Best of Fan – McCarthy sits down with Pomp, coaching staff starts to take shape
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What are the details of Mike McCarthy's introduction as the new head coach?
Just saw a story pop up here. Catherine O'Hara has passed away. We know her from the mom in Home Alone, from a number of other roles. She was legendary in that role when she yelled, Kevin! Worst mom in movie history? I don't know if it was all her fault. She seemed to be very distracted in that movie, right? There was bunches of kids flying around, the holidays, and she felt, she definitely felt bad, right? For what happened? For forgetting her kid? Yeah, I'd hope so. You feel bad about leaving one of your kids at home? But she was great. She was in so many of the movies. What was the one? Waiting for Guffman was hilarious. R.I.P. Catherine O'Hara. Meantime, we have Bob Pompeiani, and he just interviewed Mike McCarthy.
Bob, tell us about the interview. Thanks for coming on on short notice here, and tell us when it'll be airing.
Yeah, Joe and Donnie just got done with it, and it'll be coming up today at 4, 5, and 6. But by the way, Donnie, you haven't lived long enough until when you get older, you start forgetting a lot of stuff, believe me. I don't know about kids, but you do start forgetting a lot. And I loved her in that movie, by the way. That was classic. But, yeah, it was good to talk to him. I hadn't really talked to him since, you know, I knew him from years ago at various social stuff and never had a chance really to see him since he's been away. But, yeah. I was interested in a lot of different things. Of course, the quarterback stuff hasn't really changed all that much. It still seems like they're waiting to see what Aaron says.
I don't even know if there's a specific deadline. There may be, there may not be, but if so, they weren't going to tell me what it was. I still think it's in the same boat that way. Whatever that decision is will define what they're going to do. It could very well be that the same quarterback room returns. I don't know. It could be that. It could be something different, but I was very interested to talk to him about it because in his press conference, he talked about seven Super Bowls and how the parade will begin in Greenfield Avenue and all this and bring in number seven here. But I said, you also deny the Steelers have a chance to get number seven. And I wanted to know his recollections of that. And it was really interesting, the stories he told about when he found out it was going to be the Steelers opposing him, his thoughts going into it when it was out of it, especially now that he's pulled back from that moment.
And he has some good stories to tell that way.
So the way you put it there, Bob, it is them again just courting Aaron Rodgers, like waiting on his decision. If he says yes, then okay. If he says no, they move on.
What are the implications of Aaron Rodgers potentially returning?
But it sounds like it's completely up to him if he's the Steelers quarterback next year.
It still sounds to me that way, yes. And I still think, unless there could be another part of it that they're just not telling people, I don't know. But, you know, obviously he's worked with him. And I said, hypothetically, if he does come back, can you work the magic you had in Green Bay? And he went on about, you know, their successes. And so, yeah, I think it's, Donnie, I don't think it's going to change much here in the next until there's a decision, whenever that decision is made.
so bob and i'll tell you what's cooking brought to you by your local geico rep tim hester thank you mr hester very kindly donnie and i thank everybody out here at bowser chevy the power of bowser for hosting us again you said the other day on our show that you didn't think aaron was coming back after your conversation with mccarthy are you still convinced of that or are you moving the other way on this
Well, what I said was that I thought his comment, you know, you can look at it two different ways. I didn't think he was as forceful with that comment as what I think people think. In other words, he had to know he was going to be asked that at the initial press conference. And he was not in a position to just say, no, I'm moving on. And if he wanted to, he could have, but he chose not to.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the details of Mike McCarthy's introduction as the new head coach?
0:00–2:37
2
What are the implications of Aaron Rodgers potentially returning?
2:37–5:20
3
How is the Steelers coaching staff shaping up after recent hires?
5:20–7:54
4
What insights were shared about the quarterback situation in Pittsburgh?
7:54–10:54
5
What are the latest rumors surrounding the Steelers' draft strategy?
10:54–11:47
6
How is the Senior Bowl impacting the Steelers' scouting efforts?
11:47–15:36
7
What are the expectations for the Steelers' offensive and defensive coaching staff?
15:36–20:21
8
How are the Steelers planning to address their wide receiver needs?
20:21–1:27:05
Speakers
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