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[QUOTE="Lou_C, post: 688229, member: 3201"]
Virginia Tech is an odd case.  They've probably seen their best under Beamer, though I hope I'm wrong.  They just do not recruit well enough.  They'll top the FSU and Miamis of the world when those programs are in shambles, and their recruiting wasn't much of a detriment when Clemson, UNC, UVA, etc weren't recruiting any better.
 
But with FSU getting their house in order, Miami possibly doing so soon, Clemson recruiting like the SEC-type school it is, UNC and UVA getting recruiting ramped up, and schools like NCSU, Pitt, BC, SU actually out-recruiting VT, I think the writing is on the wall.
 
But they are a great program, with a good history, and in a talent rich area, and with an instate rival who hasn't been all that serious about football.  The guy that follows Beamer has every opportunity to come in there and and start knocking off top 10 or top 15 recruiting classes, IF they get a guy that understands the recruiting game and buys in.  With the foundation they have, VT could really take off to the next level then.  Or the Beamer show could just continue and wind down over a decade like the Bobby Bowden show did and burn a lot of that foundation.
 
It will be interesting.  I don't think Beamer has become a bad coach by any means.  I just don't think you are going to dominate the ACC with #50 recruiting classes any more.
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