AAron will be talking to the Steelers today

Your presumption isn't without merit, but doesn't have enough juice to be pronounced as 'correct'. Many other examples exist where the player did not fare better in later destinations. Le'Veon Bell refused to sign his franchise tender. They didn't cave to him; he sat a year. He's since admitted it was a mistake and apologized.

These type of situations aren't unique to the Steelers. There are a lot of egos in the NFL.

 

I was trying to avoid saying how incredibly foolish it is to argue that perceptions of Tomlin don't matter. Of course they do. Your post didn't counter that argument. You moved the goalposts to saying that you don't think those things have hurt the perception of Tomlin.

It isn't just about bringing in free agents. It is about being able to get players to do what he wants them to do. In the past, that seemed to be a strength of Tomlin. Getting Antonio Brown to mostly behave as long as he did looks like an amazing accomplishment in hindsight.

More recently, however, there has been a feeling of the inmates running the asylum. Time and again, we see players wanting out and getting their way. We see sloppy, undisciplined play. WE see him unable to deal with Pickett last offseason, leading to yet another player asking out.

These things are governed by perception. That's what you aren't getting.

 

The Steelers look weak, letting Rodgers jerk them around. I think your take on that is silly, but it's not utterly ridiculous.

Claiming that perception of the coach and the organization doesn't matter, however, is very ridiculous.

 

The release of Blount happened very quickly. So did the trade of Pickett. Those are just a couple of examples. Either they threw up their hands and caved or they tried to fix it and failed. Given how quickly those players were gone, they didn't try very hard. That is plenty of juice.

I'm not sure why you are putting presumption in italics in response to me using assumption. When I used assumption, it was echoing the word you used in the previous post.

 

I don't think you would intentionally misrepresent my point, so you still aren't following. My feelings are irrelevant. The feelings of players on the current roster and potential free agent signings, however, are not.

 

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Let's face reality here, Rogers is not/was not an AFC central or AFC north guy,

He is an NFC guy, you can tell, plus he likes the indoor dome of the Vikings, he is hesitant, maybe he will become more into the idea of playing for Steelers or maybe not, I don't know,

I do know that if he still believes in himself he has an opportunity here, I think its getting blown out of proportion, lots of time to go until it really becomes an issue post draft and players start reporting to camp this summer when the team starts taking shape

 

Hmm

 

I'm being fully honest about my feelings, but they are not relevant to my argument. It is what the players think of what the Steelers are doing that matters.

 

I just want to know WTH the plan was the day after the season ended? Was it to get Rodgers? Was that their dream scenario? I can't believe it was to keep Russ or Fields. Could they have actually have butchered that so badly, if keeping one of the two was the actual idea? Did they plan on bidding on Darnold, but lost out? Or giving Danny Dimes a chance? Certainly, having Rudolph as the starter wasn't their loftiest of goals. If waiting around for Rodgers to decide if he even wants to keep playing, at 42 years old, was the main plan, it was a truly awful and uninspired one. Regardless of what you think of the likelihood of succes from any one of those guys, I want to know, what the hell was the plan?

 

The plan was to keep Fields, but they got outbid by the Jets.

 

Fact

 

Jets over paid

 

With their current QB situation, you can make the case the Steelers should've overpaid for him .

 

Fail to see where Rodgers is "jerking " the Steelers around.
What evidence exists of this "jerking "? Not signing a contract is not jerking a team if he doesn't agree with the terms. He or his agent haven't said one word for or against the Steelers. How does one interpret that as a jerk?

 

Well, not sure how but, you made me decide to go to Jerk Island Restaurant in West Palm today. Thanks.