Omar Khan Complaint Thread

I love when people do this. They say they are done with the debate and paint it in such a way as their opponent just doesn’t understand them and then they take one last jab to get the last word in all because their offended. It’s called closed minded thinking with a defensive arrogance to prevent any consideration one could actually be wrong.

 

Look what Dallas parlayed the parsons trade into. They have multiple first round picks in the upcoming draft. They bolstered the interior of the defensive line. It opened up cap space to make trades and sign Williams from the Jets at DT to further bolster their defensive front.

it was foolish for the Steelers to extend Watt. The timing of it in position to where the Steelers are at as an organization, where the league is at with offense vs defense and where Watt is at in his career made the signing a very bad decision for the organization. To add insult to it we already have a cheaper replacement for Watt with Herbig.

We are in rebuild mode and it would have been nice to have the salary cap space and additional draft capital from a Watt trade to help,with that. Unfortunately the organization is tied down by one man’s (Tomlin’s), delusion to prevent any consideration proper rebuild. This has been going on ever since Ben R’s later years. This way of thinking caused us to handle Ben poorly and keep him beyond his production. It left us without a proper QB plan post Ben and we have been suffering and making poor decisions ever since then.

 

I was u-set at the time of the draft when we -assed up in both the CB’s the Eagles drafted. But now in hindsight drafting Fautanu has worked out. He is probably going to turn out to be our best OL and we needed an OT. Who would be the RT now if we didn’t draft Fautanu? I don’t think this was on Khan either. Tomlin is driving this ship and that includes final decision on draft selections.

 

I agree with everything you are saying here with the exception of blaming it on Khan. This is 100% a Tomlin decision.

 

‘You spelled out exactly what the issue is at the end. Tomlin gives the directive and Khan fulfills the order. I highly doubt there is much pushback from Khan. It’s very obvious what the hierarchy is. Darius Slay is a better example of this. Tomlin has been chasing him for years.

‘you are correct it is a major problem. It was h=the same issue in New England. Belicheck got to big for the organization. I believe it’s exactly the situation with Tomlin here. I think Tomlin dominates the personnel decisions and the on field coaching decisions. I don’t think he rules with an iron fist but I just think his tenure and large personality overshadow everything to the extent there is very little pushback from coordinators or from Khan or Wiedl.

‘I believe Weidl and Khan are told what we need from a player /position upgrade perspective and they go and find guys and present them to Tomlin. I believe they have a bigger influence on talent evaluation when it comes to the draft but with free agency I believe Tomlin has his favorites and he heavily influences the signings.

 

I'm not offended in any way.
I'm just going to let the course run it's course.
I will be around to discuss it, if asked. I am not going to bring it up.
I know I am right.

 

‘What exactly are you right about? The only way to truly know is to fire Tomlin and replace the whole coaching staff and see if the team improves. Has Khan done a good job with getting receivers? My answer to that question is we were close to getting Jokoni Myers and Rasheed Saheed and they both chose to go to other teams. That is more of an idnd9ctment on a Tomlin, Arthur Smith and our coaching staff and offensive philosophy.

 

Dude, I've been around this league many years.
We have a problem, and my finger is right on the pulse.
Once again, you've highlighted exactly the problem (see what you underlined)
Do you not understand that as a GM you are the General Manager of Football Operations.
And once again, I am saying that there could be a failing power structure.
Someone has to notice that the product on the field is failing.

IF, Omar rallies up with the Rooney's and raises his hand when Rooney says all in favor of new coach, that is a big win.
Now we get to see if a mediocre GM can rise to the call.

IF, he does nothing then what?

I think the big win is if Tomlin decides to call it a career. To be honest, he's looking worse for the wear... defeated. Goes without saying.

Note: A lot of firings involve firing the Coach and the GM. That's usually when the GM picks the coach. Omar was here when Tomlin was hired, but doesn't deserve blame. Things were good then and his role was not GM. It you notice most of my beef is his inaction. One can whiff on talent now and then... it happens.

 

I think you are making a huge assumption in thinking Khan has the power you think he has. Like I said it’s hard to evaluate the talent on the field with the poor coaching we have right now. What you can do is look at the players that have come here either through the draft or through free agency and compare and contrast how they played here verse elsewhere. It’s a pretty telling sign that recently the majority have played much worse here than they have elsewhere. That to me says a lot about scheme and coaching.

Again I will point to the Darius Slay signing as a microcosm and perfect example of who has the power in this organization. That was a Tomlin guy. He has been trying to get this guy for years. He is a poor scheme fit and he has lost a step. Surely the scouts could see this. Either their opinion isn’t desired or asked for or they don’t havre a sense of freedom within the organization to speak freely. Either way it exposes a bad culture within the organization and that squarely lies at the feet of Tomlin.

Khan was in an inferior position to Tomlin before he got promoted within the organization. Even if Mr. Rooney said he has equal power and say as Tomlin does within the organization do you seriously think he is going to challenge Tomlin who has a lot more tenure than he does as the top Dog within the organization? Not to mention I believe Weidl is the one who is mainly responsible for the talent acquisitions within the organization. He had a fantastic track record and learned from some of the best coming from Baltimore and Philadelphia. Do you really think he lost his ability to evaluate talent?

 

Then we are going with a power structure problem.
Using this line of reasoning, really the best outcome is Tomlin resigning.
Now we can look forward to see what this GM is actually made of as he is going to be point man on the coaching search.
A new coach will demand a QB... I will be very curious how that pans out.

 

I wouldn’t even say it is a power structure problem in the sense that Khan is trying to demand equal power. I think it is more of Tomlin being to big for the team and nobody is willing to check him and in a sense save him from himself. Sometimes guys with so much power end up getting so isolated from reality and truth and honestly I believe that is where Tomlin is at at the moment. Rooney allowed this to happen. The same thing happened in New England and at least Kraft was smart enough to see it with Belicheck and make a change. That change won’t happen here because unlike Belicheck and Kraft, I do believe there is a respect and genuine care for one another between Rooney and Tomlin. That is what makes this especially hard.

 

Well it is a power structure problem but you're right that it is not in the sense of Omar wanting more.
It would also be correct to say the owner has let this fester.
Bill Belichick was a good coach but a lousy GM. I think Tomlin is also a lousy GM if we are going to assign the personnel decisions to him.
If Tomlin resigns, then Omar by default becomes a GM with more say in things.
And he is going to have say in who becomes the next coach.
From there on, it's his neck on the block.