re: Coaching search: Who do we look for?

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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.

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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