From the start of the South Carolina coaching search, it has been paramount that the Gamecocks pick a coach to replace Steve Spurrier that is the right “fit” for the program. #8232;#8232;At this point in the search, if other options have fallen through or are sure to or are polarizing hires that would divide the fanbase, South Carolina athletics director Ray Tanner should give a long look to former Gamecocks assistant Shane Beamer.
News Note: South Carolina representatives have reached out to Beamer in the last 24 hours concerning the Gamecocks job.
Here are the reasons why…
Coaching staff
It’s all about hiring a coaching staff these days. The Gamecocks program took a nosedive under Spurrier, a future Hall of Famer, not because Spurrier forgot how to coach, but because he replaced very talented assistants, Beamer included, with inexperienced coaches and poor recruiters.
It’s no coincidence that South Carolina was at its best from 2010-13 when the staff that included Beamer, Jay Graham, Brad Lawing and Ellis Johnson, along with current assistants G.A. Mangus and Shawn Elliott, had set the table in recruiting. Spurrier spent 2005-08 coaching a mediocre football program before he finally made some big-time staff changes prior to 2009. The 2009 recruiting class, which featured Alshon Jeffery, Stephon Gilmore and Devonte Holloman, among others, laid the groundwork for South Carolina’s run of an SEC East title and three straight 11-win seasons. In the 2010 class, Marcus Lattimore headlined. In the 2011 cycle, Beamer’s last as recruiting coordinator, USC inked the No. 1 player in the country- Jadeveon Clowney- for the first time in school history.
Beamer, who arrived prior to the 2007 season and was named recruiting coordinator after 2008, also was instrumental in the hiring of several assistant coaches and served as a sounding board for Spurrier when many of those hires were made.
I think Beamer might be able to do a good job. While I don’t care for Muschamp sideline antics (did not care for Dabo’s when he first became head coach either), he does recruit well, but would need to hire a good OC. He left Florida with a ton of talent on that roster. I don’t know enough about any of these guys to make a hiring decision and I don’t think anyone on this site does either. We pretty much have to trust Tanner and the committee he has put together to come up with the right person.
Too long. From what I read though, easier said then done. If he was such a great fit as a hc Beamer would have had him as a HCIW. VT would have avoided this decline too.
Find a charismatic passionate coach. Why no talk of Spurrier Jr?
