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So #SteelerNation, give me one GIF to show your reaction or thoughts on the #Steelers hiring Mike McCarthy.

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@MarkKaboly @PatMcAfeeShow Cool. Bring in Mike’s slants and flats offense. This is a pathetic article.

KABOLY: Mike McCarthy very well could provide Steelers with best of both worlds Mark Kaboly / Steelers Correspondent For The @PatMcAfeeShow PITTSBURGH — The Steelers announced across their social media accounts that they completed an in-person interview with Mike McCarthy for their open head coach position, and let’s say that the ensuing comments weren’t widely positive in nature. OK, SteelersNation, for the most part, hated the idea of hiring the 62-year-old coach who grew up seven minutes from the Steelers’ practice facility on the South Side of Pittsburgh, and it’s understandable. A McCarthy hiring would seemingly manifest what owner Art Rooney II said a week prior in addressing the sudden departure of Mike Tomlin after 19 years, and fresh off an AFC North title and a third-straight 10-win season, and that would be running it back again with a similar coach and hoping for different results, especially in the playoffs. And nobody wants that. But what if that’s not the reason why the Steelers would settle on McCarthy as their coach, and what if I tell you that wouldn’t be the main reason why the Steelers would decide on ‘Greenfield’ Mike rather than follow their tried-and-true process of hiring a coach dating back to 1969? Remember when Rooney said, “Sure, somebody that we feel fits that mold would be great.” Rams’ defensive coordinator Chris Shula fits that mold of a thirty-something, first-time head coach with a defensive coordinator background that’s been so successful for this franchise. Meanwhile, McCarthy is in his 60s, has coached for 18 years, and is an offensive-minded coach with a reputation for developing quarterbacks wherever he goes. And there, my friends, is the reason why McCarthy is being viewed as a top choice of the Steelers a little more than a week into their head coaching search. That’s not conjecture. Those are facts, and that’s one of the thoughts coming out of 3400 S. Water Street as part of this process of finding a new head coach. Now, whether that will be the deciding point of hiring McCarthy might not be enough, but it’s up there. And, you know what, it might not be a bad choice at all if that’s the organization’s thinking moving forward. The Steelers may not have come to that realization just now that they can’t keep plugging stopgap after stopgap into their quarterback position and have any chance of having long-term success, but it’s definitely something that they know is time to fix. Since Ben Roethlisberger retired in 2021, they’ve started Aaron Rodgers, Mitch Trubisky, Mason Rudolph, Russell Wilson, and Justin Fields; used the 20th overall pick on Kenny Pickett, a sixth rounder on Will Howard and a seventh rounder on Chris Oladokun and aren’t any closer to figuring out a long-term solution since Roethlisberger took his final snap following the 2021 season. That’s why McCarthy has piqued the interest of the Steelers and not the outside chance of luring back Rodgers for a second season because of his relationship with McCarthy, even though that would appease some of the high-profile veterans on the team. That’s far down on the list when it comes to deciding on McCarthy. More than anybody else, he could provide the best of both worlds for the Steelers. McCarthy could continue to make the Steelers a player in the AFC North next year (that would appease Rooney) and be able to identify, draft, and develop a quarterback, whether it is Howard or somebody they take in the 2026 or 2027 draft. And let’s face it, it’s not like this group of coaching candidates will soon be mistaken for Ben Johnson, Kevin O’Connell, or Mike Macdonald anytime soon. There is a reason why we’ve seen three of the four hirings being retreads so far. The Steelers need to find their quarterback of the future, and you aren’t going to find that guy in free agency. They can’t continue to pick players like Pickett in the first round and let him hang out to dry and then toss him out with the garbage the first opportunity they get. If McCarthy is hired and afforded to hand-pick a quarterback that he can mold into something, then would you tell me it’s not worth it? It’s not the old Steelers anymore. Sure, Rooney said he’d sign up for another Noll/Cowher/Tomlin in a heartbeat, but three coaches since a week after Richard Nixon took office doesn’t mean that the Steelers figured out some kind of magical formula. That just means they aren’t quick to pull the trigger in firing a head coach when other organizations wouldn’t hesitate to do so. We all scream for change, but when change is presented to us, we push back. Hiring a 62-year-old offensive-minded coach is a change from the norm for this organization. Putting their half-decade-long quarterback purgatory front and center is a change from the norm. Yet, the skepticism is as high as ever. It’s understandable if the pushback is because you don’t want Tomlin 2.0. Is McCarthy really that? Either way, it’s a moot point. If the Steelers hire McCarthy, it is with both eyes on the future quarterback of this team while still having a proven winner leading one of the most storied franchises in the league (McCarthy has a .608 career winning percentage, 12 playoff trips in 18 seasons, and a Super Bowl-winning team in 2011). You have to think that McCarthy’s resume with the quarterbacks he’s worked with supersedes anything else – at least in this instance. Everywhere McCarthy has gone, you can attach a quarterback to his name who he developed or at least helped better his game along the way from journeyman to Hall of Famers -- Steve Bono to Brett Favre, Aaron Brooks, Aaron Rodgers, Matt Flynn, Dak Prescott, and Cooper Rush. McCarthy took a marginal quarterback like Bono in 1995 and made him into a Pro Bowler as he led the Chiefs to a 13-3 record in his first year as quarterback coach in KC. McCarthy identified a rookie on the Packers roster when he jumped from KC to Green Bay in 1999 as their QB coach. When McCarthy got the offensive coordinator job with the Saints after that season, he acquired Brooks and turned him into a quality starter for an organization in desperate need of a quarterback. McCarthy identified Alex Smith as a top pick in his one year in San Francisco and then drafted and developed Rodgers a couple of years into his Packers head coaching days. Now, how much credit does McCarthy get for Rodgers’ development? That’s debatable. McCarthy somehow polished Matt Flynn to a point where he signed a big contract with the Seahawks, but his best work may have been his most recent. McCarthy was able to turn Rush into a winning quarterback in 2022 when Prescott was lost to injury. Rush won four of his first five games and kept the Cowboys in contention in the playoff race, where they advanced to the divisional round with Prescott back. In 2023, Prescott led the league in completions (410) and passing touchdowns (36) while finishing second in MVP voting to the Ravens’ Lamar Jackson. On a recent episode of The Pat McAfee Show, McCarthy talked about developing quarterbacks and detailed the process that’s worked for him. “How do you train the most important position on the football field, which is the quarterback. They have to be able to throw the ball from the pocket,” McCarthy said. “The hardest thing for a young quarterback, in my opinion, is the drop-back game.” (FULL CLIP) youtu.be/MD0BM2gFadI?si… Nobody says that McCarthy, if he is ultimately the Steelers’ choice, has to be around 20 years. Odds are against even the youngster Shula lasting that long. What’s wrong with using McCarthy to find the next quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers and then going from there? It’s a change of thinking for an organization, and isn’t that what we all have been demanding? Graphic by @DerekMurphy32 (DBone)

A look at Mike Tomlin-isms, via @NFLFilms:

Russell Westbrook was HOOPING last season, yet he’s still a free agent I don’t know how you can watch these highlights and not think he’s better than some of the 450 players in the NBA 🤦‍♂️

@NFLPerformances That game made me a life time Stafford fan. Still remember to this day

Calvin Johnson 14 REC, 329 YDS, 1 TD vs DAL 2013 Week 8 "The Stafford fake spike game"

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My life is pointless

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Congrats to Casey Hampton on going into the Steelers Hall of Honor on Sunday #steelers

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@R_la44 I can't believe people struggle to understand this 😂

"I was in position where I was playing NOT my position" LOUDER !!!!!

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@Alex_Kozora They never learn lol

The Colts want to snag someone's Terrible Towel. "Hopefully we get to steal a couple Terrible Towels. I might try to snatch one myself. We’ll see.” Bad idea. Ask Jacksonville how that's worked out for them. #Steelers steelersdepot.com/2024/09/i-migh…

@Mazursky8895 It's absolutely crazy people even say that, even after the one bad game

Stuff like this is why I REFUSE to label Brod as a bust man.

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Thank you, Steelers Nation. There’s no place like home.

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@MarkKaboly Boring football. And the OL coach is TERRIBLE

I'm starting to believe it is the philosophy and not the QB that's makes this Steelers offense painful to watch