The Steelers Just Won the Super Bowl! Whoops, My Mistake. Bruce Arians Just Retired

Rooney wanted them to run more EFFECTIVELY not necessary run more.

I know I know. A good running attack is important. I just can’t stand the people who seem married to the idea that all we need to to is run the ball 75% of the time and play defense. I just don’t think you can win that way (we’ll see what happens to the Raven tomorrow). I had not problem with Arians focus on the pass. In my opinion our most talented offensive players are Ben, Wallace, and Brown, then Heath/Mendenhall/Redman. With the talent we have passing makes sense. What I would have liked to see is more short passes and less deep plays. I my book short passes would keep the ball moving and cut down on the hits Ben takes. Further, with our receiving talent an efficient short passing game would be could be an excellent way to set up the run if the LBs had to start dropping into coverage.
Anyway, those are my reason for hoping for a pass happy OC.

I think that he was just a little too much like mike martz , except it took too long for the pass plays to develop. If a qb only has 2 or 3 seconds before the defense is on him , you cant call plays that take wrs 4 or 5 seconds to get open. The Steelers need to run more and start playing the clock managment game. If you are in a shoot out the entire game , the defense certainly cant be expected to stop an opponant from scoring late in the 4th.

is he responsible per say for the personnel he has to work with?…or is that the doing of management-gm-hc ?….. Does he script these plays into our playbook?…or is that Mike Tomlins responsibility to over see… ?…. you think at any crutial point in any game, these play calls you disagree with are not being acknowledged in Mike Tomlins head set?. .. no…I dont believe for a second BA should take the abuse he’s been given… to me, He’s just a scape goat you feel you need….. to me, he was a solid OC…. not the leagues best…but, then again he did get us to a number of superbowls… easier said then done, to game plan around OL injuries also, as your offensive is tee’d off on without a pound the rock ability…

took a trip to lambeau this year (it was awesome), and it hit me like lightning: when have i ever seen Ben end up twenty feet away from the action at the line? clearly, we can’t go from a run-heavy to trigger-happy offense over two seasons, but when did I ever see anything like this attempted??

BA becomes a writer for Golfer’s Digest. First article entitled, “How to score more points”

Patriots havent been truly tested in weeks. Havent beat a winning team. I think the Ravens are much more battle tested at this point. Either way, I want the 9ers or Giants to win the SB

I think the man has taken unfair abuse to a shameful degree, but in a perverted way, I’m glad it’s over. Ding dong, the witch is dead. I was really hoping he would stay long enough to have at least a mediocre line to work with. But the calamities just kept on coming, injury after injury, calamity after calamity. No NFL team has come close to the revolving door at every line position that the Steelers have. No continuity, no cohesion, someone blowing an assignment or getting blown up every play…holding, false start, you name it.

I’m really hoping that maybe we could go through a season with, oh, maybe only six or eight different starting line combinations instead of an unbelievable10. And even when we did have the same line twice in a row, heaven rejoice, there was sure to be in-game injuries that would screw that up. I understand injuries are part of the NFL, but come on, Willie Colon twice? Max Starks with back surgery? Our center missing the ends of both seasons? The only guys who stayed healthy were the guys who shouldn’t be playing in the first place.

The irony is that if the next guy comes in and the O-line catapults into mediocrity, he’ll look like a genius and everyone will say, “See, it can be done better!”

But I just think our offensive line has regressed over the last few years to the point of being one of the most dysfunctional lines in the NFL. Yes, we got Pouncey, but he got hurt twice in a row at crunch time when we lost playoff games. Yes, Gilbert was a high pick and might come on, but he was a rookie who was inconsistent. The rest of the bunch was awful. Yeah, Tomlin’s standard is the standard, that’s a good mantra, bou can’t keep shuffling people in and out like they’re bartenders. If you compare the steelers offensive line to every other NFL team in terms of injuries, changes, surgeries, in-game injuries, etc., I can’t believe there has been another NFL team that has had less cohesion, less continuity and less overall effectiveness at that critical component of an offensive team.

I am not making excuses. You lose you lose. Other teams go through adversity. I get that. But I honestly don’t think many fans realize how improbable Arians’ job has been with that offensive line.

we also have our share that know more about offense coordinators than the Rooneys

No, there hasn’t.

Although, I disagree somewhat with WHY. Why should someone have to play a position to coach it? I’m sure there are geniuses out there more then capable of being an OC/DC.

That’s a really nice way of saying, “You will no longer be working here next year.” He chose to retire and save some face.