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Pride_and_Joy

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You asked what the plan is and I told you.


I agree with CC that Fuente's biggest mistake was not pushing for far greater resources far earlier. That's on him and Babcock. It shouldn't have taken the Baylor flirtation to get the administration to realize there were major cracks in the foundation that happened during the Beamer era.

I guess I'm a little unclear about the motivation of your follow up question. You asked what the plan is and I told you. Then, you pivot to "Why wasn't that the plan from year 1?" I don't know. But that seems like a entirely different topic.

For the record, I'm not asking anyone to do anything. I essentially think there are two kinds of unhappy fans:

1. The kind who are never happy. They were the ones who sat behind me at Lane when I was a season ticket holder. We were winning 10-11 games per season and the NATT would complain after every play that wasn't a first down or a touch down. Those people are just miserable. They've likely always been miserable and likely always will be. They aren't happy unless they're miserable. Their default setting is to complain and to criticize. Nothing changes their mind. No amount of data can persuade them. They are disinterested in nuance or exploring the complexity of a situation. They just want to blame someone -- usually the head coach.

2. The kind who doesn't like that VT isn't as successful as they once were. Their level of unhappiness increases as the number of losses increases. If we win, their criticisms and complaints will lessen. This sort of fan won't overlook the past couple of seasons. This sort of fan will remain unhappy until the wins return.

I'm not asking anyone to do anything. I just choose to be an interested fan who wants to support VT athletics and hopes to see the program succeed. My happiness doesn't vary much Su-Fri and Saturday. Attaching any bit of my happiness to VT football is to attach my happiness to something outside of my control. Therefore, I don't worry about who the coach is, whether or not we have a spring game, the current heights and weights of players, etc. I may find some of that interesting, but I won't be more or less happy based on any of it.

In my opinion, this is the best way to be a fan. Be interested. Cheer for the team. Support financially (if one is so inclined). And realize none of it really matters. It's a sport played by 18-22 years olds I've never met at a school I attended 20+ years ago. Why get upset about any of it?


(In response to this post by WestyHokie)

Posted: 04/26/2021 at 2:21PM



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  Stop violating TOS dude ** -- BROman Hokie 04/26/2021 1:36PM
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  Accuracy and precision are 2 different things -- TomTurkey 04/26/2021 2:05PM
  For sure. ** -- Pride_and_Joy 04/26/2021 11:45AM
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  Everything about the ACCN is trash ** -- Technocrat 04/26/2021 10:34AM
  Fair enough. It’s a hypothesis. -- Pride_and_Joy 04/26/2021 09:42AM
  Because heights and weights aren’t very important. ** -- Pride_and_Joy 04/26/2021 08:52AM
  Maybe not for sports ** -- bigbadbird 04/26/2021 08:55AM
  Fans having the updated data isn’t very important. ** -- Pride_and_Joy 04/26/2021 08:57AM
  Lol. ** -- Pride_and_Joy 04/26/2021 09:43AM
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  Me, neither. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 04/26/2021 09:43AM
  Maybe the safety issue isn’t about players or coaches. -- Pride_and_Joy 04/26/2021 07:46AM
  Great post man ** -- typed by ben 04/26/2021 06:10AM
  Well, it was good. Probably not great. I’ve had better. ** -- Pride_and_Joy 04/26/2021 07:45AM
  In no way true at all for a program that severely lacks current -- hokierevisionist 04/26/2021 01:10AM
  Posting heights and weights really revs your engine? -- Pride_and_Joy 04/26/2021 08:06AM
  -1 ** -- kingofcassell 04/25/2021 10:16PM
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  Yep. ** -- Pride_and_Joy 04/26/2021 09:53AM
  Given the team's record trend, what's Plan B? ** -- WestyHokie 04/26/2021 10:10AM
  I think Plan A is to become the best player development -- Pride_and_Joy 04/26/2021 1:29PM
  You asked what the plan is and I told you. -- Pride_and_Joy 04/26/2021 2:21PM
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  Heights and weights are the answer, to be sure. ** -- Pride_and_Joy 04/25/2021 11:08PM
  That's just a silly response. ** -- 40ozDistrict 04/26/2021 12:03AM
  So are many of the complaints. ** -- Pride_and_Joy 04/26/2021 08:02AM
  If you mean corporate in the sense that -- Tombo 04/26/2021 09:10AM
  Just win. Spring games and posting heights and weights -- Pride_and_Joy 04/26/2021 08:04AM
  Agree ** -- Technocrat 04/26/2021 09:48AM

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