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<\/p>\nPittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Cam Heyward used his podcast platform to praise the hire of offensive coordinator Arthur Smith.<\/p>\n
\u201cArthur Smith (was) balling out with Tennessee all those years ago,\u201d Heyward said on his \u201cNot just Football\u201d podcast. \u201cI know he didn\u2019t have all the success in Atlanta, and everybody is talking about it. \u2026 But, shoot, I\u2019m happy about it.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s great to have an OC with some experience. The main thing I loved about what he said was it\u2019s all about relationships. You can have all the Xs and Os, but if you don\u2019t have an OC who the players trust, it\u2019s not going to work.\u201d<\/p>\n
Heyward also blasted those who have been critical of the move.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just don\u2019t like condemning a guy before he gets the job,\u201d Heyward said. \u201cI understand he\u2019s had success (in) one place and (Tennessee as OC) and didn\u2019t have success in his last job (Atlanta as head coach). Let\u2019s just calm down. Let\u2019s pump the brakes. You can have urgency and be positive about it and be optimistic about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUrgency\u201d certainly seems to be the buzzword over at the Steelers\u2019 facility. I am still waiting to see how that urgency is going to manifest, though. The organization is going to keep the head coach, extend the defensive coordinator, give the benched QB his job back, and has now hired an offensive coordinator with the same philosophical approach as the current head coach.<\/p>\n
That doesn\u2019t strike me as acting with urgency.<\/p>\n
But I digress. Heyward also suggested some fans and media who are unhappy with this decision need to let things develop.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve got to give him time,\u201d Heyward said. \u201cI just don\u2019t get already throwing the guy under the bus and saying, \u2018Oh man, I can\u2019t believe we did this.\u2019 What makes you think you know better than the guys in the front office? You don\u2019t think they\u2019ve been doing their homework, studying this guy? And if they do have success, that\u2019s great. If they don\u2019t, OK, they missed. But I can\u2019t get behind the mob saying, \u2018Oh, man. I can\u2019t believe we did this.\u2019 It\u2019s ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n
Well, I\u2019m not wild about the hire. I guess that makes me part of the \u201cmob.\u201d However, I\u2019m not condemning Smith or automatically assuming this choice will fail. In fact, as I\u2019ve previously written, I could see where \u2014 conceptually \u2014 Smith can make things work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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