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But all the football staff changes seemed handled so well as compared to what happened with the basketball coaching change.
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13 years 5 months
# | OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Scot Loeffler, Jeff Grimes, and Aaron Moorehead Join the Hokie Football Staff the program he has built at VT.
1. Phoenix Hokiebird - Rising from the ashes to burn yours!
2. For home games: Sandman says "Lights Out!"
3. For Lee Corso: Welcome to the Hokie Lightning Bowl...we're gonna strike you down!
A lot of people were complaining throughout the hiring/firing process. Now that it's over, it ended very cleanly. No public complaints from anyone leaving the program, no players leaving the team, no dirt from anyone. Players have tweeted excited about the new hires, and relief that BS was still on the staff.
On field results pending, this hiring went as clean as possible. I hope everyone credits Frank for handling this well.
This is the only reasonable explanation I can come up with for this whole Manti girlfriend debacle.
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13 years 5 months
# | OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Scot Loeffler, Jeff Grimes, and Aaron Moorehead Join the Hokie Football Staff One of the (many) reasons I'm excited about these hires is the fact the Virginia Tech coaching staff has found the fountain of youth, so to speak.
In the matter of a week, the median age of the Hokies staff dropped 10 years.
2011-2012 Virginia Tech coaching staff
Bryan Stinespring - 49
Mike O'Cain - 58
Curt Newsome - 54
Kevin Sherman - 44
Shane Beamer - 35
Bud Foster - 53
Charlie Wiles - 48
Cornell Brown - 37
Torrian Gray - 38
Median Age = 48
2013 Virginia Tech coaching staff
Scot Loeffler - 38
Jeff Grimes - 44
Aaron Moorehead - 32
Bryan Stinespring - 49
Shane Beamer - 35
Bud Foster - 53
Charlie Wiles - 48
Cornell Brown - 37
Torrian Gray - 38
Median Age = 38
The numbers are even more striking when compared to the staff before Shane Beamer and Cornell Brown were added.
2006-2010 Virginia Tech coaching staff
Bryan Stinespring - 47
Mike O'Cain - 56
Curt Newsome - 52
Kevin Sherman - 42
Billy Hite - 59
Bud Foster - 51
Charlie Wiles - 46
Jim Cavanaugh - 62
Torrian Gray - 36
Media Age = 51
Two years ago, the Hokies only had one coach out of nine that was in his 30s. Now they have five. Moreover, in 2010, five of the nine coaches at Virginia Tech were over 50. Now there is only one (Bud), although Stiney turns 50 this year.
I have no real insights into this, but I would have to imagine younger coaches tend to fair better on the recruiting trail.
We'll see how it plays out, but one would have to think this youth movement would pay dividends for the Hokies recruiting. Conveniently enough, the 2014 class in the Commonwealth is loaded.
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13 years 5 months
# | OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Scot Loeffler, Jeff Grimes, and Aaron Moorehead Join the Hokie Football Staff 
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I think we need to also acknowledge the Frankinator for handling this with utmost class.
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13 years 5 months
# | OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Scot Loeffler, Jeff Grimes, and Aaron Moorehead Join the Hokie Football Staff What this cat can do with the likes of Acree and Gibson. We have enough meat coming back that if we can combine a little attitude in the recipe, we could really inflict damage on Bama's d-line. Liking my chops boys! Can't wait to hit Bama in the mouth!
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13 years 5 months
# | OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Scot Loeffler, Jeff Grimes, and Aaron Moorehead Join the Hokie Football Staff This image, caption, cracks me up. I can see Stiney toot'n this horn as he rallies the troops. Go Hokies!
1. Bone collectors
2. Take'n em to the wood-shed
3. Resurrection
4. Dirty Birds
5. Rise of the Zombie Turkeys
6. Our blood, our sweat, your tears
7. Our goal: stop yours
8. Pancake house
9. Eat. Dirt. Enjoy.
10. Gobble on this, fool...
11. Rise of the Zombie Turkeys...(sorry, had to mention that twice)
12. This.Is.Virginia.Tech.
13. I love this Marine slogan: "pain is weakness leaving the body"
latest news is that Roniah, his male cousin, and female cousin all took COUNTLESS hours out of their lives to do these. Apparently the female cousin spent every night "falling asleep" with Te'o on the phone for that ridiculous span. I don't know about most Americans, but this is absolutely ludicrous. You can't tell me they wasted that much of their lives for in the end to get a "hahahaha we tricked ND's star LB". Just doesn't make sense.
Can you imagine what that kid in high school has said to him going to school in Blacksburg by hardcore Tech fans? Wow... Feel bad for him.
But agreed, Stinespring is a good guy and a second-father to some of our guys. I am glad he is staying on the staff someway. You can tell he really does love Virginia Tech or else I believe he really would have left by now with the way he has been treated.
I've met him as well, fixed a tv for him actually. He is a very nice guy along with his wife. You also have to think that he's been in Blacksburg a long time. He has a family. I know his son is a pretty good player at Blacksburg High and he has a couple daughters. I think he wanted to stay here for the family aspect as well. I know he was basically hated as OC, but I always felt bad for him because I know how nice of a guy he is. I know it's a business, but I guess i'm just soft haha
1. Error reportedly originated at FUMA.
2. Papa Harris is upset with the process, taking calls and visits from UM,Rutgers, Temple.
3. Harris wants to be a Hokie, awaiting letter of matriculation from VPI.
4. Monday is the last day a student can enroll for the Spring semester.
5. One would have to think that if the ball is in our court, SOMEONE can expedite that application
6. He, his Pops and FUMA coach have all expressed uncertainty on what to do if papers don't pull through on Monday
7. If he's not at VT in the Spring, something tells me we may very well loose him
Point on, friend. I personally have never met the man, but I hear only great things about him. He carries a high moral-code, likes NASCAR, is loyal to VPI, eats country grits on Saturdays, and loves Jesus. If I'm a parent of a high school recruit, this is the kind of guy I want my son playing for. Kudos to the Beamer clan for recognizing his intrinsic value and making room for Stiney. He's rec'd a lot of flack over the years, but what he accomplishes for us on the front end--earning the trust in family living rooms across the eastern-seaboard, pays dividends year after year.
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13 years 5 months
# | OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Scot Loeffler, Jeff Grimes, and Aaron Moorehead Join the Hokie Football Staff That pic deserves its own thread.
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13 years 5 months
# | OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Scot Loeffler, Jeff Grimes, and Aaron Moorehead Join the Hokie Football Staff That Frazier kid is GAWD AWFUL in the pocket.
Bad reads, awful throws, bad pocket presence, and when he was asked to run didn't do well in between the tackles.
Something tells me that LT will be a much better fit for Loeffler than Frazier was.
I've met Stinespring before and he is a really nice guy. I'm glad we can keep someone like him as a recruiter. OC was not his calling, though.
nope .. that's not totally accurate there guys
Return of the Terrordome
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13 years 5 months
# | OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Scot Loeffler, Jeff Grimes, and Aaron Moorehead Join the Hokie Football Staff 
VT needs Stiney to recruit the 757...
Stiney needs a I-A paycheck...
I'm sure he had to swallow some pride, but this is a 100% business decision on both accounts.
i'm with you, and now the media is buying manti's story hook line and sinker. he gives an interview where he doesnt allow video recording and the worldwide leader is acting like it's all cleared up now.
"if it's good enough for jack swarbrick it's good enough for me"- mel kiper jr.
i can see if the original guy was obsessed enough with t'eo to create a fake girlfriend to be in contact with him, but to actually bring in a girl to talk to him every night for months pretending to be dying of leukemia? and she'd be willing to do that just to play a prank?
bullshit
the mainstream sports media has learned nothing.