Packers promote Slocum to special teams coach

[Fritz]

We'd know for sure if MM hired for DC a guy he coached with in high school whose been out of football for the last eight years!

[RashanGary]

You bring up some great points, Patler. Maybe it pans out, but there are some major red flags here.

[Pugger]

I don't have a problem with MM hiring Slocum as our ST guy. He isn't Stock so I'll wager he'll bring his own methods and schemes to this unit. Let's not just assume he'll be StockII as someone here said earlier. I too think MM has his eye on someone for our DC whose team is still playing - which is a good thing if you think about it!

[Fritz]

I hope he's a screamer.

[Waldo]

I'm not saying Slocum will be bad, he might be good. But his experience as a ST coordinator is all in the college ranks. His NFL resume is very, very short. According to a JSO article others are available with more proven NFL success. McCarthy is staying with an old friend.

I would think that a college ST coach might actually be better than an old pro one. Really how different are kickoffs, punts, and field goals from college to the pros? It isn't like there is a 1000 page playbook, ST is pretty straightforward. If anything the college playbook is bigger.

Most ST players are young guys fresh out of college that were stars in college and didn't play much ST. The teaching aspect of ST coaching is the same between the college and pros, there is quite a bit of it. Since he's used to working with kids at the college ranks, he probably relates to the average pro ST player better than the old pro ST coordinators.

Heck he taught one of the best punters in the NFL (Lechler) how to punt.

[Fritz]

I'm not saying Slocum will be bad, he might be good. But his experience as a ST coordinator is all in the college ranks. His NFL resume is very, very short. According to a JSO article others are available with more proven NFL success. McCarthy is staying with an old friend.

I would think that a college ST coach might actually be better than an old pro one. Really how different are kickoffs, punts, and field goals from college to the pros? It isn't like there is a 1000 page playbook, ST is pretty straightforward. If anything the college playbook is bigger.

Most ST players are young guys fresh out of college that were stars in college and didn't play much ST. The teaching aspect of ST coaching is the same between the college and pros, there is quite a bit of it. Since he's used to working with kids at the college ranks, he probably relates to the average pro ST player better than the old pro ST coordinators.

Heck he taught one of the best punters in the NFL (Lechler) how to punt.

Well, punts are a lot different. You seen these teams that do that Austraiian football style punting? Weird formation, the punter runs sideways, kicks the ball on the run. Kinda like rugby. Weird.

This does not invalidate your point. It's just weird.