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Virginia Tech and Beamer, on the other hand, used to own the VA Tidewater/Norfolk area in recruiting. That's where Michael Vick came from and Beamer was on that region before the other schools like Alabama and Ohio State, Clemson, and other powers started raiding it when VA Tech declined. Can someone bring back VA Tech recruiting? Yeah, absolutely, but none of the teenagers today remember anything about the glory days of the VA Tech in the 90s and early 00s.

Agreed
But i don’t think this has anything to do with where they are, and more with who they are and who’s coaching them.
It’s a college town like every other school in the conference

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Posted by Jack Ruby

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Posted on 11/16/21 at 9:49 pm to I Bleed Garnet

I knew Fuente was was bad recruiter, but I had no idea how much he killed VA Tech as a program in just a few years.

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Dave Bartoo

@CFBMatrix

Vatech is gonna take some rebuild elbow grease. Inherited a top 25 recruiter left it in the mid 40 with a bottom 25 offense. That doesn't turn fast. Patience VT fans, Patience

His gigantic buyout is why the VA Tech admin didn't fire him sooner, but, by holding onto him for this extra couple of years, he probably did more damage to the program than had they just bit the bullet and fired him early.

There's an addahe that however long it took a program to decline, that's how long it will take to rebuild it. That's obviously not the case everywhere, but VA Tech is going to be tough to get back to where they were just 10 years ago.

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