Tomlin sounds open to the idea of adding a qb coach (I wish he were open to adding an offensive coordinator)
Three afternoon names from my afternoon rotoblurbs stood out to me:
1,) Jon Kitna- let go by Mike McCarthy. Did some nice work with Dak.
2.) Joe Difilippo- Let go by Doug Marrone. Did some nice work with Gardner Minshew.
3.) Tony Romo- Reportedly offered 10 million+ from ESPN to leave CBS. How much do QB coaches get paid again???
Any other potential candidates waving your flag?
QB coach candidates
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Not as smart as a lot of yinz about who does what. But I would bet that Cholly Batch would be a terrific quarterback coach. In fact, he probably did the job without having the job, when he was Ben’s backup. He’s also from here. So there’s that.
Batch has stated that he isn't interested in coaching.
Difilippo is an example of somebody I want the Steelers to pursue, maybe not him per se, but that type of veteran coach. Here is a guy who has been a QB coach but also has 3 years as an OC on his resume too. He was part of that collective braintrust on offense in Philly that made that Super Bowl possible for them, Pederson, Reich and Difilippo led the way. I think collectively they were better than anything each will do individually now that they are all split up.
That is what I want for my Steelers, I want us to have that OC with a strong right hand QB coach and maybe another assistant QB coach/passing game analyst, etc. Some teams will have those type of support staffs on offense, look at KC.
The idea that Fitchner was going to be able to just do it alone with Matt Symmes as the unofficial QB coach, two years removed as a graduate assistant coaching at South Carolina, Eddie Faulkner, a rookie RB coach, one year removed from coaching at NC State and oh, yeah, a semi-retired Ray Sherman as the WR coach?? That had to be one of the worst assembled support staffs an OC could be dealt. A bad hand for sure.
Steelers need to do better.
Difilippo is an example of somebody I want the Steelers to pursue, maybe not him per se, but that type of veteran coach. Here is a guy who has been a QB coach but also has 3 years as an OC on his resume too. He was part of that collective braintrust on offense in Philly that made that Super Bowl possible for them, Pederson, Reich and Difilippo led the way. I think collectively they were better than anything each will do individually now that they are all split up.
That is what I want for my Steelers, I want us to have that OC with a strong right hand QB coach and maybe another assistant QB coach/passing game analyst, etc. Some teams will have those type of support staffs on offense, look at KC.
The idea that Fitchner was going to be able to just do it alone with Matt Symmes as the unofficial QB coach, two years removed as a graduate assistant coaching at South Carolina, Eddie Faulkner, a rookie RB coach, one year removed from coaching at NC State and oh, yeah, a semi-retired Ray Sherman as the WR coach?? That had to be one of the worst assembled support staffs an OC could be dealt. A bad hand for sure.
Steelers need to do better.
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If you are going to bitch about Randy, that is really the only thing that resonates. He should have put his foot down and said I can’t do it all. If you want a championship, give me more staff.
MT should have gone to bat!
Don’t know if AR is just a shrewd unintelligent negotiator or not; the $21,000,000 question!
MT should have gone to bat!
Don’t know if AR is just a shrewd unintelligent negotiator or not; the $21,000,000 question!