Footbahlin with Cowher

Do yourself a favor and catch the newest episode of footbahlin with Ben and Cowher. Some great insight and some funny stories. Definitely worth a watch.

 

I just came on to show this

 

Pretty good explanation by Cowher of the "he wanted to take a tackle instead of Ben" rumor. He wanted to take a tackle because he didn't believe any of the big 3 qbs were going to be there. After meeting with Ben and rewatching all his films, there was no question when he fell to them.

 

Great conversation, enjoyed it.

 

I think I laughed more at this episode than all the others.

 

This is correct and contrary to the conspiracy theorists who think otherwise and twist what Mr Rooney actually said

But people want to believe what fits their agenda

 

how old is Cowher?
don't ask Ben

 

That was bad.

 

They almost took a Razorback...WPS.....Shawn Andrews(crazy that I didn't want Him) over Ben, and I wanted Robert Gallery . LoL......So whomever is responsible for taking Ben.....Good Freaking Job

 

Enjoyable watch.

 

Good episode. I sense they are both happy with each others success over time and they are letting the water run under the bridge. A few past bumps and they genuinely enjoyed the catch up. Gently transparent about their time together.

 

Really enjoyed watching this, Cowher is so Pittsburgh thru and thru, you got to love him.

 

If you enjoyed watching this I would suggest reading the book Heart and Steel by Coach Cowher, its a very good book and very good read.

When I was 11 years old back in training Camp in 1996 Bill signed my Steelers hat, and I still have it today in my basement "Man Cave"

Almost 27 years later

 

Everybody wants to take credit when things go right, its when things go wrong they point the fingers.

 

Youngster.. LoL

 

yeah I believe the rumor too.. back when this draft was happening I used to post on a site called Stillers.. Throughout the month leading into the draft we all though Rivers was going to fall to us.. we knew Eli was going to be the top pick but we thought Ben was above Rivers and that's who would end up doing the swap for Eli. So as the draft unfolded we were shocked Ben wasn't picked and we were all worried about the Steelers passing on Ben because it was no secret that Cowher LOVED shawn andrews and he also liked the oregon st RB (went to the Rams)..

We all celebrated because we knew Ben was going to be great..especially compared to the QBs we've had starting for us since the bradshaw days.

Later in the week those rumors were leaking about Shawn and the Oregon St RB.. and that Bill got veto'd. I also believe this because as you can see on the pod.. Ben and Bill were oil/water.. Ben played the QB position in almost every way Bill despised in a QB.. He even talked about how he would be yelling at Ben AFTER a win with no turnovers.. he called it street ball but it was just the times were changing and kudos to Bill to know when it was time to leave.

I also found it interesting that Ben said although he loves Mike.. he wishes he could have played more seasons under Bill.. I do believe that we have another ring had he stayed another 5 seasons (in addition to the one in 2008)

I used to have a hard on for Bill..how his teams were so predictable in the playoffs.. I spent so much money to see them lose to the Pats in 2002 and they came out flat as usual in a AFCCG (little did i know that their script had been recorded by the pats that week). But as time has moved on and I see where he left this team as to what it is now.. it's not just the players..But Bill KNEW how to put together a staff and he had coaches on his staff that got HC jobs elsewhere.

It was a terrific listen

 

Cowher explained three points that I think are relevant to “what really happened”. First, Cowher said they were all impressed by all 3 QBs but didn’t expect the other 2 to be available to them. In fact, he didn’t expect Ben to still be around. Second, if there were no QB available at 11, they would take an OL. Third, they weren’t willing to move up to get a QB.

The third point is key to understanding how it all went down. Yes Rooney wanted a QB. But not so much so that he forced them to work out a deal to move up. Bill said he would go with whichever QB was available, but didn’t expect either one to be there. So, he wasn’t emotionally invested in drafting a QB. Too often we’ve seen teams take a QB way too high for the type of player they actually are, think Johnny Manzel and Tim Tebow. So, Bill was trying to be a realist. As good fortune came to the Steelers, teams like the Browns passed on Ben. Rooney got what he wanted. I don’t think that means Cowher didn’t.

 

This correct

Contrary to the fake conspiracy

 

Nope

 

Nope

Not in the least