Yeah it does but who knows if he even had any interest...
agreed. but just to get that Steeler type of passion back
I'm confused, they say Sullivan is back as QB coach....but they hired the guy from LA to be QB coach? Confusing. And, why would you bring back the QB coach to a team that had such horrid QB play from the #1 and #2 QBs? Why? I just don't get it. It seems Pgh is adding/making changes just for the sake of change but not with much logic involved.
The WR coach has a long coaching history all the way back to coaching AB in college. Also was impressive with his titulage of Sanders in Denver. The one O-line capable assistant has ties to the new OC.
I think the word has finally been out on Pgh and what a clown show it is. I don't think candidates with a real future will come there unless it's their last option. Maybe that's where Smith was at; I didn't hear of any other team consider hiring him, did you? I don't think someone as serious as Bienemy, someone as noted as not "playing games" would be likely to end up. Although Shades gets all the adulation from the media as the "great guy with the funny quips," I think people in the know view working with Shades as a dead end job, especially on offense, especially in the passing game. Can you imagine someone like Bieniemy having to include all of Shades' "pee-your-pants" fears into their offensive game plan, refusing to use the middle of the field out of terrorized fear of turnovers?
Great Great points.
I think anyone you kinda never heard of deserves a fair chance. My problem is none of these guys you never heard of develops to more than that.
Smith had other interviews aligned
I believe he was getting ready to fly to Tampa and the Steelers never let him leave.
Why not Hines?
Ward was a fantastic mentor while he was with the team. I'm not sure anyone in the NFL feels he has the coaching chops. Here's his coaching background:
I'm not doubting you but when I googled it nothing came up. I was wondering what other teams wanted to interview him for OC. Do you know?
I'm with Fiji on this one: I think Hines is too strong-willed, too anti-BS to sit quietly as a Steeler coach without questioning the team's lack of discipline that is a trademark of Tomlin at this point. It's funny, WR coach Jackson gets fired for lack of discipline with the WRs but we ALL know the entire TEAM lacks discipline and that's on the head coach; once again Shades found a scapegoat for his own personal errors. He always has a scapegoat, always. Just consider the whole team; the "too many men of the field," the "less than 12 men on the field." It screams of a lack of discipline, team-wide. Then you have ALL the players who have mentioned "lack of discipline" regarding the team and practices. Both Najee and Pickett have mentioned this as a problem. When both you starting QB and HB mention it, you have a problem. But Shades just skates by and ignores it. If the media did its job they'd ask him about it, but then they'd be banned from team favors.
