What would this screwed up coach teach them that leads them to regress? How to not run properly? How to not hang onto a football properly? How to not read the O lineman's back in front of them when blocking? Those are all skills that RB's would have learned in Highschool or College, if they didn't play Pop Warner football.
Al Bundy from Polk High could coach for the Steelers and the RB's are still gonna be who they are as RB's.
I agree to your point. Stats often are misleading to the big picture. The big picture would include all of the rushing stats. And that is why I believe Coach Saxon wasn’t retained.
But going back to what started this branch of the conversation is I will wait until all the moves are made before judging the validity of them individually. This firing may end up a bad move. It may become a great move. Just not ready to celebrate or condemn it yet.
. Saxons choice not ours?
Anyone heard a rumour about munchack recruiting SaXon being the reason behind the none contract renewal
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Supposed SaXon is really good at teaching especially pass blocking a d blitz pick ups. I'd hate to go backwards. And if it is as you say why even bother to have a RB coach I mean these guys already know how to run and hold a football, right?
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Further confirmation that the Super Bowl window will remain closed as long as Tomlin remains head coach. Obviously he was too good and keeping him made too much sense
So you are assuming that moving on from Saxon to somebody else is going backwards, without knowing who they are replacing him with? Looks like classic fear of failure belief.
Just about anybody that has played RB or been around anybody that has coached RB's can handle the job. Just look at Saxon, Eric Bienemy, Duce Staley, Kirby Wilson to name a few, that were former RB's themselves. I'm guessing they will replace him with somebody experienced. Maybe Stump Mitchell from the Jets is available.
Well, Dale Lolley said his understanding of the situation is Saxon didn't want to come back. Interesting.
Lolley said he will probably end up with Arians in TB.
So just like with the Matthew Thomas non-signing and this, EVERYONE reacted before they knew any actual facts. Weird. ALmost like Twitter and the need to instantly reach a final evaluation on everything is basically nonsense and a useless way to try and understand anything.
Tomlin said “I have made the decision to not renew the contract for running backs coach James Saxon,” Tomlin said in a release. “We would like to thank James for his efforts over the past five years, and we wish him the best in his future coaching endeavors.”
So if Saxon decided he didn't want to coach here longer why is Tomlin acting like he made the decision not to renew his contract? Something is strange Steelerville.
James, what are your plans?
Well, Mike if Arians gets a job, I think I might prefer to go work on on that staff. But, if he doesn’t I would like to continue working here.
Ok. If that is the case, we are going to go a different way moving forward. Best of luck and if I can do anything for you let me know.
And the other thought is desperation from Tomlin, fire porter with word slipping out from someone that he (porter) was causing division, then the Steeler LB's Shazier included saying there isn't any truth behind it. So that's it, Porter and Saxon. That's only problem areas Mike Tomlin sees? That's it?
No idea. And that is the point. You cant read final conclusions into an ongoing process. Reacting with outrage and intensity to every unfounded Tweet and counter-Tweet is a fruitless and largely pointless exercise. It has been what, 10 days since the season ended? I’m gonna let things play out a bit more before I freak the hell out.
"You've heard people brag about 'being in the zone'. They don't know what the Hell being in the zone is about. I played in the NFL for 15 years and I was only in the zone that one time." - "Mean" Joe Greene on the 1974 playoff victory over Oakland
No. It's like watching half a movie and punting the DVD player out the window because you just heard the ending sucks.
Contracts don't get renewed for all kinds of reasons. One version that everyone ran with was that Tomlin fired Saxon. Now there is another version that Saxon didn't want to come back. Who knows what actually happened. I'm gonna wait and see what other hires and fires are done before I reach any conclusions.
In the meantime, I'm gonna be pretty skeptical of people who claim to know things actually know them when they are proven to be wrong 7 out of 10 times.
NFL teams and coaches are in the business of lying to the media.
If it was Saxon choice ...... whats that tell you about the state of the organization
Kenny Pickett is who I though he was .. Eagles problem now
No idea yet. If he goes and sits on a beach somewhere it could signal one thing. If he coaches RBs for another pro team it could be a wholly other thing. If the Steelers change their approach to the RB position and/or hire some of the rumored new assistant positions on the offensive side of the ball it could signal a whole other thing.
Point is, we've seen at best 35% of the movie. I'm gonna watch it through to the end before I make up my mind. The next 3 to 6 weeks should be highly informative.