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Steelers hiring McCarthy

Mike McCarthy Interview Process

Art2- Do you know what they call the area where they perform the coin toss at the start of each game

MM- The middle of the field?

Art2- You're Hired!
 
How the Rooney's made the decision to hire Mike McCarthy...

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dv13 said:
The worst part about this pick is the team has now given up a number of promising young coaches with actual talent for a retread with minimal success. Even if he is successful for one or two years out of the four or five he has left in him, we will lament Minter beating us year in and out as we languish in the past/status quo. Hell, if the Browns are able to land one of these young guys then even they will probably do the same to us by year four of McCarthy.
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Minimal success? The guy has the same resume as Tomlin, Harbaugh, Payton, and Carroll who are all recognized as Hall of Fame or very good head coaches. I'm not saying this is a great hire, but we could've hired Robert Saleh or another total failure retread HC.
 
madinsomniac said:
We have Dallas's sloppy seconds
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Jerry is a senile old fool. That is one thing I won’t hold against Mike. We did want an offensive guy. A few years younger perhaps but we got half way to what we want. Who knows. Maybe he finds a QB and is the new Andy Reid.
 
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SteelerInLebanon said:
Well if he is the choice then I hope for nothing but the best. At the very least he better develop us a QB.
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You want the bad news? He won’t get fired by Rooney. Let all fans let that sink in.

A dark day for Steelers nation..
 
Buster said:
Only way I’m happy with this is if we bring in a guy like Scheelhause as OC to eventually take over.
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Yes, a young coach who is already a HC candidate is going to leave Sean McVay, the best coach in the NFL, to work under a 62-year old Mike McCarthy on a team without a QB and talking about bringing a 40+ year old QB back next season.
 
SteelerFan448 said:
Minimal success? The guy has the same resume as Tomlin, Harbaugh, Payton, and Carroll who are all recognized as Hall of Fame or very good head coaches. I'm not saying this is a great hire, but we could've hired Robert Saleh or another total failure retread HC.
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I see an outdated approach. This guy isn’t going to bring what is needed.
 
SteelerFan448 said:
Mike McCarthy - his days with the Packers are irrelevant at this point, too long ago and a different game. Here's some info from his time in Dallas.

Dallas 2020-2024
49-35
3 12-win seasons
2 NFC East championships
3 playoff appearances
1-3 playoff record

Offensive | Defensive Ranks by year Points (yards)
2020 17 (14) | 28 (23)
2021 1 (1) | 7 (19)
2022 4 (11) | 5 (12)
2023 1 (5) | 5 (5)
2024 21 (17) | 31 (28)

Coordinators with Dallas during McCarthy's Tenure
2020-22 OC Kellen Moore
2023-24 OC Brian Schottenheimer
Moore is currently the Saints head coach; Schottenheimer is the Cowboys head coach

2020 DC Mike Nolan
2021-23 DC Dan Quinn
2024 DC Mike Zimmer
Nolan and Zimmer were former head coaches; Quinn is currently the Commanders head coach

Drafts Under McCarthy
2020 - CeeDee Lamb, Trevon Diggs, Tyler Biadasz
2021 - Micah Parsons, Osa Odighizuwa
2022 - Tyler Smith, Jalen Tolbert, Jake Ferguson, DaRon Bland
2023 - Mazi Smith, DeMaarvion Overshown
2024 - Tyler Guyton, Cooper Beebe, Marist Liufau
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Basically every year he had Dak Prescott the entire season, the Cowboys won and were very productive on offense.

Seems like they had some good defensive teams too.

The problem is there is no Dak Prescott on the Steelers roster.

Putting all the eggs in the "developing Will Howard" basket would be a huge gamble.
 
With so many better choices out there, even without the ram’s coaches.

62 yrs old, + 15 years minimum Steelers life coach = 77 years old coach………….. ****-ing idiotic.

I’m going to need some time to come to terms with this.

art 2 is making it harder and harder to follow this team.

I know we need to give him a chance, but he is behind the times to begin with and we are coming off of 10 years of crap and loss of HOPE.



Salute the nation
 
slashsteel said:
I see outdated approach. This guy isn’t going to bring what is needed.
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No, it wasn't a great move. I would've 1000% went in a different direction. However, was it better than Weaver (their only other candidate to get a 2nd interview), Flores, Hafley, or Evero? Yes.

I still can't believe the Steelers only other candidate to get a 2nd interview was Weaver. Awful process.
 
Punxsutawney said:
15-20 year coaching runs are the exception rather than the norm in the NFL for legit reasons. Not all of them bad.

Perhaps it's time the Steelers start being a little more "like everyone else".

The Steelers have not exactly been the envy of success in the league for awhile now.
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Hiring guys like Mike McCarthy wouldn’t seem to be the way you get there
 
SteelerFan448 said:
Minimal success? The guy has the same resume as Tomlin, Harbaugh, Payton, and Carroll who are all recognized as Hall of Fame or very good head coaches. I'm not saying this is a great hire, but we could've hired Robert Saleh or another total failure retread HC.
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Sorry, I don’t count one playoff win in recent times “success.” I don’t care about regular season records; had enough of those trophies over the past 10+ years. He’s a Tomlin clone who is well past his prime, he only has a few years left, and we’ve now ceded much better options to other clubs even within the division who have the potential to be FIXTURES for many years to come.

Do you honestly look at the entire set of available options and think McCarthy was the BEST strategic option of the lot? If so, maybe I should call you “Art III.”
 
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