The difference between Purdy and Pickett

[ROLROC]

lmao.. now that is funny. Lets take away every coaches and players best 4 years and see how they stack up.

The problem is that his best 4 seasons were his first 4. You admitted as much. The trend in troubling.

[NJ-STEELER]

Let’s be real here.

there’s a reason he was forced to keep cowher’s coordinators

Maybe it something Rooney shoukd have kept in place with hires like fitchner and Canada.

[Mr.wizard]

A roster that has only four player nominated for the Hall of fame and several other players that made the pro bowl. Tomlin inherited this and hall of fame QB in his prime. Yeah buddy, it was stacked as I said. Tomlin only drafted one starter on offense or defense in his one super bowl win. Remember?

That same team went 8-8 in 2006 and missed the playoffs. It wasnt some stacked roster that was dominating the league. We had good players mainly on defense, but if you look at the offensive side of the ball we were pretty mediocre.

QB Ben
RB Parker
FB Davis
TE Miller
WR Holmes
WR ward
OL Smith, Faneca, Mahan, Simmons, Colon.

[Mr.wizard]

The problem is that his best 4 seasons were his first 4. You admitted as much. The trend in troubling.

Only if your using playoff wins as your sole criteria, the rest of his career was just as good except we didnt reach the SB in the other 7 times we made the playoffs.

[WindyCitySteel]

Only if your using playoff wins as your sole criteria, the rest of his career was just as good except we didnt reach the SB in the other 7 times we made the playoffs.

3-7 playoff record, 10 of 12 years w/o a playoff win.

It's not the sole criteria, but it's the most important. He's had a very Schottenheimer-esque career the last 12 years.

[feltdizz]

Let’s be real here.

there’s a reason he was forced to keep cowher’s coordinators

Maybe it something Rooney shoukd have kept in place with hires like fitchner and Canada.

The reason is Cowher wasn’t fired for being a bad head coach. Why would we get rid of our whole staff when the only one’s who wanted to move on were Cowher and Whiz (if he didn’t get the job).

Blow up the whole coaching staff because Cowher left after a .500 season?

[feltdizz]

3-7 playoff record, 10 of 12 years w/o a playoff win.

It's not the sole criteria, but it's the most important. He's had a very Schottenheimer-esque career the last 12 years.

I think most teams would take that level of success when you add in the SB appearances in 2 of those other 3 years.

[Steel Maniac]

Let’s be real here.

there’s a reason he was forced to keep cowher’s coordinators

Maybe it something Rooney should have kept in place with hires like fitchner and Canada.

Your hitting on a point that is going to open up a whole new can of worms. Just saying............

[hawaiiansteel]

I think most teams would take that level of success when you add in the SB appearances in 2 of those other 3 years.

the Lions, Jaguars, Texans and of course our beloved Cleveland Browns have never even played in a Super Bowl, much less won the game.

[Joel Buchsbaum]

That same team went 8-8 in 2006 and missed the playoffs. It wasnt some stacked roster that was dominating the league. We had good players mainly on defense, but if you look at the offensive side of the ball we were pretty mediocre.

QB Ben
RB Parker
FB Davis
TE Miller
WR Holmes
WR ward
OL Smith, Faneca, Mahan, Simmons, Colon.

You are really using the year ( 2006 ) Ben was likely concussed and slammed his head through a windshield three years before we won his second super bowl with Bill Cowher' s 21 of 22 players to make your point in 2009 to say we didn't have a healthy and loaded roster when Tomlin took over and won his super bowl? Really? Come on Mr. Wizard.

[Joel Buchsbaum]

the Lions, Jaguars, Texans and of course our beloved Cleveland Browns have never even played in a Super Bowl, much less won the game.

This is old news. In the meantime the Jaguars are young team that made the playoffs and Houston is loaded with draft capital and holds the 2nd pick in the draft. The Steelers are keeping the Lions and Browns, two loser franchises company. Something has to change for us.

[Joel Buchsbaum]

3-7 playoff record, 10 of 12 years w/o a playoff win.

It's not the sole criteria, but it's the most important. He's had a very Schottenheimer-esque career the last 12 years.

+1. Right. Marty did not go 7 or more seasons without winning a playoff game as Tomlin has.

[Mr.wizard]

You are really using the year ( 2006 ) Ben was likely concussed and slammed his head through a windshield three years before we won his second super bowl with Bill Cowher' s 21 of 22 players to make your point in 2009 to say we didn't have a healthy and loaded roster when Tomlin took over and won his super bowl? Really? Come on Mr. Wizard.

First Ben played every game that season, second if one injury derails your season then how "stacked" is the roster?????

[WindyCitySteel]

First Ben played every game that season, second if one injury derails your season then how "stacked" is the roster?????

You're trying too hard to downplay the team Tomlin inherited.

Ben, Parker, Holmes, Ward, Faneca, Hartings, Starks, Smith on O, Smith, Snack, Keisel, Farrior, Foote, Ike, Troy, Townsend, Clark, Deebo on D, LeBeau and Arians as coordinators.

You don't believe anything you're saying here.

[NJ-STEELER]

The reason is Cowher wasn’t fired for being a bad head coach. Why would we get rid of our whole staff when the only one’s who wanted to move on were Cowher and Whiz (if he didn’t get the job).

Blow up the whole coaching staff because Cowher left after a .500 season?

I understand the Steelers part of it

has to be a bit humiliating though for the coach coming in and not being able to bring in his own people.

Are there other coaches hired with that stipulation ?