Who's in charge/Who makes decisions about personnel?

by baltimore A-Train on Nov 29, 2008 3:17 PM EST Comment 2 comments

Just a few random thoughts about coach tomlin and our coaching staff. I noticed this a little last year(hard to remember exact instances) and much more this year. Who evaluates our talent and decides who plays? Something is wrong when from what I've seen that MM is or was listed as the fourth running back on this team. I know that we signed him in the off-season to be a thrid down back and return kick-offs, and I think we signed him for about 1 million +. Explain to me how until we lost our top 3 (?) running backs, he doesn't even sniff the field. Up until the B-more game, I think he had 1 catch and maybe 2 rushes, somebody missed the boat here. The sad part was that they were only going to him because everybody was hurt, and he was like an afterthought. Where would we be him those injuries hadn"t occured? I also agree that I don't think he is a every down back that can carry it 25 times a game, but this also goes to the point that has been expressed on this site numerous times we don't run the ball enough. I believe if we had kept running the ball with MM, he would have gotten his 100 yds. against the G-men, I think he ended up with 88. BA please run the damn ball. That would have been 3 straight games over 100 yds. Darrell Stapleton, is another example, we barely know that he is on the team until Simmons gets hurt, and there is an arugment that could be made that he is one of the best linemen we have, why was he not getting a few plays a game? someone help me with Max Starks PLEASE? What did w. Colon agree to take out tomlin ugly sister when no on else would?(joke) Why is he playing that position? He makes more mental erors than I care to count. The last time I checked Max was a starter and was serviceable on our SB team, and now all of a sudden he can't beat out WILLIE COLON? somebody help please? We cut Russell from the practice squad, and now he looks like our ONE power back who should have 6 to 8 carries a game, and where was he hiding? All BA kept saying was we like him and we want to see what he can do. Then give him some DAMN carries. I think I read that Townsend is back and will start, bad move, let's keep Gay in there for his speed and quickness, towndend doesn't have that any more, we need someone to shadow WWickler, (83) if we shut him down, then I'm confident we win the game. Thoughts?

Go Steelers

A-Train from B-More

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MM and Russell are decent players but...

neither is a star. When healthy, I think Willie Parker is head and shoulders above both (except maybe at the goal line). 2nd is Rashard Mendenhall who may or may not be a star but definitely has the potential to be great. Mewelde is a terrific player and may have earned additional playing time but he’s exactly what the Steelers envisioned him to be, a 3rd down RB who can catch the ball out of the backfield. As for Russell, I love the guy’s toughness. He’s a great goal line option and he’s tough to bring down on a first hit but not anywhere near Jerome Bettis, Barry Foster, Bam Morris etc… The league is loaded with guys like Russell. Blue Collar, hard nosed but expendable.

If you want to measure who does the best job of evaluating talent, just look at where a team drafts over the long term. If they are always at the top of the draft (Lions, Browns,Bengals) then they probably aren’t doing a good job with personnel decisions. On the other hand if they are primarily in the bottom 3rd of the draft (Steelers) then they are probably a consistant and solid judge of personnel.

I get the frustration because we have been a bi-polar team this year, but look at it this way: We’ve suffered several injuries and we’re 8-3! That speaks volumes about the good personnel job of the Steelers.

by Steev1705 on Nov 30, 2008 12:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I don’t know man, I’ve seen some pretty star-like qualities from MM. He has come through for us and won us some games. Maybe he’s not incredible 100% of the time, but having MM in there in the 4th quarter catching balls has given me faith every game this year. He makes plays happen.

by steelguy99 on Nov 30, 2008 2:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs