OT: NFL

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Almost time for Paddy the Baddy.

I think he's in trouble, but he's favored in Vegas.

[EyeoftheHawk]

.No one was swooping in to grab McCarthy away from them.

This is the key point and what makes it so baffling. McCarthy would have still been waiting there in April if they wanted to wait that long. You hear different things about Steelers ownership, particularly Art II, being ill-equipped to run the team but I never really felt that way until now. Don’t get me wrong. McCarthy might turn out to be a great fit and obviously being in your early 60’s doesn’t mean you can’t be highly successful. However, there was no reason to not at least wait the see what the others had to say. Here we have a Boomer hiring a Boomer and at least on paper, it doesn’t make a lot of sense.

[Fightingscot82]

They have no clue. They are like the first family, believing they're born with an ability that comes with their last name. Omar Khan is just maintaining his paycheck. They believe their natural disposition is The Steelers Way and naturally good. I'm done with the Rooneys. Sell the team to Thomas Tull.

I would have been fine with McCarthy as a coordinator. Take a young head coach and surround him with experienced assistants who were committed to that role.

But I guess the only worse hiring of this cycle belongs to Ohio State.

[TheBigCat2192]

Who has been the better head coach, McCarthy or Tomlin? I bring that up to say this feels like a future of more of the same.

Their records are remarkably similar. I’d say Tomlin is a bit better because his worst teams haven’t been as bad as McCarthy’s and he’s never coached a truly awful team. On the flip side if you can tolerate some variance you might favor McCarthy since the middle three teams of his Cowboys tenure were better than anything Tomlin’s put together in a decade.

[crixus]

I think Aaron Rodgers will be back with the Steelers for one more season now that he's reunited with Mike McCarthy. Rodgers had a pretty good season before the playoff collapse.

[Chuck Norris]

I think Aaron Rodgers will be back with the Steelers for one more season now that he's reunited with Mike McCarthy. Rodgers had a pretty good season before the playoff collapse.

Rodgers & McCarthy’s relationship was well documented as being pretty toxic by the time McCarthy was fired in Green Bay. They’ve allegedly reconciled to some degree since then but I don’t see this as any great selling point to bring Rodgers back. And if a potential reunion played any part in hiring McCarthy, then Steelers ownership is even more incompetent than they seem.

Rodgers wound up with solid numbers and there were times this season I would’ve been fine with him coming back for one more season. But when he was bad, he was really bad and looked really old. And I have no faith in the front office to improve the skill positions enough to make one more year of Rodgers palatable. But I also have no faith in them to do the sensible thing, so Rodgers and McCarthy running it back may very well happen.

[IUPNation]

Rodgers & McCarthy’s relationship was well documented as being pretty toxic by the time McCarthy was fired in Green Bay. They’ve allegedly reconciled to some degree since then but I don’t see this as any great selling point to bring Rodgers back. And if a potential reunion played any part in hiring McCarthy, then Steelers ownership is even more incompetent than they seem.

Rodgers wound up with solid numbers and there were times this season I would’ve been fine with him coming back for one more season. But when he was bad, he was really bad and looked really old. And I have no faith in the front office to improve the skill positions enough to make one more year of Rodgers palatable. But I also have no faith in them to do the sensible thing, so Rodgers and McCarthy running it back may very well happen.

Jeez..if Rodgers comes back..it just gets staler in the Yinzerlands.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I think Aaron Rodgers will be back with the Steelers for one more season now that he's reunited with Mike McCarthy. Rodgers had a pretty good season before the playoff collapse.

God, I hope not.

[Chuck Norris]

Jeez..if Rodgers comes back..it just gets staler in the Yinzerlands.

I hope this is just people connecting dots that really aren’t there, but with this regime you just don’t know.

McCarthy might pan out. He might be a great fit and just what this organization needs. But my growing suspicion, and I’m not alone, is that he was the guy they wanted from the minute Tomlin stepped down and every other interview they did was just to show people they really were looking, not to mention fulfilling requirements like the Rooney rule. Again, he’s a proven solid coach, but I don’t understand throwing away the opportunity to truly give a chance to other good candidates just to bring in a guy who would’ve still been available in two weeks.

[Fightingscot82]

My bewilderment is starting to subside but I'm still not sold. Especially with the widely regarded better moves are still out there. I think the Rooneys got impatient and decided to play it safe. McCarthy is a safe pick. He knows what to do and what not to do. He's had experience with some challenges a new HC may not have yet encountered from the coaching side. I don't give two Bushwood rat farts that he's from Pittsburgh. But I'm old enough and just wise enough to realize its not worth losing any sleep or gaining any blood pressure over. Its not my decision to make and nothing I say, feel, or do is going to change the decision.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

My bewilderment is starting to subside but I'm still not sold. Especially with the widely regarded better moves are still out there. I think the Rooneys got impatient and decided to play it safe. McCarthy is a safe pick. He knows what to do and what not to do. He's had experience with some challenges a new HC may not have yet encountered from the coaching side. I don't give two Bushwood rat farts that he's from Pittsburgh. But I'm old enough and just wise enough to realize its not worth losing any sleep or gaining any blood pressure over. Its not my decision to make and nothing I say, feel, or do is going to change the decision.

The word being leaked (likely intentionally) is both Rams guys were pretty bad in their Zoom interviews.

[Fightingscot82]

The word being leaked (likely intentionally) is both Rams guys were pretty bad in their Zoom interviews.

And what about Brian Flores? LOL The Steelers isn't in a similar stature to how Edinboro is within D2 football. There's no reason why they should feel a need to go after first time head coaches, especially if the standard is to make a meaningful run for a Super Bowl. Can't learn on the job at that level. That's the one thing I'll give McCarthy.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

And what about Brian Flores? LOL The Steelers isn't in a similar stature to how Edinboro is within D2 football. There's no reason why they should feel a need to go after first time head coaches, especially if the standard is to make a meaningful run for a Super Bowl. Can't learn on the job at that level. That's the one thing I'll give McCarthy.

I didn't like the idea of a young guy largely because the roster is nearing senior citizen level.

If the right young coach wasn't there then they did the right thing.

I watch 2-3 Yinzer games a year, so I don't really care one way or another. However, I listen to this stuff on the radio 365 days a year so it's hard not to at least have an opinion.

[Chuck Norris]

The word being leaked (likely intentionally) is both Rams guys were pretty bad in their Zoom interviews.

Gerry Dulac, who is supposedly closer to Art II than anyone else on the Steelers beat, said Scheelhaase gave them young Mike Tomlin vibes so who knows what the real truth is.