Maybe he ends up being great, but basically our hires have been no names or gambles... the most established was the qb coach who was a pretty bad oc...
This staff has to be the least impressive on paper in like over forty years... that doesn’t mean it wont be successful, but it doesn’t lend confidence....
It’s hard to read the hires. From the outside on paper they’re pretty disappointing. I do think they have some potentially good coaches if we get past the name recognition.
Matt Canada-Not a complete splash hire, but a guy if they hired as an OC a year earlier would’ve felt like a bigger change. In essence, he’s an outside hire. He has his own brand of offense and is a coach who NFL teams tapped for ideas. With the NFL implementing more college schemes, Canada isn’t a bad option. Sadly, he’s not going to have much to work with early on
Adrian Klemm-You have to hope this was a case of Sarrett holding him back. I’ve been in work situations where the assistants were better than their superior and the superior wouldn’t listen to the new ideas in favor of doing things that didn’t necessarily work. Klemm had excellent success early in his UCLA career before things fell off a cliff.
Alfredo Roberts-I have no clue here.
Mike Sullivan-I generally like a QB coach who either played the position or has a terrific offensive mind and is potentially an up and coming offensive coordinator. Sullivan is neither. He was a DB in his playing days and doesn’t have a tremendous track record as QB coach. He’s also bringing no innovative ideas to the room. This was a chance to get a rising star and I think Tomlin whiffed.
Grady Brown-Had some success as a DB coach at previous stops. Experience as a DC as well. A ton of jobs over the years but a coach some view who was on the rise. If I’m going to take a chance on a riser, I want it to be as a positional coach. A lot of retreads out there. With that in mind, the Steelers basically brought in three fresh faces to NFL jobs, though two were internal promotions.
