Fuente
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According to the early reports, Foster is staying on at VT as an assistant. I thought by Bud staying at VT for as long as he did it was understood the job was his to turn down.
I don't think Foster wants to be a head coach. He makes a great salary, at a pretty good school, and in a great town. Then, he doesn't have the headaches that go along with being the head coach and all of the scrutiny.
He reminds me of Dick LeBeau.
He's a functioning alcoholic and if it weren't for Beamer he would not have survived at VT.
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I follow VT a little bit. Bud has said he's interested in head coaching jobs before. Not sure if he interviewed for the Marshall job though. I saw reports earlier this week tying him to Illinois.
I did a little reading on Foster. Just this month he commented on the VT head coaching position:
“You guys think?” said Foster when asked if he wants to be in consideration for Tech’s head coaching position. “I mean, yeah, I’ve put a lot of time and effort into this thing. I don’t think this program needs a culture change. We can do some things a little bit better. We’ve got to win the state in recruiting. We’ve got to get that back, but we’ve got good kids, we’ve got a good program and we’re close to getting it back where we want to be, but recruiting is the key."
Tirepunk lets see.
WKU in CUSA
UCF in AAC (in Orlando - warm)
Memphis in AAC (lots to do in Memphis)
WKU in Bowling Green, KY - well Nashville is nearby. So yes it would be a move up to either school and pay as well. JMO
WKU in CUSA
UCF in AAC (in Orlando - warm)
Memphis in AAC (lots to do in Memphis)
WKU in Bowling Green, KY - well Nashville is nearby. So yes it would be a move up to either school and pay as well. JMO
I have no feeling one way or another about VPI, but does this remind you of anything?
Hot, but really never got it done, mid-major coach, takes over an alumni oriented special place from an legend coach being somewhat pushed out despite his great success. Fires most, keeps some assistants around just because they know the player's names.
Fails totally.
DickRod and Michigan.
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Hot, but really never got it done, mid-major coach, takes over an alumni oriented special place from an legend coach being somewhat pushed out despite his great success. Fires most, keeps some assistants around just because they know the player's names.
Fails totally.
DickRod and Michigan.
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
No, Doc interviewed for the job and was the top choice, but he was vetoed by the a high level booster because of his WVU ties and the high level booster talked "slow-dime" into hiring Snyder. The rest is history.
Fuente will have Virginia Tech competing for an ACC Championship next season. He is a great coach and what he did at Memphis proves that. If he could turn that program into a winner there should be zero doubt he can do even better at a program like Virginia Tech. Especially keeping Foster on board to help with current players buying in and keeping local recruiting pipelines open. This is a home run hire for VT.
Memphis hired Arizona State's OC as Fuente's replacement. 34-year-old head coach:
http://espn.go.com/college-football...ell-arizona-state-offensive-coordinator-coach
Doc publicly said he withdrew or turned down the job and Kayo publicly responded "he was not offered the job and he knows he was not offered the job"
Coach and AD speak. I know the people close to the situation and know for a fact what I said is true.
Actually I was very close to the situation, and it simply is NOT true. I've written about this several times, including last week or so on this board. I just isn't true. He did interview for the job, that is true. In fact he spent about 90 minutes with me before the interview. Interim President called me less than 10 minutes after the interview ended. As with any hire, there was a great deal going on and one supporter was very involved - arguably too much so, but HE (and notice I said he) was not a factor in Doc not being offered the job, and he was not offered it.
Want to know what happened, pd? message me and I'll answer any questions you have on it. But your assumptions on this are wrong.
Man, some of you just don't like Doc at all. His recruiting would have run circles around Snyders; as he's proved since he's been here. His discipline would have kept kids focused or gone. Snyder was a good guy with no experience seriously leading others or holding his own ground. He was given an opporunity ahead of time, and would personally been wiser to have waited a bit longer to such an important role. He traveled with his own pack and had real problems speaking with supporters and to audiences. Facts are facts, those who drove him into the job did him a dis-service IMHO. These comments are from personal experiences of being in his presence. Fire away if you'd like....I hated it that he didn't succeed and don't blame him a bit more than those who set him up for failure here.
I'm sure someone has told him this. People talk a lot and often "exaggerate" the truth. Nobody really means harm, just happens.
then it gets repeated, and repeated and before you know it, its "fact"
i think Doc would have had similar success as Snyder. maybe a little better, maybe a little worse... but defiantly not bringing in conference championships left and right...
we had some very solid recruiting classes (per Rivals/Scout/ect) under Snyder. for arguments sake, say Doc had those same guys. as troublesome as many were, i can't imagine a lot of them being around more than a year or two under Doc. maybe that helps, maybe it hurts. some of our very best under Snyder got into the most trouble...
and then you have the "x's and o's"....how many close games did Snyder choke away with baffling calls and clock management? again, Doc's biggest criticism has been his game management. when we can't out talent the guys lining up against us and it comes down to game plan and execution, Doc has more than his share of L's...
i like Doc a lot. i think he is the kind of coach that can win a minimum 8-10 games every season in this conference. i hope he retires here. but don't kid yourself and think he is some kind of football genius that was anointed super powers the summer of 2013...
we had some very solid recruiting classes (per Rivals/Scout/ect) under Snyder. for arguments sake, say Doc had those same guys. as troublesome as many were, i can't imagine a lot of them being around more than a year or two under Doc. maybe that helps, maybe it hurts. some of our very best under Snyder got into the most trouble...
and then you have the "x's and o's"....how many close games did Snyder choke away with baffling calls and clock management? again, Doc's biggest criticism has been his game management. when we can't out talent the guys lining up against us and it comes down to game plan and execution, Doc has more than his share of L's...
i like Doc a lot. i think he is the kind of coach that can win a minimum 8-10 games every season in this conference. i hope he retires here. but don't kid yourself and think he is some kind of football genius that was anointed super powers the summer of 2013...
I definitely like Doc better. Overall program and discipline better. Solid recruiting. I just think Doc generally needs a team way more talented than his opponent to win, snyder finally had decent/good teams in 08/09 but had some baffling screw ups. But really Doc has always blown a game or two just like snyder. The easy scheduled the last three years Really helped
It's not about liking or not. It's called objective analysis. You should try it
in the last three seasons, what games has doc had like snyder? keep in mind in the last 3 years against teams with a .500 record or worse we are 25-0...
