Steelers Hiring Aaron Curry As LB Coach

[Crossdog]

Hopefully a change in scenery does BOTH good. Respected Olsavsky, but the on-field results from our recent ILBs did not warrant an exclusion from trying to improve the coaching.

To be honest, I thought with the addition of Brian Flores that our defense would have improved dramatically. One more defensive minded coach of a high caliber in the room was definitely a bonus. Now obviously Watt was out for a significant portion but I wasn't impressed with the progress overall. Especially with the run D again. A lot of factors involved so you can't only look at one coach.

Bottom line, I'm looking forward to the change and the different viewpoint he may bring to scouting LBers.

[Dwinsgames]

These teams give permission for coaches to interview and take promotions all the time while under contract. I think you are thinking too much into it. Why didn’t the Eagles try to keep their OC and DC? They could’ve paid them HC money and gave them a better title…that’s the extreme case but if they really wanted to keep them, they could have made an offer…

Philly is a bad example for this , there was no place for those guys to move up ... but Curry and a Horrid defense in Seattle considering he was the assistant D line coach there was lots of places to move up in because the entire staff or all the players are trash take your stance on which ... they easily could have promoted Curry in house as the staff was not getting it done as a whole be it shit staff or shit players

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They took a big swing and they missed with Bush. Losing Shazier to that horrible injury is what made them think they had to do it, but he wasn't the guy.

I was never a fan of the pick. I know he got injured but I never believed he was going to be a very good NFL player before the injury. Just a gut feeling watching him play in college where he wasn't doing what they were asking him to do at the pro level. He lacked the toughness and violence that is required to play the position well. It never made sense to me to take him that high.

one could dig through the posts here and they will find somewhere that I had a 3rd round grade on him ... but thats just me

[86WARD]

Philly is a bad example for this , there was no place for those guys to move up ... but Curry and a Horrid defense in Seattle considering he was the assistant D line coach there was lots of places to move up in because the entire staff or all the players are trash take your stance on which ... they easily could have promoted Curry in house as the staff was not getting it done as a whole be it shit staff or shit players

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one could dig through the posts here and they will find somewhere that I had a 3rd round grade on him ... but thats just me

The point is there…pick whatever team you want…Although, the Eagles could’ve easily promoted one of their guys to head coach. It’s the same difference. If the positions are filled, there’s no place to “easily” promote him. Why hasn’t Tomlin gotten rid of Canada? Maybe it’s the same situation as to why Carroll hasn’t gotten rid of his slop? No opening, no promotion. It’s also on Curry as to whether he wants to stay there. Maybe he didn’t want to? Why would he want to stay in Seattle?

[Born2Steel]

The Steelers are a team for whom most players would like to play. Mike Tomlin is a coach for whom most players would like to play. The same goes for coaches. The Steelers are a destination for people in the NFL. Yes, there are others, but the Steelers are definitely on most lists.

[Dwinsgames]

The point is there…pick whatever team you want…Although, the Eagles could’ve easily promoted one of their guys to head coach. It’s the same difference. If the positions are filled, there’s no place to “easily” promote him. Why hasn’t Tomlin gotten rid of Canada? Maybe it’s the same situation as to why Carroll hasn’t gotten rid of his slop? No opening, no promotion. It’s also on Curry as to whether he wants to stay there. Maybe he didn’t want to? Why would he want to stay in Seattle?

obviously you do not promote to HC when you have one you want ( see Philly) and why that is a stupid analogy ... Seattle is the example because its where he came from ... a shit defense who either

A) has no players

or

B) has not quality coaching to get what is needed from said players...

considering they are as close to the bottom as you can get in many categories I must lean towards coaching having an impact in the results , and if that is the case and you have an up and coming guy Like Curry ( according to some of you and he is under contract also according to some of you as I didnt verify) then Seattle has the inside track and first dibs so to speak on promoting him from within and they could then ditch some of the dead weight staff that did not get results ....

BUT

you want me to believe they let the "up and comer" walk and kept the poor results guys instead for the sake of standing pat .....


sorry I am not a buyer today and won't be one tomorrow either

[Mojouw]

Tomlin has no coaching tree! Such a bad coach.

Tomlin hires YOUNG assistants that could take root.

These guys are terrible. Such bad coaches.

No one had ever heard of many of the hotshot assistants across the league before they got their foot in the door.

Position coaches can become coordinators and then who knows?

I like that they’re getting young and somewhat well regarded at the position group level on defense. Curry can’t be worse than Olsavsky who did nothing one way or the other from what we can tell. And the secondary guy is supposedly viewed very highly across the league.

Why choose to be pessimistic?

I did it last offseason with Meyers at OL. His numbers were also not good. I was wrong. It seemed to work out. Or at least not hurt.

[Dwinsgames]

Tomlin has no coaching tree! Such a bad coach.

Tomlin hires YOUNG assistants that could take root.

These guys are terrible. Such bad coaches.

No one had ever heard of many of the hotshot assistants across the league before they got their foot in the door.

Position coaches can become coordinators and then who knows?

I like that they’re getting young and somewhat well regarded at the position group level on defense. Curry can’t be worse than Olsavsky who did nothing one way or the other from what we can tell. And the secondary guy is supposedly viewed very highly across the league.

Why choose to be pessimistic?

I did it last offseason with Meyers at OL. His numbers were also not good. I was wrong. It seemed to work out. Or at least not hurt.

I am not being pessimistic ..............

I also am not being optimistic .......


I am being Realistic

based on preset perimeters not controlled by me but rather past performance and employment history and the choices prior employers made based on said performances of the coach .... again if Seattle loved him so much they had first dibs at keeping him and its clear that the guys ahead of him in the pecking order ( the jobs he is most qualified to take on) were not lighting it up so the normal thing to do is move the "up and comer" up and send packing the guys who under performed ...

they chose not to do that and We get our Canada for the defensive side of the ball I guess??

if there is any bright side to this is that he is replacing Jerry O who didnt really seem to have made any real mark during his tenure here according to the masses ....

I guess the quality of play of several inside backers doesnt qualify him as getting credit only the ones who have stunk does but somehow an assistant D-Line coach that comes in get all the credit for improved sack numbers of his former team and now is thought to be an improvement as a Linebackers coach here.... shake that one out again ???

[Mojouw]

I am not being pessimistic ..............

I also am not being optimistic .......


I am being Realistic

based on preset perimeters not controlled by me but rather past performance and employment history and the choices prior employers made based on said performances of the coach .... again if Seattle loved him so much they had first dibs at keeping him and its clear that the guys ahead of him in the pecking order ( the jobs he is most qualified to take on) were not lighting it up so the normal thing to do is move the "up and comer" up and send packing the guys who under performed ...

they chose not to do that and We get our Canada for the defensive side of the ball I guess??

if there is any bright side to this is that he is replacing Jerry O who didnt really seem to have made any real mark during his tenure here according to the masses ....

I guess the quality of play of several inside backers doesnt qualify him as getting credit only the ones who have stunk does but somehow an assistant D-Line coach that comes in get all the credit for improved sack numbers of his former team and now is thought to be an improvement as a Linebackers coach here.... shake that one out again ???

We have no idea why Seattle decided what they decided.

We also do not know who was responsible for what in Seattle's defensive coaching structure.

We do know that the young pass rushers showed noticeable improvement during Curry's time working with them. Was that Curry's doing? We don't know.

In terms of Olsavsky....I mean I guess he squeezed all he could out of Spillane?

Also....what really is the impact of this particular position coach? Is he going to teach TJ Watt something he doesn't know about pass rushing? Or is he going to make him worse? Almost certain no to both questions.

It is a move that likely does nothing positive or negative for the 2023 Steelers.

Like I said...I was really sure that Meyers was a bad OL hire. Look at the rushing and sack #'s everywhere else he has been....they are below average. But....it seems to have worked so far....

[polamalubeast]

Some like to complain too much for nothing...I remember some others complained about a bad six round pick few years ago by the steelers

[Dwinsgames]

We have no idea why Seattle decided what they decided.

We also do not know who was responsible for what in Seattle's defensive coaching structure.

We do know that the young pass rushers showed noticeable improvement during Curry's time working with them. Was that Curry's doing? We don't know.

In terms of Olsavsky....I mean I guess he squeezed all he could out of Spillane?

Also....what really is the impact of this particular position coach? Is he going to teach TJ Watt something he doesn't know about pass rushing? Or is he going to make him worse? Almost certain no to both questions.

It is a move that likely does nothing positive or negative for the 2023 Steelers.

Like I said...I was really sure that Meyers was a bad OL hire. Look at the rushing and sack #'s everywhere else he has been....they are below average. But....it seems to have worked so far....

how about Vince Williams a late round pick that almost everyone hated at the onset but he turned out to be quite the thumper , wasnt really his fault he got put in coverage (something nobody should have expected him to excel at far to often)....

guess he gets no credit for Timmons because he was drafted early , none for Shazier because he was drafted early ( guys drafted early also often fail but they didnt )

and like you said Spillane has done well for himself considering his lack of athleticism .... could you imagine a guy like Spillane with Bushs athleticism ???

I cant honestly say how much effect Jerry O had or didn't have on the linebackers but what I do know is they kept him around for a very long time so either they blindly ignored his lack of ability or he did pretty well for quite sometime without much notoriety / fanfare ... If he sucked like most now want to claim then what does that say about his Boss keeping him for so long

[Born2Steel]

NOBODY is claiming Jerry O sucked!!!

NOBODY is claiming Aaron Curry is even an answer, let alone THE answer.

I am also very disappointed right now that we have kept Canada and Smith for another season. But that is done and there’s nothing we of the fandomverse can do about that. Piling on a ‘wait and see’ hire at a position coach level job is just beyond silly and borderline childish. But vent away. You’ve a right to your hill.

[Dwinsgames]

NOBODY is claiming Jerry O sucked!!!

NOBODY is claiming Aaron Curry is even an answer, let alone THE answer.

I am also very disappointed right now that we have kept Canada and Smith for another season. But that is done and there’s nothing we of the fandomverse can do about that. Piling on a ‘wait and see’ hire at a position coach level job is just beyond silly and borderline childish. But vent away. You’ve a right to your hill.

who made you the forums guru anyways ? asking for a friend ...

why not go read the thread its been said that Jerry O was unremarkable at his job etc etc fill in the exact words here but at the end of the day it meant he sucked ... don't take my word for it go read the damn thread

[86WARD]

who made you the forums guru anyways ? asking for a friend ...

why not go read the thread its been said that Jerry O was unremarkable at his job etc etc fill in the exact words here but at the end of the day it meant he sucked ... don't take my word for it go read the damn thread

Jerry O wanted out of a Pittsburgh, Curry wanted out of Seattle and Pittsburgh is closer to his family. Plus he went from a defensive assistant title to a LB Coach title.

[Born2Steel]

who made you the forums guru anyways ? asking for a friend ...

why not go read the thread its been said that Jerry O was unremarkable at his job etc etc fill in the exact words here but at the end of the day it meant he sucked ... don't take my word for it go read the damn thread

Who made me the what?

[pczach]

Philly is a bad example for this , there was no place for those guys to move up ... but Curry and a Horrid defense in Seattle considering he was the assistant D line coach there was lots of places to move up in because the entire staff or all the players are trash take your stance on which ... they easily could have promoted Curry in house as the staff was not getting it done as a whole be it shit staff or shit players

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one could dig through the posts here and they will find somewhere that I had a 3rd round grade on him ... but thats just me

I don't remember you specifically, but there were a bunch of us that thought they were making a mistake before the draft if they drafted him at their slot let alone moving up to get him.

[polamalubeast]

The eagles have hired today a seahawks defensive assistant as their new DC.....

[86WARD]

The eagles have hired today a seahawks defensive assistant as their new DC.....

If he’s DC material, why would Seattle let him go?

[Born2Steel]

The years don’t exactly add up but Curry was a defensive coach at Charlotte. I wonder if a connection was made when the Steelers were scouting Highsmith. Like I said the years don’t exactly line up but Curry could have been part of recruiting Highsmith? Maybe the scouts/coaches spoke with Curry pre-draft and a bond was made? Just spitballin’ and looking for connections that put Curry on Tomlin’s radar.

[BlackAndGold]

Aaron Curry has taken the LB job with the NY Jets.

[NCSteeler]

Lateral move, I guess not everyone wants to work for Tomlin

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[Mojouw]

Reports are Jets are only hiring one LB coach. Not two. Curry’s contract had expired.

Slight promotion perhaps?

[NCSteeler]

Reports are Jets are only hiring one LB coach. Not two. Curry’s contract had expired.

Slight promotion perhaps?

Probably a pay raise. I'm sure at that level of coaching pay is a motivator

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[Born2Steel]

I wonder what the connection is between Aaron Glenn and Aaron Curry. Were they ever teammates? Do they have the same agent? How does Aaron Glenn know enough about Aaron Curry to want to hire him this early in the process of building his coaching staff?

Just curious.

[NCSteeler]

Best I can tell they never crossed paths in college or NFL

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[ALLD]

Wasn't he on MTV back in the 90s?

[Born2Steel]

Best I can tell they never crossed paths in college or NFL

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I can't find a connection either. Apparently Curry has made some noise as ILB coach over the past 2 seasons to get such early interest. Best of luck to him.

[Dwinsgames]

I wonder what the connection is between Aaron Glenn and Aaron Curry. Were they ever teammates? Do they have the same agent? How does Aaron Glenn know enough about Aaron Curry to want to hire him this early in the process of building his coaching staff?

Just curious.

Glenn last played in the NFL in 2009 (signed a short term retire a Texan contract in 2010) Curry wasnt drafted until 2009 so no never crossed paths as Players ...

Glenn started coaching in 2014-2015 with the Browns , Saints 2016-2020 , Lions 2021-2024 ...Curry only played in Seattle and Oakland and then coached in Seattle before coming to Pittsburgh so their paths never crossed when on official team business anyways ... but these circles are small so I am sure they knew one another and formed some sort of relationship that enabled Glenn to have some trust in Curry .... where when or what is a story they likely will have to tell because its not clear or documented anywhere that I can find

[ShadesOfSteel1172]

Wasn't he on MTV back in the 90s?

Adam Curry, hosted headbangers ball I believe back in the 80s, loved that show

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