The Pomp And Joe Show
Frank Michael Smith on Steelers needing offensive-minded head coach
15 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: Who is Frank Michael Smith and why is he significant?
All right, this is interesting. I brought up the name Frank Michael Smith, and all hell broke loose. Limits knew who he was. Bob says he's a worldwide TikTok influencer.
Is that going too far, Limits? No, that is 100% correct.
If you look on TikTok, you'll see, again, very concise to the point and arguments that are really enhanced by his use of videos, graphics, and everything else. So I compliment him on that. I always have. I thought... And I know his dad, so I'm sure his dad's very proud of what he's been able to do.
Very good. I just happened to ā somebody alerted me to a tweet that I agreed with that Frank Michael Smith put out 23 hours ago. Only one of the Steelers' last 12 first-round picks has received a second contract with the team. You won't hear it on TV, but his inability to draft and develop talent ultimately led to his playoff losing streak, which led to his departure. True.
And precisely the topic that I have maybe for my first trip column Saturday, Bob, which was going to be something along the lines what the national media never tells you about the Mike Tomlin tenure. That's if you pass your P test.
If I pass. Yeah.
Well, right. So I already like Frank Michael Smith. Well, let's bring him on. FMS, they call him, I think. Yeah, and there he is. There he is.
What's going on, guys? Thanks for having me on. What's going on here? How does everybody know you except me? Because you're not on TikTok.
Oh, yeah.
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Chapter 2: What issues have plagued the Steelers' recent draft picks?
I started there in 2020. I started doing more evergreen stories. And then as things progressed, I started doing more opinion style and pomp. That's what you were talking about.
He already knows you on a pomp name basis? Bob?
Yeah. Oh, yeah. Pomp and I are tight. Pomp's one of my biggest supporters. Thank you, Pomp. Always have been.
Wow. Because I see stuff that I cannot do. I look at that and I said, damn it. That's a great, what he does. And he said that, I'm serious. I know. Weren't you just at a TikTok convention or something where they brought you up as one of the, seriously, one of the best influencers in the world.
Yeah, the TikTok awards in LA.
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Chapter 3: Why is Mike Tomlin's role in roster construction controversial?
It's a real thing now. You got to get on there.
Do you have Bob dancing in any of your TikToks or have you reposted those?
You know what? If the Steelers hire the right coach, we might get that.
Bob, I'm starting to get the feeling with our big boss back there that I've introduced my successor here, and it's going to be pomp and smitty in a matter of months.
Anyway, yeah, congrats on all the success. Like I said, I think your family is very proud of you. Just for those who don't know you and don't know how you came about this, when did it hit you that you wanted to do this, especially on this platform, that TikTok platform, knowing how it was taking off?
Well, I worked in sports media before 2020. So I was kind of early on the trends and I could see original content was clearly what was winning. So, you know, my company at the time wasn't really committing to it. And I was like, you know what? I have these skills. Let me just try and do it myself and put some TikToks out there. And, you know, that was the start of it. Where are you from?
From Fox Chapel. Fox Chapel. His dad's a good golfer too. Good golfer.
This is how you meet people, Joe. The golf game.
How about college?
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Chapter 4: What qualifications should the Steelers look for in a new head coach?
It seems obvious to me that that's the winning formula. So I like Sheil Haas. So do I. And I hope that's how you say it.
So do I. We got to say it that way, right?
Yeah, it's going to be Steel. They won't call him Sheil Haas. They'll call him Steel Haas. Here's the counter to that. How about if he's the D.C.? How about if it's Shuler with the D.C.? That's what I'd like as the D.C. As an O.C., you mean.
As an O.C., yeah. Let me add to that, Frank. We have D'Amico Ryans, who's a defensive guy. We have Mike McDonald, who's a defensive guy. We have Mike Vrabel, who's a defensive guy. So it's not like you can't win with them, especially like I think of Vrabel. He's a CEO. He's a force of personality guy.
And he just handed his offense to an offensive, I think, an offensive genius in Josh McDaniels, a great quarterback developer. So I don't know that you necessarily have to have an offensive guy as the head coach, right?
know what do you have to maybe not regardless here change is going to be good i think that's the real takeaway is this was long overdue and we need a shake up in the building here anyone who argues that is just denying every single statistic that's out there um if it was shula look i'm getting to know these guys just like you are right now like i'm not going to pretend that i have a deep knowledge of of shula and shilhas and minter and all these guys like we've only had 24 hours to dig in here but
Regardless, change is going to be good.
Limits, would you like to pipe in here? You were pumped that we that we're talking to Frank here.
Yeah, I've been happy to be able to follow a lot of his content. So when you talk about those offensive coaches, Frank, why do you think it is that the likes of Ben Johnson's Shanahan's the McVeigh's the way that they've been sparked? How do you think the Steelers should approach this?
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Chapter 5: How do offensive-minded coaches impact NFL success?
Look at Artie Smith.
But there are a lot.
I understand. But I would say if he has success, that's a good thing for your offense next year or the year after.
Look, I'm all for having success. I don't want some big tank-a-thon. Some people are like, you got a tank to get a QB, and there's countless examples of teams that have found a QB that are not top five draft picks. You can do it. So I'm not saying that I want to lose, lose, lose, lose, lose, but having some success would be fine.
You could be left in a position like the Lions, though, right now where Ben Johnson leaves, the team doesn't make the playoffs. I mean, no one had that before the season.
No, you're right. In fact, the Lions were looked at by a lot of us as a team that was going to be there against Buffalo.
I just saw their interview in somebody. Arthur Smith. Oh, my God. For their OC? Explain to me this phenomenon, Frank. Artie Smith came here and failed. He failed miserably. He's doing handoffs to Jonu Smith. It's tight end. And he interviews for every coaching job. What is happening?
There's no explanation for that. I'm sorry. I'm sure Arthur Smith's a nice guy. But anyone who watched that playoff game or most of these games this season and saw how this offense struggled and this small ball stuff and bringing the extra offensive lineman on, it feels like you're telegraphing a lot of these plays.
And when push came to shove and you had to win a big game versus a good defense, we didn't score a touchdown. I don't know what part of that screams head coach. It doesn't make any sense to me.
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Chapter 6: What are the pros and cons of hiring a defensive-minded head coach?
I got 1.8 million on TikTok, but total I got 3.5 million. Oh, my God. And he's a young guy, but see how fast it can work. Are you in Pittsburgh? I'm right here. I'm right in Fox Chapel.
Oh, you're in Fox Chapel now. Okay. So leave us with this. Who's going to win the Super Bowl?
I've said this, and I'm not moving off of it. I don't like when people change their picks. So I think you're crazy to bet against Josh Allen. That's my pick. I'm sticking with it.
We're going to have him on every week, Bob. You know you're talking to him.
Maybe every day.
Bill's diehard here, so that makes him happy.
I mean, seriously, imagine we had to play them at some point in this playoffs. It would have been just a repeat of the regular season. We would have got killed.
Well, the run game was really the big problem there, and they still do that. That's another thing that's come back into style a little bit, this run game. People thought it was outdated. You can't draft a running back. You certainly can't pay a running back. Seems like more and more people are willing to say, no, I'll draft a good running back, and I'll pay him as well.
So all these teams can run the football. I don't know when that became such a thing.
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Chapter 7: How does the Steelers' coaching search reflect current NFL trends?
Okay, Limits. So you said Jeff Hathorne's under the weather, yes? Correct, yes. So we will talk to Jeff tomorrow.
Yeah, he sounded a little bit under the weather last night, so...
Why don't we do a Penguins prediction? Why don't we wrap up what we know about the Steelers coaching search? Because there's been two candidates added as far as reportedly going to interview with the club. And we'll move on from there. Fan hotline presented by Sullivan Super Service, Pittsburgh. Wait, where am I, Bob?