The lethal combination of Tomlin and Rooney

To add to this from ESPN

"I got a call on Monday and [Tomlin] said, 'I can't get you the money.' I said, 'OK,'" Arians said. "He said, 'No, I can't get you a contract.'

"I said, 'Are you firing me?' He said, 'No.' 'Well ... it's just a matter of words, Mike. OK. If I don't have a contract, I'm fired.'"

 

This is not correct and it’s not a signature move. It is how NFL contracts and contracts of this type are done. Your contract expires and either it is renewed or not. If it is not in essence you are fired but it certainly is not avoiding saying he was fired.

Now Matt Canada was fired during his contract.

 

And Arians did say he was retired. I just read his quote. Then an opportunity came along that he liked and he changed his mind.

 

Go to bed

You have to get early to work tomorrow

 

Look bro, I am a founding member of the FMTI club from way back and love a good Tomlin bashing. That said, this has all been discussed, debated, argued, beaten up down and all around so much on this MB, that it is royally stale AF. That is the point that several posters have been telling you. Plus, he is gone and most folks are focused on the present and future that doesnt include MT. But you continue to double down that you haven't seen it all posted in one place. Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it isn't here in the 15 years of threads and posts in the archives. Trust me, it's here. Not to mention, you don't seem to understand the difference between fact and opinion and also want to go at the old heads here. Its really a bad look, man.

 

My ongoing complaint about the Tomlin sycophants is how they twist themselves into pretzels with ludicrous spin and total bullsh!t to support their dumb pro-popcorn narratives. It's getting somewhat tiring and futile... but somebody has to fight the good fight and bring truth to light.

 

I think he has been kicked off twice before

 

That's why I was shocked they fired Canada during the season.

 

They should have done this a year earlier, or at least in the 2023 offseason.

 

Give it a rest

 

Tomlin forced Arians out.

The Departure Details

 

Probably have to wait for Rooney or Tomlin's bio before getting the whole truth. That's the way these things usually go.

 

I agree with most of this and now we get to watch MT 2.0 Mike McCarthy. Not a very aggressive move on making a coaching change. 9-8 here we go again woop woop!

 

See posts 176-180 above for accurate details

Tomlin did not force Arian’s out Rooney did

Tomlin tried to retain him

And the Steelers did say he was going to retire after his contract was not renewed because he said so

 

F**k off

 

In hindsight... Steelers should have promoted Arians to HC, fired Popcorn....hired Haley as OC... and looked outside the organization for LeBeau replacement when he retired.