I take the time and ponder on what insider people have to say about the coaching and results of this coaching staff.
Andy Weidl: Sees the results, knows the deficiencies as he himself is a football man. Probably barked back in his early days and was **** down by higher management, thus he is silenced outside of his parameters of duty.
Arthur Smith: Knows he is handcuffed, he started out with a pro-offensive plan, but was influenced and told we we have to operate within this system (Tomlin’s conservative scheme). Your freedom comes as long as you stay in tune of this schematic plan.
Austin: Doesn’t matter if he had freedom or not, he is a loser in any scheme. Bottom of the barrel DC. Add in the Tomlinized defensive plans, it’s a gauranteed no-win situation and we’ve seen this evidence from day one.
Pat Meyer: Proof is on the return of poor OL play…… continuously. His OL’s are continuously rated in lower 1/3 of the NFL. When was the last super star OL-man on our team. The gaurd from Philadelphia has regresses from day one and is sliding down hill now. Scheme combined with this coach, is a loss cause.
Bubbles Smith: Has been sub-par other than two players (BOZ / Punter), ST units have been ill-prepared for many seasons. ST’s coaching is the easiest to replace, change is easy for players to obsorb. It’s when a STs coach is kept to long that the STs unit becomes pessimistic and harder to obsorb the clatter of the coach. Add in the extra roster spots dedicated to Bubble’s “Aces” and the on field undisciplined play.
Aaa-Ron: Already knows, deep down what he is up against. He is a ticking time bomb of releasing his view. He will be kind (what we are seeing now), but as this season unfolds………. He will start testing under the bus tires.
Coach Tomlin: He is a very smart man, just not an overall smart coach. His demeanor of not being able to work with smarter people, is his drawback. Anyone here, if in his position would realize what they are doing isn’t working. Is it arrogance or just not knowing how to be the leader needed. Is he to busy being a “friend” coach or just not equipped to see reality on the field of play. Blaming everyone but himself doesn’t work. He will include himself in saying “we need to do better” but there is ZERO personal growth for that statement.
Art Rooney II: I’d bet many owners talk behind his back. They also realize that what he is doing by keeping Coach Tomlin is to their advantage as it takes a former “Power-House” out of the equasion of anything relevant. They are also jealous in the fact that Rooney is capitalizing on”beyond the means” of the NFL. Money speaks volumes as to what one will endure, regardless of legacy. Rooney is more into the money part of the team and less into the Football part of the team, similar to his grandpa. time does not sit still, the fans obtained by the history / winning / tradition of this team are starting to fall away. It will take that kind of fallout for the current Rooney to wake up, which might be by stepping down.
There are many many other examples / reasoning / excerpts as to where this STEELERS team is at / headed. The more the loyal the fan, the longer they will stick around, but a winning disposition has never seen fleeing fans. That is what this team has is a never losing season (winning), but the post season is usually pre-determined and carried by it’s past. That statement is the cruix of the long term embodiment of no change.
Salute the nation
