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NHL playoff overtime conundrum: you want the pain to end but you don’t want it to end because it may not end the way you want it to 😬😬😬 #penguins

NHL playoff product is unique amongst pro sports… sure, MLB, NBA and NFL have amazing and thrilling moments but none of those create the same level of tension… 😬

@EdGrr113 @AEM366 New coach “oh just draft whoever… I’ll be cool… I need to work on my playbook” … that’s hard to imagine that being the case… Reality is do you expect Steelers insiders to actually say “oh yeah McCarthy tore up all our plans and we had massive changes”? Never

@AEM366 @jameshritz The insiders literally said he wasn’t getting involved his first year with the team .. he had to much to do installing his new system

@EdGrr113 @AEM366 But yet they drafted Offensive players… so if we’ve learned anything about Steelers, what they say is often different than what they actually do..

@jameshritz @AEM366 Reality is .. McCarthy only went to 1 pro day unlike Tomlin who went to most of them . He said he wasn’t going to have much input in the draft he stayed in the faculties with coaches trying to install his play book and making a training schedule. This draft is on Kahn

@AEM366 I think eagles saved Steelers from themselves with Lemon… he’s a strange guy

@AEM366 Can’t say or spell 1st round picks name and for an OL that means he’s probably a lock to be All-pro lol… For OL you don’t even need to watch film, just pick guy with hardest name and if he majored in electrical engineering, Your set!! 🤣🤣🤣

@AEM366 Yeah I’m pretty zen about draft… as far I’m concerned they’re all prospects… maybe they’ll be good, maybe not… who knows? 🤷🏼‍♂️ kinda got to see them play. None of picks bothered me or excited me ..

@AEM366 One thing I like about McCarthy is he seems to be taking control of the situation and they’re letting him… which is a positive… someone needed to

@AEM366 And BTW, McCarthy should have a say… can’t just be like “hey you get the guys we draft and live with it”

@AEM366 Totally, but reality is, at least from an ops standpoint, Khan had plan w/ Tomlin… McCarthy showed up and probably wanted to do some different stuff and the plan had to be rewritten.. in 60 days… that’s a lot of work in a short time. So yeah things went so-so

@scarpizio Tomlin/Khan/AJR worked together for 20 years and then new dude shows up with new ideas and takes… btw, let’s change stuff in 60 days… I can’t imagine how it could possibly go super well? This is about what I’d expect from any company when this type of stuff happens

This was the first draft in a long time without the influence of Kevin or Mike T. I don’t think many are impressed. Not the best execution. Probably not the best group of prospects either. However, we won’t know for another 3-5 years if it was a success. We’ll watch the movie.

@Steelers_DB @ASaunders_PGH Khan/Tomlin/AJR were tm for 20 yrs… then Tomlin peaced out… new guy shows up… with new ideas… why would anyone think this would go “well” or wouldn’t be a “weird” draft? Draft was doomed the second Tomlin walked out of building… 2 yrs of planning up in smoke

Whether you agree with Alan or not, you should read this. steelersnow.com/saunders-steel…

@MikeAsti11 IMHO… they had a plan… Tomlin left… McCarthy showed up and said “hey let’s look at this” and they had to rebuild plan in <2.5 months. So, yeah it was a mess with the new guy.

A source on the Steelers’ draft: “It’s as if they were drafting a fantasy team with little research. It’s one of the worst and most confusing Steelers drafts I can remember.”

@SteelerSanc16 See… I don’t believe any of that at all. Today’s NFL players are ultra specialists… dude who plays RT, plays RT and that’s it. Take it or leave it. It’s a highly technical game.

Can Troy Fautanu play left tackle? Sure Can Max Iheanachor play left tackle? Sure Can Gennings Dunker play guard? Sure But to expect any of this to go smoothly for the #Steelers with no consequences is naive

@ASaunders_PGH Sure, McCarthy is a born and bred yinzer, but he’s a different coach with different philosophies and views. Steelers had to let him have his say. Otherwise, why hire him?

@ASaunders_PGH NFL tms thoroughly scout 800-1000 players for draft and then create draftable list of 100-150… this process was well underway w/Tomlin and then McCarthy shows up and says “hey let’s look at this again”… they prob revised entire board in <60 days. Lot of work.

The #Steelers first three draft classes under Omar Khan were very well regarded, mostly because of his ability to move around the board to find value while meeting the team's needs. That all went out the window in 2026, as the team left a ton of value on the table in an underwhelming draft class. steelersnow.com/saunders-steel…

@SFI412724 Btw, still don’t buy the yinzer, but I would buy this rumor about tomlin

@jameshritz There’s no magic bullet for Vrabs in this scenario. Gunna be difficult to preach to his players and he will get tortured on the road. He made his bed, time to sleep in it!

lolz Vrabel must not be disturbed while he’s at horny therapy