Chatted with Muskegon, Mich. head coach Shane Fairfield today about new Virginia Tech ATH commit Kalil Pimpleton, and Fairfield gushed about the newest Hokie. You can catch his comments in the article below.

https://n.rivals.com/news/coach-pimpleton-ready-for-the-big-stage


I wasn't around yesterday for this commitment, but wanted to drop a couple thoughts on Kalil today. I see this as a risk/reward type pick up. As someone else noted, he did not have a lot of significant interest outside of VT. In fact, if you would have asked me a couple months ago I would have expected JaCorey Sullivan to be the first WR at Muskegon to get a big offer.

The reward part is two-fold, though, as I see it. First, Pimpleton is obviously explosive and you cannot teach that type of quickness, agility and play-making ability. If he or VT can find a way to compensate or mitigate his size disadvantage then they have a very unique ball player on their hands. The second potential reward is that Virginia Tech has offered two of his teammates - LB Andrew Ward and 2018 OL Antwan Reed. Having Pimpleton in the fold certainly helps in their pursuit of those guys. As Coach notes in that article, KP is a leader amongst his peers.

The drawback is that obviously he has size limitations - not just height, but build. There have been plenty of short WR/RB types who have gone on to success in CFB, but the vast majority have been solidly built. Coach said Pimpleton is benching 280 and squatting 415 for two reps, but 160 is still awfully slight.

Thanks in advance for your feedback and we hope everyone has had a great week!

Pimpleton committed. Hopefully a diamond in the rough.

And this can be anything, of course; IE scheduling, NCAA, length of season, financial issues, tickets, etc.

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Coach Fuente & Coach Chew in NOVA (05/16)

Hi Everyone - The details for this event have been finalized. Please read below.

Support the Nova Hokie Club and VTAF by welcoming NEW VT Head Football Coach Justin Fuente and Assistant Basketball Coach Isaac Chew to the area on the evening of Monday May 16 as part of the Orange and Maroon Tour. Doors open at 6 pm and the event starts at 7 pm. Coaches Fuente and Chew will discuss various topics relevant to their positions and on the minds of Hokie Nation and then we will open it up to take your questions.

The event will be at the Clarendon Ballroom ( http://www.clarendonballroom.com ). If you are not familiar with the Clarendon area in Arlington, the Ballroom is two blocks from the Clarendon metro. There is also garage and street parking.

You can purchase tickets for the event now for $25 using the Pay Pal link on this page ( http://novahokieclub.org/2016-orange-and-maroon-tour/ ). Tickets at the door the night of the event will be $25. Kids are FREE!

All proceeds will go towards the Virginia Tech Athletic Fund. Specifically, the NOVA Hokie Club has pledged all 2016 proceeds to the New Indoor Football Practice Facility.

There will be appetizers and a cash bar.

There will be raffle and auction items (including two 50 yard line, row F seats, to all home games).

Dress is casual – Come straight from work, the golf course, or your couch, it does not matter.

Featuring:
Head Football Coach Justin Fuente and Asst Basketball Coach Isaac Chew

May 16, 2016

Time:
6pm – Social Hour

7pm – Program

Location:
Clarendon Ballroom

Cost:
$25 pre-order below or $25 at the door.

$5 for students with ID

Kids are FREE

*** PRE-Order by 5/13 to be included in a special raffle for a football signed by Coach Fuente ***

All event proceeds are donated to the Virginia Tech Athletic Fund. Live Auction and Raffle (including two tickets to each home game for 2016) will occur at the end of the program. Tickets for the raffle will be available for purchase throughout the evening.

Go Hokies!

@NovaHokieClub
novahokieclub.org

Coach Fuente & Coach Chew in NOVA (05/16)

Hi Everyone - The details for this event have been finalized. Please read below.

Support the Nova Hokie Club and VTAF by welcoming NEW VT Head Football Coach Justin Fuente and Assistant Basketball Coach Isaac Chew to the area on the evening of Monday May 16 as part of the Orange and Maroon Tour. Doors open at 6 pm and the event starts at 7 pm. Coaches Fuente and Chew will discuss various topics relevant to their positions and on the minds of Hokie Nation and then we will open it up to take your questions.

The event will be at the Clarendon Ballroom ( http://www.clarendonballroom.com ). If you are not familiar with the Clarendon area in Arlington, the Ballroom is two blocks from the Clarendon metro. There is also garage and street parking.

You can purchase tickets for the event now for $25 using the Pay Pal link on this page ( http://novahokieclub.org/2016-orange-and-maroon-tour/ ). Tickets at the door the night of the event will be $25. Kids are FREE!

All proceeds will go towards the Virginia Tech Athletic Fund. Specifically, the NOVA Hokie Club has pledged all 2016 proceeds to the New Indoor Football Practice Facility.

There will be appetizers and a cash bar.

There will be raffle and auction items (including two 50 yard line, row F seats, to all home games).

Dress is casual – Come straight from work, the golf course, or your couch, it does not matter.

Featuring:
Head Football Coach Justin Fuente and Asst Basketball Coach Isaac Chew

May 16, 2016

Time:
6pm – Social Hour

7pm – Program

Location:
Clarendon Ballroom

Cost:
$25 pre-order below or $25 at the door.

$5 for students with ID

Kids are FREE

*** PRE-Order by 5/13 to be included in a special raffle for a football signed by Coach Fuente ***

All event proceeds are donated to the Virginia Tech Athletic Fund. Live Auction and Raffle (including two tickets to each home game for 2016) will occur at the end of the program. Tickets for the raffle will be available for purchase throughout the evening.

Go Hokies!

@NovaHokieClub
novahokieclub.org

Former VT assistant is in hot water at Texas A&M for some tweets about a recruit who decommitted. Actually I think 3 decommitted in all.

I think NCAA should ban coaches from being on tweeter. it causes more trouble than good. No need for it.

This was released by our national analyst, Eric Rossi.

More new 4-star Va. Tech commit Nickeil Alexander-Walker

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Guess he ruffled a lot of recruits feathers recently. Several have tweeted they took A & M off their lists.

I'm sure it has been mentioned on here but I missed it

1. What became of Loefler, Stinespring, Searles?
2. Is Mike Goforth still the trainer?

Thanks

Thank you in advance for your participation!

they will be in Atl for a camp in the coming weeks. These are the kids I've been talking about. They just recently transferred from Missouri to South Carolina and look to be both starting at outside backers as soph at Camden. They have ties to Blacksburg and that's where they both want to play. Somebody better start getting on these kids. They have been to Clemson, ND, Neb, NC, already that I am sure of, and will be headed to others in the future. Thought I'd keep you updated.

Check him out. He's 6'5" and drives to the basket both right or left and finishes with either hand, can shoot all day, and passes well. He has a cross-over dribble that confounds even smaller defenders. He's beyond his years with what he can do now.

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Hamilton Heights Christian (TN) four-star shooting guardNickeil Alexander-Walker saying Virginia Tech visit was great.

Tech assistant Jamie McNeilly is like family to him and had known his dad since before Alexander-Walker was born. No other visits set up at this time.

Originally he said that he will sit down with his family and decide in a few weeks. Although based on something he told my source, it sounds like the decision will be coming soon. Possibly within 48 hours.

Alexander-Walker had a productive April in the Under Armour Association. Through eight games, he’s averaging 15.1 points, 4.5 rebounds and is second in free throws made with 34.

I really like Virginia Tech's chances here.

Committed to us about an hour ago. Top 100 kid.
Why nothing about him on here? Makes me tad worried for the future here.

We've all at some point pointed towards the football's fall from power over the past few season as the reason donations have taken a hit to our athletic department. But this article seems to highlight a divide between most Tech alums & their donations! Clearly we need to increase our donation percentage among living alumni. 4% is atrocious & we rank 11 out of 15 ACC schools in terms of percentage of donors to athletics with the 3rd largest living alumni base in our conference. SHOCKER ALERT: NC State is higher in terms of percentage?

So I'll pose the question to the masses... How can Whit better engage & polarize those donations from the current non-donors? (And I don't think winning more football games won't necessarily pull those folks in, but I could wrong)

http://www.dailypress.com/sports/vi...e-club-per-seat-fees-0503-20160502-story.html