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I'd like to see a mic'd up clip of Siefkes. Supposedly he's pretty intense during practice.
hindsight is 20/20
Yeah I'm 100% in wait-and-see mode on Siefkes. I know we've heard he's the silent assassin and all this narrative, but despite innovative scheme and upside/potential, it was a risky hire. Let's see what happens on the field first.
Siefkes was extremely soft-spoken. Didn't elaborate a significant amount on his answers. Hoping that's just him keeping it close to his chest.
I pulled that statement out specifically because I thought the comparison between well-rounded, complete, and able to play multiple positions was funny. He also called basically everyone either well-rounded or explosive, but still learning.
Jimbo was the canary in the coal mine in retrospect.
Flowers was mentioned as the most well-rounded, while Covil was the most complete player
can someone clarify the difference between "most well-rounded" and "most complete"
To me, it just sounds like coach-speak to keep the players happy or something. I don't necessarily like or dislike it but it amused me that he used, in my view, synonymous descriptions for the two - but in a way to make them seem unique.
if/when Whit leaves you won't see rumors, it will just happen. It's not like coaches who are floundering and everyone can see it coming. The university president would just make a decision and perhaps call an urgent BOV meeting. Not something that you see coming from miles away.
Cautiously optimistic. Let's Go!
"The sport is much more interesting when they're good..." 😌 ah so true
All in all I think predicting season to season in today's college football is an exercise in futility save the top 5 teams or so.
Fire up the hype train. My glasses are transitioning into maroon lens.
At the expense of sounding like a tired old Hokie, I think it has a lot to do with the development of Drones and the OC.
While we have seen incredible flashes from both, inconsistency has been a significant issue IMO, and I think that likely has a significant impact on the WR group.
I think this season will tell us a whole lot about the staff. I don't expect more than 6-7 wins (which would be a failure in year 3 for coach Pry, especially with how he fumbled this team last season), but I do expect us to not look like we have no idea what we are doing for large stretches throughout the game. Just look like a competent, physical football team - something we haven't seen in almost a decade.
Thanks for sharing. So basically:
The sequence of events to me (if Pry can't turn it around) would have to be Whit and VT mutually parting ways (fired), new AD search begins, new AD hired, Pry fired, new AD hires new coach. And we haven't seen anything to suggest Whit is leaving. AD searches take time too. At this point, if this season is a flop, we are basically being forced into a lame duck final contract year with Pry just given the timing.
Why do people like to give me heart attacks?
Did it mention that Brian Kelly killed a kid?
Yeah I mean if Pry doesn't work out I don't know how Whit keeps his job.
Hmm :thinksies:
Brain dump of miscellaneous thoughts:
Seems like WR has been our best recruited position group, and yet, in the entirety of what to look forward to with that room, not a single one of the recruits is mentioned, all transfers.
Transfers - especially for media members - are easier to scout than players on the team. A lot of those transfers have more film out there/have taken more snaps (albeit at a lower level) than last year's second/third string guys. So there's a bit of availability bias.
Also, these guys aren't beat writers. Richard is well sourced (both agents and coaches) and schematically knowledgable, and Alex is a great researcher, but they cover the entirety of college football, unlike Andy Bitter who spends 40hrs/week on just the Hokies. Alex/Richard aren't going to know the status of all 200+ former 4-star WRs across 130+ FBS teams.
Is this staff just unable to develop players?
- The high school receivers who have shown potential have mostly stuck around - Greene, Wiggins, Heath, Adams.
- I think Mines has helped developed the Gosnels and Jayden Lane. Maybe Felton was a bit of an underachiever given his size, but as we saw at the combine, he's not as fast as a lot of other guys.
- I don't know if we had/have the QB/OL/Scheme to maximize our receiver talent... So it might not be a Mines issue.
[Why] are we still leaning into WR transfer when the recruiting has been stellar (at least according to HS evals)?
- I think most coaches agree that you want a deep roster of wide receivers
- A quality depth wide receiver is probably the easiest thing to get in the portal.
- Portal guys are closer to known quantities than high school recruits
- I think VT is choosing to give NIL dollars to transfer portal receivers over HS receivers
So, TLDR, I'm not worried about Mines, AND I think your questions are reasonable. I think
we call them whales
He is absolutely tiny. Never would've held up at linebacker and he is pretty small even for safety
Apparently Stiney when he was at JMU was mean to young Whit who was a ball boy or something and he has some sort of petty grudge against Stiney. Seriously the dumbest most small potatoes crap you can imagine.
Wait. what is this Whit/Stiney beef? Did they go to HS together?
Whit would have to be gone. Don't think there's a lot of good feelings behind closed doors between the Beamers and Babcock for how 2015 went down.
As promised: