I thought they were going to scoop up Beamer. Should we pull a UGA and fire Beamer now?
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Franklin to Va Tech
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Good move by VT and Franklin.
Easier schedule, lower expectations, more job security
I am convinced all head coaching hires are essentially a crapshoot, but this feels like the closest thing to a homerun hire Va. Tech could have pulled off.
Agree. Guys who you would think are great coaches go somewhere and fail. Guys you never heard of do well.
But this seems like a no brainer.
Maybe in a few years VT will be complaining about 8, 9 or 10 win seasons and "not getting over the hump", but i bet they'd gladly take that now.
They'll win the ACC or at least be in the ACCCG by year 3.
You mean the VT fans won't be saying the prior coach destroyed the program and left him nothing and he needs at least 5 years to turn the program around? I thought that was a given when a new coach was hired.
These days, no player retention is guaranteed anyway, which means coaches are also free to turn the whole team over if they work it right.
Great for JF. Great for VT. Now, just go beat clemson.
1) VT's program is at a crossroads after back to back bad hires. After a very recent sizable commitment to the program, it is extremely doubtful they are going to pursue a HC with a record barely above .500 . Namesake or not.
2) VT BOT looked around the room, lesson learned
As of 9:56 am, this is not been finalized. Not sure where the OP got his information.
There's a link in the OP (and here). Not finalized, but looking good... (69% chance of happening
) about as good as Smart to USC. Seems worthy of discussion.
As of 12:54 still not confirmed.
It seems like another of those situations where "somebody" threw it out there and everyone else picked it up and
ran with it.
I took a look at a VT site (Fighting Goblers haha) and they said there is smoke, but no fire yet. The writer stated
they are looking hard at Chesney from JMU.
It seems like another of those situations where "somebody" threw it out there and everyone else picked it up and
ran with it.
I took a look at a VT site (Fighting Goblers haha) and they said there is smoke, but no fire yet. The writer stated
they are looking hard at Chesney from JMU.
Thinking about it, if I am a coach looking to take a P4 job, I probably don't really want a job at a big time SEC program like Auburn, SC, LSU, UF, Arkansas, etc.. The pressure to win at those places is incredible and the margin for error is razor thin. A coach like Chesney or Chadwell can go to a VT or similar ACC or B1G program and be a hero if he consistently wins 8 games a year and throws in an upset over a top team every couple of years. The money is really academic. How much better can a coach and his family live on $6million a year at a big SEC program vs. $3million a year at a lower tier program?
I guess ego is what drives some of these coaches to want the high profile jobs.
I guess ego is what drives some of these coaches to want the high profile jobs.
Any coach would be a hero at SC for 8 wins a year on the regular. I don’t think there’s much pressure to win here, if a coach went .500 for his career he’s safe. Talk of Beamer being fired only happens on the internet and if he wins 6 next season he won’t be fired.
I agree with the point you’re making tho, overall. The biggest metric at most places is getting to the postseason, and now the whole focus is the playoff. As the playoff grows, making it will essentially be like making a bowl game used to be and it will feel like it matters. Even though when you’re the 24th seed it won’t as far as the intent of the playoffs. But that will bring solid paydays at any school.
Consistently winning 8 games a year at SC is much harder than winning 8 games at VT or Pitt. That is why I think coaches are going to start thinking twice about jumping on SEC jobs. The 9 SEC game schedule will mean that every SEC team is likely going to face 4 or 5 ranked teams every season, not counting any ranked OOC teams they might play. An ACC team might only face one ranked team in a season.
I think the evidence bears this out. Any opinion that uses homerun as an adjective gives me tired head.
I should have put it in quotes to denote that it's not my preferred adjective either.
This is a good
This is a good move for him. Hopefully he can improve this program so there is more competition with Clemson.
