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What are Reasonable Expectations for Mike McCarthy in year one with the Steelers?

Discussion in 'Steelers Talk' started by steelersrule6, Mar 29, 2026.

  1. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    LoL. Sorry.
     
  2. steelersrule6

    steelersrule6 Well-Known Member

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    I posted what Moats said after the Butler interview he said it wasn't true what Butler said, Moats said Tomlin would only make like five calls a game.
     
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  3. steelersrule6

    steelersrule6 Well-Known Member

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    Butler was a better DC than Austin IMO, but we're supposed to believed Tomlin didn't let Butler make the calls but he let Austin do it make it make sense.

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  4. Steelersfan43

    Steelersfan43 Well-Known Member

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    Only in 2014,Austin had a all-pro caliber player in Detroit(Suh) and the lions were top 5 in yards and PPG that year
     
  5. jeh1856

    jeh1856 I’ll eat turds in the field but not a fresh pea

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    :hijacked:
     
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  6. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    No he didnt.
     
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  7. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    Bouchetti said when they hired Austin that Tomlin should go back to letting the DC call the defense, I guess he did.
     
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  8. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    You’re a mind reader or you read lips really well if you think you know what coaches are saying on the sidelines. You do know those headsets on their heads arent for decoration, it actually allows people to communicate back and forth.

    Once again, you believe many people are lying just to deny the truth that Tomlin called the defense. Why that bother you and Tomlins son so much is beyond me, it’s not meant as an insult, hes not the only coach to have done it.
     
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  9. jeh1856

    jeh1856 I’ll eat turds in the field but not a fresh pea

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    Did too

    Did not

    Did too………
     
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  10. Hanratty#5

    Hanratty#5 Well-Known Member

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    The Book of Job which is the oldest book in the Bible clearly talks about beasts that could only be described as dinosaurs.
     
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  11. steelersrule6

    steelersrule6 Well-Known Member

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    How are you going to tell me what I heard Moats say on SNR :facepalm:.
     
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  12. steelersrule6

    steelersrule6 Well-Known Member

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    You're like Scribe just like to argue :rolleyes:. This isn't the 50s or 60s thinking a HC can call plays without a playsheet in today's NFL :eek:, you can talk into a headset all you want but the NFL offenses are too complex.
     
  13. steelersrule6

    steelersrule6 Well-Known Member

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    That makes no sense keep Butler around as DC in waiting oh wait but you aren't going to call the plays :facepalm:. I'm sure Tomlin got involved during the games but totally taking over the playcalling I'm not buying it. How do you watch the games and think Butler wasn't making the calls, it's not like Tpmlin was constantly talking into his headset.
     
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  14. steelersrule6

    steelersrule6 Well-Known Member

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    Butler did a better job than Austin with the Steelers is my point both of them basically working with the same talent.
     
  15. Steel_Elvis

    Steel_Elvis Staff Member Mod Team

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  16. MojoUW

    MojoUW Well-Known Member

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    Whoa boy. Leave for a day and it’s chaos in here.

    I think, and no one here is doing this, there will always be a chunk of Steelers fans that wouldn’t ever root for Tomlin. The reason is obvious and doesn’t need belabored. Again, let me be clear, not anyone here.

    Then there’s the ones that just are highly emotionally invested. These are those that use “embarrassing” or “humiliating” a lot in posts. Can’t argue with how you feel. You feel how you feel. Nothing wrong with that. Just don’t ask others to be on the same vibe.

    Then there’s those that are able to articulate specific football gripes with Tomlin. They are few and far between. Those are the most interesting to talk to.

    And, sorry for this part:

    Anyone who thinks that dinosaurs and human or human ancestors spent anytime together needs to get off the internet and into a library. You are a fool and whoever told you what you think you know lied to you and bamboozled you for some unknown purpose. They were not your friend.
     
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  17. jeh1856

    jeh1856 I’ll eat turds in the field but not a fresh pea

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    Fortunately no

    I had enough other stuff that maybe just maybe my parents might have questioned

    A chemistry set with explosives

    Reloading my own 357 ammunition in my bedroom

    The actual 357 (Ruger Blackhawk)

    Electricity experiments

    A minute guillotine and a properly tied noose

    A switch blade

    A German shepherd who came from a police breeder/trainer and only listened to me (best friend I had and I still think of him)

    A small cannon that you put shot shells into

    Just the usual stuff

    (Sounded worse when I started writing it down)

    I did have a bicycle
     
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  18. jeh1856

    jeh1856 I’ll eat turds in the field but not a fresh pea

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    I wasn’t sure I was reading the dinosaur and human part correctly then I realized there was no correctly so I decided to mosey on to the taco conversation
     
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  19. jeh1856

    jeh1856 I’ll eat turds in the field but not a fresh pea

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    Well that’s not very nice

    @Blast Furnace@Blast Furnace is respected poster

    A little funny looking but respected
     
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  20. jeh1856

    jeh1856 I’ll eat turds in the field but not a fresh pea

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    Hippopotamus and alligators have been suggested as well
     
  21. MojoUW

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    I should not have typed "...a fool..." but that "...you have been fooled...".

    I am not trying to come at anyone or anything like that....but there are a handful of things that just make me climb the walls when I hear/see them.....and that is one of them.
     
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  22. Steel_Elvis

    Steel_Elvis Staff Member Mod Team

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    Didn’t you learn anything from your Saturday morning cartoons as a kid?

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  23. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    Who came at who my guy :lolol:

    When I made that post I knew two people would reply to it and I was right. Might be you that like to argue ;)

    It’s been confirmed several times by multiple people. Believe what you want, it’s not that serious.
     
  24. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    Every single coach in the league will tell his OC or DC to go with a certain play from time to time, probably happens every game, there is absolutely no reason for anyone to comment on that. They would only talk about it if he completely took over the play calling.
     
  25. feltdeez

    feltdeez Well-Known Member

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    It was always a stupid argument trying to claim Tomlin calls the defense. Did he have his thumb on the scale at times and make suggestions or call a defense on a certain play at critical times? Probably.. but so does every head coach.

    “I want to see more pressure, I want more blitzing on this possession, etc.”
     
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