Wallace108
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 | | Subject: A Batch full of success Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:43 pm | |
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- By Ron Cook / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
First, longtime offensive coordinator Bruce Arians was gone after the 2011 season, pushed out by Steelers president Art Rooney II. Now, backup quarterback Charlie Batch is gone, too, finished after 11 seasons with his hometown Steelers. Ben Roethlisberger isn't quite sure what to expect when the team gathers later this spring for offseason workouts. Batch was with him in the quarterbacks meeting room every day since Roethlisberger joined the Steelers as a No. 1 draft choice in 2004.
"It's definitely not going to be the same," Roethlisberger said. "Charlie and I always sat next to each other. I'm going to miss the laughs and the talks that we had. I owe so much to him."
Roethlisberger was quick to interrupt his round of golf Sunday in Georgia and jump on the telephone to pay tribute to Batch, who became expendable when the Steelers selected Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones Saturday in the fourth round of the NFL draft. Veteran Bruce Gradkowski, who was signed as a free agent in March, will be the team's other quarterback.
"I feel like I could go on for hours about Charlie," Roethlisberger said. "He meant so much to me. I told him numerous times, 'You made me what I am today.' From on the field to off the field, as a quarterback and as a man. He truly is one of the best guys I've ever been around."
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/ron-cook/ron-cook-a-batch-full-of-success-685435/#ixzz2Ru2h0wli
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fer69
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| | Subject: Re: A Batch full of success Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:19 pm | |
| Sad to see him go. A hell of a guy on and off the field
Fire Tomlin... Hire Batch!!! _________________ F@(k Wallace.. Throw it to Miller
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stlrtruck
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| | Subject: Re: A Batch full of success Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:45 am | |
| I wouldn't mind seeing Batch as a QB coach...preferably with the Steelers. _________________  60 MIN 53 MEN 1 NATION STEELERS NATION  I am the MAN that created the MYTH that started the LEGEND
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