Quote Originally Posted by texaspackerbacker View Post
I sorta disagree with that. A decent Special Teams coach ought to be able to take the back up O and D players and make them good on special teams, no lame-assed special team specialists needed (I'm looking at you, Leavitt).
I think the Bisaccia story disproves your point. The Packers hired him because he was that special teams ace of a coach - and what did he do once he got here? He pushed Guter to acquire Bisaccia's ST guys - thus, the players make the coach.

On a different topic, now that the cuts happen all at once, the days of cutting a vet early so he had a chance to catch on with another team are over. That's tough for the fringe guys, who work so damn hard to get a chance to play in the NFL.