Danny Smith Expected to Join Steelers

I'm glad to see him go. He's not a bad coach, but I've seen too many blocked kicks and returns from 8 yards deep in the endzone for my liking. I don't understand WHY he's so well respected around the league. I'm most surprised that he survived multiple regime changes. I wish him well going forward, but I'll be glad to see some new blood come in at ST.

Uh where's the Rooney rule candidate? In all seriousness, if there's one nfl job I could probably do it's special teams coach.

Uh where's the Rooney rule candidate? In all seriousness, if there's one nfl job I could probably do it's special teams coach.

Lol. I think the rule is for HC vacancies only.

If you believe in ST rankings, we just lost the coach of either the 27th ranked or the 32nd ranked (according to two sources) ST's in the league.

Alexander doesn't sound too happy to see Smith go. Said he was very detailed regarding technique. There's a reason why he's respected around the league. I'm sure we can find a good replacement though.

Good luck Danny.

We could do worse than DS but we also could do better. Let's hope we do better with his replacement.

At the same time, Smith has aggressively pushed for some of that personnel-Gano and Banks specifically.

this this this...His coverage teams were great, but "his guys" in the return and kicking games hurt his credibility imo. He's a decent coach, but its time to move on...I think I mentioned a couple times over the season if "his guys" would come back to hurt him

I want us to get Larry Izzo. The guy was a beast special teams player in his many years in the league. He's probably up there with the all time greats like Steve Tasker. He--izzo-- was coaching with the Giants last year.

Good luck Danny.

We could do worse than DS but we also could do better. Let's hope we do better with his replacement.

If we could do better than Smith, the Steelers would have pursued that guy instead of Smith. Our special teams play (especially coverage units) have been excellent for years. I would be surprised if we did not notice significant decline next year.

Obviously, Smith's love for Banks and Gano call into question is talent evaluation accumen. But you can't really question that he's a great ST coach .

Smith had been there under Gibbs, Zorn, and Shanahan. He was a great ST coach for us. I wonder now who the Redskins will replace him with.