Lots of posts on recruiting with so and so going here and there. While we are never going to get (and never did for those thing this is a Fu bash) I wonder if “identity” is a factor?

Yes, you need OL and DL and 22 starters and all that, but really what is our identity?

Are we a shutdown D, lunch pail blue collar knock your head off team; DBU; power running game; balanced attack; spread; RPO w mobile qb - what is it?

I’m not so sure (purely speculation here) this isn’t a factor in our lean list of commits. Has to be an issue, doesn’t it?

You (and no one else) is going to convince me that Blacksburg is worse than a hell hole like Starkville Mississippi or Fayetteville Arkansas.

With the opportunity to come in and start - and star, if you are a certain position I just really can’t figure out why the drop off seems as it does. Maybe it is the folks who have left; bridges burned; uncertainty in our program. But I have to think identity is part of it.

What are we now? Still the lunch pail, NFL DB defense? I’m not sure.

Total honest question and no underlying motive - looking to figure out and trust the opinions I openly solicit.

MTH