The ACC Coastal Coach Purge Begins! - Fuentes Out at VT

It’s gonna be a tough year for a lot of the middle of the road schools to be looking for candidates. Seems like a lot of openings are going to be up for grabs.
 
I went on a drunken tirade last fall to a friend about how VPI was doomed to languish in mediocrity at best for the foreseeable future and Fuente was completely ill-equipped to run a program at a high level.

But at this rate, the entire ACC outside of Clemson is in danger of falling into this category.
 
GTCrew said:
Perfect year to purge the coordinators and pick up some good ones that got let go when the HC was canned.
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Not just coordinators, but position coaches too. How hard could it be to convince a college coach to come to Tech and establish some GA recruiting connections for a few years?
 
Buffalobuzz said:
www.espn.com

Fuente out as Virginia Tech coach after 6 seasons

Justin Fuente, who had a 43-31 record in six seasons at Virginia Tech, is out as the Hokies' football coach. J.C. Price will take over on an interim basis.
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Very encouraging news here. Great to know that TStan doesn't have to wait for end of season.
This is a fantastic offseason for head coach shopping.
Fuente wasn't even the leading ACC coach on the hotseat list!
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WracerX said:
Not just coordinators, but position coaches too. How hard could it be to convince a college coach to come to Tech and establish some GA recruiting connections for a few years?
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Obviously the OC and DC would choose the position coaches. The only one that we can't afford to lose is Choice. We need to find more guys like him.

Brent Key is problematic. We can't pay 600K for that catastrophe on the OL. And at this point he is not recruiting worth a öööö either. He either takes a big pay cut or he fails upward to OC. It is possible he could be a better OC than he is a position coach. I would rather see if Godsey would like a shot.

If I was doing this on the cheap, and we have to start recognizing that we have to do this on the cheap, I would of course not spend $4million on a HC. Frankly, I personally would promise the HC position to Choice at $500K. I would find coordinators at a decent MAC school or DIV2 (or like how mac/Div2 schools do it) and pay them something similar. I would take the $5 million saved and I would hire 30-40 ex-coaches as consultants. The focus on the official position coaches would not be so much coaching as recruiting. I can hire good football minds who know all there is to know about technique and schemes etc but that suck as recruiters to "consult".
 
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