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It is broken. Irretrievably so, but nobody will say it, at least nobody with influence.
I think between the 5 wins last year, negative recruiting, and loss of momentum have made it difficult for Beamer. It's urgent to pick up a few upsets this year to stem the tide. If he struggles the rest of this year and next to lock down top prospects in this state, holding onto this job becomes extremely difficult IMO.
And there’s people on here who want Clemson in the SEC. If that happens why would in-state recruits choose us? Because of Beamer? Lol.
They often aren’t choosing us over them regardless……Adams for one. That’s one they wanted and came in late and got him after we led for more than a year.
I was not for him either. That is a case of the BOT should stay out of the hiring process (obviously I think it was a BOT decision; but don't know for sure). Lots of fans came here pushing for him based on his supposed recruiting abilities. I was vehemently opposed. I hope Beamer proves me wrong.
This draft class is final yet. And in the last 3 recruiting cycles nobody recruited better than him at SC.
SOS did. Beamer is Sparky. Can't recruit elite. Can't coach.
Caslen and 2/3 of his supporters on the BOT. He got support from quite a few former players, was cheap, and they didn’t have to buyout a few coaches who remained on staff that had multi year contracts.
I got the clear impression from someone connected to the BOT - well before the decision, that it was Beamer. My heart sank. I know I will get slammed by some but, I wish they had left it to Tanner. Look at the VERY good hire he made in men's basketball. And we should never go bottom of the barrel cheap on the hire of a Head Coach. Sad. Maybe Beamer will work out. Hope so. We will know a lot more at the end of the season about Beamer.
WRONG!!! Besides only one of his high school classes finished in the upper half (#7)of the SEC out of then 14 teams . We will see what he does on the field this season. It's an important season for him. I predict he will finish no worse than 7-5.
And only one of his recruiting classes finished in the upper half of the SEC (#7 in the then 14-school SEC). I was given the impression by some here that he was going to do some magical things in recruiting. I'm still waiting.
It's not. Just looking at the conference team ranking of high school prospects here at On3
If Beamer fails here, do you think the hiring authorities here have the "smarts" to study our history and hire a Head Coach who is similar in background with Head Coaches who have had at least a modicum of success here?
He is Offensive Coordinator at SMU, producing the number 16 offense in the nation last year. He runs a balanced offense (40th rushing offense and 22nd passing offense).
He was also recruiting coordinator at Mizzou for their highest ranked ever recruiting class at that point in time.
We've crossed over the Rubicon to a new model, having been already mediocre in a more economical environment which will never return. Until and unless we fully assimilate the new model, Nick Saban in his prime couldn't help us.
You and I have read the same book.
Good thing I don’t pay attention to the worst recruiting site. According to ON3 and 247, SC last 3 recruiting classes were better than any other coach for a 3 year stretch. And if we’re talking about recruiting, you do know when we were at our best in football was when Beamer was our recruiting coordinator? Before he left the last player he brought in the fold was Clowney.
Are we comparing conference rankings with Spurrier and Holtz when they were in a 12 team conference? Also, Beamer wasn’t spurrier recruiting coordinator?
Beamer's average in his first 3 years was; 11th out of 14 teams (behind 79% of the SEC teams). For the past 2 seasons, he was 10.5th out of 16 teams (behind 66th of the SEC teams).
