Des Kitchings
- Thread starter LonesomeRooster
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Des Kitchings seems to be coming back after awful first year at Virginia: How?
SC and UVA graduate living in Charlottesville area. The above article provides a different take on Kitchings.
We were led to believe that Beamer had connections and knew everybody in the coaching world. He would hire the best staff that money could buy. That ain't working out too well. I'm not saying he should have hired Kitchings. I'm just saying that guys like that are finding success elsewhere. Meanwhile, back at the farm ...
When Beamer was hired he looked us right in the eye and said his phone was blowing up with names, BIG names that wanted to work for him. Then he hires his best man as OC. So that press conference he just outright lies. That was my introduction to Shane. I've never gotten over that.
If I were a head coach, I'd take less money for myself and hire the best staff possible. I'm sure Beamer could live on less than $8 million.
He could probably just scrape by in Columbia on $4 million/year (yes, sarcasm). Not a bad idea. Take a short-term pay cut, hire a crazy good staff, then get your pay increased again if you start winning. Is the goal to win or make money?
Beamer doesn't have to work another day in his life. Probably the same for his kids.