Reacting to Steelers hiring Arthur Smith as OC. Did Mike Tomlin get it right? Can he help Pickett?
Post-Gazette Steelers insider Brian Batko joins host Adam Bittner to react to the Steelers' hiring of former Atlanta Falcons head coach and Arthur Smith as offensive coordinator. Why did Smith make sense, given coach Mike Tomlin's stated criteria that included experience in the role? Did the criteria itself make sense? Or should the Steelers have chosen a less experienced candidate like the Texans' Jerrod Johnson or the Rams' Zac Robinson because of their connection to innovative Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan coaching trees? What went wrong for Smith in Atlanta, where he was fired? Why does his stint as OC with the Titans possibly make him a good fit for the Steelers' personnel including Najee Harris and Jaylen Warren? And perhaps most importantly, how can he help the development of QB Kenny Pickett in a way that former OC Matt Canada could not? Our duo tackles those questions and more.
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Post-Gazette Steelers insider Brian Batko joins host Adam Bittner to react to the Steelers' hiring of former Atlanta Falcons head coach and Arthur Smith as offensive coordinator. Why did Smith make sense, given coach Mike Tomlin's stated criteria that included experience in the role? Did the criteria itself make sense? Or should the Steelers have chosen a less experienced candidate like the Texans' Jerrod Johnson or the Rams' Zac Robinson because of their connection to innovative Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan coaching trees? What went wrong for Smith in Atlanta, where he was fired? Why does his stint as OC with the Titans possibly make him a good fit for the Steelers' personnel including Najee Harris and Jaylen Warren? And perhaps most importantly, how can he help the development of QB Kenny Pickett in a way that former OC Matt Canada could not? Our duo tackles those questions and more.
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