Not enough time.Only 200 or so days until kickoff!
I’ve been on this site for nearly 1500 days and haven’t made @Nutriaitch even consider budging on his tomato stance.
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Not enough time.Only 200 or so days until kickoff!
I really hope I'm wrong. I just don't see what everyone is talking about with Smith being some guru, especially in the run game.
This is the shit we had to watch for two years. The O-line play went from middling under Canada to incompetent with Smith.
Might it have been the O-line coach? I really hope so. But the drop in execution was very noticeable after Smith came in.
And I don't buy the talent thing. Pickens left and looks like a superstar. Dotson got traded away and immediately turned into a pro-bowler. In 2024 Najee was hit at or behind the line of scrimmage on 52% of hand offs. The run game fell off a cliff this year without him setting records for broken tackles.
I'm trying to convince myself it was somehow Tomlin meddling and demanding risk averse gameplans, but I don't think that's the case. More likely Smith just had prime Derrick Henry for a couple years and has coasted on that ever since.
So if Jeremiah drops a ball or Sayin overthrows a player thats Hartlines fault? If Styles misses a tackle thats Walts fault?Poor execution is a coaching failure.
I thought we’d established that this is all Day’s fault. Are we changing the rules of engagement here?So if Jeremiah drops a ball or Sayin overthrows a player thats Hartlines fault? If Styles misses a tackle thats Walts fault?
I'm still not willing to accept he's had good offenses. Definitely not since he took the Atlanta job.What’s worse.
Having excuses for when he didn’t do well?
Or ignoring his offenses when they were good?
Can’t do both man. You can’t say “you’re making excuses!” And then say “well the stats aren’t telling the story”
It’s probably somewhere in the middle. When Arthur has good players he does well it seems. When he doesn’t have good players he doesn’t do well. Here at OSU he’s going to have the best players so I bet he’ll do great.
I won’t do a position by position breakdown but the Steelers lacked high-level talent at QB, WR2, especially WR3, and RB.
Caveats: a) Warren is talented but probably best suited as a team’s RB2 in today’s committee-focused NFL. b). Gainwell had a very good season. He is a reason to be excited for the Smith hire. That being said, he was RB3 and RB4 in Philly even before Barkley. c) DK is talented but no one has accused him of being a good route runner, leader, etc. and he needs a side kick to achieve high-level production. Teams took him away for long stretches because of these factors.
Steelers were bad offensively and I give Tomlin credit for eeking out a few wins he shouldn’t have. Bad offensively IMO due to talent and so the playcalling leaned safe to maximize wins of scoreboard.
See.....this is what I mean when I say stats lie. The Steelers sucked this year. But you can hide that with sentences like this. That division was pure garbage. At one point LATE in the season, it was possible that the winner of the division could have a losing record. But they still would've been able to claim a division win and a playoff birth. Making the playoffs as a division winner was not because of Arthur Smith.Yet those 2 helped a team win the division and make the playoffs.
If Day would have only sought your counsel we wouldn't be in the mess we are currently in.See.....this is what I mean when I say stats lie. The Steelers sucked this year. But you can hide that with sentences like this. That division was pure garbage. At one point LATE in the season, it was possible that the winner of the division could have a losing record. But they still would've been able to claim a division win and a playoff birth. Making the playoffs as a division winner was not because of Arthur Smith.
lol. I get it man, you’re not a fan of the hire. And nothing will sell you on it until games are played. My main point is, I think Smith’s play calling and scheme can see success in college. And it can see success with the most talent he’s ever had.See.....this is what I mean when I say stats lie. The Steelers sucked this year. But you can hide that with sentences like this. That division was pure garbage. At one point LATE in the season, it was possible that the winner of the division could have a losing record. But they still would've been able to claim a division win and a playoff birth. Making the playoffs as a division winner was not because of Arthur Smith.