Widespread_Panic

How many years was Burton a regional contender under Williams besides the most recent one? I don't recall him being that successful at Burton, at least not close to the level it was under Stan Wilson. I think the Adams move is more related to health concerns over "politics".

Didn't you have this same take about basketball?

Odd that Gate City hired a coach with 0 head coaching experience over Reed since he's such an excellent candidate.

No way Battle is dumb enough to make that hire.

And lost in the first round each time. At some point getting a win and advancing should be the goal instead of being satisfied with just making the playoffs.

Mac McClung won a state championship. Everyone else was along for the ride.

17-26 in 4 years. Finished above .500 just one year. Never won a post season game in a heavily expanded playoff format. I think Battle needs to raise their expectations. At most schools these results would equal hot seat talk.

Time to get a new AAU coach. College coaches do not prefer specialization. They want well rounded athletes.

When I first heard of the hire I was in the same boat. After having more time to think about it I like the hire as long as he's surrounded with a staff of strong recruiters. He can obviously coach and develop talent but there will be numerous hurdles in getting recruits to give Blacksburg a chance. I believe Young cares a lot about Virginia Tech with his SWVA roots. Buzz was always one foot out the door so it will be nice to have a coach who is loyal to the school. It will take time but hopefully it works out.

M7 is a little tougher than finishing 2nd in the Cumberland every year.

They must not have played too hard look at his win loss record.

Why? Is he the only applicant?

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As long as Cormany is Radford’s coach they will be extremely physical. If you read quotes from his players they constantly say games are much easier than their practices because of the level of physicality in which he demands.

Radford is on a different level than any other 2A school. They just beat an undefeated 3A Northside. Two D1 players with possibly the best coach in VA will be tough to handle.

I agree that Amburgey did a good job considering the timing of when he got hired. My argument against him winning the award would be he finished first in a 2A district with a 3A school and then got blown out in a 2nd round regional matchup. Winning the Mountain District is great but I don't think many people had picked Graham to win a state title before the season began which is more impressive.

Couldn't agree more. Houseright needs to be in the weight room overseeing all aspects of his program and not leaving that job to assistant coaches. I would understand coaching track in the spring because several of his football players would be participating and it doesn't require as much time to coach but girl's basketball doesn't make sense.

Seems like Graham's staff should have won the award considering they are wearing rings.

This isn't going to work. Football is a full time gig, especially turning around a struggling program. Time to give up basketball and focus on football.

Disagree. J.I. Burton, J.J. Kelly, Powell Valley, and Pound have all had their good seasons in basketball over the years. Eastside is still a very successful program.

I’m not underselling him. A majority of Premiere League followers would agree paying $70 million for a player who didn’t even start in the Bundesliga is way too much. Selling jerseys to Americans is great but that doesn’t make him a success in Europe. There is a stigma that Americans are overrated so I hope Pulisic does well but there will be a lot of pressure on him due to the significant wages Chelsea has committed to him as well as a target on his back from opposing teams.

Don't be too disappointed. Chelsea overpaid by a lot and he wouldn't crack the top 5 for Liverpool with Mane, Salah, Fimino, Shaq, and Sturridge. I'm not sure that Pulisic will get that much playing time at Chelsea in the first 2 to 3 years of his contract unless Hazard makes the move to Spain or Italy. It is a plus for the USMNT but unless the head coach moves away from favoring MLS players they will continue to struggle.

And If I were coaching Gate City I'd run Dean off a million screens to get really good looks since he's being guarded by 1 person. If he misses I've got 3 players rebounding against 2.

They are basically the same team as last year. I wouldn't say they were competitive with the M7 last year. Battle and Abingdon swept them last season. Union came close to knocking them off in the first round of regional play even though VA High was a 1 seed. They went on to upset Ridgeview and then lost to Central. The Bearcats live and die by the three. If they go cold they are capable of losing to any team.

SWD girl's side is way down compared to the Mountain. If VA High played in the Mountain they could struggle to finish in the top 4.