Report: Some Virginia Tech football players wanted to lose final game of 2018 season
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Pathetic. Just absolutely pathetic. No matter how bad they thought they had it, they were on a cake walk compared to others. I absolutely cannot stand this kind of attitude.
I'm glad for those that didn't let it get them down, that stuck around and worked to make it a better place. For those that couldn't hack such an easy situation, compared to millions around the world facing far tougher circumstances, well I hope they figure it out soon enough before real adversity strikes.
I'm glad for those that didn't let it get them down, that stuck around and worked to make it a better place. For those that couldn't hack such an easy situation, compared to millions around the world facing far tougher circumstances, well I hope they figure it out soon enough before real adversity strikes.
Read this story a while back. Just really terrible. I’m sure Fuente isn’t missing those who transferred out.
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Sometimes players don't buy into the program.
VT got better as these people were weeded out.
I never understand why anyone would play to lose.
Got to be an anger issue...
Makes me curious about Fuente as a HC. We'll see if this was a rare occurrence or a pattern develops over time.
Read that article a few weeks ago, and I'm curious, too. At one time, I thought of Fuente as a potential successor to Saban, in an "if he's successful at VT, if he develops, if VT starts to be a legitimate challenge for Clemson.." sort of way.
This situation makes me question a lot of things about his management abilities. I'm sure there's fault on both the players' and the coaches' parts. The question is who was more at fault? Only time will tell.
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Yeah, hard to say whether this was a few bad apples in the locker room, or a coach who lost the locker room. We'll find out this year.
As for the players - any player who actually wants to lose, for any reason, isn't dedicated to himself or his craft. No matter how those players got there - they are responsible for the way that they handled themselves. VT is better off without them.
Tech’s long-time DC Bud Foster announced he will retire at the end of the season...he’s been around a long time but he’s not really very old (60)...I wonder if that’s a sign of problems as well?
According to the article, Fuente held a team meeting to get to the bottom of the discontent, and basically gave the players everything they were asking for. And supposedly the players that remain are happy, and happy the malcontents are gone. I agree there is some degree of blame to assign from both sides. But I'm leaning towards favoring Fuente in this while we wait to see how things play out.
Every generation is different from the ones that came before, and change is inevitable. But there are some aspects to the younger generations that I simply loathe. I'm doing my best to raise mine to avoid those pitfalls. No matter how much changes, hard work and dedication during difficult times are almost always going to be required in order to succeed.
Every generation is different from the ones that came before, and change is inevitable. But there are some aspects to the younger generations that I simply loathe. I'm doing my best to raise mine to avoid those pitfalls. No matter how much changes, hard work and dedication during difficult times are almost always going to be required in order to succeed.
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when i read crap like this it makes me appreciate our program even more. i can't imagine this happening at bama.
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