stillers4me
11-16-2014, 07:39 AM
Bill Cowher was the beneficiary of talented players left over from the Chuck Noll era. (Read the WHOLE article!)
Ready or not, here it comes:
* It was not a letdown vs. the New York Jets. The Steelers didn’t take the opponent lightly. In fact, based on some of the things that transpired over the course of the game, the case can be made for some Steelers players and coaches trying to do too much, trying to make too much of a difference, in the effort to help the team win.
* It was just a bad performance. Players and coaches alike. That’s where the criticism should be directed. At the performance.
* There was too much discussion about and emphasis placed on not taking the Jets lightly for the Steelers to have taken the Jets lightly. I have a suspicion, however, that many of the young players, the rookies, those without much NFL experience, might have been surprised that a team with a 1-8 record had as many good players as the Jets have on their roster.
* That’s one of the bigger adjustments players have to make upon their jump to the NFL: the caliber of the competition. An offensive tackle in college – even an offensive tackle who started for multiple seasons for an SEC program – might only go against a half-dozen NFL-caliber players all season. During that offensive tackle’s rookie season, every player he goes up against is NFL-caliber..........
read more @ http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/Labriola-on-letdowns-inheritance/0f58ddcd-5734-4064-b04d-cf0c901f40e1?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Ready or not, here it comes:
* It was not a letdown vs. the New York Jets. The Steelers didn’t take the opponent lightly. In fact, based on some of the things that transpired over the course of the game, the case can be made for some Steelers players and coaches trying to do too much, trying to make too much of a difference, in the effort to help the team win.
* It was just a bad performance. Players and coaches alike. That’s where the criticism should be directed. At the performance.
* There was too much discussion about and emphasis placed on not taking the Jets lightly for the Steelers to have taken the Jets lightly. I have a suspicion, however, that many of the young players, the rookies, those without much NFL experience, might have been surprised that a team with a 1-8 record had as many good players as the Jets have on their roster.
* That’s one of the bigger adjustments players have to make upon their jump to the NFL: the caliber of the competition. An offensive tackle in college – even an offensive tackle who started for multiple seasons for an SEC program – might only go against a half-dozen NFL-caliber players all season. During that offensive tackle’s rookie season, every player he goes up against is NFL-caliber..........
read more @ http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/Labriola-on-letdowns-inheritance/0f58ddcd-5734-4064-b04d-cf0c901f40e1?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter