(11-26-2015 12:29 PM)hsvtiger Wrote:  

(11-26-2015 12:03 PM)MemphisTigerPawr Wrote:  Appeared to me Fuente checked out a few games ago and I brought it up here to much ridicule. There will be assistants accompanying him and they are in the loop. WEhether the decision is made public or not those players who work closely with position coaches etc. can perceive when change is in the air, hence the teams deflation. Paxton Lynch has been told (bottom line) not to get hurt and Fuente not to put him in a position to get hurt hence our team has a lame duck staff, a QB who is waiting on NFL $ and a team that that has been abandoned midseason by its coaches and a fan bas that doesn't want to believe it all, somehow hoping Fuente will stay here.

I hope he stays here too, but the decision has been made. Feel free to criticize my opinions/perceptions but come back after it all plays out and man up. I hope I'm wrong but I know what my senses tell me. Fuente couldn't leave VaTech "on hold" for long while he thinks things over, neither would he fail to prepare his most trusted staff. He is committed elsewhere, but it is evidently not here or things would be playing out differently. Fuente wasnt exactly treated like gold early in his tenure here and I've brought up the criticisms particularly of his decisions to play Lynch and name him starter 1month before his freshman season.

I saw first hand how his family was treated on Tiger lane during this time. They were not exactly embraced and now, well I'm not sure where they even go for pregames but it isnt their TL spot. You never get a second chance to make a first impression. No one knew how the whole Paxton Lynch decision would turn out but it is obvious Fuente was correct and our fans who criticized this decision were wrong, unfortunately vociferously so. Even if you toss all this you cannot blame Fuente for taking the VaTech job. I am grateful for his time here.

He will be very successful at VPI as he would be here if he stayed. Thew question is can he be successful enough there? The bar is set pretty high. Most coaches don't care about a legacy, if so Cal would still be the basketball coach here, changing all the injustices he saw and elucidated so well that resonated with every Tiger fan that knows the battles we've faced. Fuente could stay here and be a legend, but he will likely follow the course Calipari chose, although I would be surprised if he left in the same manner. I'm sure our power players are already aware of all this and know Fuentes decision is made. we wanted to announce he was staying a week or two ago and could not. There can only be one reason why.

who the new coach is, well, I have no idea. Time to check out flight aware and crystal balls if your into that sort of thing.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I am very thankful for the Fuente era, hopefully our next coach can build on it. At this point Vatech would have to rescind their offer and it may already be signed and sealed.

I wasnt aware of any mistreatment on TL, but due to youth sports commitments, this is the first season that I've really been able to attend many pregame activities. While I was not overly critical of the Karam/Lynch decision at the time, I did think there were times that Karam could have been inserted (when Lynch really struggled) thT could have led to another win or two. My thought was that the add'l wins may have helped recruiting at the time, as dropping from 4 wins to 3 wins from year 1 to 2 could have been seen as regression. It probably wouldnt have made much of a difference. We will never know for sure, but I did trust Fuente to do he right thing and only wondered about it without condemning it.

Anyway, it is what it is and I cant blame him for leaving for VT, although I reserve the right to question how he season has fallen off and the impact that his decision has had on that. You know, it always seems that when we are on the crusp of something big, something happens - see Pancoast, Dockery, Dempsey, (went blank), Stobart, Fuente.

Bailey

(11-25-2015 12:29 PM)RekeHavoc Wrote:  

(11-25-2015 12:21 PM)thagr82008 Wrote:  

(11-25-2015 09:52 AM)MemphisCanes Wrote:  

(11-24-2015 03:36 PM)thagr82008 Wrote:  

(11-24-2015 02:51 PM)MemphisCanes Wrote:  65k stadium that is has sold out consistently for 2 decades, 6 conference titles over the past 12 seasons, 22 straight bowl games, a very easy going fanbase compared to other big programs, big $$$ conference.

VaTech has a lot to sell.

Easy to sell out ONLY tix in town.....Barnum & Bailey are ONLY once a year.....& right now, we are 1000k X's more popular;appealing;bowl-eligibility; media spotlighted; than VT has had in the last 10 years combined. .....That place is a black whole as there isn't much upside.....Poor decision, if so, he will be forgotten in 5 years


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We're more popular than Virginia Tech? That idea is degronkulous and the rest of the stuff in your post is just nonsense.

VaTech's football program is light-years ahead of ours, that's just being real.

What are you measuring with....VT is almost 3rd in the state of VA football now .....The upside & potential of Memphis compared to Tech is HUGE! Tech has NO upside....they can't beat ECU which is a struggling AAC team! Maybe that's why their high on Fu'....Memphis has better chance of making playoffs than VT ever will under new system

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We couldn't beat anyone, period, prior to Fuente getting here and look what he was able to do. He took one of, if not the, worst football programs in the country and rebuilt it. If he can do that here, he should be able to have success at VT. Being in the Coastal division of the ACC, he should have a good shot at getting to the CCG most years.

Fred Pancoast...
Sometimes it is lightning in a bottle. People in Memphis REALLY wanted to believe in their team, and Fuente got them to buy in and believe...and the team flourished. Will Fuente get the same level of support at Virginia Tech if he goes there?

I kind of agree with SOME of the things people have said about Tech.
At the end of the day...Blacksburg is a town of 40,000 with not much to do after certain times of the day...as opposed to say Memphis. I could always find something to do in Memphis at say 3:00am if I wanted to.

(11-26-2015 06:16 PM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  

(11-25-2015 12:29 PM)RekeHavoc Wrote:  

(11-25-2015 12:21 PM)thagr82008 Wrote:  

(11-25-2015 09:52 AM)MemphisCanes Wrote:  

(11-24-2015 03:36 PM)thagr82008 Wrote:  Easy to sell out ONLY tix in town.....Barnum & Bailey are ONLY once a year.....& right now, we are 1000k X's more popular;appealing;bowl-eligibility; media spotlighted; than VT has had in the last 10 years combined. .....That place is a black whole as there isn't much upside.....Poor decision, if so, he will be forgotten in 5 years


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We're more popular than Virginia Tech? That idea is degronkulous and the rest of the stuff in your post is just nonsense.

VaTech's football program is light-years ahead of ours, that's just being real.

What are you measuring with....VT is almost 3rd in the state of VA football now .....The upside & potential of Memphis compared to Tech is HUGE! Tech has NO upside....they can't beat ECU which is a struggling AAC team! Maybe that's why their high on Fu'....Memphis has better chance of making playoffs than VT ever will under new system

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We couldn't beat anyone, period, prior to Fuente getting here and look what he was able to do. He took one of, if not the, worst football programs in the country and rebuilt it. If he can do that here, he should be able to have success at VT. Being in the Coastal division of the ACC, he should have a good shot at getting to the CCG most years.

Fred Pancoast...
Sometimes it is lightning in a bottle. People in Memphis REALLY wanted to believe in their team, and Fuente got them to buy in and believe...and the team flourished. Will Fuente get the same level of support at Virginia Tech if he goes there?

I kind of agree with SOME of the things people have said about Tech.
At the end of the day...Blacksburg is a town of 40,000 with not much to do after certain times of the day...as opposed to say Memphis. I could always find something to do in Memphis at say 3:00am if I wanted to.

Yeah, but Fuente is married with kids - aint lookin for nothing happening at 3am.

(11-26-2015 06:21 PM)hsvtiger Wrote:  

(11-26-2015 06:16 PM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  

(11-25-2015 12:29 PM)RekeHavoc Wrote:  

(11-25-2015 12:21 PM)thagr82008 Wrote:  

(11-25-2015 09:52 AM)MemphisCanes Wrote:  We're more popular than Virginia Tech? That idea is degronkulous and the rest of the stuff in your post is just nonsense.

VaTech's football program is light-years ahead of ours, that's just being real.

What are you measuring with....VT is almost 3rd in the state of VA football now .....The upside & potential of Memphis compared to Tech is HUGE! Tech has NO upside....they can't beat ECU which is a struggling AAC team! Maybe that's why their high on Fu'....Memphis has better chance of making playoffs than VT ever will under new system

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We couldn't beat anyone, period, prior to Fuente getting here and look what he was able to do. He took one of, if not the, worst football programs in the country and rebuilt it. If he can do that here, he should be able to have success at VT. Being in the Coastal division of the ACC, he should have a good shot at getting to the CCG most years.

Fred Pancoast...
Sometimes it is lightning in a bottle. People in Memphis REALLY wanted to believe in their team, and Fuente got them to buy in and believe...and the team flourished. Will Fuente get the same level of support at Virginia Tech if he goes there?

I kind of agree with SOME of the things people have said about Tech.
At the end of the day...Blacksburg is a town of 40,000 with not much to do after certain times of the day...as opposed to say Memphis. I could always find something to do in Memphis at say 3:00am if I wanted to.

Yeah, but Fuente is married with kids - aint lookin for nothing happening at 3am.

my reply had more to do with recruiting for Virginia Tech...getting young men to think about that as a destination.
Right now in their 2016 recruiting class...only 5 kids from the state of Virginia are considering them.

(11-26-2015 06:38 PM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  

(11-26-2015 06:21 PM)hsvtiger Wrote:  

(11-26-2015 06:16 PM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  

(11-25-2015 12:29 PM)RekeHavoc Wrote:  

(11-25-2015 12:21 PM)thagr82008 Wrote:  What are you measuring with....VT is almost 3rd in the state of VA football now .....The upside & potential of Memphis compared to Tech is HUGE! Tech has NO upside....they can't beat ECU which is a struggling AAC team! Maybe that's why their high on Fu'....Memphis has better chance of making playoffs than VT ever will under new system

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We couldn't beat anyone, period, prior to Fuente getting here and look what he was able to do. He took one of, if not the, worst football programs in the country and rebuilt it. If he can do that here, he should be able to have success at VT. Being in the Coastal division of the ACC, he should have a good shot at getting to the CCG most years.

Fred Pancoast...
Sometimes it is lightning in a bottle. People in Memphis REALLY wanted to believe in their team, and Fuente got them to buy in and believe...and the team flourished. Will Fuente get the same level of support at Virginia Tech if he goes there?

I kind of agree with SOME of the things people have said about Tech.
At the end of the day...Blacksburg is a town of 40,000 with not much to do after certain times of the day...as opposed to say Memphis. I could always find something to do in Memphis at say 3:00am if I wanted to.

Yeah, but Fuente is married with kids - aint lookin for nothing happening at 3am.

my reply had more to do with recruiting for Virginia Tech...getting young men to think about that as a destination.
Right now in their 2016 recruiting class...only 5 kids from the state of Virginia are considering them.

Roger, that!