Head Coach Poll

shaner82 · Jan 15, 2026 at 3:58 PM

Bob Ondis said: ↑

Sure. These guys would be the obvious answer, especially if we want to win games, but the Rooney’s have proven in the past that they don’t require a proven track record or culture of winning. He could be an ideal candidate.
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People are throwing this around far too much. They've done it twice. A sample size of 2 doesn't prove ****. For all we know the Rooney's strongly preferred experience, but both Cowher and Tomlin blew them away in the interviews.

Bob Ondis · Jan 15, 2026 at 4:15 PM

shaner82 said: ↑

People are throwing this around far too much. They've done it twice. A sample size of 2 doesn't prove ****. For all we know the Rooney's strongly preferred experience, but both Cowher and Tomlin blew them away in the interviews.
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As a fan, have you ever been blown away by anything that Mike Tomlin has done? If the Rooney’s were blown away, what does that say about the bar that they must have set?

Hanratty#5 · Jan 15, 2026 at 4:21 PM

You have to realize that the OP is being sarcastic.

shaner82 · Jan 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM

Bob Ondis said: ↑

As a fan, have you ever been blown away by anything that Mike Tomlin has done? If the Rooney’s were blown away, what does that say about the bar that they must have set?
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I have no doubt that if I was holding job interviews, Tomlin would interview very well, regardless of what the job was.

jeh1856 · Jan 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM

Bob Ondis said: ↑

On the surface it doesn’t, but a decade or two ago, I remember there was this one team that selected this guy who had no proven HC experience or even much of a body of work at all for that matter. Despite not being good at time management, controlling a locker room, beating teams with subpar records, or winning games that matter, this guy was allowed to stick around year after year after year. He would just show up to the post game briefs make his eyes look real big and say witty things that made him sound tough. Much of the media ate that up and insisted he was a good HC despite what I had mentioned.

For the life of me, I can’t remember which team it was at the moment, but it will come to me.
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DAB

jeh1856 · Jan 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM

Hanratty#5 said: ↑

You have to realize that the OP is being sarcastic.
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I think you are giving him too much credit

forgotten1 · Jan 15, 2026 at 4:46 PM

bash this one into the poll thread too

Hanratty#5 · Jan 15, 2026 at 4:52 PM

As others have said any OC is going to look good with Josh Allen at QB.

Animus · Jan 15, 2026 at 5:13 PM

I'm really surprised he's not a candidate yet. He's one of the few young offensive minds who calls his own offense.

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Head Coach Poll

Who will be the Steelers next HC?

Klint Kubiak, SEA OC, 38

Joe Brady, BUF OC, 36

Mike LaFluer. LAR OC, 38

Davis Webb, DEN QB Coach, 30

Matt Scheelhaase, LAR, Pass.Coord., 35

Jesse Minter, LAC DC, 42

Chris Shula, LAR DC, 39

Antwaan Randle El, CHI Asst. HC/WR, 46

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jeh1856 We want in so we can bark to go out again TSF Supporter

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