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Welcome Home, Sam Siefkes
Hokie Nation, please welcome Sam Siefkes as Virginia Tech football's new defensive coordinator! Siefkes, a highly regarded defensive mind with coaching experience at numerous levels of football, brings an impressive resume including successful stints in the NFL, FBS, FCS, and Division III.
And if everyone gets canned our roster is in much better shape than when Pry took over. Even if he never gets the wins, he has put us in a much better place to succeed.
I think it's even worse honestly. There are some historically bad football programs that have the benefit of huge donors who have turned their fortunes around quickly. We haven't been successful for well over a decade and don't have money. It's truly bad. I think this program is cooked.
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# | Report: VT Targets Arizona Cardinals LB Coach Sam Siefkes as DC Well...thank God, Bud will be on staff as a consultant for some OTJ.
It's gotta be an absolute shit show over there.
I think what's so agonizing is that we probably fell from being a top 20 program to being a top 40 program, and because of how the sport has stratified it certainly feels like we're on the outside looking in, for the foreseeable future.
Just because he isn't a top level "known" DC doesn't mean he might not be a top level DC. I am willing to give him the benefit of time. He gets a year at least.
I honestly care more about performance than resume. Next year will be telling. But I will excited for him and us right now.
Counter point, they jumped 1/3, almost 1/2 of the league in improvement
First, I doubt anyone here really has enough first-hand knowledge about him to really judge his acumen as a potential D.C. hire (unless there are some closet Wofford Football fanatics among us).
Two things that do worry me:
1. There is no apparent connection to VT or this Staff that I can find....it almost seems like Pry literally got a Rolodex of NFL Defensive Position coaches and cold-called until someone expressed some interest.
2. Very questionable what his effectiveness will be in Recruiting, certainly not something you have to do in the NFL and 3 years at Wofford isn't in the same realm as what will be expected to be successful Recruiting here
Really a big mystery how this will turn out, he could be a surprise homerun or this could be the last gasp for a sinking ship.
Exactly, we need someone to fix the coaching. If he comes in and the staff is still intact in 2 seasons we will likely have finally found success and can go get a flashy hire then if that what Pry thinks we need
True I just don't expect us to be in a take a chance on someone situation with how the program was elevated those years ago. Guess it just explains the situation that the program was placed in.
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# | Report: VT Targets Arizona Cardinals LB Coach Sam Siefkes as DC Remember, Foster was basically an unknown until he did it here.
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That would be cool Smith was one of the few bright spots on that staff.
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# | Report: VT Targets Arizona Cardinals LB Coach Sam Siefkes as DC But PFF grades don't tell the full story. Arizona's run defense improved drastically in 2024 despite the lack of a top defensive front. The Cardinals improved from last in the NFL in rushing yards allowed to 20th, with a nearly 20-yard-per-game improvement.
So.......still on the far side of the bottom half of the League. Okay...? Cool. Cool cool cool cool cool.
Def disappointing when you're used to Foster level standards and as a program "historically" known for defense and special teams. Would expect to hire someone of similar defensive renown or someone would be attracted to the potential for similar success. But it is what it is at this point.
Hey, Welcome to our new Hokie Sam Siefkes.
For apparently all of The Key Play and Hokie Nation, welcome to your new HOME.
We hope you have a long a fruitful career coaching our gridiron mates to our First National Championship in Football.
Welcome and Congratulations.
Lets Go!
Might want to go to 247Sports for that.
Which would be great. That's THE ideal scenario. Look at the DC that just won the national championship.
That's how you give 125%
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# | Report: VT Targets Arizona Cardinals LB Coach Sam Siefkes as DC Do the five new safeties fit a scheme of three high safeties?
This guy has less of a resume than our last two DCs. He has been a position coach in the NFL for 2 seasons, Assistant position coach 1 season, QC one season, and then DC at FCS for 3 seasons, heck Quinn has a better resume.
Are they paying him less than Marve? I mean NFL positions coaches make less than most P4 position coaches so .... big raise.
What's crazy is that if we're getting him on a cheap deal and he comes and does well, someone will probably just hire him away after a year or two if Pry is still around.
Lots of thoughts here, and very muddled. Really good and creative young coach, and part of the staff that has innovated the use of three high safeties to make up for a lack of front seven talent in the NFL/good defenses at Wofford etc, but potentially a complete system change. Does Pry have time to retool and recruit to a new scheme?
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