Virginia Tech 2014 Recruiting Target List

[ckhokie]

Somone on TKP made a post that I pretty much agree to to a T.

To be fair, this is the *Exact* same thing that people were saying the last few years as recruting was really crapping the bed. "Oh you don't know if any of these kids are going to be good or not, lets see how it plays out." Then it feels like the exact same people turn around later and say "Oh, well, of course we're losing we don't have the talent because we weren't recruiting well."

So, while I agree that this year was better than the last few, signing only what 1 of the in-state top 10 is an issue and it does need to be addressed. No, the sky is not falling, no we will not lose every game next year, or any of those other extreme things, but the opposite is also true: everything is *not* 100% fine. Things do need to be worked on, things do need to be improved. Missing so many signing day decisions so often *is* still an issue.

People seem to treat everything like a black and white issue, and it's never the case. It can be both. It can be both our best class in years with good hopes for the future and the identification of several areas of improvement like getting top in-state talent and closing with guys on NSD.

Complacency is the reason for the last couple of years, both in recruiting and on the field. Now that things are turning around, it's not the time to get complacent again, it's the time to keep getting better every year and keep improving. There's always work to do.

 

[hokiegrad]

Second -- we should venture up north more and down south less. The SEC/Florida school lure is just too great to pull most of these kids away. Not saying we should abandon the lower states but there are A LOT of great talent in the Northeast and Midwest. The B1G is down. We've shown that we can recruit these areas this year (NJ, PA, even Indiana, Ohio). Let's concentrate on there a little more.

As someone said earlier, those northern boys are coming down to perhaps BETTER weather. We can't sell that to Florida kids.

 

[VT_Antzo]

Our current state by state breakdown:
VA: 15
PA: 3
MD: 2
OH: 2
NJ: 2
FL: 2

I really like this recruiting class...we recruited and signed players at all offensive positions. On defense we covered all our bases and actually got 2 LB's. It would have been nice to have signed more of the top players in VA but if they didnt want to be Hokies...well good luck to them.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

It's a great class but it could have been even greater.

 

[HoHumHokie]

Bronson will be a DT, BTW.

And I have a feeling Keihn ends up at DE....we shall see.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

Very possible.

 

[sparko]

Isaiah Ford officially to VT

 

[Taz_Hokie]

Isaiah Ford officially to VT

It's nice to end the day on a high note I suppose.

 

[HoHumHokie]

Isaiah Ford officially to VT

I'd keep him away from the basketball program...he'll likely end up injured.

 

[VTscores]

Isaiah Ford officially to VT

Awesome!

Good to see him (back) on the LOI board!

 

[vtfan15]

And I have a feeling Keihn ends up at DE....we shall see.

Bud said he would start at LB, but need some polishing. You could be right though eventually.

 

[vtfan15]

Isaiah Ford officially to VT

I really enjoy looking at this kid's offer list. Looks like that of a 5*...

 

[Sleepy T]

I agree on all accounts except recruiting down south less. We haven't had much success pulling top recruits out of Florida, but the one's we have gotten have turned out to big contributors....I woudn't back off by any means. I think we got some good ones from Florida this year.

I agree with HoHum. We are going to lose more than we win down there, but guys like Clowney, Flowers, Hosley, Dadi, and Maddy have all been huge contributors and good for the program.

We won't be getting many of the top 30 players in Florida, but the guys ranked in there 40-100 are often equal or better than the guys in VA ranked 20-50. We have some connections down there and getting some of those guys are very important, certainly at least while we are still whiffing on some of our in state prospects.

 

[Sleepy T]

Bud said he would start at LB, but need some polishing. You could be right though eventually.

I think I have heard his game is similar to Dadi Nicholas. If he could play LB, I would prefer that he be there. JMHO.

 

[NickVT10]

And I have a feeling Keihn ends up at DE....we shall see.

We could use a big Mike LB for a change.

 

[rockhead44]

And I have a feeling Keihn ends up at DE....we shall see.

Historically, guys his size wind up at End with us. That has to change in order to recruit top-ranked, bigger defensive players in the future.

 

[757Hokie83]

Isaiah Ford officially to VT

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

We could use a big Mike LB for a change.

Like Bruce. Of course he spent some time at DE also.

 

[757Hokie83]

I'd keep him away from the basketball program...he'll likely end up injured.

Trinity Christian head coach Verlon Dorminey told The Courier-Journal on Saturday that Ford would probably end up at Virginia Tech, which has also invited him to join the basketball team as a walk-on.

Isaiah Ford Selects Virginia Tech | The Key Play

 

[Sleepy T]

Virginia Tech, which has also invited him to join the basketball team as a walk-on.

... and apparently he is pretty good. Averaging over 31 points per game. Has some good shooting percentages, and I think I mentioned it in an earlier post, dropped 60 on some poor fools last week.

Trinity Christian High School (Jacksonville, FL) Basketball Stats