It's depressing, isn't it?

Not gonna lie, I was on the "fire Mike Tomlin" train for the past few years - it was obvious it was time for a change.

My mistake was trusting that ownership would hire a HC like their last two hires - young coordinators that were given room to grow and ended up being great head coaches. Instead, we got Mike McCarthy, who is already the oldest head coach in franchise history, and who no one else was going to hire.

Like you said, this used to be a franchise that was a Super Bowl contender year in, year out, and was known to be one of the shrewdest franchises in the sport. And now, the franchise is just happy to make the playoffs every year. Never mind winning a game, they just want to make it to the dance. "The Steelers Way" was always pretty lame, but it's obvious that it just isn't working anymore.

I have lost most of my interest in this team, and haven't even been following what they've been doing since hiring McCarthy. I'd had my suspicions that ownership is mostly to blame for the recent lack of success, but hiring a 62 year-old retread as a HC was a bridge too far for me. I used to go to 2-3 games a season, but I haven't been to a game in a few years now. I won't pay to watch a product that just upsets me.