1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Your tunes about drive on your twenty four to seven 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: home of the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio. 3 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 2: Back on the drive here as we continue to try 4 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:21,759 Speaker 2: and make sense of a crazy week. As Mike Tomlin 5 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 2: no longer after nineteen years, the head coach of your 6 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 2: Pittsburgh Steelers for nearly the first time in two decades, 7 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 2: these Steelers have a vacancy and a head coaching search 8 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 2: that is now on going. Joining us now to discuss 9 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 2: all of this is, of course, our buddy from the 10 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,200 Speaker 2: trib Chris Adamski, covers the Steelers there has for over 11 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 2: a decade and of course is the co host of 12 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,559 Speaker 2: the Steelers Blitz with Tom Opferman Buzz. Thank you for 13 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 2: taking the time on a busy day, and let's kind 14 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:52,639 Speaker 2: of backtrack to yesterday. What was your initial reaction when 15 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 2: the Mike Tomlin news came across the timeline? Surprised? Shocked? 16 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 2: Not really was. 17 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 3: What was that initial reaction like when the Mike Tomlin news. 18 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 4: Broke Definitely surprised, I mean, shocks probably goes too far 19 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 4: because you know, you certainly there was more you know, 20 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 4: smoke to the fire over the past few months, and 21 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 4: there had been any other point over these nineteen years 22 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:24,119 Speaker 4: in terms of whatever this ending, this relationship ending as coach. 23 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 4: And you know, obviously if you hear some of the 24 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 4: crowd chants and things like that from from that perspective, 25 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 4: and so I mean put this way, we even the 26 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 4: night before I thought his answer that really kind of 27 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 4: got my ears perked up when he you know, and 28 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:39,040 Speaker 4: I get it, you want to sit here in parts 29 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 4: socially looking back in hindsight, looking at words and this 30 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 4: and that and whatever after an emotional loss the season ends. 31 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 4: But he didn't. He didn't go out of his way 32 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 4: really to say anything about wanting to you know, about 33 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 4: the next season or whatever. He kind of said, oh, 34 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 4: I'm not looking big picture right now. And remember two 35 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 4: years ago after Buffalo he walked out because he was 36 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 4: kind of offended by the very idea right that he 37 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 4: wouldn't be the coach or something like that that he 38 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 4: has to explain later on. So in that sense that 39 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 4: kind of got me thinking a little bit more. Now, 40 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 4: the timing was pretty abrupt. I didn't think it would 41 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 4: be that quick, and that uh, you know, we're talking 42 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 4: this meeting with with the with the art the second 43 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:17,679 Speaker 4: what happened ten hours of eleven hours after the game 44 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 4: ended the night before, So in that sense, it's kind 45 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 4: of it was kind of an abrupt in that sense, 46 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 4: but it makes sense. I'm sure he wanted to address 47 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 4: the team and he did, and by all indication that 48 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 4: was a warmly received and it was, you know, as 49 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 4: as arts to the day, an emotional day at the 50 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 4: headquarters and everything is nineteen years and he's been the 51 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 4: face of the organization and you know he's not I mean, 52 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 4: Art himself obviously is a facing the organization too, But 53 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 4: I mean, you guys know Mike's voice. He walks to you, 54 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 4: you know, when he's in a room, right, I mean, 55 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 4: he walks around, he has a presence doing no matter what. 56 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 4: So I'm sure it's going to be different and awkward 57 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 4: in a lot of sense to the people who work 58 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 4: for the team and been around the team and all that. 59 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,239 Speaker 4: So but I was I was still surprised. I still 60 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 4: would have you know, I still didn't expect it to happen. 61 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 5: I guess, So, Chris, how do you guess? And I'm 62 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 5: sure none of us know, and I don't think they'd 63 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:09,359 Speaker 5: even know. The rest of the coaching staff will be handled. 64 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 5: I mean I guess they're all technically still under contract 65 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 5: and they're probably doing their jobs with some capacity, or 66 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 5: they walked away. I don't know what they're doing right 67 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 5: this minute, but it doesn't sound like they're going to 68 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:24,079 Speaker 5: promote from within. I would think whoever the next coach 69 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 5: is will want to hire his people, obviously, but it's 70 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 5: also not uncommon to maybe keep a linebackers coach or 71 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 5: somebody else that has high regard. Do you think that 72 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 5: there could be any overflow? 73 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, well, there's a few factors in this. First off, 74 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 4: the assistant coaches generally are on two year deals to 75 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 4: get renewed or sometimes don't get renewed. Of course, so 76 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 4: some of them technically I'm in till March or whatever, 77 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 4: and obviously, but the real technical in terms of soil. 78 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 4: But you know, at this time of year, I mean, 79 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 4: the football ops, they're you know, got to evaluate their 80 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 4: future contracts and things like that, and there's a college 81 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 4: scouting and there's still things going on in the scouting 82 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 4: area more so as you know, it's sort better than 83 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 4: me even but if you remember now, but people have 84 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 4: tried to you know, establish patterns with the Steelers, and 85 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 4: that's fine, and I get it, but I mean you 86 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 4: get when you're using your fifty seven years ago as 87 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 4: part of your pattern, it's kind of hard. 88 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 5: I found that so hilarious, Like, well, they're definitely gonna 89 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 5: take this kind of coach like because they did nineteen 90 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 5: years ago and fifty seven years Yeah yeah, like nothing. 91 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 4: Changed, Yeah yeah, they go fifty seven, what, thirty four 92 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 4: and nineteen years ago? 93 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 5: So a lot of recent right, yeah, every two It's 94 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 5: not like a comet flies by every two years and 95 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 5: does the exact same thing, you know. 96 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 4: Right, yeah, So to apply to twenty twenty six. Uh 97 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 4: So people point to when when Mike Tomlin was hired, 98 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 4: he kept the two coordinators. Now at the time, those 99 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 4: are two veteran coordinators who has been around the while 100 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 4: very respected. Yes, well, yes, so you have you have 101 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 4: Dick Lebou who was a former NFL head coach and 102 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 4: one of the most respected coordinators NFL history, right, I mean, 103 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 4: let's face it, so and so having a thirty was 104 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 4: he thirty five? Now I'm gonna win numbers? Roll. I 105 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 4: need that thirty five year old head coach, thirty three 106 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 4: year old hit whatever Toman was. You get my point? 107 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:14,359 Speaker 4: A young inexperienced, you know NFL GUYE And Okay, some 108 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 4: people say, well, the Steers, I've always hired a guy 109 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 4: in his thirties that played on the defensive side of 110 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 4: the ball, and so probably bringing another guy, and they 111 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 4: very well might. I'm not dismissing that possibility, of course, 112 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 4: And if that happens, you know, you would think a 113 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 4: good leader, a smart leader, would say, hey, I need 114 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 4: some institutional experience here. I need somebody who's been around. 115 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 4: I know, nobody knows the roster something. I need a 116 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 4: veteran NFL coach and who's been around for a couple 117 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 4: of decades. Now, you know, you can go through the 118 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 4: Steelers coaching list and pick out the guys you want. 119 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 4: I mean, obviously, I mean the one I'll just I mean, 120 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,719 Speaker 4: just because it's hit you over the head is Danny Smith. 121 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 4: He's a local guy and knowing the organization for over 122 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 4: a decade now, and he's good at what he does 123 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 4: still and everything else. But that's just one example. So 124 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:56,479 Speaker 4: you would think that, yes, that some of them would 125 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 4: call I thought it was I mean essuchally considering I mean, 126 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 4: Arthur Smith might be in Tennessee today for all I know, 127 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 4: I don't know what that art was very just you know, 128 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 4: he fought outside. He didn't see anybody on the current 129 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 4: staff being a candidate to be the next coach, which 130 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 4: I get and I'm sure, honestly I disagree with that. 131 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 4: But I thought it was that he was open about that, 132 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 4: especially when I'm one of his assistants is interviewing with 133 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 4: another team to be their head coach. I thought it 134 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 4: was a little bit interesting. So I don't know what 135 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 4: you know, is that a signal and I want to 136 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 4: want to parse it too much. Is that a signal that, well, 137 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 4: you know, Arthur Smith. It's nice, nice knowing him and everything, right, 138 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:30,280 Speaker 4: but you know, we don't think he's a fait to 139 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,359 Speaker 4: keep going for with us. I don't know. But obviously, 140 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 4: especially if it's an offensive, you know, minded head coach, 141 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 4: he probably has his own thing and would have his 142 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,159 Speaker 4: own coordinator and maybe vice versa was on defense. So 143 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 4: I mean, generally speaking, if I had to guess right now, 144 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 4: put the over under it. You know, two and a 145 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 4: half of the current coaches stay on maybe you know 146 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 4: something like that, and you know you can yeah, pick 147 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 4: from there. 148 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, Chris Adamski with us here on the drive. Let's 149 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 2: talk a little timeline here for a second. 150 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 3: Buzz uh. 151 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 2: You know mister Rooney saying today, I think a few 152 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 2: weeks at least was his answer when he was kind 153 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 2: of asked about a timeline. Do you I'm in times 154 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 2: like this, I'm kind of I always harken back to 155 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 2: that famous John Wooden line that he used to always 156 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 2: say of be quick, but don't hurry, right, that was 157 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 2: like what John Wooden would would tell his players, you know, 158 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 2: act with speed and purpose, but don't don't rush and 159 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 2: be careless at the same time, you know, to some 160 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 2: time here in the month of January, does that feel 161 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 2: like a right timeline? They've already announced, you know, some 162 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 2: of the names have already been reported that they're going 163 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 2: to bring in for interviews. Or do you think that 164 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 2: we could, you know, possibly get into February, maybe even 165 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 2: closer to the combine and and still be waiting for 166 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 2: a final verdict here. 167 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 4: Well, the one part of that, the obvious part that 168 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,679 Speaker 4: don't immediately out if it's somebody it's on a staff 169 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 4: of of a team that's still playing where he's playing 170 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 4: next week, and he's playing in the Super Bowl, you 171 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 4: know your timetable. Now obviously that in some way will leak. 172 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 4: I'm sure at very least if they decide on whatever, 173 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 4: just throwing a name out to whoever. I don't even 174 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 4: want to put names out. Yeah, that's yeah, yeah, whether 175 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 4: in the RAMS or in the super Bowl. And I 176 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 4: would imagine if they you know, there will be interviews 177 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 4: of course, and there's a process like that in terms 178 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 4: of when you can do it, and that's all laid 179 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 4: out by the league, and it's done to protect the team. 180 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 4: You don't want to happen to happens in the college 181 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 4: football playoff, right, you don't want anything of that to 182 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 4: ever happen. And you and you also want to get 183 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 4: these guys opportunities to grow their careers too. So I 184 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 4: think the NFL it's deliberate and I think in some 185 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:35,839 Speaker 4: ways aren't mentioned. And I don't say in a negative life. 186 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 4: He said it is meant it's gonna take it. There's 187 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:39,199 Speaker 4: a lot of hoops you're gonna jump through here, a 188 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:40,839 Speaker 4: lot of things. We've got a procedures we got to 189 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 4: follow in terms of the timing, in terms of who 190 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 4: and when and all that. So. But but yes, if 191 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 4: it's so, if it is a coach that's still around 192 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 4: or alive, it gets to the Super Bowl or something, 193 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 4: you won't have a certainly one of the press conference 194 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,079 Speaker 4: until you know that third week of February, second week 195 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 4: of February, I guess late in the second week of February, 196 00:08:57,760 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 4: however you want to put it. I would think again, 197 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,679 Speaker 4: it would probably come out in some way or another 198 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 4: that it's immined or it's about to happen, or you know, 199 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 4: in that sense. But yeah, I thought it was interesting 200 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 4: that I don't think it's a surprise per se, but 201 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 4: Art was pretty open that it seems like the entire 202 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 4: football staff, and I'm talking you know, management staff for 203 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:21,559 Speaker 4: football operations, it's it seems like it's going to stay 204 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 4: in place, and it's not as if they're I mean, 205 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 4: it was a question at least to be that when 206 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:26,680 Speaker 4: he came out the fore of the first thing you 207 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:28,200 Speaker 4: said is Omar and I will leave the charch. Well, 208 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 4: I guess you know Omar's stay on. You know. Yeah, Yeah, 209 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,560 Speaker 4: it's not a it's not a surprise, per say, but 210 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 4: I mean a lot of times a head coach, hey, 211 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 4: you never know, it might be somebody who either wants 212 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 4: control or has it, you know or something like that. 213 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 4: So so, in other words, as long as the the 214 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:46,679 Speaker 4: wheel keeps turning here and football ops is doing, they're 215 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,319 Speaker 4: scouting and getting ready for the draft and pro scouting 216 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 4: and everything. There's not a super rush. It's not like 217 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 4: a college team where recruiting and you need a head 218 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 4: coach and you need a staff and everything like that, 219 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 4: everything else. Yeah, yeah, yeah, there's there's no I mean, 220 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 4: you again, you don't want to drug you said you 221 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 4: don't want to drag out by any means, for sure, 222 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 4: But I don't think there's any reason to be impatient 223 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 4: about it, and certainly that messures with how Art himself 224 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 4: described the process here going forward. 225 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, and I don't want to speculate on who the 226 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 5: Steelers twenty twenty six starting quarterback is going to because 227 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 5: we don't even know the system. I mean, who knows. Yeah, 228 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 5: but do you do think it's now unlikely that Rogers returns? 229 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, I definitely, Yeah. You know, we have had this conversation. 230 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 4: It's only somebody that play, well, what if the choice 231 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 4: is about Lafleur. That was the only time I thought, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 232 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:45,959 Speaker 4: which which I guess is you know, and some has 233 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 4: to be somewhat in play here as a possibility that 234 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 4: that Laflour would be here. If that's the case, then 235 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 4: that might fit in that sense. But you just, you know, philosophically, 236 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 4: there's a lot of reasons for a new head coach, 237 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 4: you know, you know, as an organization, and we're pretty 238 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 4: upfront about even before this happened, that they were looking 239 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 4: at quarterbacks this year. Doesn't mean necessarily they're taking a 240 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 4: quarterback in the first round or or have strong intentions to, 241 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,320 Speaker 4: especially as another one that dropped off the board here 242 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 4: in the last twenty minutes, Dante Moore going back to school. 243 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 4: So this this all of a sudden, this QB draft class, 244 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 4: it seems about the day gets worse and worse, or 245 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 4: it gets you know less. You know, we were told 246 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 4: for a couple of years ago the twenty twenty sixth 247 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 4: QB Draft class, and for one reason or another it's 248 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 4: turned into I mean, I'm gonna get too far and 249 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 4: I don't know how it all play out. Sometimes these 250 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 4: things change. Still, it turns me gett into the evaluation 251 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 4: of the combine. It seems like it's not going to 252 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:36,199 Speaker 4: be a real strong class. All of a sudden, but 253 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:40,079 Speaker 4: regardless of that, in an ideal world, if it's possible, 254 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 4: you know, putting a new young head coach and a 255 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 4: new young quarterback together and pairing them together sounds appeal, 256 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 4: has appeal to it, right, if that works. It doesn't 257 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,319 Speaker 4: mean you force, it doesn't mean you make yourself do that. 258 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 4: But an ideal world, I think that would be something 259 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 4: that would be good to grow with as an organization. 260 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:58,959 Speaker 4: So between that and between Rogers being really open. You 261 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 4: know from the time he signed here that Mike Tomlin 262 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 4: was a big reason why he wanted to be here. 263 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 4: And you know, maybe he doesn't want to start over 264 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 4: too with somebody. I mean, there's a good chance he'll 265 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 4: be older than the head coach if the Steelers is 266 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 4: going to do that coach, which you know doesn't mean 267 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 4: anything per se, but it also might be a little awkward. 268 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 4: You know, if you're a new coach you have a 269 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 4: guy who's and hey, I think Rogers was great here 270 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:21,319 Speaker 4: this year for what he was, but he's a strong personality. 271 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 4: If you're a new coach trying to put it in 272 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 4: a culture, I don't know if you want the Hall 273 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 4: of Fame. Twenty two year old veteran twenty two year 274 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 4: veteran quarterback kind of you know, being a bigger voice 275 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 4: than you, if that makes any sense. 276 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 5: So this is kind of dawned on me, is when 277 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:37,839 Speaker 5: you mentioned the front office is going to remain in place, 278 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 5: Omar is going to be back, which I'm happy about. 279 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:43,680 Speaker 5: Usually this time of year, one of the first things 280 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 5: I start talking about are, well, you know Tomlin's obviously 281 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 5: been in place for this process that you start talking 282 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 5: to some of your free agents to be before they 283 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 5: hit the market, you know, like, can you lock up 284 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 5: Pierre or somebody like that? Do you think you have 285 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 5: to put that on hold until you know the coach 286 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 5: or do you just offer per year of contract. Anyways, 287 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 5: I just pulled him out of the air because I 288 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 5: think he wouldn't be a hard one to do, you know, 289 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:10,679 Speaker 5: and he played. 290 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 6: Well yeah, I mean I think you could still have 291 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 6: the evaluations of those players going on and are talked 292 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 6: about this too, and it makes sense a head coach 293 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 6: and you. 294 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 4: Know, no matter what you think of how much quote 295 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 4: unquote power Tomlin had or in personnel decisions and then 296 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 4: where you know who at the final all that stuff 297 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 4: that we got onto every year in the draft and 298 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 4: every you know, you want your head coach obviously philosophically whatever, 299 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,439 Speaker 4: he's gonna have an offensive idea and or defensive idea. 300 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 4: And there might be body types, there might be certain 301 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 4: types of positioned or yeah, exactly exactly, so you want 302 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 4: to do that. But I still think that even if 303 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 4: this does go like the first week of February, which stay, 304 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:55,560 Speaker 4: you still got five weeks then before free agency, right, 305 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 4: I think that's still plenty of time to you know, 306 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 4: whether negotiate or talk, you know, and you can keep 307 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,439 Speaker 4: doing your evails. And I'm sure the players that they 308 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 4: like that are free agents, they are you know, keeping 309 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 4: keeping in touch with the I'm sure the agent's keep 310 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:09,439 Speaker 4: in touch with them and things like that too in 311 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 4: terms of what they do. And I have noticed too 312 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 4: a lot of times even the guys they want to 313 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 4: bring back and you know, they they still whether it's well, 314 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 4: I mean it's like, well, sometimes the Steelers will some 315 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 4: recent one of their guys that are gonn announced you 316 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 4: know that that afternoon free agency starts. Right, It's like 317 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 4: do they say, you know what, just give me that 318 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 4: I'm gonna go out to here, or they say, hey, 319 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 4: go test your market. If not, you're we'll get this 320 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 4: waiting for you. But it's once you get to five o'clock, 321 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 4: you know, the tampering day, you know, come back to us. 322 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 4: We're gonna have to find ourselves at left Guard man, 323 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 4: So you're gonna make it as you know, something like that. 324 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 4: That's probably how it plays out, because you it's it's 325 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 4: seems like I didn't order. I'm just like, why they 326 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 4: wait till now? They could have find them two months ago, 327 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 4: you know, but there must be something along those lines that, 328 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 4: you know, both sides kind of want to do it 329 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:57,520 Speaker 4: that way. So if that's kind of the timeline that 330 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 4: it seems like, it's usually like it's I had to 331 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 4: go back and see or its anecdotic. It's up top 332 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 4: of my head. Though I don't feel like the Steelers 333 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 4: do with resignings. They announce him in January or February. 334 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 4: It's usually always you know, maybe a week or two 335 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 4: leading in the free agency, but usually not till till 336 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 4: March there. 337 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 5: And I can't imagine the new head coach is going 338 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 5: to be like, oh no, I'm not taking the job. 339 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 5: You guys resigned James Pierre, Yeah. 340 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah right, Yeah, I don't think no, 341 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 4: you know, maybe quarterbacks. 342 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 5: That's a big discision obviously, Yeah. 343 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah. And as we know with that, that 344 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 4: doesn't seem like something that will If that does happen, well, 345 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 4: from past experience, you can expect the stick the over 346 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 4: on the on the decision day, not the. 347 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 2: Underd I guess right, Chris and Damski kind enough to 348 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 2: lend us some time here in the middle of a 349 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 2: busy week. Uh, real quick, before you go buzz, And 350 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 2: I will preface this by saying, typically I hate it 351 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 2: when people ask me these type of put me on 352 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 2: the spot and I'll think of a better answer five 353 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 2: minutes from now type questions. But that's why I host 354 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 2: the show instead of being a guest on it. Okay, 355 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 2: do you have. 356 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 4: To remember this next week when you're on our show. 357 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 3: You can pay me back, certainly. Oh darn it. Vengeance 358 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 3: is a dish best served on the Blitz next week. 359 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 1: Uh. 360 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 2: Favorite, like favorite Tomlin moment or tomlinism or something that'll 361 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 2: that'll stick with you for for whatever reason. In the 362 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 2: last twenty four hours or so, as I've been racking 363 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 2: my brain at this, a lot of the you know, 364 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 2: you have red paint, you paint the bar in red. 365 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 3: Sure, rather say woa than sick them. 366 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 5: You know, I've been a lot of fun Podia. 367 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 3: There's been a lot of fun ones, and for me, 368 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 3: I just keep laughing and chuckling. 369 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 2: About twenty nineteen when Mason Rudolph got knocked out of 370 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 2: the game by that nasty head against the Ravens and 371 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 2: Earl Thomas, and remember like his face mask was off. 372 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 5: Yeah, right, there's a crazy look. 373 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 2: And they couldn't get a cart out to the field 374 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 2: to cart him off, so he had to like walk 375 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 2: and he was like Juju was like holding him up 376 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 2: and he's wobbling and he doesn't have the face mask on. 377 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 3: It was just a really bizarre scenario. 378 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 2: And he's asked about it in the post game and 379 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 2: he says, I don't drive carts and things of that nature. 380 00:16:57,880 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 3: Ask somebody who's in charge of. 381 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 2: For the last twenty four hours, Mike Tomlin's voice of 382 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 2: I don't drive carts and things of that nature has 383 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 2: been run through in my mind. 384 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 3: Do you have is there a moment. 385 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,120 Speaker 2: Like that that stands out to you, Chris, that you'll 386 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 2: that you'll laugh and remember fondly in the years to 387 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 2: come about Mike Tomlin, I. 388 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 4: Will say this, this, this is out of effects. I 389 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 4: don't think it's anything. Maybe you'll think it's odd or something. 390 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 4: But I have a folder on my phone from press 391 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 4: conferences of like promlinism's or the different little quotes you 392 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 4: will say that that I can deploy during like text 393 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 4: groups or something like that. And somebody asks me that 394 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:32,360 Speaker 4: I have no idea what you just asked or something, 395 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 4: you know, something like that or whatever. I do like 396 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 4: the just because it's alten vibing and alcohol, I guess, 397 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 4: but you know that the uh, you could with the 398 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,160 Speaker 4: fine line between squashing grapes and drinking wine's and I'm 399 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 4: interested in drinking a little bit of wine. That's what 400 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 4: he said. That's good. At one point, that'd be my 401 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 4: favorite tomlinism for sure. And uh in terms of on 402 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 4: the field type stuff, I don't, you know, man, I 403 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:55,680 Speaker 4: wish I had a better You're right, I didn't put 404 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 4: on there is some there's it's been it's been that 405 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 4: long too, man, It's like well before I was even 406 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 4: on the beat, you know, I'm just you know about 407 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 4: that long got of colleges as if you know watching palm, 408 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 4: you know, all the things he's done. But yeah, the 409 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 4: one thing you can say is, man, you can see 410 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 4: why in a interview setting he walked into that room. 411 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 4: I mean the or he is, oh yeah, and just 412 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 4: the you know, the voice he has in the uh, 413 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 4: just the term the things he comes up with, and 414 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 4: the and the analogies and you know, and then some 415 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 4: of them are funny, some of them are cute, some 416 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:27,640 Speaker 4: of them are some of them are really good, like wow, 417 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 4: that actually makes a lot of sense, right, you know, 418 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 4: and you know, just you know, even we're talking to 419 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 4: Dino telling them and his son about I want you, 420 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 4: that's the way he talks to me too. Don't worry 421 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,920 Speaker 4: things like that. That's just who he is. Yeah, yeah, exactly. 422 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 4: So it's uh, that'll definitely be missed because whoever, whoever, 423 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 4: the standard is the standard when it comes to the 424 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,959 Speaker 4: toml that are having your your uh whatever you want 425 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,679 Speaker 4: to I can't call him toll him as anywhere coaches 426 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 4: and during news conferences every Tuesday, so well, definitely everybody 427 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 4: will missed that aspect of it. I'm sure going. 428 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 2: Forward, Chris Dansky, thank you for taking the time. Partner, 429 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 2: will be looking forward to to listening to you and 430 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:05,399 Speaker 2: Tom react to this all week as well on the Blitz. 431 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:06,439 Speaker 3: Thanks for joining us. 432 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 4: All right, thanks guys, see you around there. 433 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 3: He is there, he goes the buzz saw Chris Adamski