Steeler known interview lists

[Ice]

Apparently, McDaniel would rather be the Chargers' OC than the Browns' HC... canceled his in person interview with them.

[Steel Ubaldo]

I don’t know how anyone can think it’s going to be either Kubiak, Shula, Minter, McCarthy or anyone else of that ilk…

There are Rules after all….therefore I expect Flores, Weaver, Scheelhasse or for the ultimate virtue signal Ejiro Evero.

I believe it will definitely be Evero.

LIke a Tomlin 9-8 season, try to enjoy the process but we know how this ends

[jeemie]

Can you imagine if McCarthy is the hire?

It's Art II literally turning back the clock to pre-Noll days, when the Steelers repeatedly traded away young players and draft picks for washed-up veterans.

It was literally what Chuck Noll put a stop to when he was hired, calling it a stupid way to run a football team.

Surely not even Art II is not stupid enough to roll it back to pre-1969...is he?

[steelmann58]

here the list
HC McCarthy
OC Smith
QB AR

[anpsteel]

here the list
HC McCarthy
OC Smith
QB AR

That might get me to let them go


Imagine all the free time

[Mick]

It's going to be a sad day if they settle for a retread like Brian Flores or Mike McCarthy. I want it to be Shula but not getting my hopes up with the Rooney rule.....Shula is too melanin challenged.

Shula would be better than some, but the team with him is likely to continue to be offense-challenged, trying to win with "Steelers football". These people act like the high-flying 1970s Steelers' offenses never existed.

Shula was passing game coordinator for the Rams in 2022.

Of course their passing game was not all that in 2022.

to be clear, he was defensive pass game coordinator that year, scheming pass defense. Their pass defense was also bad that year, but not as bad as their passing offense.

[Jobu]

here the list
HC McCarthy
OC Smith
QB AR

That might get me to let them go


Imagine all the free time

Just when I thought I was in, they pull me back out!

[SteelerDayTrader]

….Oh Danny Boy the pipes the pipes are calling…..



Lolololz


It won’t matter who it is the buttfucker Rooneys are gonna get what they want and they want Rooneyball !!!

Forever !!!!



I’m telling you right now


Fuckface McCarthy has the inside track

He’ll agree to anything and he probably has some affinity for Pittsburgh


The others ???


They are probably chafing at the prospect of trying to win playing Rooneyball

And let’s face it all these guys are VERY wealthy


If you were in the 1% would you really wanna live and work year round at football in Pittsburgh ???


Fuckface McCarthy cmon down !!!


You’re the next figurehead on Rooneyball Forever !!!

[SteelerDayTrader]

I’d say knowing the Rooneys I’d bet it’s

Fuckface McCarthy Shula and Weaver

Being most discussed

[Steelperch]

I want the coach who can spew the best word salad

Has to be able to say cool shit like:

Unleash hell in December

Things of that nature

Tip my hat

The standard is the standard

That will make it easier on me and a lot of other fans as we transition to an actual NFL coach

If you got jizz on the floor, go get a mop.


AM I HIRED?

[Steelperch]

Shouldn’t the head coach have full autonomy over his staff?

Do you recall Tomlin being forced to inherit Lebeau? I do. I can see them hiring a young guy and forcing a veteran coordinator on him.

[Old School]

If that under achieving attorney who is gradually dismantling his grandfather's legacy hires McCarthy he will reset the 40 years of misery clock to zero.

[Old School]

If that under achieving attorney who is gradually dismantling his grandfather's legacy hires McCarthy he will reset the 40 years of misery clock to zero.

[franco32]

Why are people assuming Shula won't be able to hire an OC and run a modern offense? How could you be friends with McVay for 20 yrs and be on his coaching staff forever and not make innovative offensive football a part of your coaching philosophy?

Hard for me to believe he would have an Neanderthal offense.

[franco32]

I don't want McCarthy either, but let's not pretend he's a total dinosaur. His teams finished with the NFL’s highest-scoring offense four times, ranked in the top five nine times and in the top 10 eleven times. He's not exactly a smashmouth Arthur Smith type of guy. GB and Dallas offenses under MM look positively modern compared to the shit we've run for the last 5 years.

[Gonzo]

Well elation has turned to angst
Flores McCarthy and weaver getting 2nd. Interviews is troubling
Knowing they look to keep coaches long term, have picked younger guys in the past and are looking to turn the page, I cannot believe they are seriously looking at those 3
And what has eviro done to garnering HC interest ??
I will try and remain optimistic … this Rooney worries me

[langer]

"I just wanna say that we like the veteran leadership that Mike brings to the table and his history with the city and the people of Pittsburgh factored into it."

[Deebo]

Shouldn’t the head coach have full autonomy over his staff?

Do you recall Tomlin being forced to inherit Lebeau? I do. I can see them hiring a young guy and forcing a veteran coordinator on him.

But there are no legacies here. Lebeau was an institution and connected to Pittsburgh.
Tomlin had no such coordinators in Smith/Austin

[Mick]

Well elation has turned to angst
Flores McCarthy and weaver getting 2nd. Interviews is troubling
Knowing they look to keep coaches long term, have picked younger guys in the past and are looking to turn the page, I cannot believe they are seriously looking at those 3
And what has eviro done to garnering HC interest ??
I will try and remain optimistic … this Rooney worries me

i can’t homer glasses our current interview process.

Two years ago, when we were finally! going to hire an outside offensive coordinator, i got very excited. Then we did our interviews…and our interview list was basically what you’d have left if you made a list of your top 13 candidates and crossed off your top 10. None of the other guys we interviewed got OC jobs anywhere else (then or since). I don’t hate arthur smith, but that was ugly.

Now it feels like the same thing: make a list of the top 15 HC candidates out there right now, cross off the top 6 or so, and the names you have left is who we are interviewing. Do i like or want McCarthy? No. Is he a million times better coach than weaver, evero, or shula? Easily.

[Greeksteel]

Shouldn’t the head coach have full autonomy over his staff?

Do you recall Tomlin being forced to inherit Lebeau? I do. I can see them hiring a young guy and forcing a veteran coordinator on him.

This got me thinking, I could totally see them hiring Shula and forcing McCarthy on him as OC with #8 also coming back. To be clear, not what i would want them to do but what i could see them doing.

[Steeldrama]

Mike McDaniel reportedly the new Chargers OC

Him and Cheatin Jimmy Harbs a couple strange cats but could be good for Herbert’s career

[Greeksteel]

Mike McDaniel reportedly the new Chargers OC

Him and Cheatin Jimmy Harbs a couple strange cats but could be good for Herbert’s career

Ya thats a great OC hire. If you play FF, take the chargers RBs next year.

[Gonzo]

Well elation has turned to angst
Flores McCarthy and weaver getting 2nd. Interviews is troubling
Knowing they look to keep coaches long term, have picked younger guys in the past and are looking to turn the page, I cannot believe they are seriously looking at those 3
And what has eviro done to garnering HC interest ??
I will try and remain optimistic … this Rooney worries me

i can’t homer glasses our current interview process.

Two years ago, when we were finally! going to hire an outside offensive coordinator, i got very excited. Then we did our interviews…and our interview list was basically what you’d have left if you made a list of your top 13 candidates and crossed off your top 10. None of the other guys we interviewed got OC jobs anywhere else (then or since). I don’t hate arthur smith, but that was ugly.

Now it feels like the same thing: make a list of the top 15 HC candidates out there right now, cross off the top 6 or so, and the names you have left is who we are interviewing. Do i like or want McCarthy? No. Is he a million times better coach than weaver, evero, or shula? Easily.

My hope is some of the IMO better options are still in the playoffs or just out and they can’t do in depth interviews with them yet so are clearing through the others now

[Jizz Mop]

I want the coach who can spew the best word salad

Has to be able to say cool shit like:

Unleash hell in December

Things of that nature

Tip my hat

The standard is the standard

That will make it easier on me and a lot of other fans as we transition to an actual NFL coach

If you got jizz on the floor, go get a mop.


AM I HIRED?

I am seriously battling early onset of dementia right now

Wasn’t it FC that KC used to argue with?

The origination of the jizz mopper Fury term?

[drmalba]

I don't want McCarthy either, but let's not pretend he's a total dinosaur. His teams finished with the NFL’s highest-scoring offense four times, ranked in the top five nine times and in the top 10 eleven times.

I will laugh my ass off if they hire Mike McCarthy. Talk about treading water. He's literally the inverted Mike Tomlin.

The last time he went to the conference championship game was the same year Mike T did.

More recently he went 1-3 in the playoffs with absolutely loaded Dallas teams but hey, at least that last victory came in 2022.

[Jobu]

I want the coach who can spew the best word salad

Has to be able to say cool shit like:

Unleash hell in December

Things of that nature

Tip my hat

The standard is the standard

That will make it easier on me and a lot of other fans as we transition to an actual NFL coach

If you got jizz on the floor, go get a mop.


AM I HIRED?

I am seriously battling early onset of dementia right now

Wasn’t it FC that KC used to argue with?

The origination of the jizz mopper Fury term?

IC?

[Mick]

Well elation has turned to angst
Flores McCarthy and weaver getting 2nd. Interviews is troubling
Knowing they look to keep coaches long term, have picked younger guys in the past and are looking to turn the page, I cannot believe they are seriously looking at those 3
And what has eviro done to garnering HC interest ??
I will try and remain optimistic … this Rooney worries me

i can’t homer glasses our current interview process.

Two years ago, when we were finally! going to hire an outside offensive coordinator, i got very excited. Then we did our interviews…and our interview list was basically what you’d have left if you made a list of your top 13 candidates and crossed off your top 10. None of the other guys we interviewed got OC jobs anywhere else (then or since). I don’t hate arthur smith, but that was ugly.

Now it feels like the same thing: make a list of the top 15 HC candidates out there right now, cross off the top 6 or so, and the names you have left is who we are interviewing. Do i like or want McCarthy? No. Is he a million times better coach than weaver, evero, or shula? Easily.

My hope is some of the IMO better options are still in the playoffs or just out and they can’t do in depth interviews with them yet so are clearing through the others now

klint kubiak has interviewed with at leaat 5 different teams, Durde has had interviews as well. Good chance we are waiting for Shula and/or scheelhaase (ie, Rams to lose) for in person interviews, but we haven’t even tried to zoom interview anyone from denver/ne/seattle, so assume those guys are out.

If Rams win this weekend, i don’t think we wait for a Rams coach. Wait that long, we might not have a coaching staff at the combine. We’ll go with one of the 2nd interview guys. In any event, at this point the choice is purely between one of the hold-your-nose retreads and one of the low-performing JAG DCs.

There is no cavalry coming to save us.

[Jizz Mop]

If you got jizz on the floor, go get a mop.


AM I HIRED?

I am seriously battling early onset of dementia right now

Wasn’t it FC that KC used to argue with?

The origination of the jizz mopper Fury term?

IC?

You’re correct thanks

[Jizz Mop]

If Weidl leaves, we should as a group recommend STD to the Rooney’s as his replacement.

Do we have letterhead?

[Steel Bingo]

Couple of ideas

Kubiak as HC with Flores as DC
Shula or Minter as HC with McCarthy or Scheelhaase as OC
Scheelhaase at HC with Flores as DC and McCarthy as OC

I also threw out hiring a Defensive guy like Shula and going to get Hoosiers OC Shanahan to pair with him. Couple of young innovative coaches would be a welcomed change!


Fuck if I know what they are thinking, but they need a strong OC/DC combo one way or another.

My expectation would be that the Steelers will continue to put defense first. So the bolded would meet that.

Shula, Flores (familiarity with him), Minter for HC. Then an innovative offensive mind for OC.

What happened to Bobby Slowik? He was all the rage a couple off-seasons ago. He was fantastic in Houston for Stroud's rookie year, helped him win OROY. If Pittsburgh is eyeing an 1st Rd QB in April he could make a lot of sense.