Could it be time for a change at the top?

All along I have said it, repeated it, and stood by it. I was willing to put in another year of this if the coaches could show that they were bringing in the talent needed to make the turnaround that we all expect before Frank's expected departure after the 2016 season.

With the recruiting miss on Jalen Dalton, and today's recruiting miss on Josh Sweat (and the likelihood that Tim Settle goes elsewhere) after missing out on Derrick Nnadi and DeShawn Hand last year, I don't see how we can have that hope anymore. Depth-wise, our defensive line is in as poor a state as it has really ever been, and we were extremely fortunate this year that this was the one position where we really weren't hit with the injury bug. Going forward, that likely will not be the case, and we just don't have the depth on the roster or coming in through the recruiting class to overcome it. We NEEDED Dalton and Sweat this year, even moreso than we needed Nnadi and Hand last year, and we missed out on the whole lot. There aren't many times you will ever get this kind of supreme talent being pumped out of your own state, and the fact we completely missed on them all is beyond concerning. Our strength in this state was supposed to be with the relationships that had been built between our coaching staff and the coaches and ADs in the high school ranks within the state. Those relationships have eroded to the point where they are inconsequential when we need it most.

I want to have Frank go out on his own, and I want him to coach until he's ready to retire, but I just don't see anything that is happening in the present to justify retaining this staff. These new coaches were supposed to put us over the top in recruiting and were supposed to stabilize a terribly disjointed offense into something that could work. Our recruiting, while better than it was in 2010 and 2011, has not really improved upon where it was under the previous regime, and the offense as a whole looks like a more complete mess than what they inherited.

I just don't know. I respect Frank, and I really do appreciate all that he has done for this school in the past, but I don't think he's the right man for the job anymore. The game has passed him by. Recruiting-wise, we aren't able to keep up, and scheme-wise there are some fundamental issues that have remained constant throughout numerous playcallers, that there has to be something fundamentally off behind the scenes. And while having him coach here through 2016 sounds ideal, I don't know, I'm just not sure the direction we're on right now, watching us miss high level recruit after high level recruit, I am almost afraid of what the team is going to look like in that 2016 season. Offensively, we should be better (downright near impossible to be any worse) but with Fuller on the way out, and the losses we're going to see at DL with shockingly few talented bodies coming in to replace... I don't know.

What are your thoughts? Personally, the only reason I see to keep Beamer around is in honor of the past he's brought us, and while I like that, I also can't help but to feel like we might be mortgaging the future by doing so. I feel like we're at a crossroads right now, and I'm not overly sure on what the decision should be.