Post Game Loss Complaint Thread

For how long? Do you think this is the first game he has gone out and busted his ass only to have NOONE else care? I saw Troy flying all over the field last night but he cant do it alone. At some point, no matter how MOTIVATED he is for a game, if no one else is, then why bother?

 

Probably just as well!

The D came out firing in the second half, but only for one drive. They needed the offense to go out there, put a long drive together and finish with a score. Instead, Ben missed a fairly wide open Justin Brown, and it was a 3 and out. From there... well, I'm sure you can imagine.

 

I've always been a Haley supporter, but I also don't believe that coaches should be forced to inherit assistants. I was just saying that if Tomlin was fired, the new coach should be allowed to bring in whoever he wants, even if that person isn't Todd Haley. I think Haley is a good OC. You're right though, Ben was awful. He was missing wide open guys all night long. That's unacceptable.

 

Oh man after halftime we really turned it on! I mean we were giving it our all! Guys were flying to the ball and putting dudes on their back! We were hitting everything that moved! We looked like a well oiled and well coached machine!

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Said every Ravens fan on planet earth last night!

 

I don't know what is happening with Ben. Against the Bills (I know it was preseason), he looked sharp and accurate. Then, against the Eagles, he was horrible. Looked fantastic against the Browns in the first half (and at the end maybe), but was lost last night. Game plan? OL blocking? Defensive schemes that he cant read? I just don't know.

 

LOL, I thought you were being serious at first. I was like, man, my sister was texting me updates and she didn't sound like we were running like a well oiled machine.

 

I wonder if playing in Baltimore has got to his head? I saw a stat line on NFL.com that he always stinks up the joint statistically playing in Baltimore. Is he too conservative? Can't really blame him with the beating he's taken against them over the years, but a dominant game from our franchise QB against our bitter rival would be a nice change of pace.

 

I'm not in the position to question Troy, as I'm speaking generelly. There should be enough veteran leadership on the team. Maybe go over to Ben and say: Hey Ben do you want to win another SB? Then help to find the fire we need to be in contention.
I really thought we would win the game because there was some happiness after the Browns W because they knew they dodged the bullet there.

 

Last night was a concern, and no mistake. I'm hoping it was just an off-day, and he sorts it out by next week. It didn't seem to me to be a reading problem, though, as he was picking out guys who were open-ish. Just missing them. I would expect some of those throws from Gradkowski, but not Ben - at any point in his career.

 

Good point.

 

Yeah I was just speaking to the thing about Haley not being a problem. I don't think new coaches should have to do that either. I think Tomlin probably had to do that with DL but that was because he was sorta young and still very green then and maybe the Rooney's thought DL was too valuable to give up and also might have a sort of stabilizing influence on Tomlin as well. I think now though if Tomlin did want to part ways with him they would probably let him. Who really knows though? I know once a journalist asked a question that was sorta negative about DL and asked Tomlin why he felt good about DL and he got sorta irritated and said "Because he's Dick Lebeau!" and just left it at that. So I think Tomlin really does have faith in him.

 

Well I WAS being serious. Just for the wrong team! HA!!!

 

FeartheBeard gets it. Changes are needed. No passion, unprepared, very poor tackling. We really need a head coach who inspires. Sorry, but the blame falls on MT.

 

YUCK
simply
YUCK

changed channels with 10 minutes left.Had enough. No inspiration on the field.

But i'll be here
hasn't swayed me before during rough times.

now if I can just hit one of my parlays for the week

 

That answer, "there was no issue" is an answer I give my wife when she asks whats wrong and I say nothing, when in fact I'm really pissed. Its hard to say this because during the Tomlin/Lebeau era we've been to 2 superbowls but, I think Tomlin should've been able to pick his own dc from the day he was hired. Ran the defense that he wanted and maybe we would've seen him be more involved and more forthcoming of what issues there are on defense, at the very least since that is where his background was. To me, he will never say anything is wrong with the defense as long as Lebeau is still here.

 

Tomlin should have been able to pick his own DC, but at the same time, if he had got rid of Lebeau, perhaps we wouldn't have won that SB in 2008. Lets face it, that defence was absolutely lights out.

 

Thanks for the warm welcome back!

I did hear about the Philly blow up and was hoping he'd continue that kind of energy on the field, but he just seems off to me. He either doesn't get to the ball or whizzes right by it. You're right that we may just be seeing him slow down, but if that's the case what a run it's been! I don't know many others who have given what he has for a team this long.

 

I would agree with you if there were signs of improvement, but there isn't. In fact, some of our problems are actually getting worse.

 

The team turned around the last half of last season.

 

Colbert picks the players and has final say.

 

Yes.

And while it's perhaps too early to start looking for any positives from last night, I think the real reason I'm so frustrated by the result is that we saw what the offense could do in the first half against Cleveland, and what they showed hints of (before the fumbles and the weirdly off-target passes). In other words, the team should be doing better - and not just because we're the Steelers, and we used to have Bill Cowher as a coach, etc., but because this team right here should be doing better.

I'm less convinced by the D at this point, but still.

This is why I was saying before to not immediately jump on the 'it's all down to one thing' argument. Let's look at all the things that went wrong, and assess how they might not go wrong next week. And if there's no way of them not going wrong next week, then at least we'll be prepared...

 

Tomlins post game: Fumbles and penalties are unacceptable, ive got news for you mister dont have a clue, your offense hasn't scored a TD in 6 quarters, your defense has no pass rush, they couldnt sack groceries, and they cant stop the run giving up 157 yards rushing for a total of 344 yards in two games: That's whats unacceptable, your secondary is a total chinese fire drill, and all you can talk about is fumbles and penalties, so much for this teams chances at any playoffs this year...............

 

Tired of the transition crap! Players need experience....Let's watch a few other games and see how much experience those teams have.

I saw CJ Mosley running to the ball and playing up to speed....isn't he a rookie? How about those imposing corners and safeties the Ravens had on the field?