Bud Foster was not head coach material. He wasn’t a very DC in his last years, either. Admitting VT to the ACC almost didn’t happen. UVA was forced to flip its vote to let them in by the legislature and Governor of Va by threatening to cut its funding if they voted to keep VT out.
I don't understand, assuming the ACC GoR is iron-clad, how any team is going to leave before 2036. The whole point of going to the B1G/SEC would be significantly increased TV revenue. But if you leave, you have to pay the ACC that revenue until the GoR expires (along with $52 million), so how would that make any sense? Is the only fear that the opportunity might not be in place in 2036 to join one of the "Big 2", so it's important to "strike while the iron is hot" now and accept hundreds of millions in losses?
I think DC under Beamer was a good fit for Bud. Not sure he would have been a good head of the program.
There's no way this thing goes to 2036 in its current state. And if it does the ACC will be completely hobbled by the 30+ teams in the B1G and SEC.
I don’t entirely disagree with that but my point is that generally speaking - you are better off elevating an assistant rather than having a legend be there too long to keep a program relevant even if the “next guy” isn’t the long-term answer. Look at Texas with Mack Brown, FSU with Bobby Bowden, Fulmer with Tennessee, Osborne with Nebraska, etc. I think all their alums would agree those guys stayed 4-5 years too long. Those programs have a lot more resources than VT and it set them all back 5+ years. Could argue that Nebraska never recovered from that but their fall is much more complicated than that. Same can be said for Tennessee.
ACC is probably on the phone right now with ND, Oregon and maybe Stanford. They want to add brands, not necessarily tv markets anymore. UCLA went to the Big 10 not because they are really good at football, but because the Big 10 wanted the brand. If the ACC cant do something to increase revenue and increase big games, they will probably be poached soon.
You'd have to think enough teams would want to opt out that they could dissolve the conference right? Is that even a thing?
Osborne retired after going 13-0 and winning his third NC in four seasons - Nebraska didn't turn into a pile of hot garbage until they decided to can Frank Solich for being unable to continue that historic level of success.
Because if you're Clemson or FSU and your biggest rivals from the SEC are getting $30 million a year more than you, you can only stomach it for so long. At some point to makes financial sense to leave the ACC and pay off the GOR or lose that money for a few years, assuming you can make it happen legally.
There's no way this thing goes to 2036 in its current state. And if it does the ACC will be completely hobbled by the 30+ teams in the B1G and SEC.
You'd have to think enough teams would want to opt out that they could dissolve the conference right? Is that even a thing?
So you take $0 for 14 years instead of $30+ million per year to bolt? I guess the thinking is that the ACC would have to negotiate on the exit fees/requirements and a school could get off much easier than $52 million plus all TV rights until 2036? I know Maryland only paid $31 million instead of $52 million after a bunch of negotiations.