It was only a few short months ago that I wrote Virginia Tech would be crazy to fire Seth Greenberg. Yet on Monday, that's exactly what Virginia Tech did.

In a 30-minute press conference that was about as comfortable as watching your parents make out, Tech Athletic Director Jim Weaver announced he had "terminated" Greenberg as head basketball coach after nine seasons at the helm.

In those nine seasons, Greenberg won 170 games, second most in program history behind Charles Moir. The 2011-12 season was the first time since 2006 that the Hokies failed to make the postseason, although just one of those seasons ended in an NCAA Tournament appearance.

However, Weaver cited constant turnover on the coaching staff , rather than a lack of victories, as the reason Greenberg was shown the door.

It is not a matter of whether Weaver made the right or wrong decision. By Monday, he was left with no choice.

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Today Athletic Director Jim Weaver called an impromptu press conference and announced his decision to fire Virginia Tech Basketball Head Coach Seth Greenberg. The decision, the handling of the press conference and Weaver's timetable of events have come under scrutiny both nationally and within the Virginia Tech fan base.

As an ardent Virginia Tech basketball fan, I thought it appropriate to weigh the things that were not handled well and that I take issue with against the things that were unfortunately and unarguably true about Seth Greenberg's tenure at Virginia Tech. For a full-on analysis of everything that was running through my mind today, please jump right on in. Discussion is welcome and encouraged.

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The Virginia Tech football team anticipated a big day of recruiting visits on Saturday as they hosted their 2012 Spring Football game. The Hokies current roster never hit the field, however, but it didn't affect their success on the recruiting trail. Tech received seven commitments on Saturday to move their 2013 recruiting class up to No. 10 in the country.

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If you're a Gobbler Country geezer like myself, you should remember my recruiting posts from two years ago entitled Virginia Tech Recruiting Guide for the Class of 2011. If you're a GC newbie, maybe go and check those out (if for nothing else you can get used to the format/see if my predictions held true).I broke the posts up into a five-part series. Even though it feels like I'm getting a late start in my mind, I didn't start that series of posts until June 19th of 2010, so I am well ahead of schedule by comparison. That says more about the Hokies' early recruiting exploits than about me.

Last year however I took a job in baseball that had me working over 100 hours a week, which essentially ensured any efforts I made in covering the 2012 recruiting class futile. Unfortunately I labeled the 2011 class the most disappointing/worst class in Tech's modern history (although I do not feel as strongly today), while I tabbed the 2012 class the best. It doesn't take a genius to see what may be a trend developing there. Hopefully I'm not the Hokies equivalent of the Billy Goat or the guy in the movie Celtic Pride who was responsible for the curse of Bill Buckner. If so, I may have to re-examine my recruiting coverage. But black cats and broken mirrors aside, let's jump right in as I get you primed for the Hokies recruiting class of 2013.

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Unfortunately for Hokie fans, our last memories of a Virginia Tech kicker/punter was Justin Myer missing an overtime field goal in the Sugar Bowl (of course he was our 3rd-string kicker and hit four field goals to get us to that point). While it wasn't his fault that we lost, it is a bitter memory and it still feels very recent (sorry for bringing it up...moving on).

Gone are Myer, the original 2011 backup Tyler Weiss who was sent home from the Sugar Bowl after missing curfew and presumably so is 2011 starter Cody Journell. Also gone is Danny Coale who ended the season as the punter and looked so good that it was puzzling why he wasn't the guy all season. So there are a lot of fresh faces in the kicking game. Just as we have done for other positions, we continue our look into each position with the Kickers/Punters preview.

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Five years ago today a gunman on Virginia Tech's campus shot and killed 32 students and faculty members before turning the gun on himself and taking his own life. The nation and the world for that matter watched in horror as the events unfolded live on television. It stands today as the largest loss of life due to an act of violence in a university setting.

Onlookers were shocked not only because of the body count or gruesome details of the shooting, but because of the betrayal of innocence that is expected of and associated with academia. Shattered were our preconceptions that it couldn't happen here. Five years have passed and yet it still seems like it happened just yesterday. It stands as haunting memory in our collective being, one that has affected us directly perhaps more than any one event in our lives.

Join me inside as I take us back to that tragic day and try unsuccessfully to harness the words that will serve as reverent and do justice to those involved. Please don't hesitate to do the same in the comments section.

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