In some ways we are at the same place, in others not so much. I still root for my Steelers each week, and that means I root for Mediocre Mike, by default. Like I said, I do root for the Steeler to win each week so in that way I am rooting for Cool Shades. It's just that after 17 year, and more specifically after the last decade, I have grown weary and tired waiting for any light to suddenly get turned on. Oh, I still have the faintest glimmer of hope, but most of that has been long extinguished.
Do I still hope and pray that the addition of Kahn and subsequent additional discipline has changed the team chemistry and dynamics to a team that now suddenly respects discipline and responds to it. Better late than never. Although the two losses to such lightweight teams such as Indy and Dallas seem to refute such assertions, who knows? Maybe Mediocre Mike caught some hell he didn't like and learned something. Maybe we've seen an end of players reporting to the media the shocking lack of team discipline exhibited by the team and coaches that was holding the team back. Wouldn't that be something?
