The problem with VT started with Frank Beamer. His lack of recruiting the last 4 years hurt us, and him keeping an inept offensive coordinator around for over a decade destroyed recuiting on the offensive side of the ball. All of that spilled over to wins/losses on the field and Franks last three years showed in wins and losses and the recruiting further plummeted. Then Fuente is hired. He inherited an absolute mess that would have and will take 10 years to fix.
When he took over, he inherited 3-4 previous years of ugly recruiting which showed on the field in talent. Then the the problem perpetuates itself to lots of losses and recruiting is effected more. That's where our program is. Fuente can't fix it and neither can anyone else. From the day Beamer left, it was a 10 year problem to fix. Three to four years before Frank left, he kept a certain person on staff that had no trust among Va High School Coaches and that made it a 14 year problem. We are half way through our sentence. It's a good 5 years or more before we are relevant. So, from this fans opinion. It ain't Fuente. It was Beamer and his offensive "protege" who has never had one BCS or Div 1 offer since he left. He's not even a coordinator. That shows us what other schools and coaches think if his talent. We won in the 2000s in spite of that offensive coordinator and Beamers refusal to fire him. VT, as a fan base and by having a weak and good ole boy AD, helped keep that OC around. That decision is effecting us to this very day. No need to feel sorry for us. As a fan base, we did this to ourselves.