PLAYERS:
Maurkice Pouncey,
Willie Colon,
Marcus Gilbert,
Mike Tomlin,
Todd Haley,
Dick Lebeau
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Steelers, San Diego Chargers
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Steelers, San Diego Chargers
The personnel side of changes will take care of themselves as the off-season begins about 4pm on Sunday for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Decisions of who will be cut and who will be scouted in the draft are already underway but there are two specific changes I’m looking forward to the Steelers making on the coaching staff.
The first thing that needs to be addressed is somewhat taking care of itself in that offensive line coach Sean Kugler is leaving to take the head coaching job at UTEP as soon as the season finishes. I have always liked Kugler and his ability to make linemen into versatile, productive players, but I also feel that coaches can reach a threshold and I believe he has reached his in Pittsburgh, new job in Texas or not.
The one thing a position coach cannot control is injuries and Kugler certainly had to deal with his share from Maurkice Pouncey to Willie Colon to Marcus Gilbert, but every team deals with this to one extreme or another and Kugler did what he could but I saw...
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Update: December 28, 2012
Correction in my spelling, it is Tebow. Please Steelers get him. We need another QB, I'm not saying get rid of Ben, we do not have a cable Backup QB or one to replace Ben. Unfortunately, Ben is aging and damaged, no offense Ben.