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  • SteelStallion
    Backup
    • Aug 2008
    • 194
    #1

    April/Smith Rumors

    Heard from a friend in Pittsburgh that it was going around the local media that Bobby April was coming in for an interview. I found NOTHING on the internet to support that. But I did hear from Ken Laird/ESPN 1250 that Tomlin contacted Danny Smith last week, told him to 'stand by' prior to firing Coach Lig. Danny Smith- special teams coach of Washington Redskins, lost job with the Zorn firing, 14 year vet., highly regarded, Skins ranked something like 5th in kickoff coverage and third in punt coverage, graduated from Pgh Central Catholic in the 80s, coached with Tomlin at Wm & Mary.

    Wondering if anybody heard anything or is this more false rumors from mainstream media.
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    • Ozey74
      Pro Bowler
      • May 2008
      • 2091
      #2
      Re: April/Smith Rumors

      It would be a step in the right direction if true!
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        • steeler_fan_in_t.o.
          Legend
          • May 2008
          • 10281
          #3
          Re: April/Smith Rumors

          Originally posted by Ozey74
          It would be a step in the right direction if true!
          FWIW so far having no ST coach is a step in the right direction.
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            • papillon
              Legend
              • Mar 2008
              • 11340
              #4
              Re: April/Smith Rumors

              Originally posted by steeler_fan_in_t.o.
              Originally posted by Ozey74
              It would be a step in the right direction if true!
              FWIW so far having no ST coach is a step in the right direction.


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                • BradshawsHairdresser
                  Legend
                  • Dec 2008
                  • 7056
                  #5
                  Re: April/Smith Rumors

                  Wasn't Laird the same one who reported that Arians would be axed?

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                    • BradshawsHairdresser
                      Legend
                      • Dec 2008
                      • 7056
                      #6
                      Re: April/Smith Rumors

                      Wasn't Laird the same one who reported that Arians would be axed?

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                        • Oviedo
                          Legend
                          • May 2008
                          • 23824
                          #7
                          Re: April/Smith Rumors

                          Originally posted by SteelStallion
                          Heard from a friend in Pittsburgh that it was going around the local media that Bobby April was coming in for an interview. I found NOTHING on the internet to support that. But I did hear from Ken Laird/ESPN 1250 that Tomlin contacted Danny Smith last week, told him to 'stand by' prior to firing Coach Lig. Danny Smith- special teams coach of Washington Redskins, lost job with the Zorn firing, 14 year vet., highly regarded, Skins ranked something like 5th in kickoff coverage and third in punt coverage, graduated from Pgh Central Catholic in the 80s, coached with Tomlin at Wm & Mary.

                          Wondering if anybody heard anything or is this more false rumors from mainstream media.
                          Don't believe Tomlin ever coached at Wm & Mary so was this guy a player with him or is he older and was he a coach while Tomlin was a player. Not really a big deal but just trying to guage the relationship
                          "My team, may they always be right, but right or wrong...MY TEAM!"

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                            • Oviedo
                              Legend
                              • May 2008
                              • 23824
                              #8
                              Re: April/Smith Rumors

                              Originally posted by Oviedo
                              Originally posted by SteelStallion
                              Heard from a friend in Pittsburgh that it was going around the local media that Bobby April was coming in for an interview. I found NOTHING on the internet to support that. But I did hear from Ken Laird/ESPN 1250 that Tomlin contacted Danny Smith last week, told him to 'stand by' prior to firing Coach Lig. Danny Smith- special teams coach of Washington Redskins, lost job with the Zorn firing, 14 year vet., highly regarded, Skins ranked something like 5th in kickoff coverage and third in punt coverage, graduated from Pgh Central Catholic in the 80s, coached with Tomlin at Wm & Mary.

                              Wondering if anybody heard anything or is this more false rumors from mainstream media.
                              Don't believe Tomlin ever coached at Wm & Mary so was this guy a player with him or is he older and was he a coach while Tomlin was a player. Not really a big deal but just trying to guage the relationship
                              Found answer. Appears he was a college coach when Tomlin was a player

                              [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Smith_(coach"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Smith_(coach[/url])
                              "My team, may they always be right, but right or wrong...MY TEAM!"

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                                • proudpittsburgher
                                  Pro Bowler
                                  • May 2008
                                  • 2377
                                  #9
                                  Re: April/Smith Rumors

                                  Originally posted by BradshawsHairdresser
                                  Wasn't Laird the same one who reported that Arians would be axed?
                                  Bingo . . . sounds like it is the "anything that sticks to the wall" approach. FWIW, I wouldn't mind seeing April back in Pittsburgh.
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                                    • Oviedo
                                      Legend
                                      • May 2008
                                      • 23824
                                      #10
                                      Re: April/Smith Rumors

                                      Originally posted by proudpittsburgher
                                      Originally posted by BradshawsHairdresser
                                      Wasn't Laird the same one who reported that Arians would be axed?
                                      Bingo . . . sounds like it is the "anything that sticks to the wall" approach. FWIW, I wouldn't mind seeing April back in Pittsburgh.
                                      I agree, but Danny Smith as a native Pittsburgher who has a personal relationship with Tomlin and established success in the NFL seems like a good alternative too and perhaps more likely.
                                      "My team, may they always be right, but right or wrong...MY TEAM!"

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                                        • aggiebones
                                          Pro Bowler
                                          • Jan 2009
                                          • 1427
                                          #11
                                          Re: April/Smith Rumors

                                          Originally posted by steeler_fan_in_t.o.
                                          Originally posted by Ozey74
                                          It would be a step in the right direction if true!
                                          FWIW so far having no ST coach is a step in the right direction.

                                          Amen to that.


                                          April showers bring May flowers.

                                          Bobby April will be ST coach and Mark May will quit his job being Sideshow Bob for Holtz and coach our OL.

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                                            • RuthlessBurgher
                                              Legend
                                              • May 2008
                                              • 33208
                                              #12
                                              Re: April/Smith Rumors

                                              Originally posted by aggiebones
                                              Originally posted by steeler_fan_in_t.o.
                                              Originally posted by Ozey74
                                              It would be a step in the right direction if true!
                                              FWIW so far having no ST coach is a step in the right direction.

                                              Amen to that.


                                              April showers bring May flowers.

                                              Bobby April will be ST coach and Mark May will quit his job being Sideshow Bob for Holtz and coach our OL.
                                              Or maybe Bobby April brings back a couple of Lees...Lee Mays and Lee Flowers.
                                              Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.

                                              Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.

                                              We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.

                                              We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.

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                                                • aggiebones
                                                  Pro Bowler
                                                  • Jan 2009
                                                  • 1427
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: April/Smith Rumors

                                                  I thought Tyrone Carter was just Lee Flowers sneaking back onto the field with extensions.

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                                                    • RuthlessBurgher
                                                      Legend
                                                      • May 2008
                                                      • 33208
                                                      #14
                                                      Re: April/Smith Rumors

                                                      I think Lee Flowers plays saxophone for money on the Roberto Clemente bridge after every home game. Dude's always there...and he looks just like Flowers.
                                                      Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.

                                                      Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.

                                                      We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.

                                                      We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.

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                                                        • SteelStallion
                                                          Backup
                                                          • Aug 2008
                                                          • 194
                                                          #15
                                                          Re: April/Smith Rumors

                                                          [url="http://m.post-gazette.com/Article.aspx?itemid=1027372"]http://m.post-gazette.com/Article.aspx?itemid=1027372[/url]

                                                          A few more tidbits.

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