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Do you take Mike Munchak back as the O-Line coach?

Discussion in 'Steelers Talk' started by Brice, Jan 17, 2022.

  1. strummerfan

    strummerfan Well-Known Member

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    I would go so far as hire him as a consultant to teach kendrick green technique. A 1-1 offensive lineman camp
     
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  2. steelersrule6

    steelersrule6 Well-Known Member

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  3. pjgruden

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    It's being reported that Morgan took a job with the Bears as their OL coach. So now they definitely have to do something, as I don't think there's anybody in house left to coach the OL.
     
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  4. Wardismvp

    Wardismvp Well-Known Member

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    In a heart beat,looks like something is in the works with somebody?
     
  5. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    He has officially been let go by Denver.

     
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  6. Rel

    Rel Well-Known Member

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    He’s 62. He moved there for family. He’s going to retire, probably.
     
  7. Brice

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    I am hoping someone is picking up the phone in Pittsburgh.

    I would have a lot more confidence in Canada's offense with Munch making the O-Line calls.

    I would love to watch him turn around Green's play.
     
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  8. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    Green is who I first though of as well. Here we had a guy who played very little at center and turned out he had a coach that was so out of his depth that he was calling other line coaches for advice. Green had absolutely no growth development.
     
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  9. Brice

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    I don't understand all this retirement talk for a 61 year old. Seems a little young to me.

    A professional football coach at 61 is going to have limited opportunities if he wants to get a job locally, when he has been released.

    I guess you could just mean he is going to retire from football and start working at the local hardware store or something like that.
     
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  10. mac daddyo

    mac daddyo Well-Known Member

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    41 years in football and coaching? he's probably made plenty of money to retire. maybe he likes the hardware business though. :smiley1::cool:
     
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  11. mac daddyo

    mac daddyo Well-Known Member

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  12. Steel_Elvis

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  13. Rel

    Rel Well-Known Member

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    Because these are human beings. He originally left Pittsburgh to be closer to his family in Colorado. Obviously football is not his entire life.
     
  14. Brice

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    I know that is what you keep saying...

    But at 61, I hope I am not unemployed even if I am living near my family.
     
  15. Rel

    Rel Well-Known Member

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    If I could retire at 52 I would.

    Mike Munchak will be 62 in March. He flat out said (in a radio interview) a few years ago that if he didn't get the job in Denver he would have retired then, or maybe look around the college ranks in Colorado. Unless he has had a falling out with his family, I'm not sure why people think that anything has changed with his priorities.

    Sometimes I laugh when fans cannot understand why football isn't the #1 priority for these players and coaches.
     
  16. Jammasterc

    Jammasterc Well-Known Member

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    What is Denver up to? I bet they make an exciting QB move.
     
  17. thorn058

    thorn058 Well-Known Member

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    Tricky thing about life, it doesn't care what your plans are sometimes. My dad was one of the hardest working people I have known in my life, taught me about giving a fair days work for a fair days pay but 2 heart attacks, 4 stints and a pace maker carelessly wired backwards later and he is retired and on disability. Hard thing for someone who defines his sense of self through work.
     
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  18. thorn058

    thorn058 Well-Known Member

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    From stories out there sounds like they get Hella drunk and then play darts for personnel decisions
     
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  19. Steelrules

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    Wouldn’t it be fitting if a top FA quarterback turns us down to play for the Broncos only to have an O-line as bad as ours protecting him
     
  20. mac daddyo

    mac daddyo Well-Known Member

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    how old are you brice? :cool:
     
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  21. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    I never heard that quote, that he would have retired if not for the Denver job. Unless you heard him say that, I’m skeptical of that report. What I heard was that because of his desire to be close to his family is why he still took the Denver job even after being turned down for the HC position.

    We don’t know what kind of personality Munch is but a lot of people have to work, it’s what drives them and retiring at 61 years of age would be out of the question. Considering that coaches are A-type personalities, he probably has that mentality.

    I’m sure if someone offered him a HC position he would take that in a second.
     
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  22. mac daddyo

    mac daddyo Well-Known Member

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    maybe he would prefer a front office GM position. he played a lot of years, it depends some on how his body feels. at 61-62 thats old for many players that have put their bodies under a pounding for many years. we see all the time players that die seemingly way before their time. stress in these jobs is high as well. if he truely wants to be around the grandkids a head coaching job won't leave a lot of time for that. :cool:
     
  23. Rel

    Rel Well-Known Member

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    It was a radio interview shortly after he left, probably on TheFan. The question centered around why he would take the OLine job after interviewing for the HC job. Munchak's house was up for sale and had a place in Denver BEFORE his last season with the Steelers was even over.
     
  24. Brice

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    52. And I can't see myself without a job in 10 years.

    My retirement dreams involve opening up a Scuba shop and working on the beach for my "Golden Years".
     
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  25. mac daddyo

    mac daddyo Well-Known Member

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    Ten years ago I could do things a lot better then now. Your head says you can but your body tells you you can't. :smiley1::cool:
     
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