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05-26-2020, 07:35 AM
This website probably doesn’t have a whole lot of Randy Fichtner stans on it. But Mike Tomlin, clearly, is a phone. Sitting down with John Calipari on Coffee with Cal, a fantastic interview you should check out, Tomlin recalled the day he hired Fichtner.
“If you know Randy like I know Randy,” Tomlin said. “Being in this coaching profession, personalities like his, tireless workers, you can’t have enough Randy Fichtners. That was the easiest phone call I’ve ever made.”
Tomlin hired Fichtner to be the Steelers’ WR coach in 2007. Fichtner has climbed up the ladder since, promoted to QBs coach in 2010 before replacing Todd Haley as offensive coordinator in 2018.
The two have deep ties, coaching together – along with DC Keith Butler – at Memphis in 1996.
Hiring Fichtner was easy but getting him on the phone to accept his first NFL job proved a bit more difficult.
“Quite honestly, he didn’t answer. I had to leave a message. I said, ‘I got the job and so do you.'”
read more
https://steelersdepot.com/2020/05/hiring-randy-fichtner-the-easiest-phone-call-ive-ever-made-says-tomlin/
“If you know Randy like I know Randy,” Tomlin said. “Being in this coaching profession, personalities like his, tireless workers, you can’t have enough Randy Fichtners. That was the easiest phone call I’ve ever made.”
Tomlin hired Fichtner to be the Steelers’ WR coach in 2007. Fichtner has climbed up the ladder since, promoted to QBs coach in 2010 before replacing Todd Haley as offensive coordinator in 2018.
The two have deep ties, coaching together – along with DC Keith Butler – at Memphis in 1996.
Hiring Fichtner was easy but getting him on the phone to accept his first NFL job proved a bit more difficult.
“Quite honestly, he didn’t answer. I had to leave a message. I said, ‘I got the job and so do you.'”
read more
https://steelersdepot.com/2020/05/hiring-randy-fichtner-the-easiest-phone-call-ive-ever-made-says-tomlin/