Two recent episodes of the Andy Staples Show (podcast) that were indirectly related to VT - I thought it was relevant enough to share here.
Power Auer: Bruce Arians' Virginia Tech roots
Link to Episode
Interesting Tidbits include:
- Bruce's history of being progressive with race/gender - he was the first white VT player to room with a black player on a post-segregation Virginia Tech football team, and how today he has one of the most diverse staffs in the NFL
- Bruce's ability to forgive players who make mistakes, stemming from losing a scholarship offer after getting caught drinking underage in high school, and how VT still wanted him.
- How he almost got the VT head coaching job instead of Frank Beamer
- How he's still a VT fan today
Shane Beamer Interview:
Link to Episode
Talks mostly about Shane's assentation through the coaching ranks, his recruiting strategy at SCar, and coaching in his dad's shadow. Things I found interesting include:
- What's it's like to recruit over Zoom (0:30).
- Recruiting - in state recruiting, out of state recruiting, relying on transfers (12:30)
- Beamer making a name for himself and players' ethos (24:30) - While it was never explicitly said or even alluded to, given his drive to make his own name, I can't imagine him wanting to be the head coach here.
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Thanks for time stamping the most relative portions.
Ha, I took those time stamps from the episode description, so don't give me too much credit.
do you mean ascension? I'm not sure assentation means what you want it to mean here
Yes - I met ascension. Spelling is hard.
if you want to edit the post I'll just change my comments to gifs