Steelers to hire Redskins Danny Smith as special teams coach - Page 2

wwhickok · 01-31-2013, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by JVip

Good hire in my opinion, last year was an off year for the skins special teams

I hope thats true.

desertsteel · 01-31-2013, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by wwhickok

Smith is a Pittsburgh native which is likely why he was hired.

You really think that people get hired in the NFL because of where they were born and raised???

sloppyjoe · 01-31-2013, 02:51 PM

okay, for those of you that think this was a good hire, bad hire, hired based on where he was born, who thinks it doesnt matter where he was born, who thinks the skins had 1 off year etc. etc. etc. heres what i could find

2012 -16
2011 -22
2010 -26
2009 -27
2008 -18
2007 -16
2006 -11
2005 -5
2004 -26
this was with the redskins (18th rank average)
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2003 -24
2002- 20
2001 -28
this was with the bills (24th rank average)

harrison'samonster · 01-31-2013, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by sloppyjoe

okay, for those of you that think this was a good hire, bad hire, hired based on where he was born, who thinks it doesnt matter where he was born, who thinks the skins had 1 off year etc. etc. etc. heres what i could find

2012 -16
2011 -22
2010 -26
2009 -27
2008 -18
2007 -16
2006 -11
2005 -5
2004 -26
this was with the redskins (18th rank average)
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2003 -24
2002- 20
2001 -28
this was with the bills (24th rank average)

those numbers aren't building my confidence that he's a great pick.

SteelersCanada · 01-31-2013, 03:22 PM

I hope now that he has guys like Brown and Sanders to work with, with the possibility of DVD, he knows how to effectively use these guys and get our offense going in terms of better field position. Asking Roethlisberger or really, any Quarterback to go 80+ yards every drive and score is unrealistic and unfair. Let's hope Brown or DeMarcus are returning kickoffs / punts and can use their speed and elusiveness effectively to flip field position.

wwhickok · 01-31-2013, 05:25 PM

Those rankings tell me he is just as bad as Jones.

Blackout · 01-31-2013, 05:45 PM

I'll give him a year to see how he pans out.

fer522 · 01-31-2013, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Blackout

I'll give him a year to see how he pans out.

Have no choice but to give him a year I guess

chip80 · 01-31-2013, 09:50 PM

Not a new fan, been one since I was a young kid. Started with the Steelers in '66, before they had any prospects of being good.

That said, I live in the DC area and follow the Redskins closely too. They are my number 2 team.

Smith is a bad hire. He's not a good coach but somehow the players and other coaches seem to always love the guy. He's a bubble gum chewing mediocre coach who will have an above average year just in time to save his job.

They couldn't get off a field goal down here with any confidence until this year. Punt returns were just as bad. He can't seem to get the returners to run UP the field. They go to the sidelines and fall down.

Overall, a bad hire.

wwhickok · 02-01-2013, 04:30 AM

Yes, I really do believe Smith being a Pittsburgh native had something to do with him being hired because I really think that if it didnt, they would have hired a better coach. I actually dobthink our ST could get worse with this guy.

BUT until RG3 arrived the skins sucked, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he had mediocre talent to work with.

01-31-2013, 02:51 PM	#13
sloppyjoe Bench Warmer Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 285 Member Number: 24256 Thanks: 2 Thanked 38 Times in 31 Posts	Re: Steelers to hire Redskins Danny Smith as special teams coach okay, for those of you that think this was a good hire, bad hire, hired based on where he was born, who thinks it doesnt matter where he was born, who thinks the skins had 1 off year etc. etc. etc. heres what i could find 2012 -16 2011 -22 2010 -26 2009 -27 2008 -18 2007 -16 2006 -11 2005 -5 2004 -26 this was with the redskins (18th rank average) ------------------------------------------ 2003 -24 2002- 20 2001 -28 this was with the bills (24th rank average)

01-31-2013, 03:22 PM	#15
SteelersCanada Team President Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 2,307 Member Number: 24400 Thanks: 113 Thanked 632 Times in 413 Posts	Re: Steelers to hire Redskins Danny Smith as special teams coach I hope now that he has guys like Brown and Sanders to work with, with the possibility of DVD, he knows how to effectively use these guys and get our offense going in terms of better field position. Asking Roethlisberger or really, any Quarterback to go 80+ yards every drive and score is unrealistic and unfair. Let's hope Brown or DeMarcus are returning kickoffs / punts and can use their speed and elusiveness effectively to flip field position.

01-31-2013, 05:25 PM	#16
wwhickok Starter Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Williamsport, PA Posts: 418 Gender: Male Member Number: 24713 Thanks: 9 Thanked 27 Times in 22 Posts	Re: Steelers to hire Redskins Danny Smith as special teams coach Those rankings tell me he is just as bad as Jones. __________________ The Stong Conquer the Weak, The Mighty Make the Rules -- self-written.

01-31-2013, 05:45 PM	#17
Blackout Bench Warmer Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Castlewood, CO Posts: 349 Gender: Male Member Number: 20509 Thanks: 36 Thanked 14 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Steelers to hire Redskins Danny Smith as special teams coach I'll give him a year to see how he pans out. __________________ "Football is a hard game. These spread coaches forget that. Until good defenses remind them." Gene Stallings

01-31-2013, 09:50 PM	#19
chip80 Water Boy Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 2 Member Number: 23963 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Steelers to hire Redskins Danny Smith as special teams coach Not a new fan, been one since I was a young kid. Started with the Steelers in '66, before they had any prospects of being good. That said, I live in the DC area and follow the Redskins closely too. They are my number 2 team. Smith is a bad hire. He's not a good coach but somehow the players and other coaches seem to always love the guy. He's a bubble gum chewing mediocre coach who will have an above average year just in time to save his job. They couldn't get off a field goal down here with any confidence until this year. Punt returns were just as bad. He can't seem to get the returners to run UP the field. They go to the sidelines and fall down. Overall, a bad hire.

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02-01-2013, 04:30 AM	#20
wwhickok Starter Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Williamsport, PA Posts: 418 Gender: Male Member Number: 24713 Thanks: 9 Thanked 27 Times in 22 Posts	Re: Steelers to hire Redskins Danny Smith as special teams coach Yes, I really do believe Smith being a Pittsburgh native had something to do with him being hired because I really think that if it didnt, they would have hired a better coach. I actually dobthink our ST could get worse with this guy. BUT until RG3 arrived the skins sucked, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he had mediocre talent to work with. __________________ The Stong Conquer the Weak, The Mighty Make the Rules -- self-written.

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