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Until we fall flat on our face the staff won't have their feet to the fire. I'm playing a little devil's advocate here, but their point would be to cite the 10 win seasons, ACC championships, etc... They'd also be quick to point out only one team wins the MNC, which is what all this recruiting talk boils up (or down) to.

On the other hand, I agree with you. It's frustrating because we see shiny things out there that we want to snatch up because we know they could be difference makers. But on the other, a lot of those kids have egos and baggage and would throw a wrench into Beamer Co's. assembly line. The moves just seem so obvious, bring in Shane, Fridge, etc but CFB believes he can get it done with what he has and I hope he does.

Anyways, I'm enjoying reading this thread and the back and forth with you guys.

that it is hard to get a good read. If it comes down to Clemson or VT, you have to think he'd go with the winning program with long-time consistency at the coaching position. But who the hell knows anymore. How the hell UNC has sold Holts, Hughes, or any other VT targets on "no NCAA jailtime, powder blue, derp derp doo" I'll never know.

If the coaches can't land Anthony in the boat, then the world will explode. And I'll be lighting the fuse. Here you have the premiere program in the VA/MD/NC/DC region winning more than anyone else, sending players to the NFL, and having ZERO bad press with the NCAA, not to mention brand-new facilities, a 20+ year, future hall-of-famer at head coach, and a program that is heavily endorsed by Nike and plays on national TV every Saturday. There should be little to any reason that this many players have "slipped" out of our hands.

I'll admit that we may lose to the Florida's and Alabama's of the world, but UNC, Penn State, and UVA should rarely if ever be taking recruits right out of our mouths. Call it lazy recruiting on some coaches behalf, call it Frank not investing the one-on-one attention he needs to, or call it the lack of a young, hip face for the program (HELLO SHANE BEAMER), but something's got to give here.

1) I would like to put it a little higher than 0% but not much higher with some of Frank's old buddies available in Kevin Rogers and Ricky Bustle. Would love it if they could somehow get Shane Beamer in the program, I think some infusion of youth could help out a ton.

2) Would definitely love the move of Lanier to TE. DeChristopher to guard would be a huge benefit to the program as well as his NFL stock especially with some good tackles in the wings in Via, Becton, Gibson, and possibly even Shuman. Would love to see Edwards and Patterson, last time we had a big traditional OLB at whip in James Anderson it worked out great for us.

3) The recruits seem to dig the uniforms and Nike money is always good. I prefer all-maroon as my favorite though.

4) We had James Anderson in at the whip spot in what could've been described as a heavy package. I think instead of recruiting slower safeties to play as our outside linebackers might be good to recruit outside linebackers to play there (***Anthony***). If coaches worried about the pass then in passing situations utilize the nickel more.

indeed

low class rankings justified by the 10-win season stat is getting old. I completely get that teams waste talent on a regular basis, but how about we keep out staff intact since that seems to be a culprit of said talent waste and go get some *****s for once.

the whole O-line woes are documented and of epic proportions, honestly I don't know why more hasn't been made of this versus Stinegate. It does seem to be getting some traction lately though.

Saw Tyrod play, wish he had more than 4 series. He handed off on 2/3 of the plays, but I thought he was efficient and displayed his ability to move around in the pocket. That strike to the Texas Tech tight end was nice

but I thought we got outcoached, and that's hard to do against Paul Hewitt. I didn't see any attempt to make defensive adjustments. It was clear the zone was getting shredded midway through the first half and for the first 2/3 of the game foul trouble really wasn't an issue so there was no reason not to try a little man or 1-3-1.

14 tickets to an ACC champ game in Jacksonville with the intention to sell for less than seat value. I then ended up losing my ass because people were selling outside the gate for less than $7 a ticket. I gave away like 8 of those tickets and used 2 myself, the rest were never used. That is the only time I ever tried to resell tickets.

To the fans: This game was incredibly frustrating. I looked around in the second half, and I saw my same emotions mimicked throughout the entire stadium. Arms crossed. Grimace on face. Yes, it was an extremely difficult game to watch. Heck, I wanted to suit up and get in there, and I probably could have contributed more than our players. No heart, no hustle. But it is true that they feed off our energy, which means that we have to give off positive energy. It’s really no use punching chairs or screaming at the refs. Cheer for our players. If you’re going to make snide remarks or come up with nasty nicknames (which I completely discourage in any case), save them for the other team. Is it hard? Yes. Are there going to be games where we feel like they don’t deserve our cheers? Of course. But that’s part of being a fan. You take the terrible games with the wonderful games. You take the tough losses with the miracle wins.

It's worth your while to read the entire thing: http://mybrightyellowsneakers.blogspot.com/2011/01/not-good-day-to-be-te....

He still has to make the tournament, but each week I have to give Seth more and more credit for the way he's turned around this team with the slow start and all the injuries.

joe needs props for the effort and time this took.