Justin Fuente out at VT

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Fightmaker said:
Freeze and Clawson are good ideas. Shane is not ready. He wasn’t ready for the South Carolina job.
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Frankly, I think he done a hell of a job. He’s got lucky too but his kids have played hard for him. Every first year coach don’t get that effort ..... right? He’s not Rockne but he’s done a good job for SC this year.
 
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wmcovol said:
Frankly, I think he done a hell of a job. He’s got lucky too but his kids have played hard for him. Every first year coach don’t get that effort ..... right? He’s not Rockne but he’s done a good job for SC this year.
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They’ve definitely not been a disappointed, but I still feel that he is very unproven. I thought he got hired on his last name alone. He has not not a bad job, but I would not hire him YET to run a major program.
 
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VOLnMiami said:
Yeah its not even close...Chadwell is going to be an amazing coach at an upper level school one day...He's worked miracles at CCU...I was actually hoping we were going after him before we got CJH...He runs a fun offense.
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Chadwell will succeed because his kids play hard for him. Will he have bumps along the way sure everyone does. It’s clear to me that Fuente has some sort of complex going on and it will take a specific school for him to find success again.
 
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Fightmaker said:
They’ve definitely not been a disappointed, but I still feel that he is very unproven. I thought he got hired on his last name alone. He has not not a bad job, but I would not hire him YET to run a major program.
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He was hired because he was the recruiting coordinator in their glory days under Spurrier and they owned the state and did well in NC. They’re trying to replicate that in terms of the talent. But it can be argued that kids came to play for Spurrier more than Beamers charm and war-room skills.
 
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Glocker_Alum_2005 said:
Not sold on Chadwell without McCall. They have lost two games this year.
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McCall got hurt early in the last game and didn't play but a play or 2...And they still only lost by 2...Losses happen, Can't judge a coach by a game he's lost....Players play the game and win and lose games...They make mistakes and get hurt etc.
 
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05_never_again said:
What are those alleged issues? I've heard he was a philanderer and/or had issues with alcohol.
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Alcohol, definitely got around, his daughter was off the wall and he liked to "party". It's why he never got a head coaching gig, too many skeletons and they could always go away in Blacksburg.
 
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wmcovol said:
That’s the story every school spreads when they want a new coach. If you win enough, you’re an alter boy.
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Yes, but I remember hearing smoke about Bud when Tech was good, and it was mentioned as a reason (maybe the reason) he never left.
 
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05_never_again said:
Yes, but I remember hearing smoke about Bud when Tech was good, and it was mentioned as a reason (maybe the reason) he never left.
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Bud liked to party. Summers you'd often find him on Claytor Lake with let's just call them his daughters friends. He got away with a lot of stuff in Blacksburg as a DC he couldn't get away with anywhere else and not at all as a HC. Good guy though.
 
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So, honest question:

If Freeze was an absolute, mortal lock, no-room-for-discussion NO for the HC gig at Tennessee just 10 months ago, why is he suddenly deep in the mix for VT?

I assume it is due to one or a combo of the following:

1. Tennessee has more pearl-clutchers than VT
2. Saban can't nix the hire at VT. You just don't beat Saban like Freeze did and expect Saban and his mouthpiece, Sankey, to approve a return to the SEC.
3. Some other element.......

Thoughts? VT is definitely one rung below UT, but still, if he was an absolute NO at Tennessee, why is he in the mix at VT??

I'll hang up and listen.
 
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VolInNW said:
So, honest question:

If Freeze was an absolute, mortal lock, no-room-for-discussion NO for the HC gig at Tennessee just 10 months ago, why is he suddenly deep in the mix for VT?

I assume it is due to one or a combo of the following:

1. Tennessee has more pearl-clutchers than VT
2. Saban can't nix the hire at VT. You just don't beat Saban like Freeze did and expect Saban and his mouthpiece, Sankey, to approve a return to the SEC.
3. Some other element.......

Thoughts? VT is definitely one rung below UT, but still, if he was an absolute NO at Tennessee, why is he in the mix at VT??

I'll hang up and listen.
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Not a good look for Tennessee to hire Freeze and his questionable morals while trying to fire Pruitt with cause AND look good to the NCAA about being compliant. VT is simply firing Fuente because he didn’t do a good enough job.
That said, I don’t think VT would hire Freeze anyway
 
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VolInNW said:
So, honest question:

If Freeze was an absolute, mortal lock, no-room-for-discussion NO for the HC gig at Tennessee just 10 months ago, why is he suddenly deep in the mix for VT?

I assume it is due to one or a combo of the following:

1. Tennessee has more pearl-clutchers than VT
2. Saban can't nix the hire at VT. You just don't beat Saban like Freeze did and expect Saban and his mouthpiece, Sankey, to approve a return to the SEC.
3. Some other element.......

Thoughts? VT is definitely one rung below UT, but still, if he was an absolute NO at Tennessee, why is he in the mix at VT??

I'll hang up and listen.
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If you've got NCAA problems and use them as an excuse to run a coach, it's not a good idea to hire a guy with NCAA problems.
 
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hog88 said:
Bud liked to party. Summers you'd often find him on Claytor Lake with let's just call them his daughters friends. He got away with a lot of stuff in Blacksburg as a DC he couldn't get away with anywhere else and not at all as a HC. Good guy though.
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Foster was a drunken philanderer messing around with 20 something year old coeds but was a (wait for it)........."Good guy?" Really?
 
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