Shanahan

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Danzig

new england might disagree re: the kordell year.

at any rate, i'd rather have cowher than the baylor coach that has been rumored to be in the mix. he was griffins coach in college, so now he can coach in the nfl?

Didn't the steelers lose to Denver that year with kordell?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Didn't the steelers lose to Denver that year with kordell?

since i was talking about '01, no. but they did lose to denver in 97.

2001[edit]
As starting quarterback, Stewart led the 2001 Steelers to a 13–3 regular-season record and the top seed in the AFC playoffs. Under the tutelage of new QB coach Tom Clements and new offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey, Stewart had his best year as a pro, throwing for over 3,000 yards, completing 60 percent of his passes, and attaining a passer rating of 81.7. He threw for 14 TDs and ran for five more. Stewart was elected to the Pro Bowl and was named the Steelers MVP.
The Steelers easily defeated the then-defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens in the divisional playoffs. The eventual Super Bowl champion New England Patriots defeated the Steelers in the AFC Championship Game.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

the skins are really bad .now whos to blame..rg3 should have been a scr for the year. he is not the same. dan s is a ok owner but when you never have a plan b ..its a brutal game.heads will roll. they need to give shanny the boot and start over..again

[Danzig]

dan snyder is not an ok owner. right now tho i'd have to say shanahan is the one to blame, since he was given complete control. he took their one positive, the D, and ruined it. he hired his son to be the offensive coordinator-he was the best man available to run the offense? yeah, sure he was. and then the inexplicable decision to keep griffin in that playoff game last winter, which has brought us to now. so many bad choices. man, i hate being right that shanahan was the wrong pick.

dan made a move in the right direction in hiring a gm. but...he needs to let the gm BE the gm. snyder would do well to emulate robert kraft, or art rooney-or even jack kent cooke back in the day. you hire the football men to run your team, and you stay the hell out of the way. hell, his and jones actions would be like these guys buying racehorses and then training/riding them instead of hiring trainers and jocks!

[docicu3]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

the skins are really bad .now whos to blame..rg3 should have been a scr for the year. he is not the same. dan s is a ok owner but when you never have a plan b ..its a brutal game.heads will roll. they need to give shanny the boot and start over..again

There are 7 million reasons Shanny walks with if they start over now…..Snyder would make the guy coach to the determent of the team before he pays him the last year of that contract…..

[3kings]

Originally Posted by docicu3

There are 7 million reasons Shanny walks with if they start over now…..Snyder would make the guy coach to the determent of the team before he pays him the last year of that contract…..

Snyder should fire the son and blame everything on him. This would force the elder Shanahan's hand.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by 3kings

Snyder should fire the son and blame everything on him. This would force the elder Shanahan's hand.

fire the son and haslett. actually, he should take all the control he gave shanny to the gm, and fire pretty much every assistant coach there. allen wasn't thrilled with getting shanahan anyway. let him run it now.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Haslett has nothing to do with how decimated this Defense is due to injury. They were just fine last year.

Shany Jr. has nothing to do with how woefully ill-equipped RG III was prepared to return, nor can he help the injuries to their WR corp and TE's.
His offensive schemes got them to the playoffs last year. Schemes built around a healthy, running threat of a QB that he never got that back.

Everyone is looking to find the closest tree to hang the warmest body from, and the sad reality is that the logical alternatives are no better.

Snyder, in typical fashion, has exacerbated an already bad situation by injecting himself into the middle of a coach/player relationship and siding with the player, rather than to GTFO and let the coaches do their jobs to work through the issue. And sometimes, coaches just have enough of a meddling twerp, so they just smile and walk away.

Just ask Norv Turner, Joe Gibbs, Marty Schottenheimer, Steve Spurrier, and Jim Zorn. They all have the same story.