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Reading this thread I couldn't help but remember Andy Kaufman's first appearance on SNL.
Having said that, I don't trust his judgment. He seems too willing to come out of the endzone every play, on the off chance he will take it to the house, instead of just kneeling sometimes. We joke about the Napoleon complex Snyder has, but it may be that Banks has one too, where he feels he has to prove to the world that he belongs on a football field, I don't know.
Smith supposedly "Stood on the table" for Little Rocky again this year as cut down took place.
We can only hope that, now, since he has survived, that the little fellar shows up on a consistent basis. It's the ONLY way he can justify keeping a roster spot.
I've heard that Danny Smith makes the decision as to whether or not he should come out of the end zone. Another reason to fire that clown.
I think that's urban legend. How would that work anyway? Is Banks watching Smith for a 'signal' of some kind? That hardly seems likely as a return man is going to be 100% focused on the ball. And surely we're not deciding whether to run it out prior to the kick...
I just don't see how Smith making the call is even possible.
Unless Smith is tellin the lil' guy "use your own judgement about whether or not to kneel or run", which, given observable results, would, IMO, still make it at least partially a coaching issue.
I've tried Googling it and I can't find the article for the life of me, but I swear I read it somewhere. After the 2010 season, they made the decision to give Smith the call as to whether or not Banks left the endzone; I think it was a direct quote from Banks himself maybe? Anyway, I swear I saw it in print.
But that's the whole point serv...what other option does a Special Teams coach HAVE other than relying on his return man to use his own judgement?
That's why having someone who has some judgement in the return role is so critical. Unless I'm missing something here, which kicks Banks or any returner brings out is entirely up to the return man's split decision.
Now - I'll say this. Why you keep giving a guy (who clearly is shaky at best in terms of his decisions to bring balls out of the end zone) the opportunity to make bad decisions, I don't understand. To me, about the 2nd time a return man brings one out of the endzone to the 10 or 15 yard line, he's going to sit if I'm the coach.
I think that's urban legend. How would that work anyway? Is Banks watching Smith for a 'signal' of some kind? That hardly seems likely as a return man is going to be 100% focused on the ball. And surely we're not deciding whether to run it out prior to the kick...
I just don't see how Smith making the call is even possible.
Smith has been on the sideline of every game since he's been here.I believe Smith watches the game from the coach's box. It seems possible (albeit slightly impractical) for him to watch the first second or two of the kickoff coverage developing, call down to the sidelines to a coach, who then signals Banks somehow whether or not he should bring it out.
Definitely seems possible in that I think very lowly of Smith's skills as a coach, and that he would have the gumption to try something like that.
Smith has been on the sideline of every game since he's been here.
Do you listen on the radio?
Baseball does it, with a 3rd base coach, so why not ?
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