Arians to sign one year contract to remain at OC

by shleeve on Feb 25, 2011 4:46 PM EST

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81e79072/article/steelers-oc-arians-will-sign-oneyear-deal-to-stay-in-pittsburgh?module=HP_headlines

Yeehaw! The battle between Arians' haters and lovers can continue on for at least another year. I, personally, am disappointed...while Arians isn't all that bad I would like to see someone else get a shot for I think we could do better, however, we could certainly do worse. I'm pretty on the fence about it.

This move is especially interesting to me because it is only for a single year. The ownership continues to show that they don't have complete faith in him but clearly show that they like some aspects of his game. Does Lebeau's, more then likely, one year continuation have any impact on this decision? Anyway you slice it, the one year deal raises some eyebrows.

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i wanted him gone so we can stop blaming him for our problems.

the hate seems to have declined, but honestly i doubt it will ever be gone completely. honestly i dont know if there is anyone that would do that much better of a job out there.

by steelerintexas on Feb 25, 2011 6:43 PM EST reply actions

I find it telling that nobody else wants Arians.

by alistar7 on Feb 25, 2011 7:03 PM EST reply actions

yea

a OC who has won a SB and appeared in another…Todd Haley got a job for just showing up to one SB

"Did you really expect Joe to have it as easy as you think it would be against James "I want to stomp of your children’s testicles" Harrison and Lamar "I’ll kick your grandmother" Woodley? I sure as hell didn’t." - Malor

by tannofsteel84 on Feb 28, 2011 9:30 AM EST up reply actions

Keep Arians

He is only going to get better with a better OL next year, more polished receivers, and another year of smarts for Ben
Consistency, consistency

"Franco made that play because he never quit on the play. He kept running, he kept hustling. Good things happen to people who hustle."

by PCISteeler on Feb 25, 2011 8:07 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

possibly

I hope you are right.

by shleeve on Feb 26, 2011 2:47 AM EST up reply actions

Consistency

We arent a losing team who needs to change things up. Keep the same system, keep the same coaches, just allow the players to continue to grow in the system they already know

A long way from Pittsburgh PA, in fact, 8653.2 miles to be precise. My blood still bleeds black and gold like the rest of Steeler Nation, proud fan since 2002.

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by Michael Hewitt on Feb 25, 2011 8:19 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

exactly

"Franco made that play because he never quit on the play. He kept running, he kept hustling. Good things happen to people who hustle."

by PCISteeler on Feb 26, 2011 8:55 AM EST up reply actions

With the CBA uncertainty

this move makes sense. However, hopefully one of the conditions was he improve his situational play-calling. His offenses have been productive and we did see some creativity this season…hope we see more improvement next year

Things can always be worse....

by ncmt40 on Feb 25, 2011 9:15 PM EST reply actions

On the fence you say?

Me too. I don’t think BA is doing a bad job, but I think we can make better use of our talent. That being said, how much of his design is around Ben’s strengths? I think we should be able to open up the O this year now that Brown and Sanders have the experience. We should keep ARE and cut Battle and Sweed. and we are ready to roll!

"I personally don't subscribe to that hocus-pocus. What happened in the other games will have no bearing on the outcome of this game. Each individual performance stands on its own. We're not buying into that."

Mike Tomlin - When asked about beating the Ravens three times in one season in 2008-2009 season.

by MDSTEELERSFAN on Feb 26, 2011 9:42 PM EST reply actions

It would be in our best interest to have Sweed push ARE and Battle out the door.

by alistar7 on Feb 27, 2011 6:15 PM EST up reply actions

Keeping Sweed around this long certainly shows the FO and Coaches are willing to give Sweed one more chance to get over the hump. I’m pulling for him

A long way from Pittsburgh PA, in fact, 8653.2 miles to be precise. My blood still bleeds black and gold like the rest of Steeler Nation, proud fan since 2002.

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by Michael Hewitt on Feb 28, 2011 1:25 AM EST up reply actions