Why Was Danny Smith Allowed To Keep A Job? The all things Danny Smith Thread(Merged & M.E.T.)

[Lombardi's_kid_brother]

Granted it was called back, but Pittsburgh's punt returner looked faster running backward than our players look going foward.

[TheDoyler23]

I know I've thrown my hands up as to Danny Smith's continued employment. But the punt return an FG unit came up HUGE today. Figured it was fair to bump this.

[Cooleyfan1993]

I know I've thrown my hands up as to Danny Smith's continued employment. But the punt return an FG unit came up HUGE today. Figured it was fair to bump this.

yeah, i think forbath was a good pickup. dude has been $$$$$$ for us this season

[|2edskins PHD]

It was nice to see Danny going after the officials on that phantom block in the back call.
He might not have the most to work with but he certainly is one of those coaches that gets the most out of what he's dealt.

Why else would he have stuck through, what, 3 different coaching regimes?

[Bang]

Well, whatever he's done, he's got it working.
And while it's working, all is well.

Niles Paul continues to be a BEAST of a gunner.


~BAng

[s0crates]

Danny Smith's special teams was primed to be the goat again after Niles Paul fumbled. Teams came through for us in the end though with a big return, a clutch kick, and some good punting.

---------- Post added December-9th-2012 at 09:24 PM ----------

yeah, i think forbath was a good pickup. dude has been $$$$$$ for us this season

A good pickup is putting it mildly.

[DCsportsfan53]

Wanted to add, there was clearly some excellent preparation by the special teams coaches this week. The unit was ready for and expecting the fake punt nonsense and their quick reaction to it caused the ravens to change their mind. Key play in the game. Danny has to get props for that.

[Bang]

Paul did fumble, but I'll credit the hit.. the guy hit him hard, right on the ball.
It could have been better protected, but I can't fault teams for that.
Their guys get paid to make plays, too.

~Bang

[TD_washingtonredskins]

Paul did fumble, but I'll credit the hit.. the guy hit him hard, right on the ball.
It could have been better protected, but I can't fault teams for that.
Their guys get paid to make plays, too.

~Bang

That would have been the ultimate irony...we finally deactivate Banks and came very close to actually losing a fumble.

[s0crates]

Wanted to add, there was clearly some excellent preparation by the special teams coaches this week. The unit was ready for and expecting the fake punt nonsense and their quick reaction to it caused the ravens to change their mind. Key play in the game. Danny has to get props for that.

Forgot about that play. We were totally ready for it! Good preparation indeed!

---------- Post added December-9th-2012 at 09:56 PM ----------

Paul did fumble, but I'll credit the hit.. the guy hit him hard, right on the ball.
It could have been better protected, but I can't fault teams for that.
Their guys get paid to make plays, too.

~Bang

Fair enough. We lucked out on that one though.

[Coolio47]

Danny Smith's special teams was primed to be the goat again after Niles Paul fumbled. Teams came through for us in the end though with a big return, a clutch kick, and some good punting.

Yeah, I started talking about the game with my friend and missed the call on that, and we were confused about why we kept the ball. What did I miss? lol.

[s0crates]

Yeah, I started talking about the game with my friend and missed the call on that, and we were confused about why we kept the ball. What did I miss? lol.

I watched the game with no sound, but I assume it was ruled the fumble was not fully recovered until it was out of bounds, so a fumble out of bounds means the fumbling team keeps possession.

[Dirt]

~Bang

Didn't take notice of what appeared to be a couple of directional kickoffs, one which went out of bounds? Its that an okay option since Kai can't get it through the endzone?

I still think that's Danny calling that and I think it's dumb.

[thesubmittedone]

I think one of the reasons Danny has stuck around for so long (and I'm definitely not one of those who wanted him gone anyway) is because he seems to do a lot more than just coach Special Teams. He's constantly talking to Mike about things and he seems to also consistently talk to other players not on Special Teams. I think he has other responsibilities that his coaches really like.

---------- Post added December-9th-2012 at 08:48 PM ----------

Didn't take notice of what appeared to be a couple of directional kickoffs, one which went out of bounds? Its that an okay option since Kai can't get it through the endzone?

I still think that's Danny calling that and I think it's dumb.

Jacoby Jones was killing us and he was close to breaking one pretty much every kickoff. I think it was smart to just kick it towards the sideline, even with the likelihood of a penalty. Jones was getting it to the 40 yard line anyway.

Saints should've done the same thing after Wilson killed them the first couple times.

[SonnyandSam]

Didn't take notice of what appeared to be a couple of directional kickoffs, one which went out of bounds? Its that an okay option since Kai can't get it through the endzone?

I still think that's Danny calling that and I think it's dumb.

We've been doing directional kickoffs regularly for years under Smith. And our KO coverage unit has been top ten for years also. Exactly how is that "dumb", particularly when Forbath is unable to KO to the goal line? Forbath executed it badly; not Smith's fault.