Even if isnt Austin's defense he still needs to go because clearly hes not influential or trustworthy enough to incorporate anything meaningful into this defense. At some point you would think he would think about his own career. He'll never get another job anywhere. I would never allow someone to dictate my future like that.
I know you guys like to use the "Rooney Rule" like you use "fatigue". They won't fire him, but this is the thing. If he hasn't shown any signs of coming close to a SB by the time his contract ends there will be no obligation to resign him after that because everything he could possibly accomplish as a coach would have been fulfilled by the time his current contract expires including the longest win streak by a coach (because he wont have any losing seasons. He just won't.) They dont have to be tied to him like that. They can move on and there's no perceived backlash or whatever you guys may be concerned about not that it would be now.
I've said this before: Tomlin is no fool.
And yet somehow the Steelers were up 10-0 on the road on Thursday night. And one holding penalty away from starting out 14-0.
So given the poor player performance, clearly evident in the 17 point 2Q, what adjustments did the coaches make in personnel or scheme or whatever for the entire 2nd half? If the response is that players played a little less badly, is it not still on the coaching staff to have the best performers that day on the field?
Low IQ and high testosterone not a good combination in terms of judgment and awareness.On another TD Jones punched Rodgers in both shoulders as if he were blocking a pass rusher. Just shows how low this guy's IQ really is
NOBODY in the last 10-15 years has thought “tough, sturdy Defense”.What is so sad this year in particular is that when you mentioned the Pittsburgh Steelers you always thought sturdy tough Defense. From the days of the Steel Curtain (was in Pittsburgh in grad school when they won they first superbowl with a defensive struggle with the Vikings) through the Blitzburgh years and so on
Now? This is an embarrassing over-priced group of "Defenders" who can't defend.
Dick Lebeau was the last solid defensive coach.
Tomlin's defensive coaching skills seem like a deer looking at headlights!
This is a good post. How they played is whatever, though that type of defensive performance has been a trend this season. The result was massive and absolutely a single game you can point to if they don't win the division. The Steelers had a chance to create a sizeable gap with a challenging schedule coming up. Instead, they gave everyone else life and that game is going to close quickly.
He was truly shaken and shattered during that Jags loss.
It was vintage Belichickian stuxnet sabotage or at least worked out that way. Tomlin was probably fighting panic attacks early in the week knowing what he was facing. Could tell he was rattled bringing it up.
