Lady Steel
11-13-2014, 10:50 AM
Their first season together — Ken Whisenhunt, headstrong first-year offensive coordinator, and Ben Roethlisberger, headstrong first-year quarterback — literally was perfect.
The second year was even better: They won the Super Bowl.
But the coach and player parted ways after a more difficult third season, one in which the quarterback didn't fully like the offense, and the coordinator didn't fully like how that offense was run.
Now Roethlisberger and Whisenhunt will be on the same field Monday as coach and player, but they're opposing each other. Kind of like they did at times when Roethlisberger went 13-0 as the Steelers rookie quarterback in 2004, and Whisenhunt showed him not only the offense but some tough love.
Read more: http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/7124213-74/whisenhunt-roethlisberger-coach#ixzz3Iy5Nlm26
The second year was even better: They won the Super Bowl.
But the coach and player parted ways after a more difficult third season, one in which the quarterback didn't fully like the offense, and the coordinator didn't fully like how that offense was run.
Now Roethlisberger and Whisenhunt will be on the same field Monday as coach and player, but they're opposing each other. Kind of like they did at times when Roethlisberger went 13-0 as the Steelers rookie quarterback in 2004, and Whisenhunt showed him not only the offense but some tough love.
Read more: http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/7124213-74/whisenhunt-roethlisberger-coach#ixzz3Iy5Nlm26