Tag: Steelers

First – can you let me know what you’ve been up to since your time playing football?

I’m still engaged In the sport – I have a 9-5 job in sales but also do a lot of training kids to help them learn how to play football. A lot of speed and agility and other football drills.

Do you lean on some of the lessons you learned as a player?

A lot of them yes. I do pull from a lot of the college and NFL wright and strength training programs I experienced, Garrett Giemont in Pittsburgh – I stole a lot from him – his focus on backpedaling, lunges – his work on hamstrings. I incorporate a lot of that.

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First off, what did you do with yourself after you were done playing?

I retired in ’84- actually I retired first in 1982 after an injury. I was looking to get into the stock brokerage business after the injury. But I was playing pickup ball in Long Island when the GM of a local team told me that there was an FIBA team that needed a player and I should go play for them. I got offered a two-year contract to play for them – a team in Spain. I had to decide to drop it all and go to Spain or keep looking to become a stockbroker.

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First off, what have you been up to since your time in the NFL?

I’m retired now – I’m permanently disabled and living on a farm in South Carolina. I’m living in the woods near a lake and looking to work on the horticulture here – trying to holistically heal my body. My wife is now in Alabama with my son – I’m here on my own trying to start up a B&B or retreat here.

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First off, I know you were a defensive player and coach in college at Westminster and Robert Morris, but you were coaching offense for much of your time in Pittsburgh. How did that happen?

That’s a great question. I thought the same thing when then the job was offered to me by Bill Cowher! At the time Mike Mularkey was hired by the Bills to be their coach after being the Steelers offensive coordinator. Mike took some of the Steelers assistant coaches with him.

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First off, what made you decide to sign with the Steelers?

Honestly, the last months leading up to the draft I had no contact with the Steelers – it all came out of the woodwork at the end. I had no conversations with coaches leading up to the draft. In the late rounds one team called and was going to give me an offer but then they picked a tight end at the end of the draft so that fell through.

It was silent after the draft for about 30 minutes when my agent called saying the Steelers wanted to sign me – he locked that in. It was funny to hear since I had no contact with them. But my agent told my that’s pretty typical for the Steelers – they are one of the more quiet teams. I’m super-excited though to go to the Steelers though. That program has had a lot of success – it has so many great players and a great fanbase.

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First off, why did you decide to try out with the Steelers – what went into the decision?

It was kind of a weird process – I was trying to get a contract with any team – some teams showed interest but I didn’t get offers. Then the Steelers called – they said they were interested and  extended the offer to come to camp. My agent had reached out to Omar Khan and asked if he was interested in bringing me in – they were friends and Omar said he was interested and that’s when I got the offer.

I looked at their history of developing small school prospects and went with that.

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First off, how did the tryout come about and why Pittsburgh?

Building up after the season, I signed with an agent with the expectation of getting a camp invite. Close to the draft I got some interest from the Steelers – they came out to my pro day and I saw them there. I know Casey Weidl – one of the Steelers scouts – he went to the same high school I did. Omar Kahn called me initially actually and said they wanted to bring me in for a tryout.  I accepted right away. Then I spoke with Casey later to confirm some things.

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First, what’s the offseason been like for you?

Since the season ended – and in such an unfortunate way – my wife and I wanted to get away from football and business and connect with each other. Life gets busy – we wanted to take time off and get off the grid. We went to Thailand and spent two weeks in the jungle just deepening our connection and bonding.

Then we travelled to Nigeria – I have a development project there and my father-in-law lives there too so we visited with him. We killed two birds with one stone.

And of course every offseason is an on-season these days. So I have been training and trying to get better. The truth is at this stage you don’t continue playing if you can’t outpace the younger guys.

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Congratulations on signing with the Steelers – did you know they had interest in you beforehand?

I knew that they had interest last fall. A bunch of scouts came and saw me and Sam Pitz and showed interest in me – the Steelers were the main ones. During the draft my agent Joe Linta called and told me the Steelers were super-interested and I should expect a call. I didn’t know if that meant as a draft pick or undrafted free agent. After the last pick of the draft by the Patriots, I kid you not, 20 seconds later the Steelers called.

I signed with them – I was super-excited – I’m stoked and honored to be a part of such an historic franchise with such great coaches.

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