Muschamp couldnt win with those players. Muschamp's '19, '20 and '21 OL classes being loaded with busts is why we had a 1-deep OL last year, combined with injuries and that's his one bad season completely accounted for. We bled DB talent Muschamp and his DC encouraged to leave, and Beamer replaced them. Beamer brought in Sellers and Rattler. 3 of Beamer's DBs were freshman AA, all of which were 3*s when Beamer found and offered them, and ended up 4 stars. Juice was a Beamer guy. XL got no development from Muschamp. We also had no quality EDGE players last year because Beamer's guys were young and Muschamp's guys left because they had no loyalty, directly connected to how Muschamp ran things. Going only off of how our porjected starting 5 on the OL have graded in the past (PFF score for Baugh, Henry, Lee and Moore, and flashed from Tree), we'll easily have a top half OL in the SEC. Also easily better than any OL Muschamp had here. Also deeper than any OL we fielded since Muschamp was still using Spurrier's players. Mentioning Spurrier, Beamer was the OC for the 3 beat classes not only for Spurrier's tenure, but the history of the program, between '09, '10 and '11. Many would say "but those were just great players," but just look at the 2*s from that 2010 class alone; Jerideau, Golightly, Robinson, and Thompson made fantastic contributions, started and some got some NFL checks.
What's funny about your analogy is that Tommy Bowden was considered a no brainer for what he did at Tulane, going undefeated. You think Beamer got the job for his name alone, when he was RC here, one of the best Special Teams coordinators in CFB, proving it at a few stops, AHC at OU, and I've seen local publications calling him a future HC and start during his time here, at UGA and at OU. If anything, I could say he had a way better resume than Dabo did when he was hired. He started at Tennessee, he went to MSU, came here, finally after all of that left us to play with his dad after thinking he had enough resume to not get the BS label you just have him, but get to work with his father anyway. He won the bowl game as interim coach. And he got hired by very serious people and helped bring two different programs to the CFP as STC and AHC respectively. He's coached every position other than QB, OL and DL, and all of his units performed well. He's also developed before being hired here a reputation as one of the best recruiters in the business. If you wanted an established name, we weren't getting them. The best hires we've made recently with the major sports have been the less obvious choices.
You don't need to be an offensive or defensive mind as HC, sometimes you just have to be a great football mind. Our 2022 late season offensive explosion was a direct consequence of Beamer streamlining the offense and forcing Satterfield to cut down on prep and keep the same guys out for continuity. Our late 2023 defensive run was also attributed to Beamer putting in the 3-3-5. Two of three seasons we had the top ST unit, and he was STC for Spurrier's best ST units and coached in a playoff for UGA as ST coach.
For these reasons I wanted him as HC when I heard he was being considered and I hoped against hope it wouldn't have been Billy Napier. Now let me ask, who did you want?
