Steve Smith destroys Donte Jackson in FNZ interview

[therealmjl]

GOOOTEEEEEM

[LinvilleGorge]

Just now, cardiackat88. said:

What will it take to get Steve Smith to be (at the least) the WR coach.

DJ is putting up a hell of a season, just with Smitty barking at him online some, imagine if DJ was getting every bit of potential milked out of him daily.

Smitty would make a terrible coach and he basically just admitted as much himself with his comment on today's soft players. Most great players make terrible coaches. I think it's probably just hard for them to understand why most players can't make the types of plays that they made. It's because they can't. It doesn't matter how hard a guy works, the vast majority of NFL WRs simply don't have the ability to make a lot of the plays that Smitty made. Larry Bird ran into that issue when he tried to coach the Pacers. In the end, he just got frustrated to the point of hanging it up as a coach even though he was a very successful 147-67 in his three years as a head coach.

[dave-o]

I was getting out of the car for work this morning and Frank Garcia came on and said he should of been cut Monday morning !  Didnt hear the whole interview...

[MHS831]

33 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Jackson would probably make an amazing nickel. Not sure if he is cut out for outside corner long term.

Been saying that all along--with a new coach, we will see him moved imo.

[Khyber53]

2 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

This is probably a good place to point out that there's a reason why people say you should never judge a draft or draft picks within the first year.

And for DBs, it really takes about three years to really judge them. There's a huge jump in requirements when they move up from college, the learning curve is tough and physical ability levels are much closer than they were versus college opponents.

[LinvilleGorge]

18 minutes ago, dave-o said:

I was getting out of the car for work this morning and Frank Garcia came on and said he should of been cut Monday morning !  Didnt hear the whole interview...

If we had an entrenched coaching staff, he very well may have been.

I won't be shocked if Fewell and company bury him on the bench, nor would I blame them if they did.

[hepcat]

SS89 with the truth bombs

[Skack25]

Donte's response to this should tell us all we need to know about him.

Sometimes I wonder if Tepper is having Smitty do this on purpose, then I remember that Smitty doesn't need anyone to tell him to do this lmao.

[NAS]

1 hour ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Jackson would probably make an amazing nickel. Not sure if he is cut out for outside corner long term.

Agreed!  If you're not comfortable and excited about being on an island and battling against top WRs, you don't need to be playing outside corner.  

[LinvilleGorge]

18 minutes ago, hepcat said:

SS89 with the truth bombs

Interesting how in today's world "truth" essentially equates to "information or opinions I just happen to agree with".

[Captroop]

46 minutes ago, cardiackat88. said:

What will it take to get Steve Smith to be (at the least) the WR coach.

DJ is putting up a hell of a season, just with Smitty barking at him online some, imagine if DJ was getting every bit of potential milked out of him daily.

A lot more money than a WR coach makes.

Smitty's got a great gig right now. He's in a place where the job description calls for smack talk and he's celebrated for it. You ask me if I'd rather sit in a chair and spout my opinion for TV money, or be held professionally accountable for the development and achievement of other players, I'm taking the former all day.

[Car123]

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

This is probably a good place to point out that there's a reason why people say you should never judge a draft or draft picks within the first year.

Doesn't stop some people from calling Little and Grier busts.

And it's foolish for judging a draft pick within their second year also.

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

27 minutes ago, Captroop said:

A lot more money than a WR coach makes.

Smitty's got a great gig right now. He's in a place where the job description calls for smack talk and he's celebrated for it. You ask me if I'd rather sit in a chair and spout my opinion for TV money, or be held professionally accountable for the development and achievement of other players, I'm taking the former all day.

Exactly. Steve's other talent besides football has been trash talk. He's got the perfect career transition.

[Navy_football]

36 minutes ago, NAS said:

Agreed!  If you're not comfortable and excited about being on an island and battling against top WRs, you don't need to be playing outside corner.  

REAL CBs ALWAYS want to play man - even bump and run! That's how you tell the JUNKYARD DAWGS from the greyhounds and showdogs. 

In my opinion, he needs to learn to just make the tackle sometimes. Every CB gets beat for catches. Every single one. Just can't make it worse by going for the ball and giving up a 90+ yard TD.