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Anybody fired yet?

You can blame the players the first 2 or maybe 3 times but from then on, it is systemic. It is a problem coming from the coaches and how they are teaching and leading their team. I gave Tomlin all the slack in the world but 2 or 3 years ago, it became obvious to even me that he is a huge problem. He is not a good leader. He is good with his players but he is not good at teaching his coaches and letting them do their jobs. He has to have his hands in everything. He is a major micro-manager. A leader is supposed to raise up other leaders (hasn't done evidenced by no coaching tree) and delegate things to those that are better than he is at the task at hand. This means his coordinators must have more of a say. Sure, he can consult but the coordinators fingerprints have to be all over the game plans, schemes, play calling, etc.
 
This bye is a great oportunity for change but one must also realize that change can only be suttle. There will be no "firing" or demotion from said jobs. Players are safe and we will all join hands in Kumbaya.

The answer isn't the bye week and will not be addressed until season end and to a way lesser degree than what is needed.


Salute the nation
 
I blame the beat writers in Pittsburgh for having no initiative to call out the lack of leadership on this team. No uncomfortable pressing questions in press conferences. No specific callouts that don't let go of the lack of planning and focus.

I blame Tomlin for getting lackadaisical and thinking that his Tomlin-speak is enough to cover the stink of poor leadership on this team.

Ultimately, I blame AR2 for letting this get to this point. They are so enamored with their woke progressive push for minority hires that they have trapped themselves into a position of holding leaders within their organization unaccountable for the sake of 'wokeness'. They even have a minority leader on board now that they could name on an interim basis (Flores) but won't pull the trigger on that.

We could fire Tomlin --- hire Sean Peyton -- and he could assemble a team of coaches with his connections and put together a staff in two weeks that is better than what we have currently.
 
carbonsteel said:
I blame the beat writers in Pittsburgh for having no initiative to call out the lack of leadership on this team. No uncomfortable pressing questions in press conferences. No specific callouts that don't let go of the lack of planning and focus.

I blame Tomlin for getting lackadaisical and thinking that his Tomlin-speak is enough to cover the stink of poor leadership on this team.

Ultimately, I blame AR2 for letting this get to this point. They are so enamored with their woke progressive push for minority hires that they have trapped themselves into a position of holding leaders within their organization unaccountable for the sake of 'wokeness'. They even have a minority leader on board now that they could name on an interim basis (Flores) but won't pull the trigger on that.

We could fire Tomlin --- hire Sean Peyton -- and he could assemble a team of coaches with his connections and put together a staff in two weeks that is better than what we have currently.
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Local beat writers don't want to lose their access to the locker room.
 
If the front office doesn’t recommend to Art that Canada needs to be terminated immediately then I’m at a loss.
Yes, I think it had to come from the front office since I think Tomlin’s ego won’t allow him to make the move.
Canada is solely his hire and if he fires him in season it makes him look worse than he already does.
Tomlin is fast losing this team as the inmates are already bitching and pointing fingers. Lack of preparation, no accountability, no discipline all point to shades.
This is his team that he helped construct and his coaches that he hired so the buck stops at shade’s feet.
 
ZonaBurgh said:
Local beat writers don't want to lose their access to the locker room.
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It’s also not really a beat writer’s job to call out players and coaches. They report on the games, practices, and other team news. The columnists and radio hosts are the guys who stir the pot.
 
The players now talk about " getting into the playbook more". Studying more. What did King Tomlin and Lackey Canada have them doing since training camp? Playing ping pong?
 
carbonsteel said:
We could fire Tomlin --- hire Sean Peyton -- and he could assemble a team of coaches with his connections and put together a staff in two weeks that is better than what we have currently.
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Count me in! No time like the present. Our next game is November 13th.
 
bermudasteel said:
I dreamed that I'd wake up to the "Canada fired" news...

I'm sad now.
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If you are gonne dream, dream big. Tomlin, Austin and Canada fired. Flores is the new DC and interim head coach. The infamous **** flinging monkey can take over OC duties and the offense probably won't be worse.
 
Let Kenny call his own plays.
 
ZonaBurgh said:
Local beat writers don't want to lose their access to the locker room.
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all the likes on your post. Not sure if they would lose their locker room spots.. Maybe someone in the know, knows better.. BUT what I do see is many of us believe the media writers wont tell it like it is... or are afraid of speaking up
 
Nobody will be fired today or any day during the season. If it were going to happen, it would have last night or this morning so the interim guy could have the full 2 weeks.
 
Litos said:
If you are gonne dream, dream big. Tomlin, Austin and Canada fired. Flores is the new DC and interim head coach. The infamous **** flinging monkey can take over OC duties and the offense probably won't be worse.
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I not a Tomlin hater.
 
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bermudasteel said:
I not a Tomlin hater.
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I'm not either, he looks like a nice guy and is a good leader of men. But he is just too bad of a head coach regarding the playbook and assitant hirings to deserve the position he holds for me to want him there ruining ten more years of my beloved team.
 
The Brownies get too cute and throw an INT on a reverse. Amari Cooper threw it right to the defender...
 
Litos said:
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I'm not either, he looks like a nice guy and is a good leader of men. But he is just too bad of a head coach regarding the playbook and assitant hirings to deserve the position he holds for me to want him there ruining ten more years of my beloved team.
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Those in denial will come around soon enough. It obviously takes years and years and years and years and years for some. Eventually you run out of excuses and scapegoats for piss poor performance.

Sure as hell has zero to so with hating anyone.
 
Litos said:
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I'm not either, he looks like a nice guy and is a good leader of men. But he is just too bad of a head coach regarding the playbook and assitant hirings to deserve the position he holds for me to want him there ruining ten more years of my beloved team.
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No he's not a good leader of men. This locker room is lost to Tomlin and it will not change it's time to cut bait. Sorry but I'm done looking at every Steelers news, opinion, or website dancing around the obviously, never facing or calling out the root cause. We suck top down. Have for years since we failed to unleash hell in December 2009. Coaches don't wanna kill their career here with him having final say and players have no one to follow. Deuce is well a deuce. We're circling the drain and it kills me.
 
Need a thorough flushing from head coach down. Only one worth a **** that I would keep is Brian Flores as my defensive coordinator.
 
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