Florio is a DoucheNozzle

[B]Florio is always sniping at the Steelers. At least Bouchette still believes... PFT Live: Steelers already a lost cause? [/B]Ed Bouchette from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette joins Mike Florio on PFT Live to talk about the plight of the Pittsburgh Steelers and their surprising early-season struggles. Florio hints that it may be an uphill battle for the Steelers to turn it around, but Bouchette believes with [URL="http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/1181/ben-roethlisberger"]Ben Roethlisberger[/URL] at the helm and a good defense, this team is capable of big things. [URL]http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/09/18/pft-live-steelers-already-a-lost-cause/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs[/URL]

Sounds like two of the many sides of this argument that are going on in Steeler Nation ... One guys the optimist and the other the pessimist. Somewhere in between is where I'm at ... I think they can turn it around .. the questions for me are do they have the fortitude to do so and if they do, will they be put in a position that allows them to (and yes this is a shot Haley).

I seen on the Internet Florio was doing an interview and I think he actually like the Steelers. He said he grew up in the area and always follow the Steelers. So just because people criticizes our favorite team doesn't always mean they hate us, but they might just be giving their honest opinion.

I see it for what it was now...both guys picked a side for debate. But if Florio is just giving us his honest opinion about the Steelers, then why is it [U]always[/U] a negative perspective? I would love to read just one piece where he credits the Steelers for some positive aspect of the team and then I will shut up about him.

Well we have many on here that expect to go 19-0 but love the Steelers to death..... Lol so maybe he's one of those types.

[QUOTE=Steelhere10;573912]I seen on the Internet Florio was doing an interview and I think he actually like the Steelers. He said he grew up in the area and always follow the Steelers. So just because people criticizes our favorite team doesn't always mean they hate us, but they might just be giving their honest opinion.[/QUOTE]

Florio apparently did grow up in the Pittsburgh area, and claims that he is not anti-Steeler, but if you read through all of his writings, it does not appear so. He seems to take joy in the stumbles and often goes out of his way to take a cheap shot at them. It goes beyond the idea of giving a fair report. Just because he goes out of his way to claim that he is not anti-Steelers does not make it so.

[QUOTE=Discipline of Steel;573935]Florio is just giving us his honest opinion about the Steelers[/QUOTE]

Florio even said to Ed during this piece that he didn't watch the game on Monday. To me that says it all. Straight from the horse's mouth.

Yeah, I'm not holding my breath about the Steelers turning it around. I do have some hopes for the O once Miller and Bell come back.

[QUOTE=flippy;574064]Florio even said to Ed during this piece that he didn't watch the game on Monday. To me that says it all. Straight from the horse's mouth.[/QUOTE]

mehhhh

while I get the hate for Florio I'm not sure one really needs to watch this mess to say we are bad. I didn't watch the Tennessee/Texans game and I'm pretty sure it was close and competitive.

I think you can get away with these types of opinions as long as you aren't talking about specific in game action to criticize the team.

Not sure why so many get up in arms when people call a Steeler team bad given the stats and scoring totals for 2 games.

...and a lot of Steeler fans rip the team even when they are winning. We have OC haters, DL haters, Tomlin haters... it's what we do because we demand perfection.

I thought for a few years now, that he doesn't like the steelers. (even when we were playing well).. Specially around the Big Ben "STUFF" that went down.. heez snooty.. I wana PUNCH HIM.. He's def has something against us.. Always kissing butt to the "darling" teams/qb's of the league..