Anchor Drop, February 24, 2020: When it hits the fan

Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY SportsGood morning.

So, last night, Chris Lee at VandySports decided to drive all of us to drink (but, really, when did we ever stop?) when he posted the rare free article about the uncertainty surrounding the grand facilities plan that was supposed to be coming any day now. I don’t care who you are; quotes like this are, well, brutal:

A football locker project, with an associated cost of $6-7 million, was supposed to be the first domino. As of the middle of last week, Vanderbilt hadn’t started any work on the project.

The athletic department is still attempting to raise the money for that project. One source believes that, while the project is “close to…