Comments on: A grab bag of links to get your Thursday started

By: crooked road

crooked road — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:01:12 +0000

#26 danny, college football analyst Stewart Mandel responded to the complaining fan from Richmond with this summary – ‘History will ultimately view Beamer very favorably, but it’s hard to imagine he’ll be celebrated as much as coaches who consistently dominate and win trophies at blueblood programs.’

Read that over and over again. Learn to accept it. There’s one thing that will change it. Learn to accept it. As I said above – ‘Stewart Mandel was correct on both sides of his answer concerning Beamer vs. Saban. Beamer has achieved a high level of success, but Saban has achieved a much higher one. There’s nothing wrong with acknowledging that.’ Learn to accept it.

By: danny

danny — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:11:19 +0000

crooked road, notice the post by George at 8:48am on Feb. 14. Please read-over and over again.

By: 69HOKIE

69HOKIE — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:37:53 +0000

Andy – Thanks for the update on Cole. Hate it for him and his family.

Thanks Michael!!

By: 540Hokie

540Hokie — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:23:37 +0000

I think you meant Michael Cole. It is sad for the young man, but at least he’ll be healthy and lead a productive life with a good education.

By: Mr Loco

Mr Loco — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:17:51 +0000

Tough news for Danny Coles and the D. At least he’s only finished with contact sports and can get on with his education and then life. D staff at least knows early that they won’t have Danny.

By: Forever Hokie

Forever Hokie — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:02:19 +0000

Coach Beamer is an elite coach and is respected by his peers. Their opinions are more important than those of you who have never coached and built something from the ground up and that also includes the media who pass judgement every day. Unless everyone wants to pony up the big bucks we are not going to be Alabama, LSU, etc. What VT has done on the football field has been remarkable in the age of parity. No one team can recruit all the good players and sit them on the bench so no one else can have them. Some players want to go away from home to play because they think that has prestige and it doesn’t make any difference who the recruiter is from their state. There are too many reasons a kid of 18 makes a decision and even then they change their minds

By: Rob Thommins

Rob Thommins — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:52:10 +0000

Regarding th helmet rule:
Take the helmets off and the spearing will stop.

By: scott whitaker

scott whitaker — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:46:15 +0000

Voice of Reason, Cinncy was #12, VT #21. I think you have ample company here who agree VT is not “elite”…But that raises the question. Though VT is not an elite program, could Beamer be so given his record of number of wins, consistency and conference championships? I don’t know…

By: Voice of Reason

Voice of Reason — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:13:16 +0000

I remember the days when we had maybe a few hundred fans at the spring games. Now we have 30 thousand. Beamer has done a great job to build this Hokie nation, but until we win some BCS games against top ranked teams he will not be considered one of the all time greats. Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t our only BCS win come against Cincinnati and I don’t think they were a top 10 team. How often have we finished in the top five or even the top 10? We have had a really good team for years but not a great team. I love TV football, but I can’t pretend that we are an elite football program, at least not yet. Teams like Alabama and LSU respect us because we have beaten them in the past but not when they’re at their best. When we can go head-to-head with the big boys when they are at their best and win, then we can say we are an elite team and Beamer will be considered an elite coach.

By: Zman

Zman — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:28:36 +0000

Since many of Tech’s own fault Beamer for not winning a National Championship how can anyone expect a national audience to give him the props he deserves?