Great article on Coach Beamer that I recommend everyone reading: http://theozone.net/Ohio-State/All-Sports/All-Seasons/News/Rare-Insight-....
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Great article on Coach Beamer that I recommend everyone reading: http://theozone.net/Ohio-State/All-Sports/All-Seasons/News/Rare-Insight-....
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We have the best coach in college football.
WOW! That was an awesome read. I actually teared up. Beamer is seriously one of the (if not the most) classiest men I know. I also have a ton of respect for the person who wrote the article.
It's nice to know we have a stand-up coach who is doing things the right way. Even if we never win the big one, I wouldn't have any other coach or coaching staff.
P.S. I like your tag line. "whoever the hell is playing Tennessee."
Glad to know I'm not the only Hokie on here from Bristol and is already tired of waiting for 2016.
We'll get it. And we'll do it our way.
I also live on the Va/Tn border.. Scott Co. represent! I hate the Vols as well. Obnoxious SEC homers!
Yeah, I live in Washington County, a little bit off exit 7 to be exact. One of the funniest parts about it is that half of the obnoxious fans have never even been to a game! I'd rather have the legacy of Frank Beamer than the 1998 National Championship that the Vols won't let us forget.
I'm on the enemy side near the new Bass Pro. There are a few others in our area on here in case you wanted to see: VTMAP
They'll never leave 1998. They even have a fan site called FeelsLike98.
I have allot of friends who just built the new cabelas up there. Tinseltown/mellow mushroom exit! I'm busy working up next to Pittsburgh. No place like home.
You're referring to the rock quarry. Whoever looked over the soil report decided to say "screw it, let's go for it anyway!" It is hurting Bristol big time. I heard some troubling news about the money problems for the city of Bristol recently and it is the reason why. It is costing so much money to grade the site and haul-off what they dig up. They already pushed back the cabela's construction about a year. I think they have started recently or will start soon.
The cabelas that's right there off of 11W where 81 crosses under it is almost done. Ive spent alot of time in the tri-city area down there. Hell.. I've been everywhere though. I lived in vegas for 3 or 4 yeras. DC, Pittsburgh, Nashville, Birmingham... I was in Birmingham working on a steel mill last year when the Iron Bowl happened then OU slapped Bama and FSU beat Auburn... Then they all started shooting each other and I figured it was time for me to leave LOL.
I was wondering where you had disappeared to! Recently moved to Johnson City, and I was like "I think Hokiegirl lives somewhere down here..."
This is so, so awesome.
My admiration for a man that my friends and I dubbed "Uncle Frank" cannot be understated. I have literally never heard a complaint about him when it comes to who he is as a man and how he treats people off the field.
In college football in general, the older 'get off my lawn' crowd sometimes overdoes it when they complain about rival fan bases not being classy or doing things the right way. That being said, I am always glad to know that at the end of the day, Frank will always be known as one of the good guys.
He really is the embodiement of everything that VT is all about. I am proud that he is a representative of the university and the face of the program. People can knock the wins and losses of VT (and believe me, they LOVE it); but most conversations end with an expression of respect for VT and it's program. I'd love to fix the record against top 5 teams, and we get another shot this weekend to do that, but the respect is earned and built over decades and Frank has done a great job of that.
Every Hokie should read this and be glad that this man has chosen Virginia Tech time and again. He really embodies the Hokie spirit and makes me proud to be an alum of the same university.
I want that National Championship too, but I have to admit, it sure is nice that a 7-6 season is seen as a disappointment by everyone around the program. Not too many schools get that luxury. I still expect our guys to win every game and I don't think I am just being a homer. Frank has made Virginia Tech a perennial competitor and done it with class, to want anything more is just greedy. I views on the fans and the players are why he deserves to stay until he sees fit to leave. The grass is pretty damn green on this side.
Are we the luckiest fans in the country, or what?
Great share!!
Putting Beamer aside, the whole athletic department functions the same way. I am a student working in the athletics department and everyone i've talked to is just as nice and selfless as Coach Beamer. The second you walk in the doors, regardless of if they know you are not, you are treated like family. I can't express enough how genuine and sincere all the individuals who work in the athletic department are. From the AD to the janitors, everyone is kind, friendly, and always has a smile on their face. Every time I walk in Merryman, I am reminded how lucky I am to go to such an amazing school.
This is awesome. It's nice to know that others see what a special man Frank Beamer is. Proud to be a Hokie!!
Frank truly embodies what Ut Prosim is all about, and I for one could not be happier that we have him as a head coach.
I heart Frank. We are truly, incredibly lucky.
If I learned one thing today, it's that I still have a long way to go to being the person I want to be.
honestly, I felt the same. It was a humbling read.
This. I got word today that an on-line buddy that I lost track of a couple years ago is terminally ill with maybe 2 weeks to live. I only know him online, and it's not like he's a close friend by any means.
But he's hurting, and he's middle-aged and shouldn't be dying so damned young. And it would have been easy to ignore, pretend I'd never heard, or tell myself we weren't really friends and he probably doesn't want to hear from me..
But I couldn't. So I sent him a long email giving him an ear and my sympathy and telling him some about my new daughter and sending pictures of her in the hopes that maybe for a little while, he could focus on life instead of the alternative. I don't know if that was the right approach. I just know if I were in his position, I wouldn't want to dwell on the darkness.
I'm not the man Frank Beamer is. I've not been a bad man, but I've not been one to go too far out of my way to be a good man either. Call it a consequence of aging, reaching the time in life when contemporaries are dying too young, or just the inevitable perspective change that comes with a first child, but when I was younger, I just knew I was a great man. Now I know I was terribly, vacuously, full of unearned pride.
Reading this about Beamer tells me that maybe, I'm on the right path. Maybe, if I just try to make the day to day experiences of family and friends and even strangers just a little better, I'll be a better man.
this is one of the best articles ive read in a long time. we are all lucky to have frank at the helm of our program.
Frank truly exemplifies what it means to be a Hokie.
HOKIE NATION!!!
My little sister literally just texted me: "Just saw Frank Beamer walking in front of my dorm while I was walking to class and he said hi to me!" The man will always some kind of greeting whenever eye contact is made. Happened to me a few times, and it just makes you feel like you're part of something bigger and better than anywhere else. We are spoiled. Hope more Beamer critics of late can realize this.
Also, this line gave me chills: "So here comes Virginia Tech this week, flying into Columbus as an 11 -point underdog and led by the winningest active head coach in major college football." Let's do the thing.
I realize this team is nothing like those other teams that he mentioned beating tOSU, but here's hoping we can get another big win for Frank.
Simply amazing. I do not have words to describe this.
As Hokie fans, we already know all of this about the one of the best ever in Coach Frank.
I think this is a clever attempt by this Ohio guy to soften us all up just before Sat.
Your Jedi mind tricks won't work on me, boy.
*waves hand* These are the droids that'll get after ya...
Beamer is the example of what a man should be. Take away the head coach title, take him away from campus, put him anywhere else and he would still be who he is. Happy we have him in our program. Honestly wish more young(er) people would read his book. We have a long way to go to measure up to the level of the people who have paved the way for us in life. GO HOKIES.
Such an amazing read. I wish that all of the student/athletes that we are recruiting, and their parents, could read this article.
The passage about April 16 gets me every time. In the book, Frank goes on to say something to the effect of "Suddenly all these people were looking to me for answers. And I thought, I'm just a head football coach. What am I supposed so say? So I spoke from the heart." (Not a direct quote, just my recollection) That encapsulates everything right there. Frank just thinks of himself as a humble football coach, but the rest of the community and most of college football sees him as a legend, a gentleman, a role model, and at times, a source of strength.
A lot of this article was taken verbatim from his book, so if you want to read more, I guess that's just good marketing.
You remember that part pretty well. That was the essence and that is what matters...
The Book "Let me be Frank" and this article are why I will support Frank as our Head Coach as long as he wants the job.
This was easily one of the best pieces I've read all year. We're truly blessed to call Frank Beamer one of our own. He deserves to go out on good terms, whenever that may be.
If I can be half the man that Frank Beamer is, then I will be well beyond where I thought I ever could be.
Amen
I've actually had a couple conversations with different people this week from Charlottesville, who when I mentioned I went to Virginia Tech and said one of the reasons I loved it was it felt like home, they said "I can see that." and then went on to talk about how they visited recently (or not so recently) and felt so welcomed there, and talked about how beautiful the campus is and how awesome the people were there. They went on to talk about how Charlottesville as far as an area has it's charm, but the people suck, and how most of the friendly people they talk to in the area are VT alum.
Even though I only went to VT, I felt a sense of pride.
TURKEY LEGS FOR EVERYONE! *tear*
Reading this made me want to change my name to ProudestHokie, we should all be happy to be a part of a team this man coaches. I hope the players who play and have played for him appreciate the man he is, not just the coach.
For the love of Virginia Tech, why ain't y'all read the book?
I almost teared reading that. True respect. I pray that Beamer can get his National Championship before he retires. Not a coach in college football right now that deserves it more
Wow, great read. We are blessed.
That reminds me....I need to do some good stuff tomorrow.
LOTS more good stuff.....
This was a very well written and moving article...thank you very much for sharing. I love Frank. He's truly a terrific man! I don't think there is a man who deserves success more than Frank. I would love to see him get a National Title before he hangs 'em up. GO HOKIES!! GO FRANK!!!
As a North Carolinian who had no association with Virginia Tech until 2011 (Class of 2015) who had a friend who should have been in Norris Hall on April 16, I always tear up when anyone even mentions the subject. Before that fateful day, I had always known what kind of guy Frank Beamer was; heck my grandfather played at Surry High School (Mount Airy, NC; think Andy Griffith) and played Frank while he was at Hillsville High School. Low Key, down to earth, extremely humble, blue-collar, (insert appropriate cliche) and his football teams reflected that. I was a Tar Heel Born and watched Mike Imoh Drop about 500 yards in Chapel Hill in 2004. Anyway; yes as a Hokie I get Nikki Giovanni was the main figure when it came to the healing process, I always saw Frank carrying the flag in a way no one else could.
Yes, President Bush came, yes Giovanni did her thing, but Beamer was/is the one carrying the flag. To see that other fans see just how important he is to, not just the players, but an ENTIRE NATION AND COMMUNITY is extremely gratifying and humbling. No other person, let alone coach, was better suited to care for a grieving family. Frank is more of a Father than a coach.
Really good article on Fancy Gap Frank... Just reiterating things all of us already knew. I've met him in person a few times and he always signed autographs for me and took a picture with me, always very friendly. Just a down to earth guy... Glad and grateful that he is our coach and I totally agree with him - I want VT to win the right way, not by breaking the rules that are currently in place. Go Hokies!