Steelers vs Bungles - game day

[brothervad]

Btw just so you all know...this is Matt Canada's pedigree. One year at Pitt is the only time I saw his work excel...he was fired by LSU in a lateral move after one season. Seems like the perfect hire for a top notch professional football team iwith a future HOF aging QB.

SMH...

Coaching career[

Canada's coaching career includes early stints at Indiana, Butler, Northern Illinois and Wisconsin
In 2011, Canada served an integral role in leading Northern Illinois to the MAC championship, and he served an integral role in leading Wisconsin to the 2012 Big Ten Championship Game

In 2013, Canada became offensive coordinator at NC State working under head coach Dave Doeren. Canada had previously worked under Doeren at Northern Illinois in 2011. After the 2014 season, Canada agreed to a new 3-year contract with NC State shortly after interviewing for the offensive coordinator job at Tennessee.^[4] He was subsequently let go by NC State following the 2015 season.

In 2016, Canada was hired as offensive coordinator at Pitt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Panthers_football).^{[6] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Canada#cite_note-6)} For his work during the 2016 season, he was named one of five finalists for the Broyles Award, given annually to the top assistant coach in college football.

On December 14, 2016, Canada was hired to become the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at LSU. He held those positions for the 2017 season and on January 5, 2018, LSU and Canada mutually agreed to part ways.

On January 22, 2018, Canada agreed to become the offensive coordinator at the University of Maryland. On August 11, 2018, Canada became interim head coach for the Maryland Terrapins after D.J. Durkin was put on administrative leave following the death of Jordan McNair, an offensive lineman for the Maryland Terrapins. After Mike Locksley was hired as the permanent head coach at Maryland going forward, Canada was relieved of the day-to-day head coaching responsibilities. Canada was then replaced by Scottie Montgomery as offensive coordinator.

On January 15, 2020, Canada was hired by the Pittsburgh Steelers. On January 25, 2021, Canada was promoted to offensive coordinator of the Steelers, replacing Randy Fichtner

[NorthCoast]

Not that it would have mattered much but where's Banner and why can't he get on the field?

[Ernie]

Not that it would have mattered much but where's Banner and why can't he get on the field?

I was wondering the same thing. In the off season he was supposedly "The guy" that we were going to rebuild this O-Line around.. one of our first signings if I recall. Last I saw him was a few weeks ago on the sidelines..in full pads

[Starlifter]

I know Canada and butler via tomlin are easy targets - but the simple truth (to me anyway) is no coordinator can be successful if you don’t have the horses to run. They are not without blame for putting their chips on Tuitt and Alualu as well as thinking Bush would be an impact player - but none of those have panned out and there is just not enough depth and talent behind them. They gambled on a stout D line taking the pressure off a young secondary while hoping Minkah and Joe covered up the blemishes. That plan has failed spectacularly thus far and there is no plan B. They are riding with the players they have now and it’s simply too low on talent.

The coaches deserve criticism for the lack of depth - but I’m not going to fault play calling.

Shoot, I have just as many sacks in the last two years as Tuitt.

[Ernie]

We did a good job in the offseason putting together a solid defensive unit. Injuries have certainly taken their toll. The problem as I see it was the gamble we took with the offensive line... thinking this current group would be sufficient.

[Terrapin]

We did a good job in the offseason putting together a solid defensive unit. Injuries have certainly taken their toll. The problem as I see it was the gamble we took with the offensive line... thinking this current group would be sufficient.

Every team in the league has injuries. We lost our NT, and have had guys in and out. There is NO excuse for what we're witnessing though, regardless of who's on the field.

The O line should have been addressed in the offseason but it was pretty much ignored.

[brothervad]

Charlie Batch is talking about how he asks other teams how they scheme the Steelers Offense...Defensive staff say it is the easiest one for them to scheme against. He is also stating "They don't throw down the middle ever! After 11 games...he doesn't know why because he doesn't design the play schemes.

Just seems like he is not the biggest Canada fan either.

[whatever]

I remember a few true fans that loved the Canada hire but now are acting like they didn’t/don’t.

[T.Ferguson]

Charlie Batch is talking about how he asks other teams how they scheme the Steelers Offense...Defensive staff say it is the easiest one for them to scheme against. He is also stating "They don't throw down the middle ever! After 11 games...he doesn't know why because he doesn't design the play schemes.

Just seems like he is not the biggest Canada fan either.

Steelers one of the worst coached teams in the NFL? Sure seems like it which is saying something when there is a lot of mediocre coaching going on in the league these days.

[Ghost]

Every team in the league has injuries. We lost our NT, and have had guys in and out. There is NO excuse for what we're witnessing though, regardless of who's on the field.

The O line should have been addressed in the offseason but it was pretty much ignored.

Meanwhile on a decimated d line; Isaiah Buggs was a healthy scratch today. It’s his 3rd year. Cut his useless a$$ if he can’t dress in these conditions. SMDH.

[Ernie]

Every team in the league has injuries. We lost our NT, and have had guys in and out. There is NO excuse for what we're witnessing though, regardless of who's on the field.

The O line should have been addressed in the offseason but it was pretty much ignored.

Yea we lost Tyson A.. and you have to add Tuitt to that list.. our Top CB Haden has been out for a few weeks.. and Fitzpatrick last week. Not sure where Buggs and C. Davis have been? Maybe injured as well.
I agree though with the O-Line.. other than Dodson being out.. "All hands are on deck" so to speak.

[Buzz]

Meanwhile on a decimated d line; Isaiah Buggs was a healthy scratch today. It’s his 3rd year. Cut his useless a$$ if he can’t dress in these conditions. SMDH.

Agree. It's pathetic.

[NJ-STEELER]

Charlie Batch is talking about how he asks other teams how they scheme the Steelers Offense...Defensive staff say it is the easiest one for them to scheme against. He is also stating "They don't throw down the middle ever! After 11 games...he doesn't know why because he doesn't design the play schemes.

Just seems like he is not the biggest Canada fan either.

sounds like more of the 'stay conservative on offense, don't ruin it for the awesome defense they built with nearly every top asset available'

[Northern_Blitz]

sounds like more of the 'stay conservative on offense, don't ruin it for the awesome defense they built with nearly every top asset available'

I think there isn't much trust in the ability to throw accurate passes in areas where there are more defenders.

This seems to have been the game plan since before Ben got hurt I think when he still had the passing charts of Alex Smith.

[NorthCoast]

I know Canada and butler via tomlin are easy targets - but the simple truth (to me anyway) is no coordinator can be successful if you don’t have the horses to run. They are not without blame for putting their chips on Tuitt and Alualu as well as thinking Bush would be an impact player - but none of those have panned out and there is just not enough depth and talent behind them. They gambled on a stout D line taking the pressure off a young secondary while hoping Minkah and Joe covered up the blemishes. That plan has failed spectacularly thus far and there is no plan B. They are riding with the players they have now and it’s simply too low on talent.

The coaches deserve criticism for the lack of depth - but I’m not going to fault play calling.

Shoot, I have just as many sacks in the last two years as Tuitt.

All true.
I'm looking for the posters that predicted both DL would be out for the season.
Who predicted Bush would fail miserably this season?
Who predicted Dotson would take a step back this season?
The ironic thing is the one OL player everyone was down on at the beginning has actually played the most consistent.