Will the Coaches have the Steelers ready for the season opener..

[Sword]

Last few years the coaches have failed to have the team ready. After 3 preseason games I feel just like I did
last year this time....I'm hoping for the better.....come on Tomlin!!!!! Wake this team Up!

[K Train]

I think after last years start and gut wrenching finish and being embarassed by the eagles last thursday they are going to come out firing. Im very happy its the browns, I really wish it was manziel but ill take the browns nonetheless. Ben is typcially lights out against the browns and Joe haden calls antonio daddy

A loss would be devastating though

[pittpete]

Sorry for the negativity, but...
My crystal ball tells me the defense will give the Browns receivers a nice cushion and allow Hoyer to get into a nice rythym.
Once Hoyer is clicking and his confidence is high, we'll unleash hell...

[K Train]

Sorry for the negativity, but...
My crystal ball tells me the defense will give the Browns receivers a nice cushion and allow Hoyer to get into a nice rythym.
Once Hoyer is clicking and his confidence is high, we'll unleash hell...

Miles Austin and nate Bulerson can be given a ton of cushion and still come up short.

Shazier on Cameron is something im looking forward to

[squidkid]

anything short of a 14 point win is having them unprepared

[sick beats]

Once Hoyer is clicking and his confidence is high, we'll unleash hell...

You mean like a few Decembers ago?

[RobinCole]

I have this silly notion that professional football players are at least partially responsible for getting themselves "ready". The coaches can teach and game-plan till hell freezes over but if the team goes into sleepwalking mode, there's not much the coaches can do but scream. If they have to scream it's too late.

This is not an original thought. Chuck Noll said it about 40 years ago.

[Iron City Inc.]

Last few years the coaches have failed to have the team ready. After 3 preseason games I feel just like I did
last year this time....I'm hoping for the better.....come on Tomlin!!!!! Wake this team Up!

Their awake they just might not be that good. Taylor has been horrible all through camp and has been just as weak in pre season games. Have always been a fan of his but if he was a rookie playing like he has he would be told to try another line of work. I sure wish Richardson could get on the field. It's always tough when a vet just doesn't have his A game anymore.

[Slapstick]

I have this silly notion that professional football players are at least partially responsible for getting themselves "ready". The coaches can teach and game-plan till hell freezes over but if the team goes into sleepwalking mode, there's not much the coaches can do but scream. If they have to scream it's too late.

This is not an original thought. Chuck Noll said it about 40 years ago.

What the hell did that guy know?

[BURGH86STEEL]

I have this silly notion that professional football players are at least partially responsible for getting themselves "ready". The coaches can teach and game-plan till hell freezes over but if the team goes into sleepwalking mode, there's not much the coaches can do but scream. If they have to scream it's too late.

This is not an original thought. Chuck Noll said it about 40 years ago.

The games boils down to execution by the players. I don't think that screaming works well with today's NFL players.

[fezziwig]

Wouldn't surprise me at all to see us lose to the Browns. Either our team isn't good, our coaches aren't good or they are both bad. Name someone on our defense that the other teams need to fear or game plan for ? The offense doesn't exactly cause coaches and defenders headaches either.

[K Train]

Wouldn't surprise me at all to see us lose to the Browns. Either our team isn't good, our coaches aren't good or they are both bad. Name someone on our defense that the other teams need to fear or game plan for ? The offense doesn't exactly cause coaches and defenders headaches either.

Heyward. And those guys will emerge, it's a young group but they ad to shake that "old and slow" label

[thetruthteller]

We look like Crap. And if Tomlin can't get a win, and what should be a EASY win against a Browns team with freaking HOYER at QB. And no real WR talent, then Tomlin doesn't deserve to have a head coaching Gig.

[BradshawsHairdresser]

Bad news: Steelers don't look anywhere close to being ready for a season opener.

Good news: They're playing the Browns in the season opener.

[Shoe]

I have this silly notion that professional football players are at least partially responsible for getting themselves "ready". The coaches can teach and game-plan till hell freezes over but if the team goes into sleepwalking mode, there's not much the coaches can do but scream. If they have to scream it's too late.

This is not an original thought. Chuck Noll said it about 40 years ago.

Quite simplistic though. The coach is responsible for the overall vision, short and long-term goals, and the daily planning that works to achieve that goal. Setting a brisk practice pace with clear times, stations, etc. is an example of how a coach can affect the preparation of a team. As the coach, you need to be ultra-prepared and organized. That's why you have so few laid-back, "normal" head coaches who end up successful. You have to be a meticulous, great-planning, visionary.