STEELER MYTHOLOGY
�circa 9/30/07
By Swissvale72
Last week,
I cited the resemblance between Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, and my DC Tourguide, Abdul.�
Maybe Coach T. should�ve been driving the tour bus yesterday.
��That buildin� on
the right contains the desert, folks�hot as hell in that room.� On the left, on the sidewalk, is a Hopi
Indian chief.� That buildin�
right in front of you, University of Phoenix Stadium�well inside, the Arizona
Cardinals are kickin� the ass of the Pittsburgh
Steelers, the team I�m �sposed to be coachin� today.�
Having
reviewed this morning�s PG, the posts by our esteemed readership on the message
board, and the game�s play-by-play, I offer thus�
Myth #1:� Tomlin�s supposed to be on top of his game, right
out the gate�.
I�ll still
take Tomlin over Whiz, but should we shocked if Whiz
can coach a better game, right now?� The
Tomlin hire, IMO, was a stretch of sorts, but one done, in typical Steeler fashion, with a long view.� It wouldn�t surprise me at all if the Rooneys believed that Whiz would have been the better coach
for this season, but Tomlin the Man
for years to come.� Face it, Tomlin didn�t have the resume, only a single season as a
coordinator.� But the Rooneys
saw greatness in the room, and weren�t about to let it get away from them.� He�s learning; he�ll get better�and�.unlike
his predecessor, can admit his mistakes.
Myth #2:� Faneca laid down�
Pure speculation.� It�s long been held on this
board that Faneca leaves much to be desire in Pass
Pro.� Faneca is
getting older.� Had Faneca
not been�
- A whiny bitch
- Going up against his homosexual
lover, Fat Fuck Russ Grimm (note�.Grimm�s a Fat Fuck, but has not achieved
The Fat Fuck status�.look for an upcoming issue for more on that�.sure Hi5
can�t wait, he�ll be pre-ordering)
�.nobody
would be speculating that he intentionally lied down; we�d just think he
sucked.
I�m not
saying it can�t happen.� Remember, I�m
from Swissvale, perhaps best known as the birthplace of the BC point-shaving
brain trust of the early �80s, but I have trouble with pure speculative
bullshit�..bringing me, too�.
Myth #3:� Ben�s EZ pick was a result of his trying to
stick it to Whiz�
Huh?� What�s the logic in that.� �I�m gonna show Whiz..I�m gonna
drill this fucker in there.�� C�mon�why
not just believe what Ben�s telling us�.he didn�t see the DB�.shit happens all
the time.� He fucked up, he knew it, he admitted it�..was eerily reminiscent though, of Ben�s E-Z
pick against Cinci last year, one of two or three
plays that ruined the season.
On a
related note, spare me the bullshit about Ben needing to be a Man, talk to
Whiz.� Fuck that!!� I�m not saying he shouldn�t�.but it�s
completely fuckin� irrelevant�a false issue.� I do agree with Mill, that there was too damn
much cumbaya bullshit going on pre-game.� I have no problem, at all, with Ben not participating in the pregame
fuckfest, and I could give a shit whether he shook
Whiz�s hand post-game either.� Used to be
a non-fraternizing �rule
in pro sports�.now they all get together, compare contracts & endorsement
deals pre-game, shit like that.�
And let�s
not forget, this is the team whose previous coach was last seen yukkin� it up on the sideline with Dog�s Best Friend,
Michael Vick, last year, in a huge spot, and remains immensely fond of fondling
Ray Lewis.� Modeling�.Tomlin will need to
expunge that shit.
Myth #4:� Steelers gameplan
was run-run-pass from the second quarter on�
Well, not
exactly a myth, but let�s not overstate the case.�
�Directly preceding
the 1Q TD, Steelers ran twice consecutively for a 1st down.�
�There were
two instances in 2Q where run, run, pass resulted in a punt
�3Q, R-R-P
resulted in a first down on our first possession.� It was followed by pass-run-pass, punt. The next
possession, two passes followed by a run netted a first down.� We then went run-run-pass-punt.� Next possession, we did the same thing.�
�In sum,
there were four possessions where our eventual punt was preceded by runs on
first and second down.
We had
eleven possessions, so this pattern shouldn�t be minimized, but it shouldn�t be
overstated either.
Silver Lining:
Nothing
ever good about a loss, but if one sets aside momentarily the quest for a 1st
round bye in the playoffs, and instead concentrates on simply winning the Division,
one could argue that the Steelers finished the day better than the started as
Baltimore lost the division game to Cleveland.�
The Ominous Cloud:
Yesterday�s
loss isn�t the end of the world, but leaves me with a ton of doubt.� How good is this team, really?� Is this squad a house of cards, having built
a 3-0 record against weaklings, only to struggle mightily when the schedule
grows more difficult?�
And
remember�.no road game in the NFL is a gimme�.no
further proof needed.