Man, our recruiting continues to take hits. It would be nice or a great idea if we could take someone with "proven" experience and success and put them in charge of recruiting and give them that title and give them that pay. That would be a neat idea. But for right now, it must be Shane Beamer's fault or Foster or Searles or TG's or some other positions coaches fault for our recruiting woes. LOL. Oh wait? We have a guy on staff with the title of recruiting coordinator? Wow. I had no idea.
Folks, a book should be written on how on earth a certain coach is still on staff in Blacksburg. I am telling ya, the title should include him and Bud Selig. I have never seen such a large amount of a fanbase fooled. It is absolutely perplexing while the OC, we had little success with great talent. While somehow, taking over as recruiting coordinator after being removed as OC, and being one of the few positions coaches to actually set beside the offensive coordinator in the pressbox and somehow, get a pay raise after no longer the OC is mind-boggling. Added to this, while the OC, we blamed em all from Rogers to Newsome to OCaine to Hite.
Why am I posting this? Because incredibly, with the recruiting woes, the same thing is happening with VT football fans! LOL. We are blaming every other coach except the guy responsible who has the title and pay of Recruiting Coordinator. Literally, a book should be written explaining or attempting to explain, HOW?
It is obviously to late for changes at this point with VT football. The damage is done and like I warned you 5 years ago, we were reaching a point where recruiting on the offensive side of the ball would spillover to effect overall recruiting and VT would suffer a talent problem in addition to the offensive coaching issues. Added to this, Coach Beamer's age is being used against us by other schools. We are there. We are in full effect now. With Coach Beamer's replacement, it will take 1/2 of a decade to rebound.
This post is my opinion only and not a "personal attack" or an attack on someone's "persona." Whatever the heck that means. I am giving my opinions of one coaches ability as a coordinator and recruiting coordinator. What did I tell you was the best spot for him on this board over a half decade ago? I told you that he would be a SOLID positions coach because positions coaches teach technique. There is no chess-playing or major critical thinking. It is largely technique and technique comes from years of experience which he has. Guess what? Our TE's are looking great and playing at high levels and that is due to coaching. But........as for being in the press box? Not hardly. As for recruiting coordinator? What did I tell you again, one half decade ago? High School Coaches in Virginia in large amounts (not all, but many of them) do not want to see his face when discussing an offensive recruit. They have it drilled into their minds (rightly or wrongly) on what VT's offense is and he is the face of that offensive system.
