Steelers Mike McCarthy Presser Reaction

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I just, I would just call it a

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It's like what CNN breaks in

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Unfortunately, Hockey Jesus had
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couldn't meet with us tonight.
But we want to talk about our

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reaction to the Mike McCarthy
press conference today.

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It's been everywhere.
I mean, I've watched like 5000

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YouTube videos about it.
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life for.
So Mike McCarthy introduced

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today officially as the
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach.

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There's been a lot said about
it.

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There's been a lot said about
the emotion involved.

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There's been a lot said about
some of the things that he that

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he said, but that it maybe he
didn't say.

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So Grant Schwabini, give me your
first impression of how that

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press conference went and and
the feeling that you got from

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it.
Did it, did it change your

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initial reaction to the hire at
all or did it push you in a

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different direction?
What what?

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What are your thoughts?
OK, prior before I give you my

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thoughts, so just we want to
hear from you guys, use that

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comment section, put down how
you feel.

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We'll put them up on the screen
and, and respond to them as many

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as we can.
Look, I look, I, I am sorry.

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I I don't mean to be a downer,
OK?

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I know I'm being, I know I'm
being Debbie Downer here.

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After watching that press
conference, if I, you know, did

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I feel better?
Did I feel worse?

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Did I feel about where I thought
I'd feel I felt worse?

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Yeah.
It, it was just the, the emotion

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of it.
And look, look, I'm all about

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feelings.
I'm all about caring,

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compassion.
I'm all about, I'm all about,

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you know, hey, you know, you,
you wanted to be work for the

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Steelers your entire life.
And now it's happened.

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And sure, that would definitely
bring emotions.

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And I get all that.
It would have been one thing if

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you got choked up a little bit
and just kind of said like, you

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know, gathered himself and then
and then kind of took off, you

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know, tighten up, strengthen up.
But my God, it seemed like it

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went on for a while that he just
like couldn't get his words out.

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He was just all choked up.
It was so emotional this, that

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the other thing I, I mean, I was
just like, stop it already.

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I, I need, I need to, to hear
the voice, you know, that's

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going to lead us in, in the
future to, to, to wins, to

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playoff wins.
Tell me your plan, tell me what

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you've got in mind.
And I just sort of felt like it

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was just a, a bunch of fluff.
I didn't really think he said

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much in terms of, you know, hey,
I'd like Aaron Rodgers back.

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I really like Will Howard.
That's maybe the only thing I

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really got out of it is that he
does like Will Howard.

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So that I think that's a
positive because I'd like to see

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Will Howard get some playing
time and and see how he does.

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But look, you know, these these
these open opening pressors,

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they never really amount to much
of anything.

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I mean, it's just going to
matter when the the sewers take

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the field for the first time.
That's really all that matters.

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But I, I, I was very uninspired.
But but then again, also too,

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let's let's be honest, Mike
McCarthy is not an inspiring

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man.
You know, he's, you know, like,

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look, you know, and, and this is
something, you know, I watched

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the Hard Knocks, you know, when
he was with the Cowboys and I

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felt like he was somebody who
struggled to relate to the

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younger players.
Not saying that he can't, you

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know, and he can't improve young
players and all that kind of

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stuff, but he, he doesn't
inspire me.

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He doesn't get me.
Like I'm not running through a

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brick wall for this guy.
Hopefully there will be 53

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Steelers who will.
But you know, look, it was very

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lackluster to me.
I know you feel a little bit

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differently, so why don't you
join in and and give the fan

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something to hold on to?
Something to chew on.

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Something to chew on.
Something to chew on.

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Well, one of the things I want
to, I want to bring up real

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quick is the fact that you
mentioned that you watched him

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on Hard Knocks, which I think
is, is very interesting because

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I did not watch that.
And some of the things that you

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had mentioned about John
Harbaugh when they did the, the

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AFC North, right, right.
And, and I, I, I think that's an

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interesting perspective that I
did not, at least in the

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different YouTube channels that
I watched and the media that I

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watched that that anybody
brought up.

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So at first, when you said he
wasn't an inspiring man, I

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thought to myself, how can you
be the head coach of an NFL

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football team and win a Super
Bowl?

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And, and he does have a good
track record and not be an

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inspiring guy.
Maybe he's just an inspiring

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coach.
And, and I think up there on the

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podium, if you think about it,
here's a guy who we all know is

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history.
We're familiar with it, at

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least.
Born and bred Pittsburgh

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Greenfield native, and he's
coming home to coach his

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hometown team.
His favorite team is his parents

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are still alive and he's talking
to them.

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And so the emotion actually did
not surprise me.

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I I was actually happy to see
it.

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There's a lot of comments out
there talking about the crying

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and how, you know, there were
some comments that were positive

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that I saw on social media.
And then there were some that

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were really negative and and
some, of course, in in your, you

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know, in your realm, like maybe
it was too much, you know, And

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Chris Chott is back in the
house.

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Want to say thanks, Chris,
fellas.

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Extra sports, sports, of course,
Chris, it's a special report.

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Mr. Tommy says it was good from
a marketing perspective, but

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that won't win games yet.
We know, we know, but that's

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what this is the press
conference is it's marketing.

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So I, I like the fact that he
got emotional.

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I, I, I thought, I think that if
you're on that kind of stage and

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you have the kind of presence
that that a head coach in the

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NFL has and, and you're brought
to this place, What that told me

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was that and, and I'm I'm going
to go out on a limb here.

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This is going to be Mike
McCarthy's last coaching stop.

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And and when I said go out on a
limb, I was being facetious, But

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this is where he probably always
dreamed he would end up.

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Like what if.
This was the what if scenario

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for him.
So I thought the emotion was a

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good thing.
What that tells me is that he is

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emotionally invested in doing
everything he can to the best of

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his ability to do this job
right.

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And what I really liked is when
he started to talk about playoff

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games after the question, I
don't remember which media

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member asked the question, but
they asked about, you know, the

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playoff drought.
And he basically fired away

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with, well, we're not here to
just win playoff games.

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We're here to stay in the
playoffs as long as we can and

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win Lombardi's.
And I thought finally, finally,

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I, I don't, I don't recall in
how many years of the Tomlin

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regime, I don't recall ever
hearing Tomlin really directly

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address it that way.
So I like that.

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I like that.
I also think he said a lot of

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things and it was reading
between the lines and I and I

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think when we were texting
during this.

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And by the way, if you have any
feelings on this, just like

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Chief Fryback says, it was a
bunch of I love this.

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It was a bunch of Yinzer
pandering.

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The coach and QB are combined
105.

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Years old.
Dealers need to stop with the

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fossils.
Enough already.

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Hey look, Tomlin wasn't a
fossil.

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Coward wasn't a fossil.
Hey, I'm right there with you,

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buddy.
And by the way, Chief Fry, hit

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that subscribe button, click
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already.
Really appreciate it.

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Chris Chotto, from what I've
seen from a straight out of the

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90s, including Mike's tie, I
know it's superficial, but that

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was my impression.
Yeah, that that that is

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superficial.
You know, what I saw was a guy

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that said that he he would love
to have Aaron Rodgers back.

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He pretty much said who
wouldn't, but he didn't say he

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had to have him back.
He said it's kind of up to

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Aaron.
It's kind of a secondary

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decision.
And he pointed out some issues

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with the Tomlin team without
actually cutting on Mike Tomlin,

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without throwing shade on
Tomlin, which is respectful.

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That's what head coaches should
do.

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And what I said is he pointed
out that in the fourth quarter

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you got to finish the game.
That's basically what he was

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saying in in in the previous
playoff losses, which were

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utterly disgusting.
He was basically saying like

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even if they were getting blown
out.

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But you know, you remember in
the last loss they went into the

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fourth quarter.
It was close game.

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You got to finish the game.
And that's something that I have

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not seen Tomlin teams really do.
I mean, you know, yes, Kenny

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Pickett had some fourth quarter
comebacks and you know, you have

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this here and there.
But most of the time the last

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few years it was very uninspired
football in the fourth quarter.

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And I think that was a really
big problem.

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And if if McCarthy can focus on
that and teach these guys how to

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finish games, that's awesome.
And it along with that he

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highlighted you got to have a
run game.

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You got to have a run game and
we've been saying that for

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years.
Tomlin's been saying it too.

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But I think McCarthy being
offensive minded is going to be

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a little bit more creative with
that run game.

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He also talked about the
receivers.

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He said the receivers have to be
able to work together and that's

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that's a really good point.
And, and Tom and being a

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defensive minded coach and and
the poor offensive coordinators

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we've added, look, let's face
it, Arthur Smith was not a good

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offensive coordinator either.
I'm sorry.

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Good luck at Ohio State.
Like we said, if you want to go

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back to last night's show, you
know, Steve and you both said

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he's he's going to win a
national championship because

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Ohio State is professionals
playing against boys, but

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receivers have to work together
And I I haven't seen that

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either.
And they have to be able to play

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multiple positions.
So he's already kind of hinted

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that he's going to use that run
game to set up the pass and that

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he's going to have multiple
formations where it's not always

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going to be a guy like DK on the
outside.

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It's not always going to be a
guy like Austin in the slot.

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You're going to have to have
receivers that can play all of

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the positions on the field.
And the interesting thing, and I

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want to bring this up because
the guy Lunda that they're

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supposedly interviewing, that is
the tight ends coach in Dallas

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that McCarthy hired is now being
interviewed to be the offensive

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coordinator here.
Huh.

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I wonder if you really think
about that.

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We have a lot of tight ends in
that tight end room.

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We've got a really good one in
Pat Fryer move who hasn't been

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utilized properly the last
couple years.

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We've got a really interesting
and unique one in Mount

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Washington who needs to be
utilized correctly.

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And then of course, you have
John U Smith, who to me, I, I

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mean, I, I don't necessarily
blame John U Smith for the

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shitty year he had.
I, I, I blame the offensive

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scheme right now.
So I, I liked what I heard from

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Mike Tomlin.
I I don't think that our

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expectations for this press
conference should have been sky

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high.
You know to use a grand Schwab

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beanie.
Pump the brakes.

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Well, let me, let me look.
I respect your positivity, but

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nothing that I've heard here is
anything groundbreaking to me.

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We've got to finish games in the
fourth quarter.

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Oh really?
You mean you mean teams that

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don't finish the games in the
fourth quarter win the Super

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Bowl?
Let me interrupt you there.

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No, that's not groundbreaking.
Groundbreaking, but it's

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definitely something that
Tomlin's teams had trouble with

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and and it.
Seems.

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It seems elementary, but what
that tells me is that McCarthy

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is looking at this and saying,
man, this team had had a

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problem.
It could not finish games in the

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fourth quarter.
It didn't play 4 quarters.

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We got to fix that first.
You know, we got, we got to fix

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that first.
So go ahead.

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And I, I guess this is where I
sort of sit with this.

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It's kind of like it's hard for
me to get behind your vision

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when I think your vision is
wrong.

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Are you talking about McCarthy's
vision?

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Yeah, I'm talking about
McCarthy.

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Not that the vision itself is
wrong, but the vision should be.

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We tear down and build up.
It shouldn't be bring me in a 43

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year old quarterback.
You know, we just need to

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tighten certain things up and
we'll advance in the playoffs.

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No, the team's not that good.
They're really not that good.

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They were a horrible division
this year.

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Horrible.
Very true.

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You know, I mean, I, I, I just
don't I, I, I just I was looking

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for something else.
I was looking for a redo.

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And in the NFL, you can do a
redo very quickly.

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You know, look at that.
Look at the Patriots, you know,

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4 and 13 two years in a row,
Boom, Drake may franchise

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quarterback, you know, to me and
and and look, I get it, people,

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you know, nobody wants to hear
that we're that we're losing on

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purpose and all that kind of
stuff.

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But look, you know, give me a
year where I get to watch Will

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Howard play and guess what?
If he happens to be that miracle

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Tom Brady pick, well, we'll find
out.

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And if he's not, then we're
going to get our franchise

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quarterback the next year in the
draft.

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That's, that's, that's what I
want to see because that's

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getting out of the mushy middle.
I think we continue to be in the

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mushy middle with McCarthy
because look, he's a competent

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coach.
He's I would even go as far as

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to say he's a good coach, OK,
But when Mike McCarthy was at

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his best, he had prime Aaron
Rodgers, he had prime Dak

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Prescott in their primes.
Right now, he does not have a

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quarterback that is in their
prime.

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So my guess is that with the
quarterback position being so

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important, we're going to stick
in this mushy middle because

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we've got some talent, you know
what?

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Amongst the 53, enough to win
some, lose some.

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And on a Goodyear, go 10 and
seven.

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On a bad year, go 8:00 and 9:00
and I think that's what we're

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destined for and it's just
frustrating to me.

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I, I think that's a little bit
of like a, it's almost like a

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Steelers hangover to assume that
that's going to happen.

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I mean, I'm not, I'm not
disagreeing with you, but I

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think we're looking at the past
and we're comparing, you know,

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Mike McCarthy because he's not
the sexy hire.

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You know, he's, he's just not.
And, and we wanted change.

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Everybody in Pittsburgh wanted
change.

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So I, you know, I, I look at
this as kind of where and, and I

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love this comment by Amy.
Pittsburgh doesn't need a bunch

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of flunkies from Dallas, the
Dallas coaching staff.

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Look, that's, you know, Amy, you
know I love you to death.

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You're our #1 fan.
You watch every minute of every

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show.
God bless you.

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But I, I have to disagree with
you.

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That's your that's your, your,
your Pittsburgh.

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That's Pittsburgh coming out in
you because we naturally hate

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the Cowboys here.
OK, so I get it.

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I don't consider those coaches
to be flunkies.

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I don't know a whole lot about
them.

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But you know, I, I, I really
don't think the fan base has

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been in tears, says Chief
Fryback to Since they hired

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white Mike Tomlin.
Not sure what that means 'cause

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I think Mike Tomlin was black,
but you know.

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No, no there, he's saying
McCarthy is white.

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Mike Tomlin.
My bad.

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My bad.
Sorry about that.

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Yeah, he is not white.
Mike Tomlin, great comment,

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great comment.
Mr. Tommy says this and I want

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you guys to do the same thing.
And even if you just want to put

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this number of the comments.
Hey, look, Chris.

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Yeah.
Your dialogue is working.

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You're changing Chris Chadda's
whole world view.

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Well, you know, I, I, I don't
want to change your whole

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worldview, Chris.
I want you to still feel the

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same way you feel about the
lovely family you have, the area

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you live in, the United States
as a country, however you feel

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about it, good or bad.
I don't want to change any of

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that.
And I actually don't even want

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to change your view on Mike
McCarthy.

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I'm, I'm, I'm giving you my
thoughts and, and how I feel

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about this.
It's not the sexy hire, but I

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think it's a good hire.
We want to change.

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He's an offensive mind now, his
history.

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And I'm going to, I, I said this
last night, I'm going to say it

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again.
Our website, theporcheslive.com,

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it's that easy.
The porcheslive.com.

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I dialed up a little career blog
post Mike McCarthy's career.

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Now I'm going to name the
quarterbacks that he has worked

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with in his career.
Of note, I'm not saying that he

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developed all of these
quarterbacks because he didn't,

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but he had experience working
with a guy named Joe Montana

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early in his career, early in
McCarthy's career.

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Does that ring a bell?
I think so.

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He had an he had experience
working with Alex Smith, number

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one draft pick early in his
career, Brett Favre, Aaron

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Rodgers, Dak Prescott.
He's had offenses that have been

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ranked in the top 10.
This is what we were screaming

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for, this this Shilhas guy that
everybody's pissed off about.

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Listen, when you have Matt
Stafford, Puka Nukua, the

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running backs, the offensive
line, it's kind of the same

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thing.
When you when you say Mike

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McCarthy had Aaron Rodgers in
his prime, well, Timothy McVeigh

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had.
Jared Goff and Matt Stafford in

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his prime.
Timothy.

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That's a genius.
Timothy McVeigh blew up a

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building.
You mean Sean McVeigh?

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Yeah.
Yeah, Pardon me.

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Hey, when you're on vacation,
man, sometimes, you know you're

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not thinking Sean McVeigh.
My, my, my, my apologies guys.

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The world.
OK, there you go.

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There's some positivity.
I want to go back to this Mr.

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Tummy comment because I want
everybody to do this post

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presser.
Are you one more confident 2

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less confident three no change.
I am more confident.

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I'm number one on that.
I'm more confident.

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What are you guys?
Let us know more than.

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I am #2 less confident.
Really.

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Yes, the great Schwab beanie.
Very interesting, Mike.

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Although I I do have I do have
one comment that could save this

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entire situation, OK.
And it does.

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And it does have a lot to do
with Dallas.

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Pray that Dallas has a horrible
year, those four and 13, they

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draft their franchise
quarterback next year and you

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get a reuniting with Dak
Prescott here in Pittsburgh and

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you have quarterback.
I did I, you know, I did mention

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this as a possibility and it was
just a wild like what if thought

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what if the Steelers traded for
Dak Prescott?

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Now look, guys before you,
before you blast me for that.

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I I know it's not going to
happen.

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It was just a dream.
But if you think about everybody

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says Prescott sucks, sucks,
sucks.

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Come on, guys.
Dak Prescott throws for a lot of

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yards and a lot of touchdowns,
and he knows how to run a modern

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offense.
So right, let's say Dallas goes

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4 and 13 next year and they want
to jettison Prescott and start

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over.
I'd welcome here, but that's

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next year.
That's next year.

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Amy says 2 less confident.
Wow.

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I don't think McCarthy is bad,
says Mr. Tummy.

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I think he's mediocre.
No one else was beating down his

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door.
That's not true.

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He actually mentioned it.
He did interview with the

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Titans.
He actually said this year he

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had three interviews for head
coaching jobs.

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Obviously Titan Steelers.
Nobody mentioned the third team

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and I haven't read anything
about who the other team was.

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But he he they did address his
time off in this press

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conference and they said, what
did you, you know, focus on this

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past year?
And his answer was family.

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He wanted to take a year off for
family.

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And then I think he did some
stuff with the Pat Pat McAfee

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show, right?
So, and he gave a little respect

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to the reporters in the room.
Like he's like, now I know how

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hard you guys work, which I
think is great in good

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relationship with the media.
So I don't think nobody wanted

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Mike McCarthy.
I think Mike McCarthy decided

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that after Dallas fired him, he
was taking a year off and then

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going to see what his options
were.

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And honestly, he got lucky.
He got lucky.

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The Steelers.
Tomlin stepped down and the

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Steelers, they came a calling
and he took the job because they

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wanted it.
Amys going scorched earth.

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Send TJ to Dallas.
Yeah, well, that's something

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that we'll talk about in
upcoming shows over during the

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offseason because it to me, this
is the most exciting Steelers

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offseason we've had in at least
20 years.

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Keep those comments coming.
Schwaber.

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You can.
You you.

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You are the comment guru.
Chris Chotta says all over

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Instagram, I've seen McCarthy
loves Kyler Merry.

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That's, that's interesting
because I I like Kyler Merry

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quite a bit as well.
I think in a better situation,

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he could be a really good
quarterback that would bring

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life to this move.
You know, it's, it's about the

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freaking quarterback.
I, I, I, I don't want Rodgers

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back.
It's really that simple.

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He's he's not going to get any
better, if anything will get

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worse.
Yeah, And, and, and I don't

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think that Rodgers, I'll tell
you what, if, if for some reason

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they bring Aaron Rodgers back,
I, I, I would be very

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disappointed with that.
I, I think Aaron Rodgers as a,

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as a member of the Pittsburgh
society that he was here for a

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year, behaved much better than
we thought he was going to be.

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I think he was, I think he was
great as far as fitting in with

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his team and wanting to win.
And considering the fact that

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Tomlin didn't know how to draft
and, and, and develop a

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quarterback to save his life.
It's all we could have done.

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So I, you know, I want to extend
a thank you to Aaron Rodgers for

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being here and being a model
citizen and, and, and look, he

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played injured man.
He played hard.

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It was clear near the end of the
season that he didn't want to

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take hits and get hurt.
And I actually think that I

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think that Aaron Rodgers is
going to retire.

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I, I, I just, I look at it and
say, if this were four years

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ago, absolutely Rodgers would
end up being back with the

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Steelers.
But I, I think Aaron Rodgers is

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done.
He's 58, falls asleep in

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meetings and plays video games
all day.

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Those are the rumors about Kyler
Murray.

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This is the most exciting
Steelers offseason we've had in

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00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:00,800
20 years because we have a new
coach coming in, we got a new

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00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:04,520
staff coming in and we got a
draft coming up in town.

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00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,640
So what is there not to be
excited about for this season?

452
00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:12,680
And guys, look, does it bring
Mike McCarthy and doesn't

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00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:15,120
guarantee that we're going to
have a nine and eight season

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00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:18,240
again or A10 and seven season.
Shit, we might have a four and

455
00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:22,160
13 season.
OK, it, it nobody knows how this

456
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:26,320
is going to play out.
I I did notice that when he was

457
00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:30,640
asked about how he felt about
the team that was left for him,

458
00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:34,160
you know, one of the, one of the
reporters in the room said how

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00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:38,680
do you feel about the current
roster and, and, and what has

460
00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,560
been left behind for you by by
Mike Tomlin?

461
00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:44,800
He answered it very
respectfully.

462
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:49,320
He said he feels like he has a
lot to work with, but that was

463
00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:51,840
not a ringing endorsement.
Right.

464
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:57,120
So I sent some change coming.
I sent some change coming.

465
00:26:57,120 --> 00:27:01,800
He talked about the running game
being very, very important.

466
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:06,920
And you know, look guys, Kenneth
Gamewell was our MVP.

467
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,320
He's not your every down running
back.

468
00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:11,680
Mr. Tummy's going scorched
earth.

469
00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:17,920
Listen, first of all, neither.
Not fire Tomlin.

470
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,440
Chance to sell the team.
Chance at the draft.

471
00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:24,680
Not, not, neither, not, not
neither nut Nutting or sorry

472
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:29,160
guys about my words tonight.
Neither Nutting nor Rooney are

473
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,040
ever selling.
So you guys, I'm sorry.

474
00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:33,800
You got to get over that, you
know.

475
00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,320
Now, of course we did say Tomlin
was never going to step down and

476
00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:39,960
they were never going to fire
him and bang, so anything could

477
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,560
happen.
But he says, just kidding.

478
00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:47,320
So I I was, I was encouraged by
this press conference just

479
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:51,360
because I think that the change
we're looking for on the

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00:27:51,360 --> 00:27:54,400
offensive side of the ball is
100% coming.

481
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:58,080
He also said very important.
They said, who's going to call

482
00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,560
the place?
He said, I will be calling the

483
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:02,880
place.
Great.

484
00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:08,280
OK, now there's no more mystery.
We were never sure who the hell

485
00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,000
was calling the place.
Even on defense, even on

486
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,120
defense, we had no idea.
Right, right there.

487
00:28:13,120 --> 00:28:16,080
Were is it Terrell Austin?
Everybody knows it's Mike

488
00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:17,600
Tomlin.
Is it this is it?

489
00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,480
Is the is is it already Smith or
is Tomlin overriding that?

490
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:25,120
Is it Tomlin?
To me, he liked everything to be

491
00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:28,400
very vague and opaque.
He lived in that world.

492
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,240
It was kind of like his press
conferences and his Tomlinisms.

493
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:37,080
They were very vague and opaque.
I feel that Mike McCarthy, you

494
00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:40,960
know, like like glass that is
not see through.

495
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:47,160
You know, I mean, is that is
that look, this is not a

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00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,000
vocabulary quiz.
I see, I see.

497
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:54,560
But but I think when he answered
that question directly that that

498
00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:56,800
was a refreshing moment when
they said, you know, you're

499
00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:58,760
going to work with the offensive
coordinator who's going to call

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00:28:58,760 --> 00:28:59,960
the place.
He said, well, I will call the

501
00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:03,760
place on offense.
Bang, there's a question we want

502
00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:05,560
answered.
He gave us the answer.

503
00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:07,520
So.
So Steelers Nation, look, you

504
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,680
got to give this guy a chance.
First of all, he's a Yenser man.

505
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,600
When he was talking that
Pittsburgh accent, I loved it.

506
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:15,880
I loved it.
There were a lot of up bearers

507
00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:20,680
and Downers and stores and, you
know, I, I, I just, I happen to

508
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:24,680
really like this hire.
I, I, I didn't, I know that in

509
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,640
the beginning when I, when I
said, I think they're going to

510
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,480
hire him, and then I jumped on
my soapbox.

511
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,920
I was right, you know, and then
I said, well, it wasn't that I

512
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:36,400
wanted them to hire him.
It's just that I I felt like

513
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,160
they were going to do that.
The more I think about it, the

514
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,240
more I really like this hire for
the Steelers.

515
00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:44,280
These these offensive, these
young offensive and defensive

516
00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,000
minds that come in, some of them
completely shit the bed.

517
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,000
They don't all.
Well.

518
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,600
Instantly end up being.
Winners.

519
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:52,600
Well, let let me let me ask you
this then.

520
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:59,680
I don't know if this is a fair
question, but you know, in his

521
00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:03,640
second act, he went to Dallas.
Dallas.

522
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:08,800
He did have 312 win seasons in a
row with Dallas, which was very

523
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,560
good.
But they only won one playoff

524
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:16,800
game with with DAC at
quarterback.

525
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:22,160
So there were playoff failings.
What do you think?

526
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:27,400
What was the missing piece?
Why was Mike McCarthy not able

527
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:31,680
to advance those Cowboys further
into the playoffs?

528
00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:35,520
And how does he do it
differently here in Pittsburgh?

529
00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:41,040
That's a really interesting and
difficult question to answer

530
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:49,320
because I think that some of
those playoff games, DAC was to

531
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:52,240
blame.
And I and I think if you go not

532
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,400
not all of them, but I think if
you go back and and you remember

533
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:59,880
those games and how Dallas felt
afterwards, the media wasn't

534
00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:04,640
really on Mike McCarthy so much
in the beginning as they were on

535
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:10,800
the performance of Dak Prescott.
And, you know, it's kind of like

536
00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:16,040
the Tony who did you who do you
blame for when Garrett was the

537
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:19,360
head coach in Dallas and they
couldn't win a playoff game?

538
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:26,200
Everybody blamed Tony Romo, You
know, So I don't think that it

539
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,480
was necessary.
You know, the Steelers playoff

540
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:34,200
losses, in my mind, they were
the coaching staff's fault,

541
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:37,080
extremely unprepared for those
games.

542
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,800
And then the players in just
gave up.

543
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:44,120
And I don't care how you how you
want to paint it.

544
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:47,920
Just like Kirk Kerb St. two
years ago when he said the

545
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,960
Steelers are playing uninspired
football, right?

546
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:53,640
Well, how can you say that a
coach like Mike Tomlin is a

547
00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:56,480
leader, a man who inspires
people when in every playoff

548
00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:59,800
game they've been in the last 10
years, the team rolls over and

549
00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,760
dies?
You know, I don't feel like

550
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:04,960
those Dallas teams rolled over
and died.

551
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,920
I feel like there were mishaps
and things that were outside of

552
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,440
McCarthy's control.
Was his game plan perfect?

553
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:14,000
No, but I don't blame him for
those losses.

554
00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:19,480
I I think now here he's got a
much, a much steeper hill to

555
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:24,080
climb because we have to keep
coming back to the fact that he

556
00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:28,640
right now he does not have a
serviceable NFL quarterback.

557
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:34,440
And and look, folks, will
Howard, I love this all over the

558
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:37,480
Pittsburgh media, all over these
other YouTube places.

559
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:42,120
You know, will Howard is, you
know, he's, he's he, he got

560
00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:43,840
better.
And I know McCarthy said Howard

561
00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:44,720
is great.
Howard is great.

562
00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:46,200
Howard is great.
Look, what are you going to do?

563
00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:49,400
He he's him and Mason Rudolph
are the only two real

564
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,160
quarterbacks on your roster
right now.

565
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:53,120
What are you going to do in
their first press conference?

566
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:56,480
Say he's got a lot of he's got a
lot of developing to do and like

567
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,760
kind of bang on him right away
and make him feel bad.

568
00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:00,400
No, you're going to you're going
to talk him up.

569
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:04,320
So I, we don't really know what
Mike McCarthy thinks about where

570
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,600
Will Howard is in his in his
development.

571
00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,280
So if you're sitting out,
they're saying Will Howard is

572
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,320
the guy.
Just just jump off of that.

573
00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:13,120
We've never seen him take an NFL
snap.

574
00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:15,760
Yeah, he got injured and maybe
he would have gotten on the

575
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:20,600
field this past year instead of
Rudolph when Rodgers went down

576
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,480
if he was better.
But we're not going to know.

577
00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:26,600
We're not going to know.
And I have a feeling the

578
00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:28,840
Steelers are going to be making
some moves at quarterback

579
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,720
anyway.
And I have a feeling Mike

580
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:32,440
McCarthy's going to be a big
part of that.

581
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:35,360
I just, I just hope it's not
Aaron Rodgers.

582
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:37,160
I do.
I hope it's not Aaron Rodgers,

583
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:41,640
but you know, he's got a much
steeper hill to climb here with

584
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:43,640
the Steelers.
And that's figuring out who the

585
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:47,600
quarterback is, is going to be.
And if for some reason it does

586
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:49,880
end up that, it's Will Howard.
I'm not saying don't give the

587
00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:51,880
guy a chance.
I'm not saying that he can't be

588
00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:53,720
good.
He won a national championship

589
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:57,760
with a great Ohio State team.
And they they, you know, they

590
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:02,640
prepare a lot of players for the
NFL, mostly receivers, but they

591
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:05,600
do.
But we just don't know.

592
00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:08,199
We just don't know.
And if he ends up being the

593
00:34:08,199 --> 00:34:12,080
starter this year, I don't see
us having a very good year.

594
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:16,120
You know, I mean, I just don't.
But that we're so far away from

595
00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:21,280
that right now that I think what
we have to do as a fan base is

596
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:25,480
we got to get behind this hire.
Look, Pittsburgh is a

597
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:28,760
Pittsburgh.
It's a traditional town.

598
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:32,639
And we got a Pittsburgh guy who
loves the Steelers.

599
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:36,280
I mean, shit, when when he beat
the Steelers in the Super Bowl

600
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:41,000
in 2010, there were there were
sheets hung outside of

601
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,800
Greenfield homes that said,
congratulations, Mike.

602
00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:48,679
Even though he beat the hometown
team, we, we still congrat.

603
00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:51,480
We felt good for him.
He's home.

604
00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:54,719
Let's give the guy a chance,
give the guy a chance and don't

605
00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:58,440
read too much into this presser
other than the, the other points

606
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,000
that the points that I brought
up about, you know, the running

607
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:02,680
game, passing game, that kind of
stuff.

608
00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:06,160
But as far as the player roster
goes, man, he's got to get his,

609
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:10,880
his coaching team, his coaching
staff together first before he

610
00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:12,400
can make any decisions about
that.

611
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:13,760
And I know they're working on
that.

612
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:17,400
I, I, I don't know a whole lot
about this Linda guy, but but I,

613
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:21,760
I, I actually kind of like it
because he's a, he's a tight

614
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:25,880
ends coach and he also worked
with a top ten offense.

615
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:31,120
And if McCarthy thinks he's good
for the job, you know, hopefully

616
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,800
they'll hire some other guys.
But just because she'll house

617
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:38,000
had a, had a lot of shiny toys.
I don't like the Kyler Murray

618
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:39,960
thing.
I, I, I really hope that's not

619
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,320
true.
I don't I don't think Kyler

620
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:45,640
Murray would be a good fit here
in Pittsburgh, but even if he

621
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:50,440
wanted to come to Pittsburgh.
But yeah, and, and, and Chief

622
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,440
Ryback says exactly what my
thoughts are here.

623
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:56,040
Thanks for the comment.
Can we see the guy play at least

624
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:59,120
before we bury Howard?
Dude was nails for the Buckeyes.

625
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:01,240
I'm with you 100%.
I'm not.

626
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:05,040
I'm not saying he's not the
answer and I'm not saying he is

627
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:07,520
the answer.
I'm just saying like, pump the

628
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:08,520
brakes.
OK?

629
00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:12,000
Let's let the guy play.
Let's see if we you know, if we

630
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,040
get through this season and they
don't draft the quarterback and

631
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,920
they don't sign a quarterback,
Well, that's that's telling you

632
00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:21,160
right there that they think they
have their quarterback in the

633
00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:24,800
room.
So let's see what happens.

634
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:26,480
And if he's the guy, he's the
guy.

635
00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:28,240
But there's no way we can know
that right now.

636
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:30,160
No way we can know that right
now.

637
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,840
Let's say yeah, Mr. Tommy says
yeah, looking forward to pre

638
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:39,440
season, see what Howard can do.
I have a feeling if they bring

639
00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:42,840
Tua in, I will officially stop
being a Steelers fan.

640
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:50,120
Mr. Tommy is again, is correct.
We are not behind the curtain.

641
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:52,840
All we can do is speculate.
That's absolutely true.

642
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:54,960
Mike Lawrence in the house with
us on Facebook.

643
00:36:55,240 --> 00:36:57,720
Thank you so much, Mike.
He's saying too much.

644
00:36:57,720 --> 00:37:00,680
Jerry Jones control in Dallas.
Yeah, maybe there was an issue

645
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:02,440
there.
You know, maybe there maybe

646
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:05,880
there was an issue there, but
how do you guys think?

647
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:08,920
Keep commenting below.
This is our special report on

648
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:12,240
the Mike Thomas Pressure Go.
Ahead, my one, my one thing I

649
00:37:12,240 --> 00:37:19,600
would say, you know this, this
whole yinzer, good old boy,

650
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:25,960
Pittsburgh guy, arm cities, all
this kind of stuff.

651
00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:29,000
Philadelphia guy here.
Philadelphia guy here.

652
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:30,800
Go ahead.
I don't know what you're talking

653
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:32,320
about.
Go ahead, finish.

654
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:36,160
I don't think any of that crap
matters, man.

655
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:40,000
I don't think it matters.
Well, it shouldn't matter.

656
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:43,560
Give me the best guy to coach
the team.

657
00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:45,360
I don't care if he's from
Alaska.

658
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,920
I don't care if he's from
Yugoslavia, you know, or if he's

659
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:52,040
from Ghana, right?
You know, I don't care where

660
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:54,360
they're from.
Just give me the best man.

661
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:56,800
And you know what?
If they're the best, they'll win

662
00:37:57,120 --> 00:38:00,240
and then they'll take to the
area and then everybody will

663
00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:02,080
consider them a yinzer after
the.

664
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,400
Fact.
Well, I, I, you know what,

665
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:06,840
you're right.
And, and I think that that's,

666
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:10,160
that's what the, that's what
the, I think.

667
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:14,720
That's what I think the Steelers
truly believe that this entire

668
00:38:14,720 --> 00:38:19,240
culture thing and the fact that
McCarthy has a winning record

669
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:23,480
and a track record and he's an
offensive mind and he commands a

670
00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:26,840
lot of respect.
I, I, I think that is how they

671
00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:29,160
feel and I think it's how they
feel.

672
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:34,560
And for us in Pittsburgh, it,
it, it just gives you that, that

673
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:37,120
warm feeling.
You got a hometown guy who cares

674
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:39,880
about the team.
I know in a lot of cities,

675
00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:44,480
Grant, Swapini and Philly, you,
you lose 2 games and that whole

676
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:46,480
town has pitchforks out.
I get it.

677
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:48,880
They don't care where you're
from, they just want to win.

678
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,600
So let's get another comment in
here from Chris Chotta.

679
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:55,200
I had a ton of respect for
McCarthy when his contract with

680
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:56,360
Dallas was up.
He left.

681
00:38:56,720 --> 00:38:59,600
He didn't play Jerry's games.
Jerry would have strung things

682
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:01,720
out for months to get all the
coverage possible.

683
00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:04,920
Yes, I mean people are not happy
with Art Rooney.

684
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:08,320
I can tell you, I know a lot of
Dallas fans that hate Jerry

685
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:10,040
Jones so well.
He's.

686
00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:11,960
He's worse, actually.
Jerry Jones.

687
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:15,080
I agree, no coaches from other
planets.

688
00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:16,880
That's where I draw the line.
There you go.

689
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:23,760
Do you think, do you think maybe
like, you know, since McCarthy's

690
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:28,760
coming home and they're from the
area in Greenfield, you think

691
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:32,520
there's any shot when I visit my
buddy Steve in Greenfield that

692
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:37,080
maybe misses, maybe misses
McCarthy might bake me a hot

693
00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:41,240
cherry pie.
Is you think that's possible?

694
00:39:41,240 --> 00:39:45,440
I mean, because it seems like
it's just really important.

695
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:49,920
Well, first of all, I'm not sure
where the.

696
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:55,680
Terry Bomb Part of it comes.
But yes, HJ, our illustrious

697
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:58,720
hockey Jesus, who is
unfortunately not able to be

698
00:39:58,720 --> 00:40:01,800
with us here tonight, does live
basically a couple blocks away

699
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:03,720
from where Mike McCarthy grew
up.

700
00:40:03,720 --> 00:40:06,000
I mean, literally, he can walk
there in 5 minutes.

701
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:09,600
I'm hoping we just get a lot of
inside information there, here

702
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:11,120
and there, maybe with some
binoculars.

703
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:14,360
You know what I did that was
funny is he did say what I'm

704
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:18,040
hoping is if what if you know
when we win another trophy, they

705
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:22,120
start the Super Bowl parade at
1137 Greenfield Ave.

706
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:24,960
I thought Mike, did you just put
out your parents address for

707
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:27,440
that would?
Be that would be exciting.

708
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:32,320
All right, All right, Yenzers,
it is time for the Grand

709
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:36,680
Schwabini to tap out.
I want to thank everybody for

710
00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:41,480
joining us for this excellent
discussion, this special report.

711
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:46,800
This is Don Tollefson, or who is
it?

712
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:50,200
I I have no idea what are you
talking about, Schwaber.

713
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:53,360
Who did I used to imitate on off
the grid?

714
00:40:53,720 --> 00:40:58,640
Oh, Dan Aykroyd.
Not Dan Aykroyd, not Dan Rather

715
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:01,600
Tom.
Brokaw, Tom Brokaw with a

716
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:05,800
special report.
All right, guys, listen, keep

717
00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:08,320
dropping your comments.
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718
00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:11,040
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729
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730
00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:43,480
Penguins game.
Guys, exciting offseason coming

731
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:44,720
up.
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732
00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:46,840
things to talking about.
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733
00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:50,200
things going on for the draft.
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734
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,480
you've been following us and,
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735
00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:54,040
conversation with us and we love
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736
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:56,360
So keep it going.
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738
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,680
night next week.
How about it Grand Schwab

739
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:05,160
Beanie?
That's good.

740
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:08,280
All right, everybody, for the
Grand Schwab beanie.

741
00:42:08,720 --> 00:42:13,360
I am your technical director.
This is the sports porch, black

742
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:19,320
and gold, and I am out.
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743
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:23,160
We'll see you guys.
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