Dick LeBeau and Steelers agree to part ways

[feltdizz]

YOU said, "any other DC not named Lebeau would have been let got last year".
i showed you exactly were YOU said those things, now go ahead and show me where i said DCs never get fired or shouldnt get fired if their ranking fall 3 straight years.
while you are at it, show me where i said they should retain their DCs when they slip 12 spots..
while you're looking for that, i'll be here waiting and laughing at you.

LOL... I think you missed the sarcasm in my post. You never respond to what is said in a post and always use the "so you are saying" to move the goal post

I stand by the point that any DC not named Lebeau would have been fired last year. We broke a ton of defensive records last year and not in a good way.

[Steelhere10]

I loved DICKEY with he was innovative, but that's been gone for a god four years now. And a change was needed.

[feltdizz]

You must have been miserable when the defense played well throughout the majority of his tenure.

or maybe he was miserable these last 3 years watching the D struggle.

If DL was younger I could see the argument for keeping him. The D is young and it's the perfect time to replace a 77 year old legend.

[buccoray61]

I hope the Cardinals , so a direct comparison will be made with their former DC. So the fans could see he's not that genius anymore and the right move was made.

Why? So you can thump your chest and say "'I'm right"? Most of the fans that support LeBeau,if they are honest, feel that it is time for a change. What they have a problem with is attitudes of fans like you

[Steelhere10]

How many corner blitzes can you count in the last four years, or a blitz overload? ?? That's been missing for a while and it became predictable and stale.

[Steelhere10]

Why? So you can thump your chest and say "'I'm right"? Most of the fans that support LeBeau,if they are honest, feel that it is time for a change. What they have a problem with is attitudes of fans like you

fans like me who want the team to win at all cost or fans like you who become sentiment about players/coaches and winning become secondary.

[feltdizz]

Dick LeBeau was a huge part of the Steelers' recent success. He is the common denominator for all of the Super Bowls in the post-Noll era. He did amazing work for the team and I wish him the best. More than being a great coach, he seemed to be a great guy.

I do wish that his departure was handled better, instead of being another ambiguous departure situation like Arians.

I took the "I'm not retiring" as a dig at the the FO

[pittpete]

Dick LeBeau was a huge part of the Steelers' recent success. He is the common denominator for all of the Super Bowls in the post-Noll era. He did amazing work for the team and I wish him the best. More than being a great coach, he seemed to be a great guy.

I do wish that his departure was handled better, instead of being another ambiguous departure situation like Arians.

So how should it have been handled.
You have a man who wants to continue coaching and an organization that no longer wants him to coach.
Would firing him have been a better move?

[buccoray61]

fans like me who want the team to win at all cost or fans like you who become sentiment about players/coaches and winning become secondary.

Not at all. I stated that many LeBeau supporters (myself included) realize that a change might be good. The thing most of us have a problem with is attitudes like you as much as said,that LeBeau goes somewhere else and fails. The man was a legend here. Why can't you wish him well and leave it at that?

[Steelhere10]

I do wish him well and loved DL years ago , but the time comes for everybody including him.

[Oviedo]

I do wish him well and loved DL years ago , but the time comes for everybody including him.

My sentiments exactly. Thanks for the memories, but lets get some new memories.

[feltdizz]

Not at all. I stated that many LeBeau supporters (myself included) realize that a change might be good. The thing most of us have a problem with is attitudes like you as much as said,that LeBeau goes somewhere else and fails. The man was a legend here. Why can't you wish him well and leave it at that?

Some fans don't want a coach or player to succeed once they leave Pittsburgh. I'm not one of those fans but they exist. I don't understand it but that's how some fans operate.

[phillyesq]

or maybe he was miserable these last 3 years watching the D struggle.

If DL was younger I could see the argument for keeping him. The D is young and it's the perfect time to replace a 77 year old legend.

I understand that rationale, one which you are able to articulate without childish name calling. Given his constant use of "Dickey" to refer to somebody who deserves more respect, it appears that he has some personal animosity.

[DukieBoy]

ESPN reportd the Bills are hiring Rex Ryan...

If this is true they'll have to keep their feet covered up in Buffalo.

[buccoray61]

[QUOTE=phillyesq;634911]I understand that rationale, one which you are able to articulate without childish name calling. Given his constant use of "Dickey" to refer to somebody who deserves more respect, it appears that he has some personal animosity.[/QUOTE
Like that guy who used to post here,and misspell his name on purpose and claim he didn't.