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LMAO...could you picture Vince on our sideline with the way our defense "tackles", that would be a sound bite for the ages!
The obvious choice would be Munchak (sp). Who would be out there right NOW this moment. I'm not talking after the season or maybe next year, I mean right NOW today??
Salute the nation
Munchak. A great teacher. A great coach, and well respected as a former player.
Did I miss something? Why are we discussing Tomlin being fired?
Did I miss something? Why are we discussing Tomlin being fired?
Vince would go nuts at our pathetic excuse for tackling. We went from smash mouth to group hug arm tackling horseshit in 5 years time.
Joey Porter would likely provide the kind of fire that the fans would like to see. He probably doesn't have enough experience yet....but....neither did Tomlin.
What about Kyle Shanahan or the Shula kid?
Josh McDaniels always gets praise but he likely wouldn't be welcome in Pittsburgh.
In case you haven't missed it.. tackling is a league wide problem.
I think I would go after Chucky Gruden
Munchak. A great teacher. A great coach, and well respected as a former player.
Funny that when Arians left he went on to lead the Colts to the playoffs with a rookie QB, and turned around the Cardinals with Carson Palmer at qb. Seem like his teams have had a lot more success in the last 5 years than the Steelers under Tomlin.
The last five years. 3-4-1 now. Loss t the Bills who were 0-2 at the time and to the Panthers who were 1-5 at the time.
Some coaches are simply better as a #2 guy and Haley is one of those who realizes this.If it is Haley I wouldn't want him as a long term deal. Not much of a step up from what we allready have but could fill for short term. I think Munch would be a better fit and possibly long term.
George Edwards D -coordinator Vikings - what he continually does with that Vikings D is impressive. Known to get the most out of young players and put players in the best position to suceed.
Kris Richard -D coordinator Seahawks - Hawks continually have a top 10 D, and stack pro bowlers yearly
Rod Marinelli - D coordinator Dallas -Known to get the most out of his players, his units seemingly always improve..
James-Bettcher - D -coordinator Arizona - a darkhorse a little green, but has been doing good things as the Cards D coord since being promoted..
Wade -Phillips - D coord -Denver - Could always give him another shot, did great things for that Denver D.
Plenty of options, the closer you look.
We don't have to stay with mediocre.
Some coaches are simply better as a #2 guy and Haley is one of those who realizes this.
Doesn't really matter, in ten years Shades will still be the coach of this team and still losing regularly to inferior teams on the road.
So having a bad start to this season takes away from what he has done over the last 5 years? Yet you don't say the same thing to Tomlin has has accomplished almost nothing in the last 5 years and we are off to a 4-4 start this year with losses to Miami, Philly, and Baltimore? I didn't care for his play calling, but his abilities as a HC should not be in question.
We can't question other coaches? I'm not saying anything about Tomlin other than the folks here at SN have terrible judgment.
I'm not taking anything away from what The Bruce has accomplished at AZ. He didn't, really, accomplish **** at Indy other than not get in the way, which, come to think of it, he couldn't seem to do here. The Indy situation is the very definition of winning with another coaches players, team and staff, something of which Tomlin has been charged numerous times. That Indy team and staff was put together by Pagano. You might look at the couple of years after The Bruce left as an indication he didn't do jack ****. They were 11-5 for the two seasons after he left, too.
I bring up the bad start as an indication he may not be so hot after all. All the Whiz fans said the same thing after he took AZ to the SB, then the playoffs, then 5-11. Seems similar to now in AZ? Starts off well, then,"well, it is a bad start"....always excuses for other coaches.
Again, as the previous regime's players retired and replaced by Tomlin picks (remember, we have the same GM) the team got worse in most respects. Yeah I know, if you play better you draft later but that's no excuse for having exactly zero players left on the team from two consecutive drafts ('08 and '09) five years after the fact which is a time when your draft picks should be hitting their stride. Now, those 14 spots still have to be filled and they're going to be filled by 1) players who mostly weren't good enough to stick with the team who drafted them and 2) your own UDFA's who weren't good enough for you to draft.