Shane Beamer

[Todd4State]

Bruce Feldman tweeting out that South Carolina will hire Shane Beamer. I think he is a great hire for them.

Of course the biggest thing with that hire will be the coordinators that he brings in with him.

[Captain Falcon]

Of course the biggest thing with that hire will be the coordinators that he brings in with him.

I am always iffy about a hire that is very dependent on the coordinators.

It can work out great for you (see LSU last year), but what happens when your ace coordinators leave? (see LSU this year)

I have a similar thought about Pittman at Arkansas. Briles and Odom have been VERY good for them this year, but what happens when they inevitably leave for greener pastures?

If you are only as good as your coordinators, are you actually that good?

[Todd4State]

I am always iffy about a hire that is very dependent on the coordinators.

It can work out great for you (see LSU last year), but what happens when your ace coordinators leave? (see LSU this year)

I have a similar thought about Pittman at Arkansas. Briles and Odom have been VERY good for them this year, but what happens when they inevitably leave for greener pastures?

If you are only as good as your coordinators, are you actually that good?

That is the weakness of this strategy. See LSU this year vs. last year. You better hit on OC/DC every time one leaves and they will leave at some point.

My take on it is a set-up where you have a CEO coach like that your in for a roller coaster ride because it's going to probably result in really high seasons where you may win 10+ games but then you may have a season where the bottom falls out because of a bad hire at the coordinator positions. The AD has to accept that going in when you hire a coach like a Pittman or a Beamer- or even a Coach O. None of those are elite X and O guys and they're more recruiters and maybe more important- managers of the overall program than anything.