I'm out of my freakin' gourd excited! I think we finally have the guy we wanted and needed, even though I was against his hire, at first. Even during the Spurrier years, I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop, and it finally did. We never seemed to get over the next hump of winning the SEC, and being truly relevant on the national scene. I think we will now. With the attention to detail mentality Beamer has, nothing seems to be overlooked. He's made mistakes on playcalls, but that will happen because he is still learning. What truly excites me is how seriously recruiting is being taken, and the love and care he puts into his players, and the excitement he has (without looking like a backwood goober), and how he takes aspects seriously that Spurrier didn't, like media, and social media, and other things we don't know. He looks at every aspect as important, not just certain issues. I have a friend of mine who has a son who is a senior in high school. He plays football, and it is his dream to play college ball. He doesn't really care where, he just wants to play. He is not a 5 star talent, but the kid has heart, and plays hard, even though he isn't huge. He has gotten the opportunity to go to several camps, and he has absolutely loved Carolina over every where he has gone, including his dream school, which is VT. He went to Clemson, as well, and their comments were that the camp at Carolina was way better than Clemson, mainly because of the attitude of the coaches and staff. The Clemson staff barely spoke to them, because he wasn't a blue chip recruit, but the Carolina staff bent over backwards to show them around, offer to take them to different areas, and were very kind to them. His biggest praise was for Coach Beamer. He said that Beamer was out on the field for the camp, and watched him play, then called him by name. He remembered it from an earlier camp, and told him when he was done to get his parents and come talk to him. That blew them away, and he did speak to them for a few minutes, and they are thrilled with Carolina. My point is, if he treats everyone the way he treated my buddy's kid, it's no wonder he is doing so well on the recruiting trail. People are loving him, and he comes across as genuine, and not someone going through the motions. If he continues this, along with all of the other details he's taking care of, we are going to be a very happy fanbase. That's why I'm so pumped!
