Yahoo Sports host Andrew Siciliano, senior NFL writer Frank Schwab and betting analyst Ben Fawkes react to the Pittsburgh Steelers brining in Mike McCarthy as head coach. Check out the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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Yeah, this hire is so uninspiring, and it’s just why?
Come on.
What?
This just seemed like the absolute safest decision the Steelers could make.
Like, this is- What’s wrong with safe?
But safe is not gonna get you very far.
But here’s the thing about Mike McCarthy.
Here’s what his profile is right now: he can win you games in a regular season, probably gonna make the playoffs.
Really, he’s probably never gonna take you very far in the playoffs, but does have that one Super Bowl from really.
Really long ago.
Didn’t the Steelers just move on from that guy?
That’s Mike Tomlin.
Yeah!
Like, why are we doing this again?
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Like, did you hire him ’cause he’s from Pittsburgh?
That’s a dumb reason to hire a coach.
It is.
It just is.
It’s a dumb.
Sean McVay ain’t from LA.
But, like, what does it matter?
If you can coach, you can coach.
It doesn’t matter where you’re from.
This isn’t college recruiting, where you got to know the state and the high school coaches.
Like, that, that’s a dumb reason.
If you hired him in any way to retain Aaron Rodgers for another year?
That’s even dumber.
Aaron Rodgers is gonna be 42 next year.
We’ve seen the ceiling for Aaron Rodgers, right?
Now.
You could maybe win a bad division and get blown out in the first round of the playoffs.
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What good is there doing that?
I think Mike McCarthy’s actually a better coach than he gets credit for.
He does win games.
He’s not terrible.
Absolutely.
This isn’t like they went out and hired Adam Gase, okay?
Like, they hired a dude who could win you some games, but I just think the ceiling’s limited, and you just, you just moved on from that guy.
I, I, it’s just uninspiring.
And I understand why Steelers fans are frustrated because they’re like, Well, we’re just running it back kind of with a different, a different coach with the same issues Mike Tomlin had.”
I, I don’t love the hire.
I, I just, I think it’s again, It’s just way too safe.
You’re just- you’re trying to three-putt for double bogey on the green.
Like, go for it a little bit.
I, I just didn’t like this.
I didn’t think it was a good hire.