LINK, Roanoke Times story about DW:

[squarerootofone]

http://www.roanoke.com/sports/vtbasketball/wb/305571

[VT66]

http://www.roanoke.com/sports/vtbasketball/wb/305571

I would have felt better about the hire if I had read that article last February. Things are looking up.

[JRHokie]

I'm like you, at first I thought Jim W. was just "filling" a position . But the more I seen and heard, VT got them a good coach and a Very good staff. I hope he gets thru all of his operations and starts back next fall 100% healthy . His staff will be a big force in recruiting and getting things back to being a good team at VT or Better, I think things heading in the right direction.

[Rev.Zeke Vodka]

I'm like you, at first I thought Jim W. was just "filling" a position . But the more I seen and heard, VT got them a good coach and a Very good staff. I hope he gets thru all of his operations and starts back next fall 100% healthy . His staff will be a big force in recruiting and getting things back to being a good team at VT or Better, I think things heading in the right direction.

The most important ingredient in hiring a head coach is your ability to know that person and what it is they represent and how they would manage a program. Know how they handle every day responsibilities, know their philosophy, especially know their day-in, day-out demeanor and disposition. How do they handle success? How do they handle struggles, big losses? These are all qualities and attributes that are much, much more flushed out in an environment when you have been around a person on a daily basis. When you have had many opportunities to speak with them, watch their interactions with team members, fellow coaches, athletic department personnel. Watch their work habits, when they come in, when they leave, etc...Again, all flushed out when you work for a year or more in the same building....You get the very best feel for what type person you are getting when you have that opportunity....

I have always been bewildered by people who want to always go out and form a search committee. Bring in several candidates and let the search committee interview them. When most members of the search committe have no clue in a million years about inner workings of an individual sport or what that job entails from a specific standpoint...Then the process has a number of pat questions and answers of the candidate. The candidate knows what he will be asked, he has his prepared answers and it depends on which candidate does the best job in the interview. And often, being a good interviewer where you kiss some butt with some answers, stroke the egos of the big dog if you are smart and stay away from being controversial means you are a terrific candidate. Only that has little insight to what type coach a person will be in comparison of someone that you have watched and worked around for a period of time....Some people are just good at interviewing but crappy at organization, discipline, interactions, and actually running the show...Others are poor interviewers but great with kids, terrific motivators and have an abundance of passion for their job that transcends whatever interview skills they lack. This person is flushed out if you have the opportunity to work around them a year or more in a close environment. Hire a person with a search committee of somewhat knowledgeable people and you get what you deserve if you miss great candidates or hire someone that turns out to be clueless and in over their head....

Search committees and hiring are a waste of time in my opinion and more often than not do NOT flush out the best candidate and will serve to hinder your process rather than enchance it in many instances....

[Bburg Native]

Many would disagree. In this case, only time will tell.

[Mercury]

The most important ingredient in hiring a head coach is your ability to know that person and what it is they represent and how they would manage a program. Know how they handle every day responsibilities, know their philosophy, especially know their day-in, day-out demeanor and disposition. How do they handle success? How do they handle struggles, big losses? These are all qualities and attributes that are much, much more flushed out in an environment when you have been around a person on a daily basis. When you have had many opportunities to speak with them, watch their interactions with team members, fellow coaches, athletic department personnel. Watch their work habits, when they come in, when they leave, etc...Again, all flushed out when you work for a year or more in the same building....You get the very best feel for what type person you are getting when you have that opportunity....

I have always been bewildered by people who want to always go out and form a search committee. Bring in several candidates and let the search committee interview them. When most members of the search committe have no clue in a million years about inner workings of an individual sport or what that job entails from a specific standpoint...Then the process has a number of pat questions and answers of the candidate. The candidate knows what he will be asked, he has his prepared answers and it depends on which candidate does the best job in the interview. And often, being a good interviewer where you kiss some butt with some answers, stroke the egos of the big dog if you are smart and stay away from being controversial means you are a terrific candidate. Only that has little insight to what type coach a person will be in comparison of someone that you have watched and worked around for a period of time....Some people are just good at interviewing but crappy at organization, discipline, interactions, and actually running the show...Others are poor interviewers but great with kids, terrific motivators and have an abundance of passion for their job that transcends whatever interview skills they lack. This person is flushed out if you have the opportunity to work around them a year or more in a close environment. Hire a person with a search committee of somewhat knowledgeable people and you get what you deserve if you miss great candidates or hire someone that turns out to be clueless and in over their head....

Search committees and hiring are a waste of time in my opinion and more often than not do NOT flush out the best candidate and will serve to hinder your process rather than enchance it in many instances....

This is about ethics in running an organization rather than a hand shake and back room politics, sorta like the JIM CROW days. A selection committee keeps the process open and fair, and gives all a chance for the position. I have concerns, especially a public institution' hiring who you know. What's next hiring only old white men who play golf together. What I did not like about he Wolf hire was not the hire but rather the back room nature of the hire that Weaver did. He took the behavior from the Penn State mode of keeping things under the rug.

[SECJesse]

Agree. Not transparent, not ethical, not the way to run a business or an athletic department. Nothing against Wolff personally, but the process (or lack thereof) was very flawed.

[Freddyburg Hokie]

LINK, Roanoke Times story about DW: ...

You confused me with the initials DW. I thought you meant this guy...

[Freddyburg Hokie]

He took the behavior from the Penn State mode of keeping things under the rug.

That's a bit of a low blow, don't you think?

[WestEndHokie39]

What a disgusting post- take your racism and your innuendo somewhere else. Classless...