One name keeps surfacing among fans, and Steelers GM Kevin Colbert spoke about him with season ticket holders Tuesday.

Former Steelers tight end Mark Bruener has been elevated from the team's BLESTO scout on the west coast to a college scout with the team. Dan Colbert, previously a scouting intern, will be a pro/college scout.

"Mean" Joe Greene served the last nine years as Special Assistant to general manager Kevin Colbert with the Steelers. He retired Monday, leaving a legacy that includes six Super Bowl championships in two different roles.

After a disappointing 2012 season which was riddled with injuries, scrutiny began to expose minor flaws which were compromising the team's structural integrity; the organization has abandoned the duct tape for a welder.

Steelers chairman emeritus Dan Rooney mentions the reality behind the cliche saying of "Next Man Up." When a team is barraged with injuries, sometimes, there's nothing you can do to keep things moving forward.

Either Pittsburgh is looking to install some fresh perspective into their perennial cap problems, or they are expecting one of their tenured staff-members to seek promotion elsewhere.

As maddening as their methods have been, maybe there's a method to the Steelers' madness. Maybe the Steelers aren't in transition as Colbert claims, because they are about right where they thought they would be come 2013.

No one doubts the football brilliance of Steelers' GM Kevin Colbert, but depending on where the Steelers find themselves at the end of the 2013 season, the period between March and June could become Colberts' Waterloo.

The franchise is clearly sending a message this offseason; 8-8 is unacceptable, and while some are being called to task more than others, everyone should expect significant changes as they go through their roster.

After being declared a finalist for the vacant general manager position with the New York Jets, Omar Khan looks to be remaining in his current role with the Pittsburgh Steelers.