Arenāt all whispers quiet?
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Yeah thatās what Iāve been wondering. He very well could push it back, but then why schedule it for two weeks out IF Chance really wants to play for the hometown team all else equal (which seems to be general view), and supposedly we donāt have clarity on who the next coach will be and may not on March 22.
A few possible scenarios come to mind 1) making his commitment before the portal opens is the most important thing to him, and/or the hometown draw isnāt quite as strong as weāve been led to believe, heās comfortable with passing over the Hoos if the coach isnāt there in time 2) he/we actually do have a better sense of who the next coach might be and Chance is cool playing for him (or playing for any of the options), or 3) he simply doesnāt care about pushing the date back 1-2 weeks if needed to see who the next coach is.
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Not stage-whispers
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The most likely outcome is that Mr. Mallory will commit to Mr. Byington and will play at Vanderbilt. And it seems highly unlikely that Dr. Williams will hire Mr. Sanchez as our head coach.
But Iām all for hoping we somehow land the kid anyway.
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He might think of a pretty funny story on the 22nd. Hoo knows?
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That rundown captures my view of it too. I donāt particularly put stock in one scenario more than the other, thatās for the insiders to figure out, I just think there are multiple scenarios consistent with what we know.
Well theyāre just gonna get fans bitching for the rest of his tenure. I will certainly do my part. Itās not a tenable situation. Every loss would be magnified by a million.
Itās far more likely heās just getting a bag and likes Byington/Vandy.
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I just donāt see how it could possibly be UVA given the commitment date. Maybe weāve let him under the hood about the candidates being considered. Maybe that along with a large financial commitment are enough to get him comfortable but he has so many other good options that it just seems hard to believe.
We are not hiring Ron Sanchez as our next head coach barring like an ACC tournament championship run and a Sweet 16 appearance. We have too many better options. And there is literally no smoke around keeping Ron other than Chance Mallory happening to decide he wants to commit in late March.
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If we have a GM in place, then they may have been having discussions with Chance already
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Guess it depends on how much āfamilyā he wants around him.
There are no direct flights to Nashville from Charlottesville. And itās an 8-hour drive. And because Vandyās in the SEC, closest they come is Lexington (6:30) and Knoxville (5:15).
The other three schools make much more sense from a family perspective.
Perhaps heās our version of Trent Perry, where the logic just doesnāt equate, but home is where the heart is.
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I keep saying this but I think people are reading too much into the date. Heāll bend if necessary.
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Donāt worry, the Hokies I know have assured me their SEC invite is in the mail.
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We do have a GM in place.
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Hoo?
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Some are careless
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Thatās just ruining a thread with Kenny Payne-esque suckage.
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Why set a date then?
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