PM Now that's an interesting concept! ** -- Technocrat 02/23/2021 7:32PM Could be the shoulder striped jerseys ** -- kingofcassell 02/23/2021 6:02PM I agree with this post ** -- QuentinVT 02/24/2021 5:50PM In 2014, the SEC video killed the radio star ** -- lchoro 02/23/2021 3:43PM True that's when everything changed ** -- Technocrat 02/23/2021 3:50PM .welcome to the board, fu. ** -- squarerootofone 02/23/2021 3:34PM I knew it. What kind of name is Sands anyway? Sounds Floridian. ** -- jdkhokie 02/23/2021 3:11PM Sorry he was provost and acting president Purdue -- Mercury 02/23/2021 6:25PM I knew a guy names Bob Sands - he always clenched his ass cheeks - weird ** -- Technocrat 02/23/2021 3:23PM When he was only at the beach ? ** -- FLKEYSHOKIE 02/24/2021 9:59PM I don't like sand. It's coarse, and irritating, and it gets everywhere. ** -- KCHokie2 02/23/2021 4:54PM Take this for what it's worth -- I81Blues 02/23/2021 3:06PM Sands is probably not wrong. ** -- Fatman 02/23/2021 11:06PM Yep. It has been fun but college fball is being destroyed -- fordham 02/25/2021 11:36AM You sure about that Clark? I can’t imagine in that environment -- sacramento hokie 02/23/2021 7:15PM Zero % chance it’s true. What was said between donors may be accurate, -- reestuart 02/23/2021 8:19PM I suspect Sands despises football deep down -- Wild Turkey 02/23/2021 6:51PM 4. Fu makes more money than him ! ** -- FLKEYSHOKIE 02/24/2021 10:03PM I'm batsh*t crazy/wrong about my post though, right? ** -- Technocrat 02/24/2021 11:12AM There’s lot of logic there -- Mercury 02/23/2021 6:27PM So, how many years do we have remaining? ** -- Hokie`79 02/23/2021 5:51PM Sounds like it may have been 2 people on this board😉 ** -- hokie77 02/23/2021 4:36PM I'm happy about our non-rev sports progress -- Happy Dog 02/23/2021 3:56PM Yeah but he has nothing to do with it because there is no "proof" -- Technocrat 02/23/2021 3:12PM Agree & count me suspicious of Sands. Cal Berkley on line 2,Purdue: line 3. ** -- seacain 02/23/2021 6:34PM It's the aliens ** -- MBHokie90 02/23/2021 2:16PM I believe Sands knows how important football is to VT in general, but I -- Hokebury 02/23/2021 2:02PM Win games,coach better,recruit better,donate......🤷♂️🤷♂️ ** -- accfootballrules 02/23/2021 4:06PM I would not blame sands. Don’t agree with several of his ideas but -- fordham 02/23/2021 1:48PM I guess my point is that perhaps he is allowing it to wallow ** -- Technocrat 02/23/2021 3:24PM Yea but what can he do. Replacing the staff is super -- fordham 02/24/2021 10:57AM Beamer/Bud produced enormous production relative to cost.Maybe best in NCAA -- Fatman 02/23/2021 1:39PM Zero evidence to support your assertion. ** -- BG Hokie 02/23/2021 1:35PM It is based on heresay for sure but I don't think it would provide evidence** -- Technocrat 02/23/2021 3:13PM It fell apart before Sands got here. Beamer let his program run aground... ** -- NokieHokie 02/23/2021 12:18PM And Fu followed suit ! ** -- FLKEYSHOKIE 02/23/2021 8:31PM Yeah he probably helped but it seems we got left at the station ** -- Technocrat 02/23/2021 3:15PM You’d be incorrect...but you’re certainly entitled to your opinion. ** -- vthokieq 02/23/2021 12:02PM Other than coincidental timing, what evidence do you have to back this up? -- KeithHokie89 02/23/2021 11:52AM I don't have evidence, Keith. It's an opinion on a message board** -- Technocrat 02/23/2021 3:16PM So what is the basis for your opinion? -- KeithHokie89 02/23/2021 6:30PM So I've been told lol ** -- Technocrat 02/23/2021 6:58PM I'd have to imagine he's had little to no effect on football. ** -- reestuart 02/23/2021 11:46AM He's been on none of my fantasy teams ** -- bigbadbird 02/23/2021 12:05PM Yup ** -- vthokieq 02/23/2021 11:58AM I know nothing about nothing, but I'm sure he'd prefer a good football -- reestuart 02/23/2021 12:05PM I guess the point is, if he cared would we be in the same position? ** -- Technocrat 02/23/2021 3:19PM Not really a ton to do. AD jobs are pretty bullet proof unless there are -- reestuart 02/23/2021 3:56PM OK I do have to say I was embarrassed when we lost to ODU and Liberty ** -- Technocrat 02/23/2021 4:13PM Your embarrassment is not a reason to make changes -- VTCALS72 02/23/2021 4:30PM It's all peaches and sunshine in Blacksburg - please forgive me ** -- Technocrat 02/23/2021 5:44PM Typical Jasonite response, "all peaches---" or nothing good -- VTCALS72 02/24/2021 08:30AM Our biggest hitters are on the softball team - # 9 baby ** -- bigbadbird 02/23/2021 10:40AM Sands' job is to make VT a world-class university... -- BROman Hokie 02/23/2021 10:35AM You nailed it, the VISION of the university is a world class university -- Mercury 02/23/2021 2:39PM If you want to tie it back you could say Sands hired Whit -- typed by ben 02/23/2021 10:54AM He “signed off” on Whit. -- vthokieq 02/23/2021 12:00PM Not Really! Whit - January 24, 2014 Fuente - November 29, 2015 ** -- arch80 02/24/2021 9:52PM ???? -- vthokieq 02/24/2021 10:18PM Even more incorrect by OP; Whit-Jan. 2014 and Sands-June 2014. ** -- arch80 02/25/2021 9:55PM The poster is correct...... -- 2hhoop3 02/25/2021 10:30PM Sands was announced on Dec 6, 2013. ** -- vthokieq 02/25/2021 10:53PM Gracias ** -- vthokieq 02/25/2021 10:47PM De nada ** -- 2hhoop3 02/25/2021 10:48PM He is talking..... -- 2hhoop3 02/24/2021 9:59PM Using your logic the Board of Visitors hired Sands, so it's their fault ** -- KeithHokie89 02/23/2021 11:53AM Are you telling me out-of-towners are responsible for personnel decisions? -- MP4VT2004 02/23/2021 7:17PM I believe the proper term is “carpetbaggers” ** -- Tombo 02/24/2021 3:18PM That's right ** -- typed by ben 02/23/2021 12:02PM Agree on him making VT better overall, I think he was the nail -- Technocrat 02/23/2021 10:40AM Football funding as a % of our athletic budget has been about the same... -- BROman Hokie 02/23/2021 11:15AM Just asking, where did you see a budget that provided that info -- VTCALS72 02/24/2021 12:06PM TSL has done financial report articles for like 15 years, search the site ** -- BROman Hokie 02/24/2021 12:18PM Looking for something more comprehensive than that ** -- VTCALS72 02/24/2021 5:04PM Thanks for that. I don't have an answer but something has changed ** -- Technocrat 02/23/2021 3:49PM Eh, everyone thought we'd get back to where we'd be with the hire that was -- hoosnowahokie 02/23/2021 10:48AM I would not give Whit a pass ** -- bigbadbird 02/23/2021 10:36AM Oh yea, Whit gets no pass, he hired Fu after all ** -- BROman Hokie 02/23/2021 10:41AM Well, I've heard he's a commie. ** -- Stork 02/23/2021 10:31AM I would say it has more to do with tackling ** -- bigbadbird 02/23/2021 10:03AM And coaching. ** -- Stork 02/23/2021 10:32AM No the offense hasn't been great either ** -- Technocrat 02/23/2021 10:30AM LOL ** -- hokiewasp 02/23/2021 10:06AMOur Sponsors
