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Discussion in 'Steelers Talk' started by strummerfan, Jan 24, 2026.

  1. Bubbahotep

    Bubbahotep Well-Known Member

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    So, a bunch of coaches that did squat.
     
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  2. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    I know this is before Your time in watching football, but he was a OC for the Browns before Cowher hired him as a Wrs coach.
     
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  3. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    So, a bunch of coaches that did squat.[/QUOTE]
    I also know a bunch of then didn't start with Bill Belichick anyway, and Yet they get called a Belichick tree. It just seems like Tomlin is the only HC that apparently has to be the only coach a guys has to be called his coaching tree.
    Example Romeo Crennal was a coach for Giants, Jets, and a DC for the Browns before He ever went to work for Belichick, and yet somehow he's a Belichick Coaching Tree. LoL. Yet Arians isn't a Tomlin coaching tree. Male that make sense
     
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  4. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    What this shows is facts don't matter over feelings
     
  5. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    It's not well stated unless you believe being a Wr coach is the same as being a OC. If You hire me as a box boy, and then quit, and the next guy in charge sees potential in me a supervisor, and we do great with me there, the guy that kept me as a box boy in the basement doesn't get credit for it.
     
  6. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    Not true. If You only worked under one coach, but that's not what I'm getting at , I'm get that if they are then Arians is
     
  7. Steelersfan43

    Steelersfan43 Well-Known Member

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    I knew that... I remember when the Browns scored 33 points in a playoff game in Pittsburgh with Arians as their OC, and it was with their backup QB.

    It was still Cowher who brought him to Pittsburgh after 2003, not Tomlin.
     
  8. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    As a Wrs coach. A Wrs coach isn't a OC.
     
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  9. Steelersfan43

    Steelersfan43 Well-Known Member

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    I don't think Arians would been our OC if he was with a another team...Tomlin love the continuity who is a good thing when thing look very good like it was the case for the steelers 20 years ago
     
  10. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    The point is He was a Wr coach with Cowher, and a OC with Tomlin.
    Again if I hire You to be the janitor of my company, and then I quit, and Blast comes in , and takes my place, and He makes You a supervisor of a part of the company, and you guys do well with you there, hell you are the best company for two different years with you as the supervisor. Then I shouldn't get credit because I hired you as a janitor. Blast should get credit for making you the supervisor.
    All I'm trying to say is the same people say other coaches are from certain coaching trees , and yet say Arians , isn't are using double standards.
     
  11. OX1947

    OX1947 Well-Known Member

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    Fat man? Who's the fat man? Your mother?
     
  12. steelersrule6

    steelersrule6 Well-Known Member

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    Arians early in his career coached under freaking Bear Bryant, but some fans want to act like Cowher deserves credit for Arians career :rolleyes:.
     
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  13. steelersrule6

    steelersrule6 Well-Known Member

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    I also know a bunch of then didn't start with Bill Belichick anyway, and Yet they get called a Belichick tree. It just seems like Tomlin is the only HC that apparently has to be the only coach a guys has to be called his coaching tree.
    Example Romeo Crennal was a coach for Giants, Jets, and a DC for the Browns before He ever went to work for Belichick, and yet somehow he's a Belichick Coaching Tree. LoL. Yet Arians isn't a Tomlin coaching tree. Male that make sense[/QUOTE]
    I'm like what's the point of listing those coaches, yeah they worked under Belichick but they sucked. The only guy from Belichick's tree to have a winning record is O'Brien :eek:.
     
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  14. jeh1856

    jeh1856 13 good years RIP buddy

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    Other than that, it was just a smart assed remark from me

    Nothing more
     
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  15. Steelersfan43

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    Not true...I just said that it was Cowher who hired Arians with the steelers
     
  16. Bubbahotep

    Bubbahotep Well-Known Member

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    I'm still sorting through this mess to decide which side I should take.....

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  17. NorthernBlitz

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    It sounds like you need some shade. Take a look at this coaching tree since you brought up his name.

    Key Members of the Belichick Coaching Tree (NFL Head Coaching Roles)


    Former Belichick players in Mike Vrabel and Kliff Kingsbury also become head coaches.[/QUOTE]

    Joel...how do you define whether or not a coach is in someone's coaching tree?
     
  18. HeinzMustard

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    Haley had Bell in the red zone. Arians had Parker and Mendenhall who were good RBs....but those RBs were not WR/RB hybrid like Bell.
     
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  19. steelersrule6

    steelersrule6 Well-Known Member

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    Joel...how do you define whether or not a coach is in someone's coaching tree?[/QUOTE]
    I know one thing nobody counts former players as part of some coaching tree, and Kingsbury barely had an NFL career :rolleyes:.
     
  20. Steelersfan43

    Steelersfan43 Well-Known Member

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    Even DeAngello Williams was a better red zone RB that Parker and Mendenhall.Parker was also washed after 2007
     
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  21. Michael E

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    Agreed, but doesn't change the fact the offense overall was better with Haley in charge. Maybe it was better talent, but that's part of the pie.
     
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  22. Rollers

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    I thought the steelers should go after a younger coach but I'm beginning to warm up to him. I'm hoping he can make something of either Allar or Howard. They also have another undrafted QB on the roster that they were saying good things about. Can't remember his name. I'm now looking forward to training camp
     
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  23. strummerfan

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    I wanted them to go after a young coach as well. However, it dawned on me I had essentially picked someone out of a hat. Considering the Steelers need a coach that can develop a qb and the majority of new coaches fail McCarthy was the correct decision imo. He has been successful at the nfl level and developed several nfl franchise quarterbacks. He was the only one that really made any sense
     
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  24. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    I agree, and I don't. LoL
    I would rather have a young Defensive minded HC, but as I've said quite a few times before, I would love to say in 5 years that this was an awesome hire.
     
  25. Rollers

    Rollers Well-Known Member

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    I gotta tell you that pic of you brings a smile to my face every time I see it
     

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