Duke wasn't a tire fire and made a better hire.
VT makes the right hire, they're instantly back. Wrong hire makes it worse and so on. Fuente left them garbage stacked on top of garbage. Cut left Duke in a decent spot (relative to Duke) and Elko is a superior coach. He's gone either this year or next and Duke will be rolling the dice and could crap out easily but that's everyone. Napier was the hottest name on the circuit, I'm betting he doesn't make it past year four. The right things are being done behind the scenes now in Blacksburg, when the right coach is there it'll pay dividends. This is also why UVA could make a good hire and still struggle, because they do not have the same level of commitment on the back-end, at least right now.
Will be interested to see if Whit survives Pry, a lot of people are clamoring for his head. Ballein likely won't survive (and shouldn't), he's probably the scapegoat. Sands likes Whit a lot, BOV likes Sands a lot and the school itself has never been better and is on the verge of an AAU invite (shocked it didn't happen last time, frankly). I'm betting Whit will get one last try to get it all right unless a certain few more sports implode. If Pry can grow a pair and fire his friends, he might survive but if he goes the Fuente route and stays a friend instead of a boss, the writing is already on the wall. Simple solution for now is Bowen is gone and Marve is on the hot seat and you stop with this "first year coordinator" crap and go get someone who has done the job before. If I'm Whit, I'm forcing Bowen out and Pry simply isn't allowed to hire someone without experience.