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Plenty of blame to go around

FordFairLane

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I start at the very top because that is who directly started the downward spiral which is what we see on the field today. Art Rooney II and the Rooney rule was the direct reason WHY we hired Mike Tomlin. Their liberal and "progressive" ideology has single-handedly ruined the Pittsburgh Steelers. You don't hire anyone because of the color of their skin whether it's black or white you hire someone based on their abilities and attributes. Not a defensive coordinator that ranked 31st in pass defense whom happen to be a formed defensive back. Art Rooney II should step down because he is the Daniel Snider or Jerry Jones of the AFC North.

Second person to blame is Mike Tomlin. Whether he is qualified or not it IS his job to have this team prepared, have the ability to make game time adjustments, keep the team motivated, and develop the personnel you have into quality NFL players. He has failed on every level mentioned before. He is the black Barry Switzer.

I put Colbert down the line because he has had success in drafting when he had a competent head coach. I feel he is likely drafting better players than they appear to be under the current coaching staff but the fact remains he is extending and overpaying players who are not very good. Marcus Gilbert is so god awful it almost makes me cry to know he will hinder our ability to sign another quality offensive lineman for 2-3 years at the minimum. Just because he had a good camp and looked good in practice does not negate the FACT he has never looked good during the games. The team has to be willing to let underachieving players leave even if it leaves a hole that will need to be filled via the draft or in free agency. I want to know WHO would have given Marcus Gilbert 5 years 30 million with 8 million in a bonus? Answer? NO ONE! Let him walk see what is out there and then sign him for a friendly deal if you wanted him back all the while paying him his rookie contract this year. Cortez Allen whom the FO like more than Keenan Lewis so they let Lewis walk and keep Taylor and now overpay Allen. Bad, worse, and ugly! Pouncey they overpay (though so far he has looked better this year than the past few) but I just don't think a center who is maybe slightly above average deserves LT money. I just don't. Matching Manny Sanders tender last year then LETTING HIM WALK this year. If you did not have a long term contract worked out you take your third round pick and move on you don't amplify your poor decision on which tender to offer by not letting the Pats choke on their obvious ploy to make us spend more money on Sanders. Then the drafting has been sub par since Tomlin took over. I am not sure who all to blame but the player development is not what you need to put a competent team on the field. The 2008 draft class IMHO is the worst draft class of all time for the Steelers. And 2009 would have been a bust year if not for the fact we got several serviceable years out of Wallace and one out of Lewis.

Todd Haley is next in line because I do feel bad for him in the sense he was brought in because Art Rooney II is a moron. He and Ben are like oil and vinegar, fire and water, or whiskey and my penis. They just don't mix well. His offense is so predictable that I call the play before the snap. To be honest I feel his offense needs a Dri Acrher or McCluster to function because he has to use misdirection to create mismatches because he cannot beat a team straight up. The only time the offense seems to function is when Roethlisberger runs a no huddle and is allowed to call plays and audible out of them depending on the defensive look. The irony is that is not Ben's strong suit. He's not a cerebral QB who is playing chess out there on the field. He's a checkers kind of QB who create big plays by extending the play. He usually gets a pre-snap read and if it is not open creates time to find his second or third option. Todd Haley needs a QB who gets the ball out quickly and doesn't make mistakes. Just not a good match. Sadly I think Arians and Ben worked better together and if we had Munchak and a RT with him calling the plays our offense would be much better off.

Dick LeBeau is just not what he was 10 years ago. He is an innovator of the zone blitz and in his day knew how to create mismatches. In today's NFL the QB just dumps the ball too quickly for his scheme to work on a regular basis. In the old days our OLB's were regularly matched up on TE's, RB's or just totally unaccounted for but today I rarely see JJ or Worilds NOT on an OT. I think it is time to bring in a new coaching staff which sadly means this HOF and great person has to leave.

And finally I blame Goodell and his touch football new style of NFL that us true blue football fans are being forced to swallow. The problem is I don't think Goodell is doing it on his own but with the guidance of the NFL owners who want to see the game so parallel that everybody has a shot every week and 8-8 teams in the playoffs will be a regular event. They want scoring, no hitting, and people not disinterested in week 15 because their team is totally out of it. The problem is the league will not change so the team has to. I said it years ago when I first saw this coming that I would only draft DL who can get to the QB and DB's who can catch the ball. I don't care if the DE gives up big run plays as long as he sacks the QB and causes bad throws or strips. I don't care if the CB gives up an 80 yard TD as long as he has a pick six. I would draft mostly offensive players and try to out score other teams only caring that my defense is capable of sacks and turnovers and hope they do at key moments during the game.

Solution? Fire the front office and coaching staff. We need a Chip Kelly who in an innovator of the game. We need someone to revamp this team in their own image and keep the good and throw out the trash. Someone who can develop and motivate players. The only good thing is if we go 4-12 is I believe Tomlin is fired. I either want him to right the ship and win 12 games and get us to the Super Bowl or I want us to fall on our face to we can yank off the band-aid and be done with this!
 
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You thought you were being slick...

You thought by writing this drawn out 'memo', you would fool some people. But you aint foolin me, Ford....












Another Tomlin ***** fest!!! Hooray!!!!!!


Tomlin Haters- get your ***** in here! FRANCO! Where you at bud?!?
 
You thought you were being slick...

You thought by writing this drawn out 'memo', you would fool some people. But you aint foolin me, Ford....












Another Tomlin ***** fest!!! Hooray!!!!!!


Tomlin Haters- get your ***** in here! FRANCO! Where you at bud?!?

Dude, Tomlin has the shortest paragraph of all. I could go further in detail but feel at this point all knowledgeable football fans know he is an inept football coach so it would be be like whipping a dead horse. If you would read the entire post you would see I believe we need a change from the team President down to the great Dick LeBeau. No one goes unblamed at this point.
 
LOL @ the idea of having to "fool" someone - let alone YOU - to get their point across.

Those with an objective eye who don't excuse everything Tomlin does discuss things just fine with/without your permission.
 
No no, BigApple.

By all means. Everything is good. Don't change a thing! Players are doing awesome! Coaches couldn't be doing a better job. This week was a complete anomaly. I imagine the AFC pro-bowl will pretty much be the Steelers offensive and defensive units. In fact we can assume they'll be all-pro. The only bad news is that Tomlin won't be able to coach because that's reserved for the coaches who LOSE the AFC championship game.

Clearly we'll be the guys winning that game as we've got the best coaching, talent and heart in the league. I mean clearly, short of a mind-blowing crazy turn of events that nobody on Earth could have foreseen last night the Steelers easily had that game in the bag vs the Ravens. I mean, obviously. And obviously we will not accept this. We're gonna turn over stones. We'll unleash hell if we need to. The standard is the standard and we were below the line. But nobody with any sense at all is questioning that Mike Tomlin isn't the best coach who's ever donned a headset or that the Steelers roster is the best set of athletes ever collectively assembled on a sideline at one time in league history.

What this coach, this front-office has put together in terms of talent and money usage is mind-blowing. Anybody who doesn't see that any single loss for this team is based on nothing more than crazy impossible to predict or prevent twists of fate is just kidding themselves.

Trust me, nobody with any football sense at all questions ANYTHING about this coach, this front office or any of the athletes on this team.

(I'm sorry. I ran out of time for this post 30 seconds ago, but I don't have Mike Tomlin's impeccable clock management skills.)

Rest assured!
 
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We're gonna turn over stones. We'll unleash hell if we need to.

Hilarious!

Yeah, we've had a pretty good look at Tomlin's adjustments. Sorry for not being optimistic that he woke up today realizing that needing three scores is different than needing two.
 
Once again,

Where is Franco?

If I am going to get involved in knee-jerk reactions regarding a coach, after the 2nd game of the season-

You bet you are *** I want Franco to be apart of it.
 
80% of the blame is with the following 3 people. 2 need to go.

Rooney
Colbert
Tomlin
 
The ****** unprepared, lazy, fat ,undisciplined and stupid team we trot out on the field reflects the personna of our head coach. I have known for years he was a fraud and was carried by others and now all but the truly stupid are seeing what most knew but hated to admit. As I have said many times before enjoy the 8-8 seasons , they will be the good old days under this idiot.
 
The 2008 draft class IMHO is the worst draft class of all time for the Steelers. And 2009 would have been a bust year if not for the fact we got several serviceable years out of Wallace and one out of Lewis.

09 is still a bust in my mind cause the players are all gone and there's no hardware to show it from them when they were here. And now you've have to start looking at 10 and 11 too. 10 has Pouncey, Worilds and Brown left. Pouncey has been overrated since he got to the league and he and his brother are cement heads off the field. Worilds is worthless and will be gone after this season and the only saving grace of that draft was Brown, and he was a total blind luck pick in the 6th round. He wasn't even their first choice in the 6th that year, that honor went to "I need a breather" Dwyer. And who's left from the 11 draft? Cam Hayward, Gilbert, and Cortez Allen....Cam showed flashes last year and I'm not totally down on him, but so far he's regressing. Gilbert....ugh. And Allen...well, you know. The drafting has been awful for years now and they need to fix it soon or they are in for a long, long stretch of awful football that will have us longing for the days of 8-8.
 
I have to agree with FFL good post and spot on in my opinion. I'm so very tired of the team looking like a disorganized cluster **** who couldn't adjust to a girls scout invasion.
 
The ****** unprepared, lazy, fat ,undisciplined and stupid team we trot out on the field reflects the personna of our head coach. I have known for years he was a fraud and was carried by others and now all but the truly stupid are seeing what most knew but hated to admit. As I have said many times before enjoy the 8-8 seasons , they will be the good old days under this idiot.


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Here's a little more Tomlin stupidity for you. All week long we heard it was a copycat league and teams would use the naked waggle play and the stretch zone bkocking and gouge the defense as the Browns did. This play is a staple of the Ravens but they knew Tonmlin is simple minded and reactionary so they did not use the play ince, instead attacking the Steelers soft underbelly up the middle. Of course this caught Tomlin completely unaware and fans were treated to 3 hours of looking at the bug eyed blank stare of the con man with again no in game adjustments, typical from the used car salesman. But hey he went to Willian & Mary
 
I don't get the love for Pouncey. He's serviceable but definitely not ProBowl.

The line looked better last year without him hiking the ball over Bens head.

Gilbert is awful! Adams isn't much better.


This team needs some Northwest farm boys on the line
 
I don't get the love for Pouncey. He's serviceable but definitely not ProBowl.

The line looked better last year without him hiking the ball over Bens head.

Gilbert is awful! Adams isn't much better.


This team needs some Northwest farm boys on the line

Pouncey has been below the line since his rookie season. Last night I watched him run by defenders to get to the 2nd level before he ever blocked the 1st level. He was helping double team a lot.
 
Here's a little more Tomlin stupidity for you. All week long we heard it was a copycat league and teams would use the naked waggle play and the stretch zone bkocking and gouge the defense as the Browns did. This play is a staple of the Ravens but they knew Tonmlin is simple minded and reactionary so they did not use the play ince, instead attacking the Steelers soft underbelly up the middle. Of course this caught Tomlin completely unaware and fans were treated to 3 hours of looking at the bug eyed blank stare of the con man with again no in game adjustments, typical from the used car salesman. But hey he went to Willian & Mary

3?!?!?

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Today was a good day
 
Once again,

Where is Franco?

If I am going to get involved in knee-jerk reactions regarding a coach, after the 2nd game of the season-

You bet you are *** I want Franco to be apart of it.

Knee jerk? I am not saying fire Tomlin this very second. I give him a chance since I doubt an interim head coach rights the ship either. I give him until game 8 and if we are not in the hunt dump him and start looking for a head coach for next year. Look at our easy *** schedule and there is NO reason we shouldn't be 5-3. I COULD COACH THIS TEAM TO 5-3! At best we are 4-4 and if we are 3-5 or worse he should be fired. If he gets us to 4-4 let him play out the second half and if he doesn't get us to the playoffs we fire him the second we are out of the running. The second half looks a lot tougher and right now I don't see us going better than 2-6 with this team.
 
Knee jerk? I am not saying fire Tomlin this very second. I give him a chance since I doubt an interim head coach rights the ship either. I give him until game 8 and if we are not in the hunt dump him and start looking for a head coach for next year. Look at our easy *** schedule and there is NO reason we shouldn't be 5-3. I COULD COACH THIS TEAM TO 5-3! At best we are 4-4 and if we are 3-5 or worse he should be fired. If he gets us to 4-4 let him play out the second half and if he doesn't get us to the playoffs we fire him the second we are out of the running. The second half looks a lot tougher and right now I don't see us going better than 2-6 with this team.

You know what-

Maybe I am being unfair. You make some good points and were not calling for his head immediately.

I can admit that I was wrong- and that I was throwing you in the same category of the Franco's of the world.

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But dont get me wrong- I love me some Franco!!!!!
 
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