Beamer has lost me

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I’m still a Beamer believer. Need to get better players in. And it we’ll see how he handles coaching staff going forward as there are some weaknesses.

This game was going to be difficult to win. I was more disappointed in how we played than the result. Still, not sure we’re going to find anything out there better than Beamer at this point. He’s either going to win big, or look really silly flaming out.
 

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Remember: Our dimwit AD (until recently) devoted more funds towards women's basketball than football as it relates to HC salaries.

What do you honestly expect?

And as a follow up - where does that SEC money go? We're legitimately irrelevant in anything that matters.
 
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As bad as we played, after Anderson's TD run, we were still in it - just no protection for Rattler to make a comeback. The pick 6 before half was a killer mistake. I thought we gave effort to keep it as close as it was with no offense. Could easily have been a lot worse.
 

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We lost and graduated a lot of key players from lastyear, especially on the lines of scrimmage. We have average talent right now. Problem is, the rest of the SEC East has above average to great talent. You will have to wait for the man to build through recruiting. Vince Lombardi couldn’t coach this team to a 7-9 win season against the teams we have to play this year.
 

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You should send RT your resume. Sounds like you’ve got it all figured out.
They would never give this guy a chance. But if you somehow stayed in the nfl while being the worst coach in the league for 10 years, you could easily get hired. Its a racket
 

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Maybe I do and maybe I don't. But for certain Beamer isn't the answer. Sorry to soil your dress, Sally.
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Maybe I do and maybe I don't. But for certain Beamer isn't the answer. Sorry to soil your dress, Sally.
Sadly in 120 years of football we’ve yet to find the answer. I like what Beamer has done so far. He’s learning a bit on the fly. The landscape of CFB has changed a lot and is going to continue to change. We could be well-positioned for the future with Beamer and I think that’s what our athletic department is banking on. But there’s a good chance we won’t be, because this is who we always have been.

Of all nights to write Beamer off, this one isn’t it. I hate losing to UT, but right now they are simply better. On the road. Revenge game. This was going to be difficult.

It’s still too early to confirm anything on Beamer. If I was betting, I’d say it won’t end well, because I’d bet based on the past 120 years. But that’s all. He’s far better than some of the bums we’ve had in the past.
 

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You would criticize the coach if we won every single game. Completely insufferable.
So, saying the coach lost me is verboten? Some of y'all are ridiculous with your loyalty requirement. If you think Beamer is the answer, fine. I don't. Deion is already doing something in Boulder. Our guy is still fumbling around halfway through year 3. I've seen this script before. Nothing is changing except for the fact 2 more teams are joining the league who are better than us.
 

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However we now know he has no clue how to get that lightning in a bottle again. Didn't figure out a darned thing
This.

Opposing coaches have figured out how to recruit against him and how to coach against him. We all had hoped that he brought in assistants from smaller schools that nobody really knew who would bust out. It didn’t happen and frankly he’s not wily like a Spurrier an he’s not a win or else guy like Dabo. 3 years straight and we have no LOS, no real RB and we can’t adjust in-game. This isn’t going to change gentlemen.
 

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You would criticize the coach if we won every single game. Completely insufferable.
You don't know me. But I don't support ppl who get paid $6MM just because he wears the same colors as me. In fact, I’m harsher on those guys. Beamer isn’t cutting it. You can tell whether a coach has it, especially by the 3rd year.
 

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Beamer can't really lose me, as I was convinced he would ride mediocrity till we let him go, BUT. He has a chance to salvage this season.

Florida looks bad, Missouri, vandy and another patsy are on the schedule still. A&M is beatable. Clemson can't hold onto a football, and Kentucky can't be that good, right?

I guess I'm saying he could win any of those (not all) and could salvage the year.

Given how weak these teams look though, it's not a good sign if he can't get to a bowl.
 

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This isn't a really talented roster this year. Lots of holes from the portal and graduation. The top wr out right off the bat didn't help either. No running backs and a patchwork defense isn't going to cut it especially when the oline is as bad as this one. This is basically a very good qb team with very little help around him. I didn't expect much this year and thought they'd struggle.
 

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He hasn’t lost me. I wasn’t a fan of the hire, and thought it was a massive mistake. But through his first 2 years he turned me. Having said that, his unforced coaching errors are baffling. Let RBs be RBs, let WRs be WRs. The DK and Doty experiments are laughable. They need to end immediately. In the portal era you can’t just try to find a spot for someone that can’t find the field at his position. We desperately need a downfield WR option other than X. UT just removed him from the game and it was like taking 7s security blanket away. We got nothing left. And the answer is Doty?? That’s the kind of stuff that will lose me. Then you get up there immediately after the game for the 3rd week in a row and talk about how Russel and Nyck need to play more and get more opportunities.

We hired a guy that hasn’t had the opportunity to learn from his mistakes. You can argue about whether that was wise. But we did it, and he’s going to go through those growing pains. This year was always going to be a 6-7 win year, and that’s still there for us. His postgame was a little more negative than usual last night. Hopefully he’s reached that point of making changes.
 
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I think you have to give Beamer 6-7 years to grow. Getting a new coach every 3-4 years isn’t cutting it. Let’s try something different, and give the guy some time AS LONG AS he’s not spitting out only 3-4 wins a year. And Joyner and Doty should not be on the field.
 

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This isn't a really talented roster this year. Lots of holes from the portal and graduation. The top wr out right off the bat didn't help either. No running backs and a patchwork defense isn't going to cut it especially when the oline is as bad as this one. This is basically a very good qb team with very little help around him. I didn't expect much this year and thought they'd struggle.
BINGO!
I can't put it all on Beamer, He's had two full recruiting classes and the portal give/take has really hurt us, you can't have patchwork/transfer/freshmen lines and no trues rb and compete in this league, plus our db's have been not as advertised so far this year! I will reserve judgement until he has four full recruiting cycles, but he has to stop the portal exits and I'm not sure if that is possible on our current budget!
 
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I think you have to give Beamer 6-7 years to grow. Getting a new coach every 3-4 years isn’t cutting it. Let’s try something different, and give the guy some time AS LONG AS he’s not spitting out only 3-4 wins a year. And Joyner and Doty should not be on the field.

We should not have hired a coach with no experience if the idea was to wait 6 or 7 years for him to learn/grow.

That is too long of a window, imho.
 

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BINGO!
I can't put it all on Beamer, He's had two full recruiting classes and the portal give/take has really hurt us, you can't have patchwork/transfer/freshmen lines and no trues rb and compete in this league, plus our db's have been not as advertised so far this year! I will reserve judgement until he has four full recruiting cycles, but he has to stop the portal exits and I'm not sure if that is possible on our current budget!

The flip side of that, is that he is the coach responsible for that OL and that RB situation.

The transfer portal should make things easier, not harder when it comes to building an oline in year 3.

Frustrated, but this a chicken and the egg type situation. You can't blame the coaches because the players aren't there. But who is to blame for the players not being there?

And if the portal hits us worse then it helps, what will this team be like next year without Rattler carrying it?
 
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Don't care how much he loves Cola and SC. He's not the the hot genius that's it's going to take.
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find the chosen hot genius
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I come in peace. What are your quarterback prospects after Rattler is gone? Is Doty back next year?
 

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Lanorris Sellers. He’s a stud. Got in the game against Furman. 1st career pass was a 50 yd beautiful TD bomb. Ended up going 4-4 for 88 yards and 2 TDs.

Doty will be back, but as a WR.
Gotcha. Looks like your all’s scheme is pretty good, but its hard to overcome the oline deficiencies.
 
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