Fuck You Ballwashers, Season 9

[Steelperch]

You know who you are.

9 years without a playoff win. Longest drought since 1972, and there is no end in sight. The team gets routinely embarrassed, but rest assured the ballwashers will be here pounding their chest when we beat one of the Ohio teams.

We all see this is a franchise stuck in mediocrity, but you Ballwashers fail to acknowledge it and are just stooges for the owner who wants to slightly better than average. That will keep you guys sedated and buying tickets and merchandise.

[Steelperch]

[CKSteeler]

I can understand Swiss and some others who know that Tomlin won't be fired, and who accept it and just kind of hope for the best. But I don't quite get getting worked up by people who are correctly pessimistic about the state of the team and it's future prospects.

There are very, very few "ballwashers" around here and the few that do exist barely show their faces any longer. At least on this site, Tomlin is almost universally loathed and the only real debate is whether we should hope for a complete washout or just kind of hope for the best despite rationality.

Swiss isn't the real enemy here. Go outside the bubble of this site to a place like Reddit or a few other sites. You'll meet the true Tomlin ballwashers who actually still think he can win it all and is just held back by circumstances like shitty QB play and poor execution.

[swissvale72]

Thanks CK, not only am I not a Tomlin ball washer. I've wanted him gone for at least a dozen years, longer than the majority of asshats on this esteemed website.

That said, two other things which I've often cited, and which I believe to be true.

-Mike Tomlin ain't going nowhere until Mike Tomlin wants to. Why?? Three reasons.
-The Rooneys get off on NHALS, which could end this year.
-The Rooneys get off on having only 3 Head Coaches since 1969.
-The Rooneys, inventors of the Rooney Rule, sure as fuck aren't firing the black Head Coach,

Other thing, of which I've been totally transparent, when January comes around, I would much rather see my team play a playoff game than not:

[langer]

That will keep you guys sedated and buying tickets and merchandise.

This is what we all want.

We want to be put under Coach Ts spell and charms and celebrate winning streaks of one game with fifteen turnovers then move on to the next game, we can do it! We can do it next game!

You are either on Coach Ts side or the side of evil and vicious non-fans who hate Coach T.

[langer]

That will keep you guys sedated and buying tickets and merchandise.

This is what we all want.

We want to be put under Coach Ts spell and charms and celebrate winning streaks of one game with fifteen turnovers then move on to the next game, we can do it! We can do it next game!

You are either on Coach Ts side or the side of evil and vicious non-fans who hate Coach T.

You'll meet the true Tomlin ballwashers who actually still think he can win it all and is just held back by circumstances like shitty QB play and poor execution.

You forgot racist Western PA rednecks, they are the core constituency that are to blame for the team failing to elevate Coach T.

[Charles Demarr]

This is the thread I was hoping for.

Anyone that watched that slop last night and is happy with the direction of the franchise can eat a bag of dicks.

[Charles Demarr]

You know who you are.

9 years without a playoff win. Longest drought since 1972, and there is no end in sight. The team gets routinely embarrassed, but rest assured the ballwashers will be here pounding their chest when we beat one of the Ohio teams.

We all see this is a franchise stuck in mediocrity, but you Ballwashers fail to acknowledge it and are just stooges for the owner who wants to slightly better than average. That will keep you guys sedated and buying tickets and merchandise.

Haters vs. Ballwashers....I love it.

[Steelafan77]

We want to be put under Coach Ts spell and charms and celebrate winning streaks of one game with fifteen turnovers then move on to the next game, we can do it! We can do it next game!

[bradshaw2ben]

You know who you are.

9 years without a playoff win. Longest drought since 1972, and there is no end in sight. The team gets routinely embarrassed, but rest assured the ballwashers will be here pounding their chest when we beat one of the Ohio teams.

We all see this is a franchise stuck in mediocrity, but you Ballwashers fail to acknowledge it and are just stooges for the owner who wants to slightly better than average. That will keep you guys sedated and buying tickets and merchandise.

I mean, IF they are .500 the rest of the way (some bad teams, some late-season beat up teams, BAL resting its starters in week 18) and luck into a trip to IND or DEN, they could have a day where AR goes off and they steal a playoff win. So, I'm not ruling it out, strictly based on how fraudulent the division leaders are right now. As I've said, the postseason matchup has to be the key.

However, the Steelers playoff chances look considerably less rosy after last night. IF the Steelers lose the division to BAL–as pretty much every model indicates they will–then they are fighting for three playoff spots with: Bills 6-3, Jaguars 5-4, Chargers 7-3 (lost head-to-head), Chiefs 5-4. I'd be surprised if the Jags made it and would be surprised if Bills & Chiefs don't make it. So I guess I'd say it's win the division or hope the Chargers lose 2 more games than PIT does the rest of the way.

The Athletic Simulator says the Steelers chances of make the playoffs is 45% and it's chance of winning the division is 34%. I think it's safe to say that means the Steelers have about a 10-15% chance to make the playoffs if they don't win the division.