Ok Am I Missing Something.

In today’s NFL and competitive balance there is no reason to think with some good drafts we can’t be a contending team within 2/3 years. I agree the next year or 2 could be tough but as long as we see improvement and hopefully get our next QB we will once again have hope. Most of us realized under MT we had no shot for close to a decade.

 

Had me wondering how a HC goes from building a dynasty to eventually building average teams. I mean, Noll didn't forget how to coach after 10 seasons. What changed? Answer; the NFL.
New ideas, new strategies. Was it Lee Iacocca who said "if you aren't leading, you're falling behind "?
Which brings me to the Steelers should look hard at an offensive head coach for this next generation.

 

Even Tomlin knew in the end "I can't do this" he even said he was stepping down as it was best for the organisation. The fanbois who couldn't/wouldn't see the painful truth for all those years are in their feelings right now.

They're like Art Flanders-Rooney - heads are still in the sand, stuck in the past with outdated thinking, and believing 9-8 and blown out a week later is contending.

"If we can patch this and this together we can win bro"...

But no, we have seen you cannot, you have to build a championship team, that requires realism and a plan, not hoping you can patch one together, and then throw in a QB from goodwill and just hope...

 

The organisation is mired in all our yesterdays, it's what happens to great sports organisations, they fall in love with this "......way" nonsense...and they flatter themselves that they're somehow special, and they donlt have to make the effort to improve and change.

The Steelers are an absolute prime example of hubris and complacency, the game has changed. The Steelers are behind the curve, Art seems like he's learned nothing.

We'll find out over the next few years if the Steelers have to learned to innovate or not, when you're winning all that old aura and mystique is great to call on, but you have to be winning for all that History to have any positive effect, or it's just all hot air.

 

It's not 'hubris and complacency'. It's a belief in a system that brought them sustained success over many years. As with any system, it can become outdated and in need of revision. This requires two things; a leader (owner) that understands that change is needed, and the experts (staff/coaches) that can make it happen. More and more it's becoming a league of parity. Small changes could lead to big advances. And of course, it could go the other way, with small changes leading to big steps back. This is the fear the org needs to overcome.

 

Kyle Shanahan is one of the brightest coaches in the league, but even he endured back-to-back losing seasons with the San Francisco 49ers while he and John Lynch rebuilt their roster. Payton suffered through an 8-9 season in Denver while he and the Broncos upgraded key areas and toiled for their franchise quarterback.

So, a lean year or two could lie ahead, and if it is indeed brief, the Steelers should count themselves fortunate.

Team brass and their fans would like to think the strength of the organization will protect them from dramatic regression. They’re about to find out just how strong a foundation this thing rests on, however. The man who overcame odds and masked deficiencies for nearly two decades — and probably never truly earned the full appreciation he deserved — is gone, and wizards of similar ilk don’t come along every day.

 

It's hubris and complacency when it is glaringly obvious it no longer works. Art doesn't sound like he's learned anything either.

If Tomlin would have adapted and progressed and hired a better staff...we'd maybe have another ring or two and he'd still be here...but he didn't...

He/the team have been been forced into this situation where he felt he had to resign because they refused to see what was glaringly obvious, preferring instead to wrap themselves in the comfort blanket of familiarity...

Resistant to change, now overwhelemed by reality.