So Beamer stays for 15'.. Time for something new in the OC spot

I have been trying to wrap my head around what is going to happen if Beamer stays. I see a ton of people saying oh we will just hire a new OC and everything else will stay the same. Oh the irony in that last sentence is sadly true. So what we change the OC but then it will be a whole new playbook and possibly a whole new blocking scheme to learn in a Spring/Summer. The funny/sad thing is that we can't even get this years scheme down and we're wanting to get rid of SL for what could very much be another OC fail waiting to happen.

I get that SL isn't the best fit for us but there comes a time when we need to think what's best for VT Football in the long run. Hiring a new OC and keeping CFB still as HC I think will push VT further down the river for a rebuild. Why make things worse if we want Beamer to go out on a decent year, bringing in a new OC will be a mess. Not to mention so called OC will be employed by VT for what 1 year maybe 2 and then the new HC will give him the boot. That looks like $$ well spent/sarcastica

IDK where I saw it but I really like the fact that someone stated that this year is a redshirt rebuild. That was a genius term because its so true. We have an OL that has been shifted to try and find the best fit. We have a transfer QB who beat out a 4 year backup and an upcoming QB who got hurt at the worst time possible. We have also lost the equivalent of 5-6 RB's during the season. Marshawn- Hernia, ankle and now ACL, Shai- ACL again, Trey- broken leg, ankle, clavicle. I think I missed one somewhere but ya'll get the point. Everything that could go wrong did and it happened after we shocked the world in beating OSU in the shoe.

Now comes Spring Ball- we will still have the Commonwealth Cup + 22 Bowl game streak and possibly a new OC or SL. We will have a completely wide open QB race ( Brewer, Motley, Ford & Durkin possibly Kelly). We quite possible could have the 2 best WR's in VT history in Ford and Phillips. We have a huge receiver in Kendrick Holland who I think could be the breakout star next year filling in for Byrn. We should have a stable full of RB's R-Freshies in DJ Reid, and Travon McMilliam ( could be Caleb 2.0 sadly) and we add McClease and Fox! Looking at the roster in regards to skilled positions this could be the best class we have had depth wise. If we do change OC hopefully we find one that will work with the type of players we have. Yeah running the ball is great but we have the roster to do what TCU/Baylor does.. (PS TCU is 28th in rushing at 218 YPG). We don't have the roster to do what Wisconsin/Stanford have so why are we even trying to mimic it blows my mind. You don't build a team like Wis/Stanford over night, and you certainly don't build a team like that by only getting 5 OL recruits in 3 years.

I guess my point is if the offense we have run the last 3-5 years isn't working why not give something else a try? By try I mean completely scrap the Coaching staff on the Offensive side other than Morehead and maybe 1-2 more people. How is TCU/Baylor so efficient on offense and we have trouble moving the ball 10 yards. We have enough skilled players that I really don't think it wouldn't take long to understand the concepts of the TCU/Baylor offense as long as we find someone has knowledge of that. AM I dumb for thinking the offense those two schools runs is most similar to what the kids run in HS? Yeah there are more people involved/different routes + more structure to it but there comes a time when athlete's just make plays with the ball in their hands.

PS TCU has 2 Offensive Co-Coordinators... Sonny Cumbie who is in his 1st year but spent 4 years at Texas Tech who also runs a similar playbook. Doug Meacham who is also in his 1st year but was QB coach/OC at Houston and 8 years at OK State so he also has knowledge with the playbook. Why not give a coach like those two above a shot at being a HC. SO what they don't have HC experience but they do have 10+ years of being in an offense that funcitons properly and can put up points. Isn't that what we want? They know how to recruit the positions for their offense, they know the ins and outs of the offense all they would need to do is find a staff that will COMPLEMENT them.