Bobby April has long been considered one of the finest special teams coordinators in the league, but in a long explanation during his press conference Friday, the top special teams man for the Philadelphia Eagles had heaping praise for Dave Toub.

Toub broke into the NFL on Andy Reid’s staff in Philadelphia in 2001 after working with him previously at the University of Missouri and UTEP. April said you can stack Toub’s resume against any coordinator in the NFL – offense, defense or special teams. He said Toub, who will be out of contract at the end of this season, should be considered for a head-coaching position.

“I’ve never coached with him, but he obviously brings a tremendous toughness and he’s brought a real culture of intensity in their team,” April said. “I mean, it’s not just (Devin) Hester that returns the ball well, all of their guys fly around, they hustle as much as anybody I’ve seen and their kickers are good. So this guy’s one of the top five coaches in the league and I don’t mean just special teams coaches because you can’t put any coordinators record against his. I mean, there is no offensive or defensive coordinator – well I may be wrong. Maybe (Pittsburgh Steeler defensive coordinator) Dick LeBeau is up there where every single year they’re in the top three or four. Maybe Lebeau would be an exception.
Johnny Knox Ads by Google“Aside of that, I challenge anybody to say, ‘Well, you’ve gone five, six, seven consecutive years.’ It’s just the culture we live in. And I’m saying, maybe I shouldn’t say and somebody else should (because) I can talk about the Catholics, but if you’re Protestant you can’t really talk. …You know, just the culture is that those guys don’t get recognized, those special teams coaches don’t get recognized like somebody else. You know, whoever, ‘They have a really good year on offense and this guy’s one of the greatest coaches in the league (and) he should be a head coach. Why isn’t he?’ (I think) Toub should have that consideration I think because that’s what he’s done. So I can’t compliment him anymore than that. But I think he’s just unbelievable.”

April went on to say his praise for Toub goes well beyond Hester and the dynamic additions he makes to the return game.

“It’s not just Hester,” April said. “A lot of it is his talent. Those guys were playing and they have good schemes. That play they scored the touchdown (with Johnny Knox on a punt return) against Green Bay that was called back, that was the greatest special teams play I’ve ever seen. It takes creativity to do that, and it takes motivation, and it takes a lot to convince your guys that you can actually do that, ‘Well, when they punt over here, we’re going to send everybody over there and they’re going to go with us.’ I mean, just to convince them to execute it would be a tough challenge.”

April is in a position where he must convince his players to execute against the Bears on Monday night at Lincoln Financial Field.

_________________
favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

I thought this was going to be about April Rose.