The Steelers need the best coach, not to fall back on their old tendencies
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What do Tim Benz and Ryan Fitzpatrick think about the Steelers' coaching search?
Brian Flores, we're talking about coaches with previous experience. And by the way, Donnie, I agree with our friend Benzie over at The Trip. that the Steelers should not be looking for the right coach. They should be looking for the right coach, not advancing their long-held traditions. He's basically saying that most of these guys fit their type from all their history. You know what I mean? And does that – does it narrow the pool and maybe prevent you from choosing the right guy when you write off people for the most part, Flores being an exception – When you write off people who have previous head coaching experience, right? When you maybe even write off the offensive side of that, I mean, most of these guys fit the young, untested, defensive coordinator, never a head coach thing, right?
Do you think they're going to limit themselves?
Why should the Steelers avoid falling back on old coaching traditions?
I really hope not. I mean, them at least bringing in Clay Kubiak and Sheilhaus and tells me that they're going to at least go a little bit wider with the search than just, hey, here's a defensive coordinator who hasn't coached before. But it is a little bit concerning when you look at the list and three-quarters of it is... Fill-in-the-blank defensive coordinator.
Yeah.
And then you happen to have Kubiak, who's the 49ers OC, and then Sheilhaus, who's the Rams pass game coordinator and works under Sean McVay. Kubiak works under Shanahan. So they're working under great minds. in the league and clay the brother of clint the son of of gary so you know they have that lineage too but i i i think it would be it would be dumb on their part to not open it up like if these are the only eight guys yeah that would leave you something to be desired now they could get it right they could absolutely get it right they've gotten it right better than any other team in the national football league in the last 60 years But I feel like they owe it to, hey, let's throw in a couple of more OCs.
Let's throw in a Stefanski.
Yeah. Now, Jerry Dulac also has an interesting report here saying that. Tomlin had two years remaining on his three-year $50 million contract, right? But the final year in his contract was a team option and voided when he stepped down. That means the team only retains his rights for one more season, which is very important because it would have to be within that time frame that they could make a trade. If he doesn't coach next season and then wants to go out in 27 and get a job, the Steelers can't make a trade. So I thought that was an important clarification that I've been wondering about you.
Yeah, the important note there is that the moment he stepped down, it voided the option. Because I did wonder, even though it would...
cost them would they consider exercising that option if it meant hey we have his control for another year right and if we get to 2027 with him we can get some some compensation back and not just any compensation you look at the coaches that have been traded in the past notably sean payton would be one uh first and second round pick and if tomlin is in as high demand or would be as everybody seems to think he would That could be just a bonanza, but now it looks like it's not going to happen at all. It's just a pipe dream.
I brought up the other night that trade. It was a first and second to the Saints in exchange for Peyton and a third.
Yeah, Peyton and a third, okay.
Yeah, the Steelers could probably get two firsts.
Oh, my God.
I mean, think about the way that people around football think of Mike Tomlin.
How could limiting the coaching search impact the Steelers' future?
Yeah, that we know of, yeah.
It was definitely higher than how they thought of Sean Peyton.
Right. You'd think, although Peyton has that offensive background where he walks in and calls your plays and develops your quarterback. So when push comes to shove, I wonder how many teams, let's say Peyton and Tomlin both went on the open market today. Who do you think is more coveted? I say Peyton.
I think Peyton is right now, right this minute. But at the time that Peyton got traded, he also had taken a year off to do TV.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What do Tim Benz and Ryan Fitzpatrick think about the Steelers' coaching search?
0:01–0:55
2
Why should the Steelers avoid falling back on old coaching traditions?
0:55–3:56
3
How could limiting the coaching search impact the Steelers' future?
3:56–12:01
4
What are the potential implications of Mike Tomlin's contract situation?
12:01–13:43
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