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So Tomlin is being a bit hamstrung by ownership. Man, this is depressing. I feel like a Redskins fan.Godsbrother said:Tomlin told his entire coaching staff, including Arians, that they would be back in 2012. A few days later the Steelers front office announced that Bruce Arians was "retiring". This is when Art Rooney II said he wanted to get back into the power running game.32 Counter Pass said:this was my understanding as well based on what Kirwin said on Sirius. BTW Cowher and him are tight, so Kirwin may have got this info from BC.I am pretty sure this directive came from Art Rooney II and came from the desire to go back to a power running game. You see how well that has worked out...Good question. If it was Tomlin who forced Arians out and decided on Haley, then the true blame lies at his feet. I hated the Haley hiring, but was ready to move on from Arians. It is crazy to expect the same or worse pieces to perform better than last year though. Pouncey getting hurt has its impact, but honestly, we give him too much credit from what is remembered in his rookie season. Since then he's been hurt or not as good.Who do we think picked Haley?
was it tomlin, or was this an organizational pick since his dad was a steelers guy?
A couple weeks later Arians came out of his "retirement" to become OC for the Indy Colts and a little later the Steelers hired Haley and the rest, as they say, is history.
I didn't notice the line swapping, but neither did Ben, so I don't feel bad about it:
Musical tackles
That was a strange merry-go-round at offensive tackle Sunday night with Kelvin Beachum replacing Mike Adams at left tackle and Marcus Gilbert moving to right tackle and then Adams going back to left and Beachum going to right and then Adams and Gilbert teaming back up.
Tomlin said he was looking for the right combination because his tackles are not playing well.
"They hadn't played well enough to justify otherwise," Tomlin said. "We're going to look at viable guys. We're going to turn the stones over in an effort to find a winning formula, and we're not going to be bashful about that. Kelvin Beachum has earned an opportunity to play in the rotation."
Roethlisberger said he was initially unaware of the changes.
"I didn't even notice it at first. I looked up during one of the series and saw Kelvin Beachum in, and then realized that they were rotating, so it didn't really affect me."
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/steelers/on-the-steelers-daunting-task-falls-on-tomlin-veterans-704608/#ixzz2fpAqnTje
I turned off the game at halftime but I did see good old Max swing and miss on that play. He looks really big and slow.