swissvale72 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 25, 2026 6:01 am
ol skool wrote: ↑Sun Jan 25, 2026 4:57 am
swissvale72 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 11:36 pm
What's it say?
It says, contrary to the hope some of us had, that Art II is still in control and will be for some time; and Art II thinks the roster/direction of the team is fine as is. He didn’t want a rebuild; he wanted to keep doing what we do.
I was all set for giving a bright young mind a long leash to rebuild this franchise for the future. McCarthy ain’t that.
I know you’re happy as a pig in shit. All geared up for the vet QB patch and drive for 9-8/10-7 so we can play “one more meaningful game” every other year. Congrats. My Dad is about your age and I’m sad that he’s seen his last Lombardi.
As per usual, Ol skool, you're reading me wrong. I would have been good with Shula or Klint kubiak, for instance. But I'm also not going to make any negative assumptions about McCarthy that are so prevelant on this site. Also, according to DK (I forget his whole name), the guy Rooney wanted was Flores. McCarthy was Kahn's guy.
Still waiting for an answer on how things would have been different next season if McCarthy was not the choice
As per usual, I already answered you, but you didn’t realize it.
Let me clarify. It’s not just “not McCarthy”; it’s also “not someone like Tomlin.”
With Shula, Scheelhaase, one of the Kubiaks, Udinski, etc. we’d have hope that the Steelers were being rebuilt for the modern NFL.
With McCarthy (I’ll add Flores and Weaver to this list because the former is a retread and the latter seems a defense-first dinosaur) we have confirmation that Art II is still King and commands that not only such a rebuild not take place, but we’re doubling down on what we’ve been doing.
So, it seems we’re in store for more patchwork QBs running an offense that desires to play bully ball (but fails), a defense that commands 2/3rds of the payroll (but sucks), on a team that needs to eat clock and rely on turnovers (and bad calls) to win close games.
And you’ll be “happy as a pig in shit” because you, as you’ve repeatedly shown, are fine with what we’ve put on tape.
We, who rooted for losses to get Tomlin canned, now face the fact that Art II will keep trying to NHALS us into a slumber, AND the next Rooney in line is just fine with that.
It’s confirmation that the Steelers are Moses wandering the desert; a desert not bereft of winning seasons, and we may even get the occasional playoff win here and there, but while Moses sought the promised land, the Steelers are content to wander for wandering’s sake.
