Some of yinz guys are THE WORST

[BethlehemSteel]

I'm known as a pessimist around here, but I do want to point out that this was my post in the game thread right at the end of the first half.

As bad as that was...we are still in this thing.

But the defense needs to take a long hard look at itself and find some manhood.

I'll say you really know how to be the god dam hall monitor. You start arguements on every steeler board out there.

But you crying at your own post to take off the steam is hilarious. I'll not post on Fury during the game as much as possible....we usually win when I stay off. But yea, there is too much venom going around.

The Noldor needs his hands cut off.....but that wouldn't stop ya....you'll get one of those Stephen Hawking speaking devices and you'll keep it going.

Debate shebate

[Legacy User]

Why the hostile reaction, woody?

Start a thread during games with no negative comments, total belief in coaching, and lots of cheering. Maybe figure out how to make emoticons look like they are doing little routines or flips and stuff......

[Legacy User]

If you saw reactionary posts halfway through the second quarter, where was this thread?

I don't know how else to say this -- I don't make reactionary posts before the game has played out.

That's not to say I'm against posts complaining about a play call, or a dropped ball, or a holding call.

I'm against posts that are to the effect of: "SEE I WAS RIGHT! Tomlin is a buffoon and needs to be fired!"

[Legacy User]

So the point is, some people would rather watch the games and have opinions like, well....a cheerleader.

Others more like, well.....someone who has actually played something at some level

I agree, to each is own.....

I think the point is that some watch and believe the team can still win when things are not at all going well while others get shrivel dick and give up all hope.

Yep. This. Thank you for putting that so eloquently, Lit.

[Legacy User]

The game with is 60 minutes long! The season is 16 games long! It's not how you start, it's how you finish. If you don't love this win eat a dick. Fuck the haters!

[jeemie]

I'm known as a pessimist around here, but I do want to point out that this was my post in the game thread right at the end of the first half.

As bad as that was...we are still in this thing.

But the defense needs to take a long hard look at itself and find some manhood.

I'll say you really know how to be the god dam hall monitor. You start arguements on every steeler board out there.

But you crying at your own post to take off the steam is hilarious. I'll not post on Fury during the game as much as possible....we usually win when I stay off. But yea, there is too much venom going around.

The Noldor needs his hands cut off.....but that wouldn't stop ya....you'll get one of those Stephen Hawking speaking devices and you'll keep it going.

Debate shebate

I have one of those pens. I'm using it now.

Don't be bitter because I routinely school you when you venture into arenas where you have no experience, but like to pretend you do.

I may post a lot, but I haven't dipped into batshit crazy territory.

Look at your goddamn sigpic, for crying out loud.

You really do need professional help.

[Legacy User]

The game with is 60 minutes long! The season is 16 games long! It's not how you start, it's how you finish. If you don't love this win eat a dick. Fuck the haters!

Its possible to love the win and hate the first half.

I have little doubt that the team will concentrate on what went wrong and look to rectify those issues

[FC]

4 quarters in a game.

The Steelers made great adjustments.

Players made plays.

Steelers Oline and Dline played far better in the 2nd half

Message boards are not the friendliest place when things look like shit

[Legacy User]

Where was this thread at the half?

This! Nothing like the clarity of hindsight. Fucking A.

Nothing like watching the entire game before forming an opinion.

Reactionary posts halfway through the second quarter are totally the way to go.

So you are saying that the fans in Heinz should keep quite all game and then clap politely at its end.

Next time Ill take a sharpie and put scam thiomas's number on a tee shirt and sit quitely

[BethlehemSteel]

I'll say you really know how to be the god dam hall monitor. You start arguements on every steeler board out there.

But you crying at your own post to take off the steam is hilarious. I'll not post on Fury during the game as much as possible....we usually win when I stay off. But yea, there is too much venom going around.

The Noldor needs his hands cut off.....but that wouldn't stop ya....you'll get one of those Stephen Hawking speaking devices and you'll keep it going.

Debate shebate

I have one of those pens. I'm using it now.

Don't be bitter because I routinely school you when you venture into arenas where you have no experience, but like to pretend you do.

I may post a lot, but I haven't dipped into batshit crazy territory.

Look at your goddamn sigpic, for crying out loud.

You really do need professional help.

Listen, if you think you're one uppin me on a message board, and feel very stongly about it...i just laugh at you.

You're just a fucking nerd behind a keyboard. It's easy to call me mental.....um....you fall for it every time. You should really stop.

Someone who has to post 1,000,0000 posts on every steelers message board and get the last word in?? Hey look at me.....you're the mental one. I bet you can't even hold a decent conversation in person without some kind of medication to take the nervous edge off. Too much brass polish at Penn state after home games cleaning the horn kill some of the brain cells?

Bat shit crazy about what?? May I ask? I'm right on the money with my theories, you just don't want to admit it or see it.

[Legacy User]

It was a VERY good win.

It was a VERY bad start.

If they let a team in the playoffs jump out on a 17 point lead, that'll likely be the season. Brady/Newton/Russell/Rodgers et al ain't going away in the second half.

[Obviously]

It was a VERY good win.

It was a VERY bad start.

If they let a team in the playoffs jump out on a 17 point lead, that'll likely be the season. Brady/Newton/Russell/Rodgers et al ain't going away in the second half.

Exactly right.

[Legacy User]

Good news is I firmly believe steelers are putting it all together. All the injuries, suspensions, bad coaching decisions, bad luck...the whole slate gets wiped clean.

You would think Tomlin, Haley, Butler have seen now what they got and what they're capable of doing. If they keep that edge could be a fun January for steeler fans.

[Legacy User]

Good news is I firmly believe steelers are putting it all together. All the injuries, suspensions, bad coaching decisions, bad luck...the whole slate gets wiped clean.

You would think Tomlin, Haley, Butler have seen now what they got and what they're capable of doing. If they keep that edge could be a fun January for steeler fans.

Totally agree. They're getting hot at the right time.

[Old School Steeler]

It was an epic turnaround, a dichotomy maybe never seen before in Steeler history and deserving of the emotion adjusted criticism in the first half and the effusive praise in the second. First 30 was disturbing and gut wrenching and one of the primary functions of a sports message board is venting the rage. Censorship has its place when modesty, decency, ethics and honor are compromised. If a live game thread is offending you don't read it and don't impose censorship in a medium where it's existence is limited at the moment. We should enjoy it while we have it.

[stinger8]

Guys get emotional and guys get pissed and say things in the heat of the moment that are a tad, reactionary?? I dont understand after that 1st half how you could be calm and balanced?? I was pissed off, angry, emotional. I did say at half time we were probably fucked and needed their super inexperienced QB to start fucking up, and give us some turnovers. I thought we had a 20% chance to come back.

It all ended well so today I am "happy as a bird".

[steelmann58]

I think most of us were just pissed off because they continue to trot Blake on the field when he played below the line. I guess they heard us because they did finally make the change with outstanding results..

[Legacy User]

I think most of us were just pissed off because they continue to trot Blake on the field when he played below the line. I guess they heard us because they did finally make the change with outstanding results..

I really don't get this...seriously stupid! what is their problem with boykin? plays well everytime he is in game. why they love blake? stinks it up over and over every game yet he keeps starting games! its insane.

[stinger8]

I think most of us were just pissed off because they continue to trot Blake on the field when he played below the line. I guess they heard us because they did finally make the change with outstanding results..

I really don't get this...seriously stupid! what is their problem with boykin? plays well everytime he is in game. why they love blake? stinks it up over and over every game yet he keeps starting games! its insane.

Its the Tomlin "arrogance". The same thing with playing Vick when he was horrific, the same with playing Cortez when he was getting toasted repeatedly, the same thing with keeping Jacoby Jones around, for what?? Cut Jones and poach a prospect off of a practice squad, like Mauro was done to us. Why do you need Jones around?

[steelmann58]

Well lets hope the second half changes stay for the rest of the season.

[Legacy User]

If you saw reactionary posts halfway through the second quarter, where was this thread?

I don't know how else to say this -- I don't make reactionary posts before the game has played out.

That's not to say I'm against posts complaining about a play call, or a dropped ball, or a holding call.

I'm against posts that are to the effect of: "SEE I WAS RIGHT! Tomlin is a buffoon and needs to be fired!"

But Tomlin is a buffoon and needs to be fired. The steelers winning a game doesn't change Tomlins body of work. He has needed to be gone for quite some time. I firmly believe he has nothing to do with any of this, and it he has the chance to screw up this run he will. We need to win games in a way that keeps the head coach as far away as possible from any decision making, because he WILL fuck it up. He has shown us this repeatedly throughout the years. My excitement over wins has absolutely nothing to do with Tomlin being redeemed. I've already determined that he is a failure, and that sometimes, things just work out anyway. We have a lot of talent on this team, and the key players on offense are starting to mesh really well together. You can credit that to Tomlin if you want, but I do not.

[StillerDownSouth]

If you saw reactionary posts halfway through the second quarter, where was this thread?

I don't know how else to say this -- I don't make reactionary posts before the game has played out.

That's not to say I'm against posts complaining about a play call, or a dropped ball, or a holding call.

I'm against posts that are to the effect of: "SEE I WAS RIGHT! Tomlin is a buffoon and needs to be fired!"

But Tomlin is a buffoon and needs to be fired. The steelers winning a game doesn't change Tomlins body of work. He has needed to be gone for quite some time. I firmly believe he has nothing to do with any of this, and it he has the chance to screw up this run he will. We need to win games in a way that keeps the head coach as far away as possible from any decision making, because he WILL fuck it up. He has shown us this repeatedly throughout the years. My excitement over wins has absolutely nothing to do with Tomlin being redeemed. I've already determined that he is a failure, and that sometimes, things just work out anyway. We have a lot of talent on this team, and the key players on offense are starting to mesh really well together. You can credit that to Tomlin if you want, but I do not.

Hard to imagine a buffoon winning two thirds of his games over a nine year period in the most competitive sports league in America. See this is where your logic of calling Tomlin a buffoon makes absolutley no sense. You base his buffoonery on a small percentage of decisions that didn't work while ignoring his overall impresssive body of work over a nine year period. If he was such a buffoon as you point out then he surely would have lost his team years ago and not enjoyed being one of the most successful coaches over the past nine years in a league where coaches routinely lose their jobs.

[Nick79]

...I don't go to the game threads..

I'm to busy watching the game to care about game threads.

[Stosh-67]

It was a VERY good win.

It was a VERY bad start.

If they let a team in the playoffs jump out on a 17 point lead, that'll likely be the season. Brady/Newton/Russell/Rodgers et al ain't going away in the second half.

Great post............
If the continue to come into games with the ease in mentality.....letting an opposing offense dictate.
letting an opposing QB chip and peck away at will.....with passive cushions and soft zones........

in the playoffs................then it will be ugly.

hell......they try the same approach vs. Bal;timore and Cleveland..............

[Stosh-67]

It was an epic turnaround, a dichotomy maybe never seen before in Steeler history and deserving of the emotion adjusted criticism in the first half and the effusive praise in the second. First 30 was disturbing and gut wrenching and one of the primary functions of a sports message board is venting the rage. Censorship has its place when modesty, decency, ethics and honor are compromised. If a live game thread is offending you don't read it and don't impose censorship in a medium where it's existence is limited at the moment. We should enjoy it while we have it.

Well put Old School.
What is the point of a message board if you can't ......well message....your thoughts.

Should we wait till the game is over and then comment.
Should we freeze the site and then comment at the end of the season after all the results and facts are in..........

[Orangesteel]

Explain to me what the appropriate reaction should be after that Manny Sanders 60 yarder.

Is it "aw schucks" or "golly gee"? If you don't like the reactionary nature of the game thread, then don't read the game thread. It's a game thread for christsakes.

[Legacy User]

Explain to me what the appropriate reaction should be after that Manny Sanders 60 yarder.

Is it "aw schucks" or "golly gee"? If you don't like the reactionary nature of the game thread, then don't read the game thread. It's a game thread for christsakes.

I didn't post during the game, but I dropped a couple loud MF'ers and kicked my wife out when Osweiler ran in his TD. Everybody was pissed off right then surely.

But, to me anyway, there's a big difference between: 1) being pissed off in the moment or, 2) generalizing a bad run into something more "see, I told you these guys suck!". The first one is just being a fan, the second one is just being a petty asshole. Definitely a lot of BOTH at this forum.

Just my opinion.

[K_C_]

Hard to imagine a buffoon winning two thirds of his games over a nine year period in the most competitive sports league in America.

Barry Switzer says "hi."

Switzer had Aikman.

Tomlin has Roethlisberger.

This isn't exactly rocket science.

[Legacy User]

Which coach used to win /now wins consistently without a franchise QB?

[Orangesteel]

Ok, let me just point this out. Most of the folks on here watch this team religiously, read about this team religiously, etc. What we saw yesterday during the first 30 minutes was almost unbelievable.

Most (if not all) of us on this board have been calling for Boykin to be part of secondary ALL SEASON LONG; and yesterday shows you what he can add to a secondary that needs all the help they can get.

We get pissed because we see what we see; Boykin should have been playing all year long and perhaps some of the games we've been shredded wouldn't have been so bad. Remember Oakland??? We damn near lost that one because we failed to adjust against a QB that knows what they are doing. We don't get to play Johnny Manziel and Nick Foles every week.

Yesterday was close to a must win, at home, in December, with a healthy football team. At this point in the season all bets are off IMO; you field the best players on the team, the guys that give you the best shot to win games.