Mark Kaboly thinks Mike McCarthy won over a lot of people on Tuesday
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It's time for the big boy, Mark Caballi. Joining Pomp and Joe, he's in the building. Mark Caballi brought to you by Keystone Custom Apparel, the region's premier spirit wear and sports uniform provider. Big boy, you were there. You were piping up with a question. Yep. And I'll just ask you what I asked listeners and Bob right off the top before we get to the whole Aaron Rodgers thing. Did McCarthy win the news conference? Did he have this, you're a McKeesport guy, right?
Well, I worked in McKeesport for 15 years.
Where'd you grow up? Bell Vernon. This Bell Vernon guy tugging at his heartstrings. Did he get you? He got to me. Yeah, he got you. He got to me early.
Yeah, you know, you just look at some of the social media comments. And that's life now, right? That's the pulse of the fan base, right? They were all negative, negative, negative. All the ones I looked at yesterday were very, very positive. Like, yeah, this guy got me. He knew what to say. He wasn't fake. You know what I'm saying? It was real. He was real. He was emotional. And to me, he's a guy that is really passionate about having the Pittsburgh Steelers job. It's not a professional job. It's not like he's going in here and I'm getting paid and let's work 9 to 5 and go home. This is something that's passionate to him. And that came across very well. It wasn't fake. He had 20 family members there. There was players there.
It was just a great way to introduce himself to the people that didn't know him. And I do think people are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt now. That could go away real quickly, you know, depending on what happens in September and moving forward. But I think he won over the majority of the people, maybe not the majority, a good group of people by what he said. And just the passion. That's the way I look at it.
Yeah. Yeah, he did. I mean, you can't beat authentic. Yeah. And when you're authentic, I think people respect that, especially when you Talk about a place that you grew up and your audience is 99% of that is Pittsburgh. So it's legit. I like that part of it. I really do. And I think because of it, he's going to be ultra inspired to do what he has to do long term, five years at some point. What he said yesterday about the trophy coming back to Pittsburgh and a parade starting at his house, those words aren't going to go away. So people are going to pretty much judge him on that too, I think.
Yeah, I think that's definitely the case as well. I mean, like I said, he's very passionate about that job. And I was never a big, you know. a believer in, well, he's a Pittsburgh guy, so we should hire him. I always scoffed at that. I'm like, what are you talking about? Who cares where he comes from? In this instance, I know why. If he wasn't number one option for the Steelers, I could see why after having that conversation one or two times with Art Danny Omar that he said, oh, man, this guy's the one. Because you've just felt it through him. Like I said, I'm not a big he's a Pittsburgh guy, you've got to hire him. That means something. To McCarthy and now me watching that with him specifically, I think it does mean something.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–4:39
2
Did McCarthy win the news conference?
4:39–6:43
3
What emotions did McCarthy convey during his introduction?
6:43–8:29
4
How have fans reacted to McCarthy's comments?
8:29–14:05
5
Why do some believe McCarthy's coaching cycle was unimpressive?
14:05–19:02
6
How does McCarthy compare to other coaches like Tomlin and Harbaugh?
19:02–25:35
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