A lot of Steelers fans are angry and disappointed with the Mike McCarthy hire
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What are the initial reactions to the Mike McCarthy hire?
what's cooking brought to you by your local geico rep tim hester thank you mr hester very kindly snow with a high no not see you really i know i really confused you with that really did the snow has already fallen there is snow on the ground limits and his dad did drive me to work they came to pick me up can i ride home it would be awkward if you said no right now no yeah i probably could drive you home Or your dad. My dad would drive me home. What a nice man he is, huh?
Very. Maybe we'll shovel out your driveway there, Joe. Maybe we'll make another hundred bucks. I will pay you money.
I'd do it. That one part. I can't get my daughter's car out of the driveway. It's unbelievable.
Is it because the car is like right by your wall on the side?
By the hedge on the right where all the snow is piled up. I tried to go straight back and whatever groove is in the ice kept drifting me toward the snow bank. It's basically in a snow bank right now limits. What do you keep your house inside the hedges like your Georgia football? Yeah, that's exactly it. A high of 20, Colby Armstrong, a low of 7, Big Ben. Feels like minus 2. Fan weather brought to you by Meyers Lager, Pittsburgh's choice for affordable legal solutions. Mike McCarthy will be introduced at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Acroshore. What a time to be alive. Where do you think Pony goes with this? Does he go counter to popular opinion? Or does he rip the hiring?
I'm curious. I think Pony is going to go counter to popular opinion. He's going to maybe not agree with the signing, but understand it.
How does Mike McCarthy's Pittsburgh background influence fan perceptions?
Bringing in McCarthy and the reasons why they're doing it. Well, I think Malzi will absolutely rip the Steelers to shreds. Like he partly did when he did his emergency show on Saturday. And I expect the same from Donnie.
It was a good emergency show. I appeared on Malzi's emergency show. It was very enjoyable.
Yes. Malzi gave me the Belfont snorkel on the show. I was not invited. What? Malzi said on the air, he said, we want to hear from all kind of fan personalities. So I texted Malzi and I said, Malzi, I don't know if you would want me on or not, but I'm around. Great show. And he said, thank you. And Malzi did not have me on. That's actually a great line. I mean, I honestly didn't expect Malzi to ask me to, but he had you, he had Pony, he had Donnie, he had Jeff, he had Crowley. He basically had everybody not named Doran Dickerson on the air.
I think that thank you is one of the great lines in fan history, even though it wasn't on the air.
Well, he also included something else additionally, like, you know, it's easy doing shows like this when the news writes itself. He said something else like that, but...
I had Roundtree on yesterday. If I'd known you were interested in doing this, I would have had you on. Roundtree was great, and he's the one that McCutcheon subtweeted. Yes. After the Pirate Fest flap.
I appreciate the thought, but I thought, you know what? If there's one person that would probably not have me on, it would probably be Malzi.
I'll tell you what's going to be really interesting for us.
What are the expectations for Will Howard under McCarthy's leadership?
I love Malzi. Wonder Twin. I'll tell you what's going to be really interesting. It's inarguable right now that people are angry, disappointed, and those might be light words with the Mike McCarthy hiring. I think the tenor changes by Wednesday morning because I think he's going to win this news conference. He might not win playoff games much anymore, but he's going to win this news conference. It's going to be all about his Pittsburgh roots, which is great, which is cool. It is cool that that's part of this. And it's going to be about Will Howard. It's going to be when he talks about how much he loves Will Howard.
We're going to further fuel this. He's going to, yes. We're just going to further fuel this delusion that Will Howard is the answer.
I wish I had a great Yinzer accent. I'm sure Mulsey will do one today of people changing their minds when they hear Mike McCarthy say something like, I'm pretty high on Will Howard. He's going to have an opportunity to start.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are the initial reactions to the Mike McCarthy hire?
0:00–1:38
2
How does Mike McCarthy's Pittsburgh background influence fan perceptions?
1:38–3:10
3
What are the expectations for Will Howard under McCarthy's leadership?
3:10–5:13
4
How do fans feel about the quarterback situation in Pittsburgh?
5:13–7:00
5
What are the potential impacts of McCarthy's hiring on the Steelers' performance?
7:00–7:11
Speakers
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