Brian Batko

You have to have a guy that is really kind of mentally made up like that, has a clear plan on what they want to do, what they've learned from each stop and how they're going to mold everything together.

You know, that's why I'm always a little bit concerned about the Udinski types, the Doyle types, because those guys are really fresh guys.

Clay Kubiak even more so.

That's my holdup with Clay Kubiak is while he's worked under Shanahan, I think there's a lot there to be really impressed by.

He's only worked under Shanahan.

This guy was a high school football coach five years ago.

That, to me, a little concerning, a little inexperienced, especially with a young quarterback.

If you're bringing in a young quarterback and you want to build around that quarterback,

I'm always like, you know, that guy needs to have some experience, some legit tenure, some legit influences from multiple areas, usually to fix that in.

And so to me, inexperience can be a little bit intriguing, sure, because of the new shiny thing, but it can also be terrifying.

You don't want to just hire a guy because he's the new young up and comer.

So you got to make sure in that interview that they have a clear vision, that they understand their limitations and they understand how they want to learn underneath their own staff, even though they're the head guy.

There's a lot of self-awareness that goes into that if you're going to hire a really young head coach.

Yeah, well, here's the thing about quarterback.

The Steelers, as Bart Rooney said, are not going to lose.

They're going to try and sign someone.

So I just do not see them going in with Rudolph and Howard.

Would you?

I think they're going to draft someone.

No, I wouldn't either.