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re: Coaching search: Who do we look for?
Posted on 9/21/15 at 8:44 am to Cheese Grits
Posted on 9/21/15 at 8:44 am to Cheese Grits
OK, based on your blueprint as it were, here's the "what" qualifications that Tanner and Spurrier (if he's involved in the process, and Holtz certainly was) would/ought to be looking for:
Recruiting prowess
Ties to the program, however cursory they may be
Good connections/recommendations among the "fraternity"
Defensive-minded, as this has typically been Carolina's identity.
Young, in that the person should want to stay here for a while
Based on that, Shane Beamer makes an awful lot of sense.
Born in Charleston, coached at GT, UTK, Miss State, USC, and Va Tech.
Primary coaching focus on defense
Experience recruiting the region, and largely responsible for the best teams we've ever had as recruiting coordinator
38 years old
Ties to the program
Plenty of connections/recommendations
The only two things he lacks that would be ideal are experience as a head coach, and the possibility/likelihood that he'd go back to VaTech in the instance that he'd be successful here when his dad retires. Though, I think that's Bud Foster's job to lose.
Not saying I think this is the most likely case, or that I even think it's the best option, but that it makes some sense in the grand scheme of things.
Recruiting prowess
Ties to the program, however cursory they may be
Good connections/recommendations among the "fraternity"
Defensive-minded, as this has typically been Carolina's identity.
Young, in that the person should want to stay here for a while
Based on that, Shane Beamer makes an awful lot of sense.
Born in Charleston, coached at GT, UTK, Miss State, USC, and Va Tech.
Primary coaching focus on defense
Experience recruiting the region, and largely responsible for the best teams we've ever had as recruiting coordinator
38 years old
Ties to the program
Plenty of connections/recommendations
The only two things he lacks that would be ideal are experience as a head coach, and the possibility/likelihood that he'd go back to VaTech in the instance that he'd be successful here when his dad retires. Though, I think that's Bud Foster's job to lose.
Not saying I think this is the most likely case, or that I even think it's the best option, but that it makes some sense in the grand scheme of things.
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Posted on 9/21/15 at 10:31 am to RoyalAir
I somehow see tanner shitting the bed on this one.
Posted on 9/21/15 at 2:12 pm to RoyalAir
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The only two things he lacks that would be ideal are experience as a head coach, and the possibility/likelihood that he'd go back to VaTech in the instance that he'd be successful here when his dad retires. Though, I think that's Bud Foster's job to lose.
The biggest issue is lack of head coaching experience. I'm not sure he would want to be the head coach at VT and have to deal with the legacy/shadow of his father.
Hes obviously a great coach and coordinator (he was coordinator for both recruiting and special teams when we left here) but just because you are a great coordinator doesn't mean you will be a great coach. And this is a big job to get your first head coaching experience at.
And while coordinators have been successful as first year head coaches in the SEC, Beamer still is just the running backs coach at VT. I don't think that associate head coach means much since he isn't coordinating anything
eta- I just went back and looked at the recruiting classes of 09, 10 and 11 which he was the coordinator for. Doubts are gone.
I'm officially on the hire Shane Beamer train
This post was edited on 9/21/15 at 2:29 pm
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