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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 256919" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>Here's a blast from the past: Giff Smith</p><p></p><p>Out of curiosity, I looked up where he is now. Still just a DL coach, but now with the San Diego Chargers:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.chargers.com/team/coaches/roster/giff-smith" target="_blank">http://www.chargers.com/team/coaches/roster/giff-smith</a></p><p></p><p><em>Before making the leap to the NFL, Smith spent 19 years in the college arena. Six of these seasons (2004-09) were spent as the defensive line coach at Georgia Tech. <strong>In 2007, the Yellow Jackets led the nation in sacks (47) and ranked second in tackles for loss.</strong> One of Smith’s top players at Georgia Tech was Joe Anoa’i, a first-team All-ACC pick in 2006. Anoa’i, who is now known as Roman Reigns, won World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) heavyweight championship in April 2016. Three additional linemen who played for Smith at Georgia Tech were still playing in the NFL in 2015. They included Cincinnati’s Michael Johnson, Denver’s Vance Walker and Tennessee’s Derrick Morgan.</em></p><p></p><p>Obviously those highlighted numbers had to do with Tenuta's attacking style and the LBs we had at the time as much as the DL we had...but holy crap, those are some dream numbers for a defense. </p><p></p><p>This post is apropos of nothing really, just that GT can play better defense than we have been and we need to start getting some speed on our defense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 256919, member: 360"] Here's a blast from the past: Giff Smith Out of curiosity, I looked up where he is now. Still just a DL coach, but now with the San Diego Chargers: [URL]http://www.chargers.com/team/coaches/roster/giff-smith[/URL] [I]Before making the leap to the NFL, Smith spent 19 years in the college arena. Six of these seasons (2004-09) were spent as the defensive line coach at Georgia Tech. [B]In 2007, the Yellow Jackets led the nation in sacks (47) and ranked second in tackles for loss.[/B] One of Smith’s top players at Georgia Tech was Joe Anoa’i, a first-team All-ACC pick in 2006. Anoa’i, who is now known as Roman Reigns, won World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) heavyweight championship in April 2016. Three additional linemen who played for Smith at Georgia Tech were still playing in the NFL in 2015. They included Cincinnati’s Michael Johnson, Denver’s Vance Walker and Tennessee’s Derrick Morgan.[/I] [I][/I] Obviously those highlighted numbers had to do with Tenuta's attacking style and the LBs we had at the time as much as the DL we had...but holy crap, those are some dream numbers for a defense. This post is apropos of nothing really, just that GT can play better defense than we have been and we need to start getting some speed on our defense. [/QUOTE]
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