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Keith Butler is Retiring

Steelr4evr said:
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Going to be hard to hire any good coaches if you don’t let them coach. Rooneys need to step in here, if tomlin won’t hire good coaches then let them coach, and we get the results we been getting, it’s time to hit bricks!
 
slashsteel said:
He wanted to retire last year and Tomlin convinced him otherwise. Yeah **** why would anyone want to stay when being the fall guy year after year for blowout losses. It actually kind of pisses me off. As Butler improved the linebacking corps and now I think he was played a bad hand.
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**** really pisses me off. It makes sense. Like I said this team is so ******. The GM is bailing after the draft as well. Now I'm not even sure what's up with the OC.
 
SteelerFan448 said:
Right on cue...
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Something a lot of us fought with now we know. I will one up it. What is the odds in the bad decision Tombert free agency approach he is the final say. I am calling that... the picture is becoming so much clearer. And it isn't pretty.
 
bermudasteel said:
I don't like that decision...
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It was the most predictable move of the offseason. Austin isn't necessarily a bad defensive mind, but he's been on staff and contributing to the defense for several years now. It was just another opportunity to get an outside set of eyes and a fresh perspective, but of course not. They'll go into next year feeling better about the state of the team than they should.
 
Steelr4evr said:
**** really pisses me off. It makes sense. Like I said this team is so ******. The GM is bailing after the draft as well. Now I'm not even sure what's up with the OC.
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I don't think he has time to screw with the O he is too busy screwing up the D and the roster.
 
bermudasteel said:
As soon as I saw it I thought of Brian Flores. My only concern w/ that idea is would there be friction w/ Minkah???
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Flores is gonna land another head coaching gig I think.
 
I think our DB play improved with Austin but does that makes him qualified to be DC? It looked better because he had minkah and Haden, plus all the front 7 qb rushing
 
madinsomniac said:
This was all expected for months now.. no surprises … i still want to know what they see in austin… he is going to be Tim Lewis 2.0
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They see a guy that won't object to not being able to call the defense.
 
Litos said:
I think our DB play improved with Austin but does that makes him qualified to be DC? It looked better because he had minkah and Haden, plus all the front 7 qb rushing
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Mark it down to bad off-season decision making number 1. No worries there will be plenty more.
 
slashsteel said:
He wanted to retire last year and Tomlin convinced him otherwise. Yeah **** why would anyone want to stay when being the fall guy year after year for blowout losses. It actually kind of pisses me off. As Butler improved the linebacking corps and now I think he was played a bad hand.
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If Butler had any belief in his own abilities as a DC, he would have not kept reupping on contracts. Fact of the matter is that if he was dealt a bad hand, he's partially at fault for not folding. Not a defense of Tomlin; the defense has been substandard. But, Butler went along with the program. It seems just to collect a check.
 
Litos said:
I think our DB play improved with Austin but does that makes him qualified to be DC? It looked better because he had minkah and Haden, plus all the front 7 qb rushing
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Austin is an experience defensive coordinator, so he's qualified. He's qualified for the Steelers because he won't have any problems allowing Tomlin to make the defensive calls on game day.
 
SteelBuckeye said:
If Butler had any belief in his own abilities as a DC, he would have not kept reupping on contracts. Fact of the matter is that if he was dealt a bad hand, he's partially at fault for not folding. Not a defense of Tomlin; the defense has been substandard. But, Butler went along with the program. It seems just to collect a check.
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Facts!!!
 
SteelBuckeye said:
If Butler had any belief in his own abilities as a DC, he would have not kept reupping on contracts. Fact of the matter is that if he was dealt a bad hand, he's partially at fault for not folding. Not a defense of Tomlin; the defense has been substandard. But, Butler went along with the program. It seems just to collect a check.
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He still got to coach the players. Perhaps not the most ideal situation but he was probably trying to make the most of a bad situation knowing he would retire soon. I am sure it was a difficult situation but perhaps the best situation he was going to get. Or perhaps he felt that way.
 
Austin’s getting “DC” because he’s happy just standing there collecting a check while Tomlin calls/runs D.
 
SteelBuckeye said:
If Butler had any belief in his own abilities as a DC, he would have not kept reupping on contracts. Fact of the matter is that if he was dealt a bad hand, he's partially at fault for not folding. Not a defense of Tomlin; the defense has been substandard. But, Butler went along with the program. It seems just to collect a check.
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Hell...free money. Just stand on the sideline with headphones on and act like you're important.
 
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