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HokieLifer2

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A couple storylines for this season:


1) Do we get an individual title this year? Haught has a legit shot at it, you can never count DMF out of anything, and Sully and ZZ have the talent to contend.

2) Does Gus' senior year echo Sal's? Gus, like Sal, has has a rocky career as a starter at VT, and failed to qualify the last two years. Does he pull it together and crush it like Sal did last year?

3) Redshirt freshman- If there's a complaint I've had with the last two years, is that we have focused primarily on the top 10 guys in the room and paid little attention to open tournaments and the development of other guys in the room. The flip side of this and that Moore, Norstrem and Dunn aren't where they need to be. Among both of them, they has few quality wins (mostly Moores) and a few losses to top 60 guys. Getting these guys ready for first team competition is essential, which leads us to

4) Developing true freshman- This year's freshman class is impressive with Lewis and Manley leading the charge and Borst, Smelzer, and Darber not too far behind. We need to make sure that these guys continue to develop and see meaningful competition. Hopefully, our redshirts compete in the Scuffle and we look for ways to further their development.

5) 157 and 174- There will be some tough losses in both of these classes early on, the key will be learning from them and developing as the season progresses.

6) Nailing the 2019 recruiting cycle- the 2018 class, so far is a base hit, and not the home run we have been yearning for. Mitch Moore is a blue chipper and Cody Howard will surprise. We need to knock 2019 recruiting out of the park. Sam Latona is a good start, but we need to get several more studs aboard.

[Post edited by HokieLifer2 at 11/06/2017 2:50PM]

Posted: 11/06/2017 at 11:23AM



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A couple storylines for this season: -- HokieLifer2 11/06/2017 11:23AM
  Agreed on all, but one thing -- Rokie08 11/06/2017 12:56PM
  Re: Agreed on all, but one thing -- OHhokiex2 11/06/2017 3:42PM
  Not running him out of toen -- Rokie08 11/06/2017 5:35PM
  Yeah, totally agree. ** -- HOKIE MAGIC 11/06/2017 5:35PM
  Plus, you’ve flipped 180 on Dunn :) ** -- HokieLifer2 11/06/2017 1:27PM
  Yep. -- Rokie08 11/06/2017 5:23PM
  Dunn -- emhokie 11/06/2017 6:30PM
  Moore got quite a few quality matches last year... -- HokieLifer2 11/06/2017 1:26PM
  Agreed. -- Rokie08 11/06/2017 5:29PM
  Think you misread.... -- HokieLifer2 11/06/2017 11:19PM
  I see -- Rokie08 11/07/2017 12:45PM
  Yeah, I think it hurt them for sure -- Rokie08 11/07/2017 1:46PM
  AGREE, particularly on paragraph #2!! ** -- wasris 11/08/2017 10:07AM
  May be being addressed by the new staff -- MartyE 11/06/2017 3:50PM

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