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10-01-2015, 05:06 AM
It's a philosophical riddle. What happens for a linebacker when a former linebacker takes over a defense?
"Stress the 'former' part, OK?" Lawrence Timmons (http://www.nfl.com/player/lawrencetimmons/2495762/profile) said, interrupting the query. And then grinning. Because even if he was teasing new Steelers (http://www.nfl.com/teams/pittsburghsteelers/profile?team=PIT) defensive coordinator -- and one-time Seahawks (http://www.nfl.com/teams/seattleseahawks/profile?team=SEA) linebacker -- Keith Butler, the answer is the same: It's the equivalent of winning the lottery.
The Steelers (http://www.nfl.com/teams/pittsburghsteelers/profile?team=PIT) did the seemingly unthinkable when they somewhat unartfully ushered defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau out the door. An icon in Pittsburgh, one whose most common modifier was and is "legendary," he was replaced by Butler, Pittsburgh's longtime linebackers coach.
Butler logged a dozen years coaching that group here. He spent four years coaching linebackers in Cleveland and, before that, 10 years playing the position in Seattle. After 11 years working under LeBeau, he hasn't wholly remade the Steelers (http://www.nfl.com/teams/pittsburghsteelers/profile?team=PIT)' defense so much as tweaked it. He wants his guys playing faster, he wants them thinking less and he -- no surprise -- wants his linebackers to star. He's designed a defense, linebacker Arthur Moats (http://www.nfl.com/player/arthurmoats/496825/profile) said, "that a linebacker would want to play in.".............
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"Stress the 'former' part, OK?" Lawrence Timmons (http://www.nfl.com/player/lawrencetimmons/2495762/profile) said, interrupting the query. And then grinning. Because even if he was teasing new Steelers (http://www.nfl.com/teams/pittsburghsteelers/profile?team=PIT) defensive coordinator -- and one-time Seahawks (http://www.nfl.com/teams/seattleseahawks/profile?team=SEA) linebacker -- Keith Butler, the answer is the same: It's the equivalent of winning the lottery.
The Steelers (http://www.nfl.com/teams/pittsburghsteelers/profile?team=PIT) did the seemingly unthinkable when they somewhat unartfully ushered defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau out the door. An icon in Pittsburgh, one whose most common modifier was and is "legendary," he was replaced by Butler, Pittsburgh's longtime linebackers coach.
Butler logged a dozen years coaching that group here. He spent four years coaching linebackers in Cleveland and, before that, 10 years playing the position in Seattle. After 11 years working under LeBeau, he hasn't wholly remade the Steelers (http://www.nfl.com/teams/pittsburghsteelers/profile?team=PIT)' defense so much as tweaked it. He wants his guys playing faster, he wants them thinking less and he -- no surprise -- wants his linebackers to star. He's designed a defense, linebacker Arthur Moats (http://www.nfl.com/player/arthurmoats/496825/profile) said, "that a linebacker would want to play in.".............
read more @ http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000542667/article/keith-butler-wants-linebackers-to-shine-in-pittsburgh-steelers-d