quote:Originally posted by Midlo Dad:
Cave and Thompson may have fallen into the situation where VT just wasn't able to move quickly due to going all last summer with no assistants to help out on the hustings...
Cave and Thompson are a representative sample, albeit small. There are others. I just chose to mention those 2 becuase I am familiar with them. And, no, VT wasn't without assistants last summer. Even with Coach Gambino's departure, there was a succession plan in place. Either way, the 2 aforementioned players did not fall through the cracks with 'Bino leaving. The staff had seen them play at least 7-8 times at their own field.
The reality of it is (and it has been discussed on here ad nauseum) that VT moves slowly on recruits. In the past, they have rarely offered underclass kids. By the time they do, the student-athlete has already been offered by other comparable programs and, many times, accepted those other offers.
This has been their M.O. It doesn't make it bad or wrong, it is just reality.