Troy Polamalu chooses former Steelers coordinator Dick LeBeau to present him at Hall of Fame

[BlackAndGold]

Troy Polamalu will be presented to the Pro Football Hall of Fame by the man who coached him for virtually his entire Pittsburgh Steelers career.

Dick LeBeau, the long-time Steelers defensive coordinator, will present Polamalu when he is inducted into the Hall of Fame on Aug. 7 at Tom Benson Stadium in Canton, Ohio.


Polamalu hinted at his choice of LeBeau in a social media post Tuesday, and the Hall of Fame confirmed the announcement Wednesday on Twitter.


“Can you please tell them that all I did was follow you,” Polamalu wrote in a Twitter post that included a picture of him and LeBeau.

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[Lloydwoodsonjr]

Wow! Huge praise for Lebeau! Really shows how special of a coach he was. Great man.

[teegre]

Somewhere... StillMill is kicking his dog.

[Fire Goodell]

Somewhere... StillMill is kicking his dog.

Troy humps the dog again, dong presentation!

[Lloydwoodsonjr]

There needs to be a statue of Debo and Troy lifting Lebeau on their shoulders right outside of Three Rivers Stadium... I mean Heinz Field. Bow dahn.

[st33lersguy]

Well deserved

[Shoes]

Couldn't be a better pick for Troy's presentation. Happy for them!

[stillers4me]

Not to toot my own horn, but I knew all along that he would pick Coach Dad to introduce him!

[Steeler-in-west]

This made me wonder who Jack Lambert had introduce him at the HOF,

I found out it was Dennis Fitzgerald, his DC at Kent State.

All Makes sense

[Hawkman]

Not to toot my own horn, but I knew all along that he would pick Coach Dad to introduce him!

Go ahead and toot......if it’s true.

[stillers4me]

Go ahead and toot......if it’s true.

Toot toot!

[Hawkman]

Toot toot!

Must be so!

[HollywoodSteel]

Can’t think of a more appropriate choice. Troy was always gonna be a star but DL really gave him the freedom and confidence to truly live up to his potential. I’ve never seen a strong safety be used in quite the same way as DL used Troy P.

[tube517]

Not surprised. LeBeau is like a father to Troy. I remember Troy uncharacteristically playing around after a pick and tossing the ball carelessly to another Steeler that almost turned it back over. Troy came to the sidelines and LeBeau was incensed. I had never seen Coach LeBeau ever that angry. Troy was in tears and later they were hugging.

[teegre]

Not surprised. LeBeau is like a father to Troy. I remember Troy uncharacteristically playing around after a pick and tossing the ball carelessly to another Steeler that almost turned it back over. Troy came to the sidelines and LeBeau was incensed. I had never seen Coach LeBeau ever that angry. Troy was in tears and later they were hugging.

I remember that exact play. (I wrote about it at TPOP.) It was at the end of a game, and all Troy had to do was “go down” to win the game; his running around gave the other team the slightest opportunity for a fumble. For those who wonder why that matters, Google “Marlon McCree”.

On that same exact day, a Seahawk DB intercepted the ball at the end of a game, and he too ran around needlessly. But, instead of making it into a learning lesson (as Dick LeBeau did with Troy), Pete Carroll chest-bumped the DB and ran around the field cheering.

[86WARD]

Polamalu tested positive for COVID.

Former Steelers safety Troy Polamalu announced on Twitter on Friday evening that he recently tested positive for COVID-19. The news comes just eight days before he will be enshrined in the Hall of Fame.

Polamalu said that he feels well and is working with the Hall of Fame with the hopes of still traveling to Canton next week.

“Thank God I feel great,” he said in a press release. “... I’m working with the HOF to ensure we abide by all protocols to make it to Canton in time for all the festivities.”

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...s/202107300166

[HollywoodSteel]

Polamalu tested positive for COVID.

Former Steelers safety Troy Polamalu announced on Twitter on Friday evening that he recently tested positive for COVID-19. The news comes just eight days before he will be enshrined in the Hall of Fame.

Polamalu said that he feels well and is working with the Hall of Fame with the hopes of still traveling to Canton next week.

“Thank God I feel great,” he said in a press release. “... I’m working with the HOF to ensure we abide by all protocols to make it to Canton in time for all the festivities.”

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...s/202107300166

It will be a sad day in Steelers Universe history if this news leads to the shutting down of Troy P HOF thread.