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My ACL surgery cost about 17 grand after insurance
I agree completely.
Foster has absolutely earned the right to be next in line. I will be extremely disappointed in program if he's not the head coach after Beamer. He's been loyal and stayed in Blacksburg, even when other (less prestigious) programs came calling.
If Shane's last name was Smith, no one would ever consider him to be a viable candidate for next head coach. I want to see a Beamer dynasty as much as the next guy, but let's be realistic. It'd be quite a reach to move him all the way up.
This gets me so pumped.... I am so glad to see Logan getting into the nitty gritty while fixing his mechanics. He has a huge ceiling!!
In other news, water is wet
I agree that you don't need to be an X's and O's guy to be a head coach, but what has Shane done to prove himself as a game manager? Can he motivate players? Can he lead players? When we have a tough loss (which, as VT fans, we know happens all too frequently) can he help the team bounce back? Can run a good practice, where everyone gets the necessary snaps and practices the right stuff? Most of all, will the players respect him and buy into whatever philosophy he preaches?
I have no reason to doubt Shane has any of the attributes necessary to be VT's head coach, but I also have no evidence suggesting he does. VT might not have the elite, legendary status of a Michigan, a Notre Dame, or an Alabama, but I believe we're a top 20 college football program, and top 20 programs don't hire a head coach with minimal experience. For me to be ok with Shane getting that kind of promotion (assuming he stays at VT), I'd want him to be at least in charge of special teams for a year or two, and of course, I'd expect to see some impressive results over those two years.
In the hypothetical situation where Beamer retires tomorrow, and we have to promote someone from within, my first choice would be Bud, followed by Stiney (who players love, and seems to have the same skill set as Shane, but more experienced and a worse last name), followed by... Shane I guess? Note that I'm excluding the Loeffler & company because I'm yet to see him in action for VT.
Last question though: If Shane's last name wasn't Beamer and he wasn't a VT alum, but otherwise had the same resume, would he even be considered a candidate to replace Frank?
(somewhat) obligatory
Hopefully we'll take Kirby Smart's defense and make it look like Kirby Stupid! #BEATBAMA
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I think we need to take a breath and let all this play out. It's not like there are multiple sources this is stemming from, or anyone willing to say anything on camera or in court or anything right now. It could be sensationalism (although there's certainly been a fair amount of smoke around that team, so a fire really wouldn't shock me either). Lets wait and see.
Accidentally, of course.
if true it's troubling that grimes was on this staff, but like joe says above, consider the source. this guy is about to go on trial for a home invasion robbery and he's saying innocent because, "he was unwittingly pulled into a robbery by his teammates." really? can anyone think of a scenario where you could unwittingly take part in a home invasion?
The original story is here and it is worth reading in its entirety: http://www.roopstigo.com/reader/auburns_vainted_title_victims_violations.... If everything in there is true, it's more messed up than NCAA violations. The author is Selena Roberts, who was heavily criticized by the media for what she wrote about the Duke Lacrosse case. It should be noted that one of the players quoted, Mike Blanc, is saying what was sourced from him is inaccurate: http://auburn.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1491490.
Grimes and Loeffler weren't mentioned in the piece.
That was sweet! Thanks for sharing!
Only one word can describe this: YUM
I think he is going to beat out Miller as the nastiest.
I think you are right. Just hope his fumble issues have been resolved cause that dude has pop.
Journell would just pepper spray him and walk back out of the circle.
I sure hope Grimes and Loeffler weren't involved at all or even knew about it. It just makes our program less credible if so. We definitely don't need this coming up at every pre-game commentary of the season.
FYI Weaver is having another surgery later this month (he had surgery about 2 months ago). I think his health is really failing, thus the rumors.
I don't think Loeffler was at AU when this happened. Grimes was but I haven't heard his name. Muschamp and Chizik are the only two names I've specifically heard.
great idea.
it got me pumped. i love seeing our offensive coaches being as animated as our defensive coaches. this was just awesome
I tell you what, as much as I hate all these rumor articles like this one that have espn and other people write about us is about CFB becoming AD and Weaver stepping down rather than us being like Auburn and the constant allegations that keep being thrown at them ever since that shady National Championship they won. Glad to know we do things the right way here.
Thanks for adding the treadmill...Great Pic
I do believe from that angle that we are looking at centaur-Exum Webbmilling in stadium woods.
sounds like you got some shitty insurance stl