Did anyone else catch the little exchange between Antone, Shane Beamer, Moorehead and Trey Gresh? I love the trash talking.
For those not on the twitters:
1. I appreciate how the coaching staff has stuck by me throughout my injury. Very supportive. Loyalty goes a long ways! In my book at least.— Antone Exum Jr. (@IAmSwag1) February 27, 2013
#Hokies assistant Shane Beamer (@coachsbeamer) named Top 50 national recruiter by @247sports bit.ly/1288cwu— JC Shurburtt (@jcshurburtt) February 8, 2013
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/1/16/3882354/logan-thomas-...
Way for people to entirely miss the joke and start accusing our program of silly violations. Also, 10 points for the burn on the high strung Alabama fan. Good to know Shane Beamer has wits and #BEATBAMA in his blood.
According to Daily Press Georgia State is showing interest:
http://www.dailypress.com/sports/colleges/virginia-tech/dp-spt-feature-t...
It's debatable if Shane is a good RB coach, which he doesn't have much experience doing, but he's a great recruiter that brings a lot of energy. Would hate to lose him a good young coach with ties to the program.
My dream scenario for him would be if he was special teams coach and recruiting coordinator here at VT.
The quotes are from Beamer after practice Tuesday via Mike Barber.
"It was a God-awful call"
"Probably one of the worst I've ever seen. We have great officials in this conference and an ACC official would not have made that call."
"I don't know what to teach him," Beamer said. "If that's a hold, then everything we're teaching is wrong, because the kid had his hands inside, he ran his feet and he just buried the guy on his back. Only thing I can tell Riley next time is don't dominate the linebacker as bad as you dominated that guy."
And I think he was being generous with that estimation. It's nice having a little ball coach on staff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOLtSDv8Khk
Hayley Salyer gives an quick look at the Hokies' first spring practice of the season. Antone Exum speaks about the challenging schedule and his thoughts about the fall. D.J. DiNardo is under-the-radar talent for the Hokies looking to make moves to the big stage. Jack Eikenbary talks to Shane Beamer about his recruiting triumphs.
The life of a college senior is usually predicated on a time of ease as another chapter of schooling comes to a close. Thoughts of prom and other integral events flourish throughout the year until acceptance letters file in around spring. For some the choice is simple. Others may be pressured by legacy or cost, but the excitement assuredly blankets any stress once a commitment is made. If any other feelings of trepidation do arise the comfort of knowing the rest of one’s peer group are going through the same thing make them fleeting at best.
After Alabama's drubbing of LSU in the National Championship game some analysts pointed out that 16 players on the team were from their top rated '08/'09 recruiting classes. Since SEC ball is "big boy football" this hardly comes as a shock to anyone as it often takes top talent to play against top talent later on. Hokie fans are aware of this gap during marquee games sadly enough.
To address the disparity we were all relieved to see Frank break the mold with staff shake ups and the ruturn of his prodigal son. The dividends to which are paying off nicely. Shane's fresh approach and charisma has helped the rest of our top recruiters get better at landing top talent.
With Urban Meyer supposedly planning to wreak havoc on MD/DC/VA recruiting in the coming years, I'd say that Shane Beamer's clout as a recruiter is first being put to the test with the recruitment of Joel Caleb. Beamer has been recruiting his first big name heavily and it seems like a huge tug-of-war between us and Ohio State.
I'm pulling for Shane but good or bad, where Joel Caleb goes may be a sign of things to come regarding VT recruiting.
