Virginia Tech officially announced Galen Scott's addition to Justin Fuente's 2016 coaching staff. Scott will serve as the Hokies' linebackers coach. Prior to Scott's hiring, Bud Foster coached Tech's inside linebackers in addition to his duties as defensive coordinator, and Cornell Brown coached Tech's whip linebackers. Now it seems Scott will coach all of the linebackers.
(FootballScoop reported the news on Saturday, Tech's official release dropped Monday.)
We're pleased to round out our coaching staff with the addition of Galen Scott," Fuente said in a release. "Coach Scott will be a solid complement to Coach (Bud) Foster and the rest of our defensive staff. Galen has been instrumental in developing opportunistic defenses and award-winning players throughout his career. I know he's excited to help build on the tradition of great defense that has been established at Virginia Tech."
Scott spent six seasons at Memphis (Justin Fuente's only holdover from previous HC Larry Porter's staff). He coached the Tigers' linebackers since 2010 and was promoted to defensive coordinator following the 2014 season after then-DC Barry Odom accepted the same position at Missouri. In a Q&A \ exit interview with The Commercial Appeal, Odom was quite complimentary of Scott's coaching acumen.
Q: The University of Memphis was your first opportunity to be a defensive coordinator. How prepared were you for the responsibility and what did you learn?
A: The staff that Justin has put together there is as good as there is in America. Galen Scott will do an unbelievable job coordinating the defense. It was our defense, it wasn't my defense. Our defensive room was right. Everybody brought something to the table. My name got too much credit for the job we did. Having good people helps out a first-time defensive coordinator.
Q: You spoke highly throughout your time at Memphis about the coaching ability of Galen Scott, who takes over for you as defensive coordinator. What qualities does he bring to his new position?
A: What he brings to the table are leadership skills, No. 1. His football IQ is off the charts. I've said it before, but I think he is one of the best coaches in America. He will put his stamp on that defense and will continue, schematically, some of the things we've done the last couple of years and add his own flavor. He has all the tools and the guys already respect him. He will step in on Day 1 and do an outstanding, outstanding job."
Scott and Fuente were both assistants at Illinois State from 2001-06. He also played matchmaker for Justin and Jenny Funete.
The two were roommates for much of their time together at Illinois State, and Scott was actually the person who introduced Fuente to his wife, Jenny. Fuente and Scott are close friends, but perhaps more importantly, they trust each other and their respective coaching abilities. So when Fuente became the head coach at Memphis in 2012, the decision to retain Scott was easy. The decision to promote him to defensive coordinator this winter wasn't a head-scratcher, either.
"It was obvious. Everybody knew," Fuente said. "He's played a huge role in our past success, defensively, and I say that with no disrespect to Barry. Barry did a fantastic job. But Galen was right there every step of the way. He has the ear of the team. He's done it before. It was just an easy, obvious choice."
Scott is an Orlando, FL native who with the Tigers was responsible for recruiting Memphis, Atlanta and Florida.
Comments
French what is your on Scott coaching LB's? They seem to be a linchpin of a Foster defense and I don't seem him giving that up.
This is no discredit to Cornell Brown, a great Hokie, but I don't think that Bud has really had someone in the program that really had the ability to lead the linebacking core as a whole. I'm not saying that it will happen immediately but if Scott and Foster are able to have a good relationship and there is mutual respect I don't think that Bud would have any problem handing off some of his responsibilities. Having the freedom to roam and work with everyone and see everything could be beneficial to Bud as opposed to having to really be centered in on that Mike and Backer spot.
I believe that Galen Scott and Barry Odom ran a 3-4 defense at Memphis so I don't know if that will impact the transitionary process at all. I'm sure there will be a little bit of a learning curve for Scott acclimating to Bud's defense but in general the linebacker position is the linebacker position. Everything that I have read talks about how smart Galen Scott is so having somebody a little more like Torrian Gray that really thinks about his positions impact on the overall defense could be really beneficial.
From BWade:
" Having the freedom to roam and work with everyone and see everything could be beneficial to Bud as opposed to having to really be centered in on that Mike and Backer spot."
You forgot!
And will allow him more time to bitch slap anyone who doesn't get it.
The way linebackers are utilized is so unique in Foster's gap system. Scott coached a very different defensive system at Memphis, so I don't think that Scott will come in and start teaching the linebacker position in a different way than Foster demands. Scott is there is to be Fuente's conduit to the defense. His effectiveness as a position coach will depend on his willingness to buy in on Foster's system and then effectively teach the position as Foster needs it played for the defense to work properly.
I don't know that Brown was even coaching the whips at the end of his tenure. A bunch of the snap chats showed him observing and coaching up defensive ends in drills. Other than Minor, the Hokies aren't bringing back a true whip. Shegog is more of a hybrid whip-nickel, and Stroman/Reynolds are both exclusively coached by Gray. I wouldn't be shocked that Gray had all those guys last season. That is pure speculation on my part, but I wouldn't be shocked if it was true. I would assume that Scott will be the "linebacker" coach and work with the inside backers and be named an "associate head coach."
In 5 sentences or less. Is Bud's system so weird that Scott will have trouble learning it and agreeing with it or will it just take say a season and then he will be ready to role and adopt it? At this point pure speculation, just curious as someone that doesn't fully understand the nuances.
Absolutely not. He's a professional football coach, defense is defense. There are only so many gaps to fill and only so many eligible receivers. If they expect true freshman to come in and learn the defense during fall camp, no reason a professional won't learn it in no time. This is what he does.
Only issue may be that He won't be as fluent as everyone else on the staff to start out with. That would only be a concern mid-game. The rest of the staff have all been in the system for a while. He might not be as quick to notice possible adjustments, I'm sure at this point Wiles and Foster and Gray can see how offenses are trying to set them up instantly. However, I'm sure Foster will have it all sorted out. Foster doesn't seem like the type of coach to let his position coaches fail in their first year.
Absolutely not. He's been hired to run Foster's defense, he knows what he signed up for.
I would be shocked if he wasn't 100% comfortable coaching his position by the time spring camp starts.
That was way more than 5 sentences
couldn't help it, sorry
I asked this before, but French you'd be the best to address these questions...
Do you see Foster continuing this evolution of the linebackers in his schemes to allow more nickel hybrid?
I feel like some point hes had to mull over the idea of flipping from bear to nickel to dime without changing personel, is that something they do now?
Does the dime need a differnt set of skills than nickel, much the same way a field corner ideally needs to be a little quicker than the boundary, does/can our Rover play dime?
And lastly, have you notice a difference in recruiting to fit an evolution in Fosters scheme to adjust to the no-huddle spread?
I may have missed it but do we have a S &C coach yet? Many thanks...
Nope
Yes Please.
Do you really think this guy is a better Dc than Foster?
Can I ask based on what evidence. I honestly don't see it.
Not a combination involving DC duties, combining inside and outside LB rather than having Bud responsible for ILB and a separate coach for OLB/whips. This leaves Bud free to oversee the whole defense, rather than spending time coaching only a few guys. I always thought the division of work between ILB and OLB coaches was odd, especially with how rare it is that we use a whip any more (30% of all plays).
See GuitarMan's post above. Foster should keep DC duties (I would never suggest otherwise), but I don't see a need for him to coach a position group too.
The clincher for me in coming to the same conclusion was also noting that Cornell was named assistant D-line coach. They were looking for more work to give him since OLB/whips wouldn't keep him busy enough, so it told me that we could afford to combine LB duties under one coach.
A lot of DC also coach a position many of them coach LB's.
And that's fine. But when we're going out looking for more work for one of the assistants to do, that tells me our staff can become more efficient. If Bud is good with turning over LB duties to an assistant, that's all we can ask for. The Mike is always the lynchpin of the defense, so I'm sure Bud will still do Bud things with that group.
Yeah, ok, I understand now. Thanks.
Hmm, willing to step down from being a DC to a LB Coach? Interesting, looking forward too see what you X's and O's guys think of him.
Not an X's&O's guy but seems like a pretty fantastic deal for Scott. He continues working for Fuente and will develop professionally by learning from one of the best defensive minds in the game. Doesn't seem like a step down to me at all, especially considering competitive and financial disparities between VT and Memphis.
It is a step down but he was unlikely to get a DC job elsewhere. Still a good exciting hire, and the only member of Fuentes staff that has experience recruiting in our traditional footprint
This recruiting piece is what I am really excited about. Especially given that it was the major concern that we all had with Fuente coming in. I really think we are going to take a major step forward. There has been a major shift towards coaches who relate to players we are recruiting much more strongly. Shibest for Stinespring is probably the only place that might be a slight step backwards in terms of recruiting ties. Other than that I really think the new guys are going to clean up in the 757
Scott will probably be primarily in Florida and Georgia. SS and Shane were good recruiters, and SS leaving is already hurting us with some high profile recruits that it looked like we had wrapped up. But shibest actually is rumored to be a good recruiter, and Marshall Long's comments on Shibest recruiting him lends some credence to that rumor
Que? Can you link to what you're referring to?
http://247sports.com/Bolt/Hokies-offer-Army-All-American--42250300
Recruiting potential of the new hires is good but unproven. We've lost Shane, Loeffler and Stiney, three proven recruiters. We will see how we do over the next couple of years.
Next couple of years is fine. It looks to me like we have around 8 open spots for this year. Anyone know the exact number of spots we have left to use?
No one knows. We don't know everyone not returning yet, Fyre/Caleb/Myers are apparently all gone more might follow and we don't know if BUcky is going pro
we need more inside linebacker depth please!
This. Mind you my years at Tech consisted of Vince Hall and Xavier Adibi. I'm spoiled. The fact that guys like Purnell Sturdivant and Bruce Taylor could step in, "plug and play", we don't have that right now.
Chase Williams FTW.
What defensive scheme did Scott coordinate at Memphis, and how hard is it going to be for Scott to learn how to coach LBs in a way that fits Bud's scheme?
they run a base 3-4, but I haven't spent any time watching their D because I don't think Bud will change his system fundamentals any. I think Scott is serving as a recruiter and as Fuente's conduit to the D.
When you say conduit, that to me doesn't paint a favorable picture. I hope the D staff can find cohesion. I like the idea of having a position coach with DC experience...as long as he understands who the DC is.
I very highly doubt Bud would stand for that, and I very highly doubt Fuente is the kind of coach who would pull something like that. Everyone involved knows this can't work as an "us vs them" type of thing, it's all about getting people in place who are good at what they do and can work well together. If Scott helps Bud and Fuente work together better, then party on.
Whether it makes people uncomfortable or not, it's a perfectly acceptable, rational, and expected move by Fuente. He is, after all, the new guy on campus as well as the boss.
I'm sure Bud is comfortable enough in his own skin to deal with that reality, otherwise he wouldn't still be in Blacksburg. An added bonus is that Scott is probably a pretty talented coach who will eventually make Bud's life much easier. He's not just some plant by the new HC to put his stamp on the defense and assert authority.
Bingo. It's the norm for non-VT schools, coaches come and go and are replaced all the time. No one on staff is petty enough to take any of this as a personal slight.
Having a guy that speaks Fuente and also speaks Bud wouldn't suck. Makes sense when you think about it. Practicality over sinister.
My mind wanders and things:
Maybe Fuente wants his guy to learn from the best so that when / if Bud steps down, he can plug / play the same D we've always had and hopefully not miss a step.
This^^^ is part of the hire in my opinion. There is longer term planning in this hire.
Seems very reasonable.
Hmmm, this sounds so familiar....
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Bud has to be the conduit to the HC! Any other way is disaster. Bud will kick the shit out of everyone. Including Witt.
I am very excited about the staff that Fuente has put together. He appears to have set himself up for continued success and it should translate to consistently good Virginia Tech teams down the line.
He seems like a great hire based on pedigree, but this just seems odd to me. I've always considered that Bud's assistants answer to Bud, but I can't picture this guy answering to anyone but Fuente.
He answered to Larry Porter before he and Fuente were reunited. I'm thinking Bud Foster is a major step up in terms of bosses with a stellar football rsume. But that's just my opinion.
Bud answers to Fuente. Fuente will most likely tell Scott to answer to Bud.
Great! Good for recruiting, helping the D, and hopefully, cohesion among the coaches. Now they can finally have a staff meeting.
Would this be someone in line to take over the reigns IF Bud were to leave in a couple of years for a possible HC position?
Glad someone else is thinking the same thing as me.
Yes.
Not unless he shows something in the next couple years. His defense at Memphis was pretty underwhelming and seemed to take a major step back in his first year. I honestly think that's one move that could potentially torpedo Fuente's VT career. He can get a much better -more proven might be a better word - DC to come to VT than Scott and that's what he should do if Foster leaves.
They lost 8 starters from 2014 to 2015.
Bud may be a HoF DC, VT is hardly LBU and his recruiting is sub par.
I'm not wowed by the future prospect of Scott as a DC either, but he has been a good LB coach and if his video is any indication, I expect him to be a good recruiter.
Perhaps Fu will take advantage of the strengths of both?
Good young hire , he will bring some new ideas and will be a key in recruiting. Bud Foster and his held over staff needs a new coach. IMO, Bud will be leaving sooner than later and he might be the next DC here at VT.
My thoughts exactly. I think Fuente is hedging his bets that Foster will be in for the long haul. I think it's a smart move by Fuente, but then it brings into question the futures of Torrian Gray and Charlie Wiles
Pure SWOT Analysis (quick and dirty):
1. Strength - recruiting and new blood coach to help out
2. Weakness - "outsider" mentality that could not gel with current D staff
3. Opportunities - Get a Fuente-coach to learn Buds system if / when Bud eventually retires
4. Threats - He's never coached Bud's system of D / LBs as he was primarily a 3-4 D coordinator.
I have no idea what you're talking about....*cough cough*
VT just officially announced Galen Scott will be coaching all linebackers not just whips
I like this move. It was obvious Cornell didn't have enough work to keep him busy. Assuming Scott picks up Bud's scheme without any major hiccups, this move will free up Bud to "float" among the three groups during practice as needed, and just in general worry more about the defense as a whole than any one position.
Question for the gurus out there: is it more common practice to have a DC coach a position or no? Just wondering if our old way or our new way is more the norm in college football.
Seems a lot of DC's coach LB's.
On the surface, this looks like a good hire to me. One takeaway I got was from the 2nd video posted above: Coach Scott drops a nickname I haven't heard before for CJF and it's incredible. I don't think I'll ever refer to him as anything else.
do we expect for Scott to become the eventual DC? As in when Foster decides to move on does Scott replace him after learning from him for the next few years assuming Fuente is here long term?
I can't see it happening.
Way to soon to tell. If foster didn't leave this year I think there is a good chance he never leaves
Bud's gonna be like this guy?
Bud's not leaving. If you know why then you know, and if you don't, just go to sleep tonight knowing that Bud's never leaving.
hopefully he and torrian gray will be able to make a big move in FL and GA with recruiting (and LBs everywhere).
we have some big lineman now, I wonder if Bud will take some 3-4 principles and mix them in with his schemes. Mihota, Settle, Walker as DL, maybe a Gaines or edge rusher + a few speedy LBs. Would something like that work well or are our LBs too small for a 3-4?
We already have a 30 front with three down linemen, so we already are mixing in some 3-4 principles.
Staff Stability.
This was a hallmark of the Beamer staffs. Guys never left......which was both a positive and negative. The positive was that we didn't have any turnover, so we could legitimately preach that to the momma's on recruiting visits that the guys here will be here when your kid graduates. We built long recruiting relationships with HS coaches. We didn't have to relearn new schemes every couple of years.
The negative was that we may have chosen less desireable coaches in player development and/or recruiting. We also got stale, as the Newsome/Sherman/MOC era illustrates.
Fuente has a staff that should be quite stable. Maybe Cornelsen is good enough to bounce to be a bigger school's OC or a HC. Maybe Wiggins or Scott will be ready to be a coordinator on their own soon enough. Maybe Burden isn't a "VT guy" and will bounce if offered enough cash from a bigger school looking to recruit Virginia. Maybe Gray or Wiles get a DC position. But every person on this staff has some inherent commitment to either VT or Fuente. There are no recruiting mercenaries here. No Elmo type DC's.
So we will see how that plays out.
I think this a great hire. Let's hope we see on the field results! I like that we get a good/great recruiter, coach and it frees up Bud to "lord" over the D.
For those thinking this is Fu's way of "getting his guy inside the D"...do you really think Bud didn't weight in, interview and approve this hire?
Chris Coleman on TSL said that Bud "took some convincing."
Maybe that is in relation to losing Cornell. Maybe Bud wanted to pick his own assistant instead of being handed the guy who introduced Fuente to his now-wife.
That's not behind a paywall is it!!
Now that the staff is finalized, salary numbers are coming up:
The pay cuts for Wiles and Gray surprise me a lot. The fact that Scott is making so much is also confusing to me. Young, only sharing coaching duties with Wiles (and maybe Bud?) from what we've seen/heard so far. I guess the "assistant head coach" comes with some perks, but this will undoubtedly cause some consternation among people about paying your close friend a whole lot of money relative to others with comparable duties and (possibly even better) resumes. Maybe he'll be given some recruiting duties, as well. Pay increases for the newcomers, on the backs of cuts to our existing staff (the guys he retained, outside of Burden) may also not sit well with some. Hopefully it doesn't matter to the staff; that's the most important thing.
Well if people were worried about Gray leaving before they will be up in arms about this. Wiles took a sizable pay cut.
Add to that the fact that Fuente left $57k on the table, and the combined reduction for Wiles and Gray was $63k. Something about this isn't sitting right with me.
Sonofabitch really!
Huge paycut for Wiles, and a substantial one for Gray, Fuente better be willing to give substantial raises next year to both as I expect our secondary to be strong . Scott is being overpaid, he better be a hell of a recruiter.
I'm with you; these salary moves don't make a lot of sense. Why would you cut salaries of returning defensive coaches? And on top of that have a surplus in the budget after the cut?
Really makes me wonder who comes up with the final numbers. Our offense better be really f***in' good too...if Cornelsen is going to make nearly half a mill he better damn well earn his money
I'm fine with Cornelson making 450k he's proven himself as a good offensive mind. Scott making 300k though.....
Possible that the $57k will be put towards a budget for recruiting assistants, something that Fuente and Whit have said we will be adding more of.
There was a separate budget for that.
Money is money. Employer tells you "hey, you can spend up to this amount on your staff." You say "well I only need to spend this much on them, but what I could really use is some extra guys on this end, so I saved you some money to help get us some there." Makes sense really.
No that comes from a different budget
I dont know how these salaries work:
Do bonuses come from that $3.4M pool, Im assuming these salary figures only account for base salary, correct?
260K for Gray means over 300 assistants made more than that last year.
I think all assistants, other than Scott and Burden, are making $260k apparently. Level playing field. Wiggins, Vice, Gray, and Wiles are all at $260k. I assume Shibest is as well.
If that meant all the money available was spent that would be ok but to leave enough money to cover those reductions in salary to two long time successful coaches is a bad look.
So if each assistant coach, instead of making $260k and Burden making $200k made $271.4k and $211.4k, you'd be okay with it because the entire budget was spent? Even though it still means Gray and Wiles would have a paycut?
Yes because at least then there is a reason for the paycut. As of today's salaries there is no reason to leave that money on the table unused.
Can only hope that when the defense returns to form next year there are big raises for the staff. TG only making 260k is criminal, and Wiles as the second lowest staff member doesn't sit well with me either
could be an incentive for them to boss up this year as well. Not going to lie but our d line was nowhere near as good as it should have been. We got pushed around early in the year and then held on late in the year when it mattered.
2015 ended with 26 sacks and 25 Turnovers.
2014 ended with 48 sacks and 22 Turnovers
that's a decent sized decline in sacks when we had our whole d line returning.
There were more problems on defense than just the D-line. But you don't reduce a coaches salary by around a quarter for one average year
So as of today you have an issue with it because not all the money set aside has been used, which is a larger amount than we've previously spent? If you had $400k to buy a house but only bought one for $250k, was that extra money wasted? If you could take that extra money and renovate a little, buy a new car, new appliances, and new furniture, wouldn't it be well spent? So with regards to the coaches, if they announce next week that they've hired a few recruiting assistants, a top notch Strength and Conditioning coach, and increased the money available for recruiting, wouldn't that be well spent?
But there is already a budget for that. Written into the budget was an option for an increase. There was and is NO reason to leave that money on the table.
You don't know the conversation that was had with Whit regarding the pay for each coach. Good lord you're getting far too heated about something that is less than a big deal. If Gray and Wiles were truly offended to take a paycut, they would be working somewhere else. Instead, conversations were clearly had that made everyone happy with the outcome.
Shibest will make $420k.
http://www.roanoke.com/sports/columns_and_blogs/blogs/andy_bitter_virgin...
Gotcha. Makes sense since he has a coordinator title.
no Shibest is 400k~. I don't care what the other assistants are making Gray is one of the best position coaches in the country. Wiggins/Scott/Burden are all moderately successful G5 coaches that are unproven.
My first reaction to the salary news is that it's a mistake, the first large one I can see Whit allowing to happen. That's an issue we haven't even played a game of football under Fuente and this has become a talking point. Hopefully some more information will come out soon but right now not great optics.
Honest question, if Wiles and Gray had gone elsewhere and taken pay cuts to be making $260k and any other coach came in here making that same amount, so basically anyone not a Coordinator or with an Assistant or Associate Head Coach title, would people be upset? Sure, it sucks when those who have been loyal to the program and stuck around get paid less, but with a change at the top, everything is re-evaluated. The market value of each coach is evaluated and their loyalty reward is that they get to stay in Blacksburg.
There is no way that Gray would leave and take a paycut. He is one of the best in the business and people know it, Ladler cited his reputation as the reason he stuck with us. Gray should be making more than all of the other position coaches, Wiles isn't on the same level but certainly deserves to make the same at 260k
With my Orange and Maroon glasses, I'll agree that he's one of the best in the business. We know his value to us, but we don't know his value nationally because he's never left or been elsewhere in recent history. So you can't say that he wouldn't take a paycut to go elsewhere. Much of the staff's salary was based not on how much they are worth to keep them but the loyalty and annual bonuses they received. Everything got reset when we hired a new HC except for Bud because he was on a different contract.
You don't need a coach to leave to determine their value. We know bud is underpaid, even more evident after he almost left for AM that was almost assuredly a substantial raise
I guess we have to assume Fuente knows what he is doing. The initial reaction I assume should be that Fuente recognizes that Scott has abilities that we do not know. He must be extremely valuable to him to gather that kind of contract and title. Sure it seems a little insane but I l look at Fuente as making pretty calculated in his decision making, there must be a reason.
With that said I think that Scott needs to immediately mesh with the rest of the staff. If there is any kind of hesitation it could potentially cause discontent. At this point were approaching wild made up internet speculation though.
My hot take on the salaries: Who gives a fuck? You can live like a king in Blacksburg for $260,000. Maybe Wiles and Gray are willing to take a paycut because the new guys didn't make as much in Memphis and wanted to be "team players" for a couple of seasons. I seriously doubt Fuente and Whit decided randomly to just pay all of the Memphis guys more than Wiles and Gray for no reason.
No one questions that these guys are financially set. But the optics here, I think, are bad. "Thanks for your loyalty to VT. I'm going to cut your pay, give my guys big raises, and leave budgeted money unspent. Go Hokies!"
No it's more like, "Thanks for your loyalty to Virginia Tech. As a thanks for that, we're going to give you a job because you are useful, but you'll have to take a paycut. So either take it or go find something else, move your entire family who is firmly planted here, and have fun riding the coaching carousel!" The optics are that this is a "brand new staff" and as such, they are being paid as though they are brand new. This would be completely different if Frank was still in charge, nixed the offensive side of the ball, hired new ones and then gave his other assistants pay cuts to make them all equal.
Edit: I should also add that if you think about is as though Bud was the only person who was retained and that each other coach was let go and then interviewed and rehired by Fuente, because that's basically what happened since Bud was the only one officially mentioned right away when the Fuente hiring was announced, then it makes a lot more sense.
That's a fair point. I think it's still a bit of a PR deal, though. Scott's only formal duties are basically assistant D-line, and yet he's making what Wiles' salary used to be, and Charley's got a couple decades of experience on him but is somehow to be paid less. Of course, Scott also has the Assistant Head Coach tag, yet we don't really know what that will entail.
Actually, if you consider the titles, the pay cut makes A LOT of sense. Wiles was formerly the Running Game Coordinator. He isn't anymore. Change of title, change of pay.
Honestly, I never bought into those titles. Running game coordinator? Of course, the job of the D-line is to smash anybody carrying the ball. Passing game coordinator? Duh, Torrian wants his secondary to stop the opponents' passing game. I think those were largely ornamental. What I'm not sure of yet is if Assistant Head Coach is ornamental, too.
Sure, they probably didn't mean much, but even the "Assistant To The Regional Manager" gets some added perks and responsibilities.
Or a way of thinking..
Everyone is on equal footing in pay and can't use that as a way to pull rank. They can't say I been at VT forever, I know how it goes here and my paycheck shows it.
Maybe he wants his guys to all work as a team not bitch about someone getting more money just cause they were here before them and just let coaching and recruiting do the talking.
Who thought that everything Fuente was going to do would make us all happy and fangirls, it's not Beamer and his boys anymore. He's in charge and hopefully he has a reason for this that will be explain in time. Im sure he is going to be asked why alot?
NM
Wiles makes the same $260k as every other position coach...
MY mistake misread Bitter's tweet
I think the paycut for Gray is a mistake. It wouldn't surprise me to see Gray leave. $260k for someone who's put 10 guys in the NFL in the past 10 years?