Congrats to Virginia Tech for handling this in an "old school" manner. This story has it all. A well respected coach, beloved by his school's fans, retires with his dignity intact. After 29 years he goes out on his own terms. If he was pushed out, it was done behind closed doors, with no boosters determined to belittle him on the way to the door.
We've got the longtime assistant coach who evidently loves the school where he has been working, and understands the meaning and value of loyalty. He's bound to be a little miffed to be passed up to replace Beamer, but that doesn't cancel out the good will he's built for the school after working there for a while. Beamer handled things with class, so has Foster.
And then we've got the up and coming Fuente. He fulfilled his commitment to Memphis by staying longer that one or two years. He hasn't compromised his word jumping at a bigger paycheck shortly after taking the job at Memphis. He stayed a respectable period of time which I imagine let his former employers at Memphis wish him well, rather than turning him into an villain because he left them high and dry.
So we've got a long term head coach who retires with class. His top assistant demonstrates loyalty and satisfaction with the school where he has been working for a good while. And the new guy doesn't pull a one and done screwing of the school that first hired him. How absolutely refreshing, I hope they have a ton of success.