Not everyone likes to scream and yell in public

This is what I and many have been saying, just because we don't have screaming lunatics on the sideline doesn't mean stuff doesn't go on behind closed doors.

This is Ben on his relationship with BA:

Roethlisberger also said people have it wrong about his relationship with Arians. Yes, he said, they were and remain friends, but they had their disagreements and arguments, just out of the public eye.

"People made such a big deal about, 'I had it too easy because we were friends,' or whatever. I think anybody in sports should understand, you and your position coach should have a good relationship. Now, if you're buddy-buddy with the head coach, that might be a little issue. You should, as a quarterback, with the guy you work with every day, you should have a relationship with him even outside of football because if we just talked every day about football, you'd go nuts and kill each other.

"To have a relationship is good because he is your buffer to the head coach and to work so closely with someone is how you develop a relationship.

"What we do behind closed doors, that's when I get yelled at. People think I've never been yelled at by B.A., never been chewed out and cussed out and had stuff thrown at me. That's happened quite a few times. I've seen a water bottle come flying."

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We as fans have so little idea of what is happening at the facility. And this puts me more at ease then after reading Bens comments yesterday. I think Ben can handle it.

 

I don't believe grown men in any field should be brow beated to death (save maybe the military). Having an amiable relationship with your superiors isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's when that friendly relationship turns into blind eyes, or coddling that it can become a problem.

But we really can't say that happened in this case either. We really don't know what goes on behind closed doors. Mike Tomlin can morph into Samuel L. Jackson in team meetings and start quoting Ezekiel 25:17 for all we know.

My problem with BA wasn't about any buddy relationship. It was always about his situational play calling, putting too much emphasis on deep balls in the passing game, and run plays that seemed to take forever to develop.

 

I'm laughing picturing Tomlin quote that to the guys

Oh, spot on with the rest too :thumbsup:

 

Why would he lie? To what end? All people do around here is speculate about what goes on behind closed doors, we don't know squat. So when we get a little insight into that world and it doesn't jive with what you have created in your mind you just automatically chalk it up that he is lying. Makes no sense for him to lie there and it's actually a good thing that he and BA would get into fights, it tells me that he will be more likely to be able to deal with Haley. And who cares if he was going to take him to the pro bowl, does that mean they can't get into fights? Do friends not fight? Do married couples not fight? You'll have a better chance of seeing another SB if Ben and Haley have a positive relationship then a negative one.