Mike Young
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Oct 2, 2026
Luke NeerHOST
He and I went over a lot of stuff back in August, but he's going to preview Virginia Tech and Pitt, which is obviously tomorrow, but we're also going to talk about the latest with the Hokies raising their ticket prices across the board, trying to raise, I don't know, 200 and some million dollars for James Franklin, mainly.
Luke NeerHOST
I don't know if they really want to give any to Mike Young.
Luke NeerHOST
That's kind of how the athletics department in Laxburg has operated for the entirety of my lifetime.
Luke NeerHOST
So we'll get into that.
27 MINS LATER
Luke NeerHOST
For football, they're also going to rise for men's basketball and even women's basketball as well.
Luke NeerHOST
Has this been in the works for some time? And obviously, it's a means to build the war chest for James Franklin predominantly.
Luke NeerHOST
And I guess maybe Mike Young might get a little bit, but I don't know.
Luke NeerHOST
Just tell me about this campaign, Invest to Win, and if this was inevitable for Virginia Tech or if it came as a little bit of a surprise.
Jeff GoodmanHOST
It'll be in the backcourt.
Jeff GoodmanHOST
They bring in Neo Abdalas from Virginia Tech that Mike Young told me a year ago he thought he was the most talented player he's ever coached.
Jeff GoodmanHOST
Had a good year, not a great year, but I think too much was on his shoulders, to be honest, coming over.
Jeff GoodmanHOST
6'8", 6'9", point guard, doesn't shoot it great, good passer, not a great athlete.
Jeff GoodmanHOST
Make shots.
Kevin KeattsGUEST
Yeah, Neal is a unique prospect.
Kevin KeattsGUEST
I've had a chance to back last year talk to Mike Young about him, and he really loves him.
Kevin KeattsGUEST
Mike, I think his biggest challenge is where do you play him at? Do you play Terrence Brown off the ball and let him have the ball in his hand because he does like to dribble the basketball? Or when you go with Brown, when you go with Abel, and then put Neo at the three and tag team him with Jaron Stevenson, which I think if you do that, I think you've got two really good, you know, long, athletic, you know, 6'8", 6'9", maybe even a little taller at the three and the four.
Matt JosephsGUEST
They could be a team that wins a lot of 65, 61 type of games.
Matt JosephsGUEST
And Virginia Tech, I mean, Virginia Tech, like, Mike Young has to start winning at some point, or else they might make a change, and every year he's constantly changing his roster, and I think eventually he's gonna figure it out and he's gonna have the right roster, and Virginia Tech's gonna be a problem too in this conference.
Greg PetersonHOST
Yep, I'm right there with you.
Greg PetersonHOST
I'm feeling more and more bullish about Virginia Tech.
Luke NeerHOST
Has this been in the works for some time? And obviously, it's a means to build the war chest for James Franklin predominantly.
Luke NeerHOST
And I guess maybe Mike Young might get a little bit, but I don't know.
Luke NeerHOST
Just tell me about this campaign, Invest to Win, and if this was inevitable for Virginia Tech or if it came as a little bit of a surprise.
Chris ColemanGUEST
Yeah, I think this is something that's been coming and maybe wasn't coming under the old regime, but was going to happen whenever a new regime came in.
Joe GiglioHOST
And by the way, that's a really good coach.
Joe GiglioHOST
He coached Mike Young, who he somehow lost the ability to play basketball.
Joe GiglioHOST
And, um, You know, Malone's obvious biggest success was with a big who could pass and wasn't the most athletic guy in the history of the world, but could dominate a game anyway.
Joe GiglioHOST
Not saying Abdallah is Jokic.
Andrew JonesGUEST
They had some pretty decent players at JTEC last year, but the perimeter didn't help him at all.
Andrew JonesGUEST
Teams could really guard him and lean on him a lot defensively, and he didn't show a lot of skill to get around.
Andrew JonesGUEST
Maybe it was what Michael Young didn't want him to do.
Andrew JonesGUEST
I don't really know, but he's got a lot of guys around him now that might accentuate his game, especially his ability to see the floor, see cutters, see guys that pop out.
Steve ForbesGUEST
Like I could tell you when I was in the SoCon, it was hard.
Steve ForbesGUEST
And you think about when I was in the league, it was Mike Young and Wes Miller.
Steve ForbesGUEST
And, you know, Matt McCall went to UMass.
Steve ForbesGUEST
We had Bob Hoffman.
10 MINS LATER
Luke TaylorHOST
Best head coach to have a drink with?
Steve ForbesGUEST
Well, back in the day, that would have been hugs.
Steve ForbesGUEST
But since he's not coaching anymore, I like drinking a beer with Mike Young.
Steve ForbesGUEST
He's my boy.
Isaac SchadeHOST
Uh-
Jonathan AdamsGUEST
Um, [laughs] my guess was Michael, and I like to think that he actually goes by Jayden Mike Young.
Isaac SchadeHOST
Yes.
Isaac SchadeHOST
Oh.
Jonathan AdamsGUEST
Since he played for Mike Young at Virginia Tech.
Isaac SchadeHOST
Uh, yes.
Isaac SchadeHOST
Shout out to Virginia Tech.
8 MINS LATER
Isaac SchadeHOST
Like, gotta make, gotta make shots.
Will WarrenHOST
Maybe it's metrics driven, maybe it's something else.
Will WarrenHOST
Maybe I'm just being suckered in by Mike Young again for like the 17th time.
Will WarrenHOST
But I do like this roster and I like getting these three starters back, paired with a decent if nothing spectacular transfer class.
Will WarrenHOST
I think at bare minimum, those three need to play 500 or more possessions together this year.
23 MINS LATER
Jim RootHOST
I'd take him over Enfield, McNamara.
Jim RootHOST
I'd probably still take him over Laux right now.
Jim RootHOST
I'd take him over Mike Young.
Jim RootHOST
Malone, prove it to me first.
Eamonn BrennanHOST
And so the, the baseline loss there is not maybe as big of a deal as it feels to lose him to another team in the conference.
Eamonn BrennanHOST
So, yeah, I mean, Look, Mike Young, I maybe thought about putting him on the hot seat, but I think there doesn't seem to be like a huge amount of unrest in Virginia Tech land, at least that I can detect of like, oh, this is it's run its course and we need to be done now.
Eamonn BrennanHOST
I think he's well liked there.
Eamonn BrennanHOST
I think his teams are usually solid enough and they do need to get back to the tournament.
Eamonn BrennanHOST
But they're not as far away, maybe, as I, again, expected coming in, looking at at the roster like it's it's there's a chance here, especially with the expanded tournament.
Tate FrazierGUEST
Yeah, Mike Young is a really good coach and they had some bad, you know, kind of juju last year at times in certain games.
Tate FrazierGUEST
And I really like Hansberry.
Tate FrazierGUEST
I think he's an all ACC type player as well.
Isaac SchadeHOST
Neo Avdolos had some big flashy moments at Virginia Tech last year.
Isaac SchadeHOST
What can he do surrounded by more talent, with all due respect to Mike Young's team from last year? And then Terrence Brown.
Isaac SchadeHOST
who did it at FDU at a very high level, 20 points a game, transferred up to the Big 12 level.
Isaac SchadeHOST
Yes, it was Utah, but still scored almost 20 points a game last year.
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