1) When it comes time for Beamer to retire, how do you think Beamer and the school will handle it? Over the last 5 years, we have seen how different schools have handled coaches hanging it up. WVU, FSU, MD, PSU, etc were all failures in one way or another. What do you suggest a school with a coach like Beamer should do when it comes to that point? If a coach says he is going to retire, then he hurts the next coach's chances of recruiting in that year. If a coach keeps when he will retire a secret, he ultimately has to lie to the current recruits. If a coach is named in waiting, it seems to be recipe for disaster.
Chris Coleman: That's an outstanding question. I agree completely that several schools have completely botched this process recently, and for different reasons. Obviously the situation at Penn State was unique. WVU and Florida State had a head coach in waiting ... from outside the program. Things didn't end well for Bill Stewart (RIP) or Bobby Bowden, obviously. There were divisions of authority, and you can't have that in football.