Art Rooney II

Great to work with.

You know, right now I don't think that anybody on our staff is a candidate for

Maybe a candidate to stay on the staff, depending on what the new head coach wants to do, but probably not as a head coach.

who they would want to hire.

So, yeah, that's an important part of the discussion.

Yeah, I don't think I anticipate really changing our structure or chain of command.

I expect a new head coach.

like Bill Cowher, like Mike Tomlin, like Chuck Knoll, will be very involved in preparing for the draft and working closely with Omar and his staff and making sure we're ready.

I think it's too early to say what effect it's going to have on the roster.

I have a lot to say on that, and so we'll have that discussion when the time comes.

All right.

In terms of that, with the new head coach, will you open that door for them to create a staff or do you want to add to that?

New coach, will he have as much say in player personnel as Mike did, or will the dynamics and chain of command kind of shift a little bit with how long Omar's been in his role?

You guys have had a type of 3-4 defense and then you guys have developed players around...

A lot of head coaches are looked at being play callers, guys that are more heavily involved in the schematics.

I know having that leader of the room is important, but how much is having that intertwined into the decision-making and the search process?

to find that next CEO of your coaches?

Every year there's scrutiny and criticism that a coach faces, but he may have reached a different level this year with the fire problem.

Did you get a sense in talking with him how maybe the fan reaction or negativity gave him an influential decision?