I want to know the source. I want to talk to the source face to face. I want to know how the source found this out and what his relationship is to any of these players.

Of course, that is never going to happen but then, and only then, will I believe any of this crap. ESPECIALLY because I heard it from Florio first.

Who does Roethlisberger think we should Draft in the 1st Round ?

[joke]

What if he saved him by agreeing that he wont hold on to the ball too long and start throwing it away when he gets in trouble?

We haven’t won a SB for 26yrs without BB…BA has one more year on his current contract, so if he screws up, again, he’s gone..I don’t really have a problem with BB calling some shots..Think Manning don’t call shots in Indy? Or, Brady in New England? I have issues with BA, empty backfield, etc, etc, but, he does have one more year on his conttract and he will be gone..

It has sounded like Ben is a lot happier with BA than he was with Whiz.

Too bad, though, because I think this has the potential to be an awesome offense under a better OC. I wrote a post about it, in fact.

Old Yeller is sick, he must be put down.

I thought Socal was supposed to be on that?

Last I checked, BB was an employee. I understand that you would like to keep the ‘big earners’ happy, however, he has no right to step in and drive a decision like this.
1) It tells the rest of the team who is making the calls. Think Coach T lost a little this year with being chummy-chummy with the players? Well, it now cost some repsect with the fans because it tells me Coach T is not necessarily calling the shots.
2) The rest of the team is now clearly seeing another level of management here; they’re looking up at BB too. How about the O-line guys who didn’t want to lose Coach Z? Think they feel like shit now since BB got to keep “his” coach, and collectively the O-line didn’t get a say?
3) How much indebted does BA become to BB? Where is the fine line going to be marked between coach and player, and who’s in charge?

This is a bad precedent (sp?), and I am not happy at all. Regardless if I liked BA or not, the QB is a player, not an owner. He does NOT get the right to have this much pull. I’m sorry to say that I’ve lost a little respect for both BB and Coach T today and that’s a real shame.

that Ben is very happy with BA. Why this surprises anyone is amazing to me. I’m not buying into the mentality that the player OFFENSIVE LEADER (aka Ben) by voicing his opinion and even lobbying for the job of his choice in OC is in any way a display of “too much power”.

Anyone in management knows when the round table comes together, each manager is asked their opinion, required to back their opinion with concrete substance and then the boss (aka Tomlin and the front office) make decisions based on substance, opinions and plans for improvement.

It’s also no secret that Ben’s sack #‘s would be high… very high…under ANY OC because of the way he plays. Ben takes many more sacks than he should because of super glue on his hands that prevents him from ever throwing it away. Ben needs to change his own mentality about this. This season’s struggles were not all BA’s fault. There is enough blame to go around on the defensive side of the ball as well.

Sounds to me like scape-goat city has a big BA on it. Sorry. Not buying it. Toss half the blame LeBeau’s way. His defense was anything but stellar this year and certainly didn’t do much to protect 4th quarter leads that the offense put up….and allowed the opposition to walk all over them like a doormat at times!

ask Hines how many superbowls he won without BB!

I would take stories coming from someone’s twitter account with a gain of salt. Until I see in print sources like the pitt post gazatte or pitt tribune I will not believe it.

Q. Did the outcome of the team MVP vote surprise you?
 
A. Not at all. Ben is well-respected in the locker room. He’s a quality quarterback and leader. Guys respect what he’s capable of doing and what he does for us, not only inside stadiums but also here at the practice facility and outside of here as well.
 

Well there ya go.

he’s certainly been on the ‘fire BA’ bandwagon, and his reporting this week reminds me of our 3rd and short playcalling. i think his sources are telling him what he wants to hear. plus if ben has all this power, then wouldn’t he lobby to draft a better lineman than tony hills?

His offense is geared around big plays more than consistent yards, and I prefer the latter.

However with a good defense that keeps the score low those big plays often come in handy more than the field position game that a consistent offense creates.

Also with Holmes and Wallace we have serious big play weapons and we all know Ben is a big play guy. The problem comes when the big plays get shut down.

I flip-flop on Arians regularly, yeah I disagree with the play-calling a bunch, but I used to yell at the TV when you could tell they were going to run that dumb sweep to Bettis that always sucked. I think our hatred of Arians is amplified by his system being so different than what we are used to.

I don’t think Tomlin and Arians see all that differently. Look at Dungy teams, they are big play offenses and big play stopping defenses. It’s a simple idea, the team that makes the biggest plays wins. In the modern NFL a big play offense has much more boom potential than a ball control offense. It has more bust potential too, but you don’t wina Super Bowl with solid performances, you have to perform big time, and that is what this offense is designed to do.

I would also blame Ben about as much as Arians for this season’s offensive woes. How many games did we lose because we couldn’t score where you would say Ben was playing well. And by playing well I mean not throwing horrible passes or never ever checking down. There awere a lot of open guys Ben missed this year while he played crappy.

I’ve posted here saying the same thing before: This is not your father’s Steelers. Once Ben signed the big contract, the team changed in many ways. The team runs through him, period. He calls a lot of the plays, and the ones Arians calls, he has the authority to audible out of. Tomlin can’t, or won’t change that. The big contract also ate up a lot of cash that Steelers teams of the past would use for depth, including special teams. So you get what you pay for. So if you’re going to continue to be a fan, you better get used to pulling for Ben to win the game, and do not blame the coach, the OC, the defence, or anyone else.

…He gets to continue to throw the ball 50+ times a game, (exaggerating) and he gets to trow the ball in the red-zone….

Now, if BA would convince Ben to WORK OUT in the off season instead of doing stupid shit like ______________, *feel free to fill in the blank, there were plenty, then BA would be worth keeping..

My guess is, he will not… Sick to my stomach with this news…