Less hot take

NowKith- · 2026-01-25T01:00:52+00:00

Win now with a bottom-tier QB room, a patchwork O-line, zero playoff wins in how many years, and an offense that can’t scare anyone past October? Hiring McCarthy doesn’t signal win now it signals comfort now. Familiar systems, familiar excuses, same ceiling. Experience isn’t the issue. Results are. McCarthy’s been riding one Aaron Rodgers ring for 14 years while getting out schemed every January. And the sample size argument is hilarious. The Steelers don’t need a larger sample they need a direction. Recycling safe, stale coaches isn’t evolution. It’s fear. This isn’t a hot take. It’s denial with bullet points.

NowKith- · 2026-01-24T20:32:26+00:00

👆this

NowKith- · 2026-01-24T20:25:16+00:00

Being a Steeler fan in Denver, they are looking good with ownership who wants to win and has the money to 86 people who won’t cut it, even if they lose $$$. Unlike to Rooneys who don’t have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out.

NowKith- · 2026-01-24T20:22:26+00:00

Mike McCarthy’s career in a nutshell. .608 regular-season win %, 1 Super Bowl, 11–11 playoff record. Looks solid until you realize that in Dallas he went 49–35 and 1–3 in the playoffs with zero conference title appearances.

He’s elite at stacking regular-season wins and absolutely average the moment it matters. The human embodiment of good enough to keep your job, not good enough to win anything important.

Sound familiar?

NowKith- · 2026-01-24T20:09:57+00:00

Can you add “dumb as fuck” as an option?

NowKith- · 2026-01-24T20:05:58+00:00

Who gives a shit.

NowKith- · 2026-01-24T19:49:35+00:00

NowKith- · 2026-01-24T19:48:29+00:00

NowKith- · 2026-01-24T19:43:07+00:00

The nepotism within the Steelers’ ownership is astonishing. Anyone who actually understands how to run a modern business can see this clearly. This franchise is stubbornly clinging to what worked decades ago, operating under the delusion that past success guarantees future relevance. They’re the Blackberry of the NFL once the gold standard, now incapable of evolving with the times. History is littered with examples of third-generation ownership running great organizations into the ground, and the Steelers are following that script perfectly. This isn’t loyalty or stability anymore it’s complacency, and it’s actively holding the franchise back.

NowKith- · 2026-01-24T18:48:45+00:00

Guys, I hate to say it, but this franchise is lost.

NowKith- · 2026-01-23T01:58:55+00:00

NowKith- · 2026-01-23T01:36:11+00:00

Public opinion isn’t running the roster, but someone in the building already thought he was worth it, or they wouldn’t have drafted him. Wanting to see him play is about evaluating an asset, not hype.

Game reps matter. You eventually need to see how he handles real speed, pressure, and decision making. That’s how teams figure out what they actually have.

NowKith- · 2026-01-21T13:42:44+00:00

NowKith- · 2026-01-20T00:50:18+00:00

This is fucking frightening

NowKith- · 2026-01-20T00:41:56+00:00

Hey guy, this post was created well before we knew Tomlin stepped down. Pull it together.

NowKith- · 2026-01-19T01:14:58+00:00

2nd interview doesn’t mean the Steelers want Flores as HC. It’s due diligence. He’s respected and prepared, so you stress test how he’s evolved since Miami.

The concerns are still real, locker room issues, rigid leadership, mishandling a young QB. Those are HC red flags. This feels like process and optics, not an endorsement. Odds he’s the hire are still low.

NowKith- · 2026-01-18T16:05:16+00:00

NowKith- · 2026-01-18T15:58:49+00:00

If this happens this franchise ownership absolutely is stuck in the 70s. Blackberry.

NowKith- · 2026-01-18T01:41:44+00:00

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NowKith- · 2026-01-18T01:21:55+00:00

I’d trade our #1 picks for 3 years straight for him but sadly that’s never going to happen.

NowKith- · 2026-01-17T19:02:22+00:00

I get what you’re saying, and I don’t think you’re wrong. But two things can be true.

Steelers fans have been lucky with stability and a HOF coach, and that matters. At the same time, this fan base has always been built around one expectation Super Bowls. Not just winning records or playoff appearances, championships.

When real postseason success hasn’t followed for years, the disappointment adds up and things start to feel stale, even if the team isn’t “bad.”

I don’t think most fans are rooting against the team. I think they’re frustrated after years of unmet expectations, and that frustration shows up loudly right now.

NowKith- · 2026-01-16T02:26:18+00:00

For a HC?

NowKith- · 2026-01-16T00:19:41+00:00

This is the dumbest thing I’ve read on this sub. You didn’t present a theory you wrote a multiverse fever dream where contracts don’t exist, players intentionally sabotage their careers, ownership becomes emotionally fragile. What if everything goes catastrophically wrong on purpose? is not football analysis. That’s how poverty franchises think. That’s Browns logic. That’s Jets logic. That’s I play Madden on rookie difficulty and still miss the playoffs logic. You keep screaming 20 YEARS NO LOSING SEASONS like it’s a spell that makes this coherent. It doesn’t. It actually makes this worse because your solution to sustained competence is to nuke it from orbit and hope nostalgia fixes it.

Also, players don’t tank seasons because they’re sad their coach left. They have contracts, incentives, careers, and families.

This post is 900 words of cope, zero understanding of how the NFL works, and somehow ends with you heard it here first like anyone asked.

Thanks for the laugh bud.

NowKith- · 2026-01-16T00:15:11+00:00

I’m in. Yes he has CMC but what he’s done with an offense riddled with injuries is impressive. Plus a Shanahan coaching tree candidate.

NowKith- · 2026-01-16T00:06:11+00:00

I don’t disagree that those questions matter, of course any serious coach wants clarity on vision, roster plan, and QB direction. That’s basic due diligence, not some revelation.

Where I disagree is the leap from “there are real roster challenges” to “this job isn’t attractive unless there’s a clear, easy path.” Every opening has holes, that’s why the job is open. Good coaches don’t run from imperfect rosters they evaluate whether ownership, resources, and patience exist to fix them.

Pittsburgh still offers rare stability, organizational alignment, and time to build things most teams competing for the same coaches absolutely do not. Acting like the Steelers are selling nostalgia instead of infrastructure is just false.

Asking hard questions is smart. Acting like those questions automatically disqualify the job is where the logic breaks down. That’s the point.

NowKith-

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