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Steelers bring in former OC Sherman to work with receivers

Let Hines get a year under his belt in NY and kick his tires for next season as WR coach. I don't think he is ready and I highly doubt the Steelers would pluck Hines from the Jets, at this point. Coach Sherman is a good choice for that father figure, like Drake, the young guys need right now and throughout the season. He's experienced, respected and well-known.
 
thesteelcity said:
Let Hines get a year under his belt in NY and kick his tires for next season as WR coach. I don't think he is ready and I highly doubt the Steelers would pluck Hines from the Jets, at this point. Coach Sherman is a good choice for that father figure, like Drake, the young guys need right now and throughout the season. He's experienced, respected and well-known.
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ALSO know that Drake wasn't just a father figure. He OBVIOUSLY knew and taught the WR position VERY well, look at our run of great WRs throughout his tenure. Sherman can be the father figure all seem to want but can he COACH the WR position is the real key here. I suspect he can do an adequate job but don't think he is long term coach. The "Tomlin" era of picking great WRs isn't just picking them but also following up with coaching them and DRAKE was very very good at doing that, thus preserving the WR draft legacy.




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Drink IRON City said:
ALSO know that Drake wasn't just a father figure. He OBVIOUSLY knew and taught the WR position VERY well, look at our run of great WRs throughout his tenure. Sherman can be the father figure all seem to want but can he COACH the WR position is the real key here. I suspect he can do an adequate job but don't think he is long term coach. The "Tomlin" era of picking great WRs isn't just picking them but also following up with coaching them and DRAKE was very very good at doing that, thus preserving the WR draft legacy.




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From everything I heard Coach Drake was a great coach, but he was only here one season.
 
I don't view it as politically correct or incorrect to worry about who will be the receivers coach of the team. I just view it as respectful. But maybe that is just the way I was raised. From a football perspective if a coordinator was lost like this it would be a much bigger problem for the team. You have been working with their playbook or defensive scheme since Early spring. Asking someone else to call their playbook or scheme is pretty tough. A position coach has his drills and he folds in the language of the coordinator to the players making sure they understand. He meets with the coordinator constantly to ensure everyone is on the same page. I have FULL confidence that a man with Sherman's resume could handle this in his sleep.
 
I kind of find it funny with all this drooling over Hines. Don't get me wrong, he may be a great choice, but it's kind of like the speculation that goes on before the draft each year around here. It rarely turns out that way.
 
Black & Gold Bleeder said:
Drake has been with the Steelers. Lil over a year. Mann was the receivers coach before that. He retired.
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My bad, memory slip.............. Yoiiikkkeeessseess !!!!



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stillerfaninfl said:
I thought about Swann, Lipps, Thigpen, Randle El, even Stonio. Don't know if any of them have done any coaching on an level or if any are even available.

Looked up Stallworth too - found this on Wiki: 'Stallworth was announced as becoming part-owner of his former team on March 23, 2009, as part of the Rooney family restructuring ownership of the team.' He's already part of the organization? Is this true??

I have faith the organization will get this done.
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A little birdie told me that our resident coach, "Coach", will be throwing his hat in the ring as a candidate...




























































#tuuuuurrible
 
SteelChip said:
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softer and gentler...
 
ZonaBurgh said:
I kind of find it funny with all this drooling over Hines. Don't get me wrong, he may be a great choice, but it's kind of like the speculation that goes on before the draft each year around here. It rarely turns out that way.
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true, but Ward was in camp during JuJu's rookie season and Ward was basically glued to JuJu, JuJu was who he went to after drills.
 
Drink IRON City said:
ALSO know that Drake wasn't just a father figure. He OBVIOUSLY knew and taught the WR position VERY well, look at our run of great WRs throughout his tenure. Sherman can be the father figure all seem to want but can he COACH the WR position is the real key here. I suspect he can do an adequate job but don't think he is long term coach. The "Tomlin" era of picking great WRs isn't just picking them but also following up with coaching them and DRAKE was very very good at doing that, thus preserving the WR draft legacy.




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I don't think he is a long term solution, but they needed someone expereinced and in here quickly to get accustomed with the guys. I think he CAN do the job until it's proven otherwise. He's been in the NFL a long time. We are talking about a receivers coach, not OC, so I think we'll be alright.
 
Black & Gold Bleeder said:
You can't teach speed, but you could teach all those other things Hines Ward did.
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Observation of sports over many years tells me that players who had to work at their craft make better coaches than guys blessed with a lot of natural ability who don't really know how they do what they do.
 
Coryea said:
true, but Ward was in camp during JuJu's rookie season and Ward was basically glued to JuJu, JuJu was who he went to after drills.
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Ron Burgundy said:
Observation of sports over many years tells me that players who had to work at their craft make better coaches than guys blessed with a lot of natural ability who don't really know how they do what they do.
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This logic, and I'm not saying you're wrong, means that dude from last year is going to be an awesome coach some day...
 
SteelChip said:
I love it when you talk dirty but if you're tryin' to get me on the coach....furget it.
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I am tellin ya. We don't know for sure coach even swings that way. Although most of his posts are way out there.


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bermudasteel said:
This logic, and I'm not saying you're wrong, means that dude from last year is going to be an awesome coach some day...
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Jim Leyland was a better manager than Ted Williams or Yogi Berra.
Chuck Noll and Bill Cowher were better head coaches than Bart Starr, Mike Singletary, and Jack Del Rio.
Every NHL head coach in history was better than Wayne Gretzky.
 
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