Frank Beamer is participating in the ESPN carwash—a merry go round of appearances on all of ESPN's media platforms—all day Tuesday. One of the stops included an interview with Brett McMurphy, who shared this loaded tweet.

Frank Beamer said whenever he retires he hopes Virginia Tech's next coach "would come from our staff"— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) July 28, 2015

Beamer was pretty well aware of the circumstances around the end of his tenure as Virginia Tech's head coach at ACC Kickoff, but this is the first time I recall him ever publicly discussing a succession plan. Even one as vague as this.

If I ran a sportsbook, Bud Foster would be the favorite to take over for Frank, if Virginia Tech hired in-house. He publicly stated he wants the job, and he agreed to a 5-year contract extension in December. I do think Bud will be among the pool of candidates considered by Whit Babcock, but I believe Babcock will conduct a nationwide search. At the end of the day Whit will receive input from plenty of Virginia Tech stakeholders, but at the end of the day it's Whit's hire.

Frank Beamer notes it's for the VT administration to decide. But he hopes it's a staf promotion.— Joe Schad (@schadjoe) July 28, 2015

And let's not get ahead of ourselves.