Niemo, your thoughts on Petrino are like my thoughts on LeBron James (yes, I’m a Cleveland guy through and through). FYI, there’s a ton to that story that the average person doesn’t know, about the way James treated people in the Cavs organization, and about the collusion that took place during the 2008 Olympics. Brian Windhorst will write a tell-all book about it when the LeBron gravy train finally runs dry (he followed Lebron from Cleveland to Miami to make ESPN money… can’t blame him for that).

But back to the post at hand… my feelings about Harrell and Doe-Doe are the same as yours. It’s a shame we don’t have them, they would have been useful, but they’re not here and we still have a good core group of players and a new coach who beams positivity. I’m going to be positive too.

Eff em. Thank you for saying it. Didn’t want to be the only one.

But EFF em.

Yeah, I’m with Niemo. They wanted out, so see ya. Harrell can be just another body at Kentucky and Doe-Doe, well who knows what his future holds.

Now, sorry to get off topic, but can you give us the DL on what’s up with the Chaney tweet that he’s been cleared? Will he actually end up playing for us? This would be huge shock and a very welcome surprise.

Well said Niemo. My feelings exactly! We want people at Tech that want to be at Tech!! Maybe the change wasn’t handled as well as it should have been, but I’m glad it’s done. Should have been done last year.

Agree that VT is an awesome place to get an education. Great people, great part of the country etc…As I sat again in Cassel Coliseum for graduation ceremonies two weeks ago I looked around at the few banners of former players and championships and realized VT just does not have a basketball tradition. So how do you elevate the program and leverage the great college experience, people and awesome atmosphere that few other Universities can offer? How does basketball compete against football at Ohio St, Florida, Stanford, Texas and others? Upgrades! I love VT, but until there is a 100 percent commitment in hiring an experienced top tier coach along with providing a first class arena it will not compete with conference rivals Duke, UNC, FSU, NC St, and yes UVA. Not saying it can’t be done but it takes a lot of work, planning and experience. If you have never done it before it is even more difficult. Weaver certainly hasn’t had to…and Johnson is more concerned about building his resume and getting his feet wet…he will take anything over the .500 winning percentage in his first 5 years..Hey what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger…just wish we were not a test bed for first timers!

Sure…eff em…but eff Weaver more for being lukewarm and not making a coaching change sooner….

“….since you are lukewarm…neither hot nor cold, i spit you out…i reject you.”

If Weaver had fired Greenberg sooner, we’d have had a better shot at retaining a recruit that KENTUCKY WANTS! How often is it that we are in the running for a national caliber recruit like that….try never.

Especially not Doe Doe, who didn’t have the desire to be the alpha player we needed him to be. Too much Igoudala in him…and he was homesick anyway, so i don’t bemoan the loss….what you call improvement should have been a starting point with his gifts.

So we move on, after having hamstrung ourselves….let’s hope our UNC-W transfer turns out to be a strong player and we can look bit slightly more fondly on this off-season’s activities. As of now, it’s been an unmitigated disaster.

Forgive me if i’m in a bad mood, Braves are a MASH unit (stolen from Faux Frank Wren), and have lost 5 in a row…and can never seem to beat the Nats…

Let’s hope football at least can join the SEC here soon and relieve that stress…i don’t want to be without a chair when that music stops.