{"id":722788,"date":"2026-02-02T02:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T02:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/722788\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T02:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T02:18:16","slug":"yuck-the-ringer-analyst-pans-mike-mccarthy-hire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/722788\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Yuck:’ The Ringer Analyst Pans Mike McCarthy Hire"},"content":{"rendered":"

The news of the Steelers picking Mike McCarthy as their next head coach has gotten mixed reviews, to put it lightly. While there has been plenty of pushback to the initial negative comments from fans and commentators, recently, there have been more people backing the hire. Diante Lee of The Ringer is not one of those people.<\/p>\n

The reporter recently wrote an article<\/a> examining the coach hiring cycle this year, and dove into Art Rooney II\u2019s choice to go with McCarthy.<\/p>\n

\u201cYuck,\u201d wrote Lee on the hire. \u201cMy biggest problem with this hire is how uninspired Pittsburgh\u2019s process was. I haven\u2019t heard a single reasonable justification for the Steelers hiring McCarthy, other than that he\u2019s a Pittsburgh native\u2026 It\u2019s hard to see much upside here. There\u2019s nothing about McCarthy\u2019s time in Dallas or Green Bay that suggests he has a particular vision for how to build a roster.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whew, yeah I wouldn\u2019t exactly call that an endorsement. While Lee writes that there hasn\u2019t been any reasonable justification given for McCarthy getting the job, it seemed clear that one of the leading reasons was his track record with quarterbacks.<\/a> Whether you buy it or not, he has worked and helped to develop a number of players at the position over the years including Aaron Rodgers.<\/p>\n

Is it fair to stake a claim on Rodgers, a transcendent talent at the position? Is it even fair for him to take credit for Dak Prescott\u2019s development, who by the time he arrived in Dallas, had already been a successful NFL quarterback, winning Offensive Rookie of the Year and going to a pair of Pro Bowls? I\u2019m not so sure, but it is undeniable that there has been success at the position when he is at the helm.<\/p>\n

Lee notes his disappointment in the franchise for missing an opportunity to reset. He says that the Steelers had an opportunity to move forward into a new era, but instead opted for a \u201c62-year-old with a Yinzer accent.\u201d<\/p>\n

More close to Steelers fans\u2019 hearts, he points to the similarities with McCarthy and the issues towards the end of Mike Tomlin\u2019s tenure. They consistently stack regular-season wins but fold as soon as the playoffs hit.<\/p>\n

He says his final straw for the Steelers will be if they elect to bring back 42-year-old Aaron Rodgers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf this team brings back 42-year-old quarterback Aaron Rodgers for a 2010s Green Bay reunion, I\u2019ll be all the way out.\u201d<\/p>\n

I think I speak for most Steelers fans starving for a refresh, that feeling is mutual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The news of the Steelers picking Mike McCarthy as their next head coach has gotten mixed reviews, to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[21620,7,7866,6,520,57,2360,426,5766],"class_list":{"0":"post-722788","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-diante-lee","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-mike-mccarthy","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-pittsburgh","13":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","14":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","15":"tag-steelers","16":"tag-the-ringer"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}