Bouchette: Carnell Lake ‘Truly Did Leave On His Own’
There are many believe that Lake’s resignation is similar to the ‘retirement’ of Bruce Arians, who, after failing to have his contract renewed when it expired, quickly signed on with the Indianapolis Colts after the team’s official stance was that he was retiring. Arians went on to continue embarrassing them by becoming a head coach after that and even winning head coach of the year.
That was a legitimate conspiracy, but the departure of Lake does not appear to be one. According to a recent chat session from Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the seven-year defensive backs coach “truly did leave on his own” and was not forced out of his post.
This response was in answer to a question about his thoughts on the defensive changes and if he expected there to be more (which the reader was hoping for). Bouchette conceded that he was wrong prior in believing no defensive changes would take place, but his continued response would seem to indicate that he since independently verified the nature of Lake’s departure.
For what it is worth, I also read from another source that is behind a paywall the very same thing: that is, that Lake was departing on his own terms to be with his family, and in fact it was a consideration for him for multiple years now.
Tomlin did not waste a great deal of time replacing him, though, adding former Penn State coach Tom Bradley to the staff. Bradley served a number of roles in his long tenure there, much of which included coaching the defensive backs. He also played the position, as did Lake, having done so with the Steelers, while Bradley played for the Nittany Lions.
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There are many believe that Lake’s resignation is similar to the ‘retirement’ of Bruce Arians, who, after failing to have his contract renewed when it expired, quickly signed on with the Indianapolis Colts after the team’s official stance was that he was retiring. Arians went on to continue embarrassing them by becoming a head coach after that and even winning head coach of the year.
That was a legitimate conspiracy, but the departure of Lake does not appear to be one. According to a recent chat session from Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the seven-year defensive backs coach “truly did leave on his own” and was not forced out of his post.
This response was in answer to a question about his thoughts on the defensive changes and if he expected there to be more (which the reader was hoping for). Bouchette conceded that he was wrong prior in believing no defensive changes would take place, but his continued response would seem to indicate that he since independently verified the nature of Lake’s departure.
For what it is worth, I also read from another source that is behind a paywall the very same thing: that is, that Lake was departing on his own terms to be with his family, and in fact it was a consideration for him for multiple years now.
Tomlin did not waste a great deal of time replacing him, though, adding former Penn State coach Tom Bradley to the staff. Bradley served a number of roles in his long tenure there, much of which included coaching the defensive backs. He also played the position, as did Lake, having done so with the Steelers, while Bradley played for the Nittany Lions.
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