Comments on: The waiting game: an early Sunday coaching roundup

By: jay

jay — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:41:45 +0000

What is it about Stiney and Beamer?………..Is Stiney his long lost stepson or something?…….Why won’t he just fire the guy like most coaches would do?………Even Mike London up at UVA had the guts to make the tough decisions……..Why can’t Beamer?

By: FOOTBALL FAN

FOOTBALL FAN — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:04:58 +0000

Looks like Frankie can’t find an OC. Everyone has declined or turned him down and he still doesn’t have the guts to give Stinespring his walking papers. It’s said he’s going to make hime a recruiting coordinator. REALLY!! Typical Tech.

By: danny

danny — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:39:47 +0000

Perch, well said! Crooked Road can write what he wants and the message board is here for people’s opinion. But Crooked Road does ignore the facts most of the time. And the facts should be what tells the story.

For example, Coach Beamer turned the corner in 1993 and led VT to a 9-3 season and Independence Bowl win. Since then he has led the Hokies to 19 consecutive bowl games and no other FBS coach has more career win (over 250 wins) Beamer has never been accused of NCAA violations and has always shown integrity and class.

Beamer did create something special in Blacksburg. That’s not opinion, that’s fact !

By: Perch

Perch — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:14:38 +0000

Crooked is a provocateur. If we all started to agree with him, he’d do a 180 just to keep it roiled up. His hatred of Coach Beamer colors his commentary and threatens to invalidate many of his opinions, but that is also just my opinion, of course.
One thing he is right about, though, is that Hokies that would never have dreamed of having negative things to say about him are doing so now. It is not the lack of information that is bothering them, though. They are just anxious to see change done right and are impatient with the pace of the process for many of the reasons folks here have listed. While none of the great Hokie fans I know worship at the altar of Saint Francis, we are willing to give him some space and time in this matter and nobody is jumping ship money/season tickets-wise over this. It is Frank’s job, not ours, to deal with his staff, and it seems unfair to level all of these criticisms until the job is done and we know what’s what and who’s who. Then, of course, actual facts will enter into this discussion, that’ll be interesting for a change.

By: truth

truth — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:50:29 +0000

Andy,
I have heard that Jim Weaver is not in good health.This may be why the coaching change is so slow.

By: VTRedwolf

VTRedwolf — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:40:20 +0000

I don’t believe I’ve seen the word arrogant used at all about Frank Beamer.
I agree that LT should not drive the decision on who the next OC is – he’s got a year left, maximum, this decision will be with VT for some time. Still he deserves to be kept up to date so that he can make the best decision for him. Sounds like that is probably occuring on some level.
There is a lack on confidence in Frank Beamer’s ability to lead among many VT fans that would have never questioned it in the past. I count myself among those. I don’t believe that Frank should take ANY input from knuckleheads like us, but that doesn’t mean he shouldn’t listen to the collective nature of our comments that have been made for some time. “Offense Bad, Special Teams bad, make changes.”

You know when people talk about loyalty and coaches “feelings” and families and all that crap I would like to remind them that coaches (i.e. Frank Beamer) don’t hesitate to “fire” or demote a player if he’s not getting the job done. I could name dozens of players in just the last few years who got shown the bench and rightfully so. Stinespring might have to move after a decade living in one place? Boo hoo. His kids might have to change schools? Move away from friends? The military moved my family 12 times and I guarantee you I spent more time away from home, longer hours and less pay than Stinespring. I applaud Franks loyalty, but there is a limit at which your personal loyalty to a few individuals brings into question your loyalty to players and fans.

By: HokieDawg

HokieDawg — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:13:55 +0000

I bet Crooked Road never even played Sports. Well, maybe fantasy football or X-box. Seems to me to be the type who “Always” has the answer. Well at least from a Monday morning quarterback approach that is.

By: jay

jay — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:02:17 +0000

Thank you, “DANNY’………..You are right about “CROOKED ROAD”…….He always makes uneducated, opinionated and uninformed statements…………that’s the norm for him!

By: 540Hokie

540Hokie — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:55:18 +0000

I wonder if the people who are calling for a new OC to be paid a lot more money and then to have Foster’s salary raised to match it are the same people who have said they won’t give to the Hokie Club or buy seasons tickets because of the 2012 season? If you going to complain and want more pay for the assistants, show ‘em some money. If you don’t contribute and don’t buy tickets, you really don’t have a dog in the hunt.

By: VT owns GT

VT owns GT — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:52:40 +0000

My gut tells me Scott Loeffler will be the next OC.