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Crossman assistant Jeff Rodgers named new special teams coordinator

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jramsey4 Newbie

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No decent candidates were going to sign knowing that Fox is likely done after this year, anyway. Rodgers probably understands how much Crossman sucked and why he was fired, so he'll probably change things for the better. Can't get much worse, anyway.

The sad truth.

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we all have worked under someone and had reservations to the way they managed, and knew that when given the chance we would do better.

I hope thats true in this case.

Maybe the guy just needs a chance?

Since you cant do a 3 man wedge anymore, i could like to see a tier of two man wedges creating several different holes for the guy to run through..

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Crossman was the assistant under Scotty and was promoted when he left. So we already know it can change with a promotion, good or bad. :lol: Oh well, fingers crossed. JR, that's what you get with only 1 year contracts available.

electro, it's not Fox & Co's stupidity ... it's JR's or our new president's. Should've made a decision about Fox and then we'd have more than 1 year contracts to offer.

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Darin Gantt is dumb as poo. someone asked him why rodgers hire made sense and he replies "If Crossman wasn't good working under O'Brien, why is Rodgers bad after working under Crossman?"

So I told him, Crossman had the opportunity to be good learning from a good coach in O'Brien but just because he learned from someone good doesn't mean hes going to get it and its going to transfer. However if you are Rodgers and you learned from some dumbass and thats all you know then you aren't off to a very good start. Hopefully hes learned a few things before Crossman poisoned otherwise he won't be liked for very long.

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Darin Gantt is dumb as poo. someone asked him why rodgers hire made sense and he replies "If Crossman wasn't good working under O'Brien, why is Rodgers bad after working under Crossman?"

So I told him, Crossman had the opportunity to be good learning from a good coach in O'Brien but just because he learned from someone good doesn't mean hes going to get it and its going to transfer. However if you are Rodgers and you learned from some dumbass and thats all you know then you aren't off to a very good start. Hopefully hes learned a few things before Crossman poisoned otherwise he won't be liked for very long.

He's been here one year, but all he knows about special teams is what he has learned from Crossman? :rolleyes:

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