Question about our coordinators.

6 to be exact. Cowher's last season was 8-8 and that was in 06. So I'm thinking 6yrs.

 

So like the 9ers have to come to HIM? Dang that's pretty weird. I hadn't heard that. I just thought he was gonna fly out there and talk to them. I think the 9ers are talking to Shanahan too though but what if they reached a deal? Is there a time they have to wait to until they announce it?

 

So if I'm following right, if (when) the Steelers keep winning then the first week our coaches could be interviewed would be the Pro Bowl week. Correct?

 

Unless they could interview in the week before the Super Bowl then yeah probably. Although I'm sure no one would do anything during Super Bowl planning even if it was within the rules though.

 

Got it. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

 

Man that's a lot of legal jargon but seems almost like NCAA rules or something dealing with recruiters and recruitees. So I'm supposing that the Denver OC has either already interviewed or will have to do it really early tomorrow to avoid a rules violation. I wonder what the penalty would be for violating them? Like I wonder if they would maybe suspend the coach and fine the FO or something?

 

You've got to admit that our OL has been healthier this season than they have the last few. I'm sure injuries had a lot to do with the poor performance of the line. Munch is the best OL coach we've had in quite a while, but the overall good health of the line has helped a great deal. But Haley is truly the guy making the offense run on all cylinders IMHO.

 

Then Haley must be to blame for all the eggs we laid this year.
15 points against Atlanta
20 points against the Titans
13 points against the Jets
10 ponts against the Browns
10 points against the Jaguars
6 points against the Ravens

 

Our line really isn't anything special. Ben is getting rid of the ball much quicker than ever, and that's mostly due to having a RB as a weapon out of the backfield. That's a game changer and seriously slows down the pass rush. When I watch the line play, there's still no holes for Bell to run through and they're still being driven backwards towards Ben. Our Oline is still a weak point.

A line coach is never easier to replace than an OC. I don't care if our line coach is Bill Belichek, he's still just a line coach and hasn't designed an entire offence. We can replace Munch much easier than replacing Haley. It's beyond ridiculous to suggest otherwise and your hatred towards Haley is obvious. No matter what you think of Haley, if he goes, we start all over with a completely new offence. Our offence is ranked quite high as it is, not sure why you think it would be easy to replace that

 

I would blame Tomlin for that not Haley. It's much easier for a new coach to step in than it would be for an OC. Tomlin is proof of that, he went to the SB twice with Cowher's team. Now that those SB players are done and gone,( minus Ben) the team goes 8-8. Haley came into a mess. Ben wasn't on board, he had no RB's, I think we lost Pouncey his first year here cus of DD diving at his legs. Things were beginning to click last season until Ben got injured. Ben was putting up career #'s last season too, until he got hurt.

 

No, that's on Tomlin!

 

Yeah after Bell eats his lunch waiting for the holes to open up, if that was Mendy he would be running into the backs of his own players, Bell has the patience to wait for the holes, they aren't there from the get go.

 

This is what concerns me a little about Harris and Tate. Neither of them possess the patience of Bell and the ability to delay and dash. They both seem to hit the hole hard but with the Steelers OL many times it takes the hole a second or two to develop.

 

true, those guys are North and South runners.

You'll see tonight Blast what we're talking about. Those holes take time to open up, it's not like our OL is blowing DL's up. The OL looks better cus Ben is getting rid of the ball quicker. The same thing can be said about our pass rush, other teams are getting rid of the ball quicker which is making our pass rush look weak. Flacco gets rid of the ball quick too, we need our secondary to buy time for the rush.

 

I think it's been pretty well documented that he's a little off.

 

What's been well documented is that you guys are Haley haters, he could win us 3 SB's and you would still talk trash about the guy.

 

Just because we acknowledge the only thing the guy has done is finally put together a winning season in a year with a creampuff schedule doesn't make us haters. Now you on the other hand come up with every asinine excuse possible to hate an OC that has actually won something.

For the record none of us have been making up **** like yourself and the mythical hines ward tweet.

 

Our Oline hasn't played bad, but how can you possibly watch the games and think they have done anything special? More times than not, Bell doesn't have any hoes to run through. Bell is making his own holes a lot of the time, with his patience and that stutter step. There's a reason he's not hitting the hole hard, because there's no hole to hit. He's sitting back waiting for anything resembling a hole to open up.

You act like Munchak is some great savior of this team. Munchak has a healthy Oline, something we haven't had in a long time. He also has an ever improving Decastro and even both Gilbert and Adams have improved, although both are still not good enough. I like Munchak and I hope he stays right where he is, but to say it would be easier to replace an OC than a line coach is ridiculous. One involved changing almost nothing, the other involves a whole new offence.