No surprise to those of us that follow recruiting...

...and don't wear maroon glasses.

There's a bit of cognitive dissonance on this board that assumes poorly ranked recruiting classes don't mean to VT what they've always meant for most everybody else.

"Not to worry, we're VT, we always find "the diamonds in the rough", "do more with less", "we'll play ours, and they play theirs", "better player eval/development" etc.

The reality however, we spent 20 years recruiting in the top 4 in the ACC, and top 25 in the country. That ended, and the talent went with it. End of Story
[Post edited by Techsupport at 05/04/2022 2:40PM]

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Posted: 05/04/2022 at 2:40PM

I'm not sure we realized how far down VT talent has gotten ** -- njhokie06 04/30/2022 1:34PM

No surprise to those of us that follow recruiting... -- Techsupport 05/04/2022 2:40PM

Look at our in state recruiting over the last decade. ** -- HokieJay 05/02/2022 8:28PM

Did I read that Texas had zero draftees? ** -- Happy Dog 05/01/2022 08:52AM

Yep….. ** -- RJHokie 05/01/2022 08:57AM

We're still in the top of the ACC. Only 21 ACC players drafted. -- ChrisLords 04/30/2022 10:43PM

i realized it ** -- squarerootofone 04/30/2022 8:06PM

Well look at our record the past couple of seasons ** -- uvabasher 04/30/2022 4:33PM

Obvious to me. NFL is elite. These kids are getting some humble pie -- WildTurkE 04/30/2022 4:07PM

Yep & sadly the NFL caliber talent has been missing for many, many years. ** -- seacain 04/30/2022 5:57PM

Realistically, Barno was a wild card who had a shot at going early -- VTECHFAN 04/30/2022 3:01PM

Old NFL would have drafted Barno 3rd round just based on the combine. The -- uvabasher 04/30/2022 3:26PM

Exactly. It’s amazing how many old tropes live on way past sell-by date ** -- marcbvtgm 05/01/2022 4:33PM

True but combine freaks do get taken too. -- VTECHFAN 04/30/2022 3:35PM

Barn, Mitchell, Tenuta -- HokieInDenmark 04/30/2022 3:23PM

You’ve just been proven wrong on two of those.** -- Hokie535 04/30/2022 4:55PM

Tenuta was the most mind boggling. Also crazy because his dad is a former -- uvabasher 04/30/2022 4:34PM

OT: are you still a Hokie in Denmark? -- Hokie Holler 04/30/2022 4:22PM

Yeah, I forgot Tenuta... also a longshot -- VTECHFAN 04/30/2022 3:33PM

I agree. Poor judgment across the board in entering the draft. They would -- uvabasher 04/30/2022 3:27PM

Anyone who takes Barno will be highly disappointed -- soflahokie 04/30/2022 2:00PM

Who knows. High ceiling. Low floor -- VTECHFAN 04/30/2022 3:02PM

The likelihhod of hitting the low floor is much greater than high ceiling ** -- marcbvtgm 05/01/2022 4:34PM

WTF??? Man, that incredibly unfair! -- great2bahokie 04/30/2022 2:15PM

His tape last year is awful, just a matter of fact -- soflahokie 04/30/2022 3:37PM

I don’t give a damn what you think you saw in his tape! -- great2bahokie 04/30/2022 4:07PM

And he doesn't give a dang what you think... Welcome to the internet! :)** -- NokieHokie 05/01/2022 11:35AM

I did. All it took was a view games last year. ** -- GreenvilleVT 04/30/2022 1:44PM

Yup. Frank's VPI LW&T left several NFL 220v @Fu'. Jus' left fu'dge for Pry. -- bourbonstreet 04/30/2022 4:34PM

No surprise to those of us that follow recruiting...

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