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It's OK, There will still be more people there Monday than UVA had at their spring game.
They had the show on last year...obviously a ratings hit, since everyone was aware of it. They've apparently been trying to build a program in Charlottesville....perhaps a dance show with ex-cops?
How much height/weight does Grimes have on Foster? Would it even be fair...?
Still a fun idea though..
Report from Beamerball and beat writers is that Monday's scrimmage is still open. It's just on Monday (which puts a damper on this weekend's recruiting efforts)
Any flak Weaver takes for the Basketball fiasco is 100% warranted. He screwed up the timing of the firing by waiting too long to do it and he screwed up the way the firing happened by not telling Seth straight away and instead telling the press first. The basketball program became a much less desirable coaching destination because of these decisions, and many potential coaches that might have looked past the faults of Weaver's decisions weren't available anymore because it was so late in the hiring season.
Is Weaver a completely incompetent AD? Course not. Is he one of the best in the country? Course not. Does he have a history of making very questionable decisions concerning multiple athletic departments? Absolutely.
What I'm hearing is no open scrimmage tomorrow because of the weather. They may open up Monday's but if not looks like the 13th will be the first open scrimmage now.
One wonders why Pitt would prevent him from going to ASU or the Zone.....it's not like they are direct competition (they also bar him from any ACC school, which is understandable to an extent). The only conclusion that I can come to is that somebody higher up in the athletic dept. didn't want to give Todd Graham a delayed parting gift like Shell. Can you say "U Mad Bro?"
I agree, and I don't think Frank would be able to handle the other sports with enough experience. We need someone who is willing to put in work and have experience dealing with the non-football sports as well, especially the other revenue sport, basketball. Not because I have anything bad to say about Weaver, I'm simply saying whoever the next person may be I would like to see have experience with the job position, perhaps someone who is already an AD.
What a crock of shit
Maybe not...looks like there's a kink in his plan.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9137388/rushel-shell-tran...
Sounds like they dont want him to go to ASU or 'Zona, where former Pitt staff it. Trying to limit him to Cal or UCLA it looks like. Could be interesting to see what this does to his decision
Agreed with the Davis lock-on comment. You wonder how much of that was possibly due to Davis being in LT3's ear (get-me-the-ball kind of stuff). Constantly being in his ear could have caused him to give him more/longer looks than he should have received, forced throws, etc.
And again, for all the Weaver-Bashers out there whining because our basketball program isn't doing well and he had a weird hiring time frame/lackluster replacement for Greenberg blah blah blah. Take a look at the Director's cup standings, and tell me that he's only a financial guy. I don't think many of you understand how long it takes a program to see long-term improvement, and for VT sports, that catalyst didn't happen until the move to the ACC in 2004, so maybe chill out on the whole "Good riddance to Weaver" rhetoric. It's misinformed and unbecoming.
Let's all be serious here. Is Weaver close to retirement? Sure. Maybe sooner than usual? It's a possibility. Does Beamer, at age 66, want to take over as Athletic Director? No way.
An article a few years ago when Shane was first hired spoke about how Beamer doesn't know how to text on his cell phone, and that his email capabilities are limited at best. Does he have the business mind to be an AD? I seriously doubt it. ADs these days come from solid business backgrounds, and I don't think Beamer has the know-how to navigate TV contracts, team budgets, and the other thousands of things that come across an Athletic Director's desk every day.
Personally, if VT were to hire Beamer as the AD, I'd be pretty pissed. I love Frank to death, but he has no business in taking over for Weaver. If Weaver leaves, then I'd really only be happy if Steger left no stones unturned and looked for an outside hire.
All this being said, are we even sure that Beamer would want to be the AD? I can certainly seeing him being a figurehead, or being involved in the Athletic Department in a fundraising or other capacity, but Athletic Director is one hell of an undertaking, and it takes a lot of experience at the lower levels before becoming the head honcho.
Anybody else think Grimes vs. Foster would be an epic battle? Maybe then they could do Moorehead vs. Gray too.
I prefer "I Shot the Sheriff"
Wait, was he a cop? I'm not entirely sure that I heard that yet (today)
A section on Mike London with the theme song from Cops?
Don't forget the Pitt double block to free Kyshoen Jarrett for his TD return.
Anything with Elton John might also fit a highlight video for UVA
New best ad ever!
Someone send a link to Cody.
By the way the original artwork in which this piece was created was by a guy named Gordon Napier and his work can be found here: http://dashinvaine.co.uk
He had the best centaur image online that matched the photos I saw of Exum.
yeah, he's got a long ways to go at QB. He basically was moved to 2nd string at QB his senior year in HS.
Put him in a bodybag, Johnny!
Maximum points if you include a clip of Bob Schweickert!
http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/091509aaa.html
Which would explain the ASU ban...but I don't know what staffers went to Zona, but if it's not anyone big named, I don't know why they would be wanting to block him from going there.