Steelers' Mike Tomlin Will 'Absolutely' Consider Lineup, Staff Changes amid 1-4 Start

[polamalubeast]

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10051797-steelers-mike-tomlin-will-absolutely-consider-lineup-staff-changes-amid-1-4-start

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What will be the change(players and coaching staff)?

[Edman]

Canada needs to go. Worse OC since 1998 Ray Sherman.

[Steeldude]

Tomlin will retire? ��

[Lady Steel]

Canada needs to go first, then Tomlin.

[steelcityboyz]

Canada needs to go for sure. Just curious who you guy's and gal's like for a replacement?

[Lady Steel]

Canada needs to go for sure. Just curious who you guy's and gal's like for a replacement?

Ben Roethlisberger, although he said he doesn't want to coach. However, money talks. Pay the man!

[steelcityboyz]

Ben Roethlisberger, although he said he doesn't want to coach. However, money talks. Pay the man!Good choice! I would love for Ben to be both the OC and the Qb coach.

[86WARD]

Canada needs to go for sure. Just curious who you guy's and gal's like for a replacement?

For this season, short term…Mike Sullivan. He won’t be great but he should be better than Canada. I’d throw as much money as I could to get Frank Reich if the Colts let him go and I would bring back Munchak if they are still on good terms with him. He should already be back by now. If I’m Tomlin, I’m doing the moves this week and making a statement…Canada out, Sullivan in, making calls to Munchak. Also making calls to find someone who knows how to coach WRs. Danny Smith…safe for now…bigger fish to fry…

[DuckHodges]

knowing tomlin, the staff changes will be firing the ball boy, and then he'll add a WR to the practice squad

[that1guy]

Tomlin needs to go, he is the captain of this shit show. Tomlin is NOT a good coach.

[Steeler-in-west]

For this season, short term…Mike Sullivan. He won’t be great but he should be better than Canada. I’d throw as much money as I could to get Frank Reich if the Colts let him go and I would bring back Munchak if they are still on good terms with him. He should already be back by now. If I’m Tomlin, I’m doing the moves this week and making a statement…Canada out, Sullivan in, making calls to Munchak. Also making calls to find someone who knows how to coach WRs. Danny Smith…safe for now…bigger fish to fry…

Agreed on making OC - that should be a priority. Line coach too. WR's are not doing their jobs, poor technique and lack of concentration is on poor practice - game prep and coaching. Ultimately Tomlin is responsible - he's got to make changes otherwise the stink will reach his office.

[86WARD]

Agreed on making OC - that should be a priority. Line coach too. WR's are not doing their jobs, poor technique and lack of concentration is on poor practice - game prep and coaching. Ultimately Tomlin is responsible - he's got to make changes otherwise the stink will reach his office.

If changes aren’t made, then the Rooneys will need to make the ultimate change.

[NCSteeler]

The WRs performance as a group over the last 3 years has been pretty lousy. Many blamed Ben but they are all giving up picks, dropping passes, running lousy routes.

Canada has got to go, just to set a tone.

Find a really good QB and WR coach.

They really need a good OC that can set a cohesive coaching staff with an actual plan .

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[DuckHodges]

Give more touches to Warren

Demote Claypool. Give someone else who's WR3/4/5 more reps in his place.

I don't know if it's the best move to fire an OC in the middle of the season, but if that happens, I won't argue the decision

[86WARD]

It’s not so much “line up changes” Mike..,

[Edman]

Canada needs all of his playcalling duties removed, or better yet, removed entirely. His gameplans are terrible.

Jaylen Warren needs promoted to starter and Najee to second string. Najee, whatever his problem is, is hurting the offense when he's on the field.

DJ and Claypool demoted to 3rd and 4th string.

[Mojouw]

It’s not so much “line up changes” Mike..,

They could have massive line-up changes if they were just able to field their starting 22 and not "random lucky fan off the street".

[Orion]

Good choice! I would love for Ben to be both the OC and the Qb coach.
coaching requires watching film and preperation. things Ben didnt like to do.

[BlackAndGold]

Not much they'll do in-season.

Just some possible/likely ideas. Fire Canada, promote Sullivan as the OC for the rest of the season, I'd do this tomorrow. More snaps for Warren over Najee, Sims/Gunner cut for Calvin Austin(and use him!!!), listen and consider all trade offers. More snaps for Mark Robinson at ILB.

[DuckHodges]

Canada needs all of his playcalling duties removed, or better yet, removed entirely. His gameplans are terrible.

Jaylen Warren needs promoted to starter and Najee to second string. Najee, whatever his problem is, is hurting the offense when he's on the field.

DJ and Claypool demoted to 3rd and 4th string.

2 and 4. Pickens is clearly the best and most reliable receiver. He's the 1. DJ with all his anti-clutch tendencies, is still the clear cut #2. Claypool needs to be demoted to 4, the #3 needs to be someone you can count on (in the modern NFL the #3 is a starter), and he ain't it.

[86WARD]

2 and 4. Pickens is clearly the best and most reliable receiver. He's the 1. DJ with all his anti-clutch tendencies, is still the clear cut #2. Claypool needs to be demoted to 4, the #3 needs to be someone you can count on (in the modern NFL the #3 is a starter), and he ain't it.

In ClYpools defense, he was much better today than in previous eeeks. Number 3 would be Freiermuth.

[DesertSteel]

knowing tomlin, the staff changes will be firing the ball boy, and then he'll add a WR to the practice squad
This.

[NCSteeler]

Watching a few other games today, I don't see teams that just have that much more talent then us. Definitely deeper talent on some. Dallas may have one of the best O lines in the league. But at some point it has to be coaching at all levels WR coach QB coach OC, even DC , when the defensive stars play lights out, one of the best in the league but over all scheme minus "super start" level talent it's just not there.

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[Mojouw]

Watching a few other games today, I don't see teams that just have that much more talent then us. Definitely deeper talent on some. Dallas may have one of the best O lines in the league. But at some point it has to be coaching at all levels WR coach QB coach OC, even DC , when the defensive stars play lights out, one of the best in the league but over all scheme minus "super start" level talent it's just not there.

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The Rams kinda counter this.

They lose some talent at OL and their bet on Allen Robinson has totally failed. So now they’re offense is stuck in the mud.

Same coaching staff that looked like geniuses last season with no answers now because they’re missing talent at OT and WR.

It’s not that teams are so much more talented but it’s having talent at key spots.

[teegre]

Q: If we fire Canada, with whom do we replace him?

A: Who cares???

[that1guy]

Q: If we fire Canada, with whom do we replace him?

A: Who cares???

This this how I feel about Tomlin. The Steelers could put any coach in his position and achieve what probably should be 0-5 going on 0-9.

[ALLD]

Q: If we fire Canada, with whom do we replace him?

A: Who cares???

B. Long snapper

C. Holder for the place kicker

D. A traffic cone

E. The guy selling popcorn walking around in the nosebleed section.

[Lady Steel]

So who was fired today? No one? Yeah, that's what I thought. Tomlin, as usual, is full of crap. I'll believe it when I see it.

[Craic]

So who was fired today? No one? Yeah, that's what I thought. Tomlin, as usual, is full of crap. I'll believe it when I see it.
I'm all for changes, but I'm also for not making snap decisions. If he decided yesterday they will "consider" changes, expecting them to occur within 24 hours is a little quick, especially for a franchise that notoriously does not make snap decisions.

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The Rams kinda counter this.

They lose some talent at OL and their bet on Allen Robinson has totally failed. So now they’re offense is stuck in the mud.

Same coaching staff that looked like geniuses last season with no answers now because they’re missing talent at OT and WR.

It’s not that teams are so much more talented but it’s having talent at key spots and available.
FIFY

[polamalubeast]

So who was fired today? No one? Yeah, that's what I thought. Tomlin, as usual, is full of crap. I'll believe it when I see it.

We will know more tomorrow during the press conference of Tomlin

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The Rams kinda counter this.

They lose some talent at OL and their bet on Allen Robinson has totally failed. So now they’re offense is stuck in the mud.

Same coaching staff that looked like geniuses last season with no answers now because they’re missing talent at OT and WR.

It’s not that teams are so much more talented but it’s having talent at key spots.

The rams have been all-in for so many years that their last first round draft pick was in 2016...It paid off with their great result in the last 5 years but at some point when you go all-in all the time you'll end up paying the price, because of a lack of depth in your team... maybe that's the case for them at this point

[Rotorhead]

Have to kick Canada out, promote Sullivan for now (we can’t change the playbook at this point. Maybe he is worse, maybe he is better, but we know Canada just isn’t working.

We have good core players, our OL looks better each week (even if incrementally) and for now our QB question is answered.

Munchak left to be closer to his grandkids here in Denver. I assume if he wanted to work, he would have a job already.

MT needs to have great coordinators, period. Just need to figure out how to get them on this team.

[that1guy]

We will know more tomorrow during the press conference of Tomlin

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The rams have been all-in for so many years that their last first round draft pick was in 2016...It paid off with their great result in the last 5 years but at some point when you go all-in all the time you'll end up paying the price, because of a lack of depth in your team... maybe that's the case for them at this point


So who was fired today? No one? Yeah, that's what I thought. Tomlin, as usual, is full of crap. I'll believe it when I see it.

Tomlin is a fantastic bullshitter, that's how he got the job, he uses complex sounding words and that's all they are,words. He won't do anything to change because he isn't capable of changing things for the better. The odd thing is no one on ESPN, NFL network or any other Network dare to call him out for his piss poor coaching. No one calling for him to be fired or even put on the hot Seat,he is untouchable. How Tomlin hasn't lost his job already isn't beyond understanding, its got everything to do with The Steelers organizations stance on firing coaches.

[86WARD]

I'm all for changes, but I'm also for not making snap decisions. If he decided yesterday they will "consider" changes, expecting them to occur within 24 hours is a little quick, especially for a franchise that notoriously does not make snap decisions.

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FIFY

Firing Canada would not be a snap decision.

[hawaiiansteeler]

isn’t this kind of like O.J. Simpson looking for the real killers?

[pepsyman1]

If Canada was gonna get fired we would have heard about it today...as usual, we heard nothing which means it will be business as usual for another week.

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knowing tomlin, the staff changes will be firing the ball boy, and then he'll add a WR to the practice squad

He won't do anything that rash.....he'll SUSPEND the ballboy WITH pay to make a statement


BTW....Teryl Austin should be let go as well and let Flores be the DC AND CALL THE DEFENSIVE PLAYS... Tomlin has proven he can't get it done calling the defensive plays

[Born2Steel]

I'm still not sure where the "Knee" part comes from, but the "Jerk" part is obvious.

These posts are both sad and hilarious simultaneously.

[pepsyman1]

isn’t this kind of like O.J. Simpson looking for the real killers?


This is exactly like the infamous "We will unleash hell" and then no visible changes were made. I'm expecting more of the same. All talk, no changes.

[86WARD]

When was the last time the Steelers made a mid season coaching change?

[Iron Steeler]

George Pickens need to be promoted to Diontes routes as the primary target.

Dionte can goes to 2 and maybe someof claypools end around nonesense.

Claypool can ride bench and we try out Steve Sims who is faster for for the end around ... and if Calvin Austin 3 decides he wants to play football again try him out too

Warren needs to split with Najee.

Canada needs to go but wont, since there is no replacement.

[pepsyman1]

George Pickens need to be promoted to Diontes routes as the primary target.

Dionte can goes to 2 and maybe someof claypools end around nonesense.

Claypool can ride bench and we try out Steve Sims who is faster for for the end around ... and if Calvin Austin 3 decides he wants to play football again try him out too

Warren needs to split with Najee.

Canada needs to go but wont, since there is no replacement.

Our QB coach has been an OC for Tampa and the Giants. He COULDN'T be worse than Canada. I'd make that change in a heartbeat just to send the message that what's been happening for the last 22 games IS NOT acceptable. Of course, Tomlin doesn't have those kinda balls to make that decision so he'll just ride out the season and make more speeches about the standard being the standard and nothing will change, so the standard is to now accept mediocrity and do nothing active to fix it....just like every halftime.

[86WARD]

Our QB coach has been an OC for Tampa and the Giants. He COULDN'T be worse than Canada. I'd make that change in a heartbeat just to send the message that what's been happening for the last 22 games IS NOT acceptable. Of course, Tomlin doesn't have those kinda balls to make that decision so he'll just ride out the season and make more speeches about the standard being the standard and nothing will change, so the standard is to now accept mediocrity and do nothing active to fix it....just like every halftime.

Sullivan was an NFL OC. He wasn’t a good one…but he’s more qualified than Matt Canada and the bull shut he’s brought to this team the last three seasons…

[Lloydwoodsonjr]

This is exactly like the infamous "We will unleash hell" and then no visible changes were made. I'm expecting more of the same. All talk, no changes.

I'm sure you'll catch hate on this message board though. A proper analogy is thinking that someone who hates the POTUS hates the country- when they really want what is best for the country.

[Steeler-in-west]

When was the last time the Steelers made a mid season coaching change?

don't know about a mid season coaching change (coordinator or HC) but here is an interesting piece on the last Steelers HC to be fired (1968). Article is from June of this year, so if this season keeps spiraling downward assumptions made near the end of the article can change...


https://www.sports-king.com/pittsburgh-steelers-coach-fired-3346/

[Steeler-in-west]

So we've had a high turnover rate of assistants compared to other teams. Not a good sign, maybe the Steelers don't know how to find the right assistants or maybe their a scapegoat, who knows, Article is from 2015

"Standing out in that is the bit on how Tomlin didn't make a coaching change in his first three seasons with the team. From 2010 through yesterday, the team has parted ways with 14 assistant coaches, creating one of the highest turnover rates in the league."

https://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/nfl-pittsburgh-steelers-news/2015/1/13/7536539/steelers-coaching-staff-changes-fired-left-mike-tomlin

[Lady Steel]

Okay, so Tomlin had his press conference today. Who was fired? Nobody? Okay, see yinz later. :lol:

[DuckHodges]

Okay, so Tomlin had his press conference today. Who was fired? Nobody? Okay, see yinz later. :lol:

We brought in 5 WRs for tryouts tho! :chuckle:

[86WARD]

So we've had a high turnover rate of assistants compared to other teams. Not a good sign, maybe the Steelers don't know how to find the right assistants or maybe their a scapegoat, who knows, Article is from 2015

"Standing out in that is the bit on how Tomlin didn't make a coaching change in his first three seasons with the team. From 2010 through yesterday, the team has parted ways with 14 assistant coaches, creating one of the highest turnover rates in the league."

https://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/nfl-pittsburgh-steelers-news/2015/1/13/7536539/steelers-coaching-staff-changes-fired-left-mike-tomlin

It’s not surprising, the assistant coaches have been less than stellar.

[polamalubeast]

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[EzraTank]

At this point just play for the #1 pick.

[DuckHodges]

At this point just play for the #1 pick.

Trade the #1 pick down to #4 + 2024 1st rounder and pick up Anderson :chuckle:

TJ and Anderson will be like Greene / Lloyd but even better! Might actually be like a cheat code like having Lawrence Taylor and Derrick Thomas on the same team. QB's would HATE playing us :chuckle:

Likely won't happen though. The Steelers schedule softens in the 2nd half and they'll likely play themselves out of a top 5 or even top 10 pick, especially when/if the defense gets healthy

[86WARD]

Still no changes other than a couple shitty signings to the practice squad…lol

[Born2Steel]

What changes are there? Who's left to change out? We're already down to backups on defense, and the offense are all new guys or injured, mostly. Change the offensive play caller is all I'm asking for. Not some total overhaul. Still won't help on defense but maybe we can score every once in a while to make things look better at least?

[Lady Steel]

We brought in 5 WRs for tryouts tho! :chuckle:


Oh-em-gee! We're going to the Super Bowl now, baby. :giggles:


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:lol:


You always make me laugh, Duck.

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Still no changes other than a couple shitty signings to the practice squad…lol


Good grief. There's more happening in Farmer Ben's garden than there is with our professional football team. :lol:

[Steeldude]

At this point just play for the #1 pick.

They would draft a RB or WR.

[DuckHodges]

They would draft a RB or WR.

Trade down to #2 or #3 and get Will Anderson. Bring back the days of Greene / Lloyd but even better. Shore up the OL/DL with the extra picks

[HollywoodSteel]

This is an honest question: other than a situation with an offensive minded HC who can take over play calling duties, has there ever been a situation where an OC was fired mid-season and the situation objectively improved?

I know, I know. The obvious answer is, “well, it can’t get any worse.” But I don’t know if that’s true. Let’s look at the actual goal this season, and that’s probably to help facilitate Kenny Pickett’s growth as much as possible given the realities of the playbook we have. I can’t see it really helping Pickett, or anyone else on offense, to simply replace the play caller with some other less than qualified guy who didn’t even design the plays, so probably doesn’t even have the theoretical vision of how this scheme is supposed to work when everything comes together.

We’re not a competitive team this year. It’s sad but it’s the reality of it. I’m not interested in making moves just to punish someone or to “send a message.” What practical message does it actually send to would be coordinators that could either come here or go somewhere else next year? Is it a message that actually puts us in a better position with them? I don’t think so.

We’re stuck with Canada’s system this year, so we might as well let him either tweak it slightly and maybe improve, or continue to fail with it and we know exactly what needs to be done the day the season ends. But firing him now just to let some other nobody try to connect the dots to Canada’s puzzle seems pointless, except perhaps for some kind of vindictive satisfaction, which does nothing for me.

[86WARD]

This is an honest question: other than a situation with an offensive minded HC who can take over play calling duties, has there ever been a situation where an OC was fired mid-season and the situation objectively improved?

I know, I know. The obvious answer is, “well, it can’t get any worse.” But I don’t know if that’s true. Let’s look at the actual goal this season, and that’s probably to help facilitate Kenny Pickett’s growth as much as possible given the realities of the playbook we have. I can’t see it really helping Pickett, or anyone else on offense, to simply replace the play caller with some other less than qualified guy who didn’t even design the plays, so probably doesn’t even have the theoretical vision of how this scheme is supposed to work when everything comes together.

We’re not a competitive team this year. It’s sad but it’s the reality of it. I’m not interested in making moves just to punish someone or to “send a message.” What practical message does it actually send to would be coordinators that could either come here or go somewhere else next year? Is it a message that actually puts us in a better position with them? I don’t think so.

We’re stuck with Canada’s system this year, so we might as well let him either tweak it slightly and maybe improve, or continue to fail with it and we know exactly what needs to be done the day the season ends. But firing him now just to let some other nobody try to connect the dots to Canada’s puzzle seems pointless, except perhaps for some kind of vindictive satisfaction, which does nothing for me.

Yes. It’s happened quite a few times and I believe it was 63% of the time that the record was better with the new OC vs when they had the original OC.

[Burgettstown Bob]

This is exactly like the infamous "We will unleash hell" and then no visible changes were made. I'm expecting more of the same. All talk, no changes.

Well, what many don't realize is, "We Will Unleash Hell" is an unreleased Dr. Dre/Nate Dogg demo that Tomlin played for DJ and Claypool while giving them a fade at the barber shop this past week. Supposedly that jenk is straight up whack.

[HollywoodSteel]

Yes. It’s happened quite a few times and I believe it was 63% of the time that the record was better with the new OC vs when they had the original OC.

Okay, fair enough. I just think this is more of a situation where in game play calling isn’t the main problem. I mean we’ve had OCs before who had good play books but were just bad at situational play calling. But this seems like a case where it’s hard to say that the plays would be effective if only called in a different pattern by ANYONE other than the guy who designed them. I just don’t see what that will do for us.

Really the only person I would think might be an interesting choice as in game play caller using this playbook and terminology would be Big Ben. But there’s no way he’d do it, not only because he’s enjoying life but he isn’t any more of a fan of this scheme than we are.

Hell, maybe let Pickett call his own plays. Succeed or fail that would at least be a fun experiment to watch, and it would allow Pickett to work out that part of his brain, like a muscle.

[pepsyman1]

Okay, fair enough. I just think this is more of a situation where in game play calling isn’t the main problem. I mean we’ve had OCs before who had good play books but were just bad at situational play calling. But this seems like a case where it’s hard to say that the plays would be effective if only called in a different pattern by ANYONE other than the guy who designed them. I just don’t see what that will do for us.

Really the only person I would think might be an interesting choice as in game play caller using this playbook and terminology would be Big Ben. But there’s no way he’d do it, not only because he’s enjoying life but he isn’t any more of a fan of this scheme than we are.

Hell, maybe let Pickett call his own plays. Succeed or fail that would at least be a fun experiment to watch, and it would allow Pickett to work out that part of his brain, like a muscle.

To be honest, I'd be more than willing to let the kid call some of the plays. Canada has proven he has no idea what he's doing. If Kenny is calling some of the plays, he'll develop an even better understanding of the guys he's playing with. He'll make mistakes but he seems sharp enough that he'll learn from them. In the long run, it might serve him well.

[Steeler-in-west]

Hell, maybe let Pickett call his own plays. Succeed or fail that would at least be a fun experiment to watch, and it would allow Pickett to work out that part of his brain, like a muscle.

that’s a good idea, he seems like studious intelligent guy, I bet he’d do better than Canada, after all Bradshaw called his own plays.

[vasteeler]

that’s a good idea, he seems like studious intelligent guy, I bet he’d do better than Canada, after all Bradshaw called his own plays.

And he couldn't even spell cat!

[teegre]

And he couldn't even spell cat!

Devin Bush has entered the conversation...

[DesertSteel]

I'm glad Warren got more carries yesterday!!

[86WARD]

So consideration was all it got…no action?

[polamalubeast]

So consideration was all it got…no action?

Never a bad time to fire Canada....This is too late at this point but this is not a reason that Canada still has a job

[Lady Steel]

I doubt consideration was even given.

[Dwinsgames]

I MIGHT understand giving someone the benefit of the doubt but at what point do you not stop and realize smoke has been blown up your ass and you have been fooled .....

There is a reason 2 is a magic number for Canada (the two being how long (max) he seems to stay at each stop along the coaching trail) he is a good bullshitter that buys himself an extra payday from the gullible .....


NC StateIn 2013, Canada became offensive coordinator at NC State (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NC_State_Wolfpack_football) working under head coach Dave Doeren (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Doeren). Canada had previously worked under Doeren at Northern Illinois in 2011. After the 2014 season, Canada agreed to a new 3-year contract with NC State shortly after interviewing for the offensive coordinator job at Tennessee.[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Canada#cite_note-4) He was subsequently let go by NC State following the 2015 season.[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Canada#cite_note-5)
PittIn 2016, Canada was hired as offensive coordinator at Pitt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Panthers_football).[6] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Canada#cite_note-6) For his work during the 2016 season, he was named one of five finalists for the Broyles Award (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broyles_Award), given annually to the top assistant coach in college football.[7] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Canada#cite_note-7)
LSUOn December 14, 2016, Canada was hired to become the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at LSU (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSU_Tigers_football).[8] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Canada#cite_note-8) He held those positions for the 2017 season and on January 5, 2018, LSU and Canada mutually agreed to part ways.[9] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Canada#cite_note-9)
MarylandOn January 22, 2018, Canada agreed to become the offensive coordinator at the University of Maryland.[10] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Canada#cite_note-10)
On August 11, 2018, Canada became interim head coach for the Maryland Terrapins after D.J. Durkin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.J._Durkin) was put on administrative leave following the death of Jordan McNair (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_McNair), an offensive lineman for the Maryland Terrapins.[11] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Canada#cite_note-11) On November 17, 2018, Maryland came close to knocking off #3 ranked Ohio State, narrowly losing 52-51 in overtime.[12] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Canada#cite_note-12) Maryland finished the season 5-7, failing to qualify for a bowl game. After Mike Locksley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Locksley) was hired as the permanent head coach at Maryland going forward, Canada was relieved of the day-to-day head coaching responsibilities.[13] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Canada#cite_note-13) Canada was then replaced by Scottie Montgomery (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottie_Montgomery) as offensive coordinator.[14] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Canada#cite_note-14)
Pittsburgh SteelersOn January 15, 2020, Canada was hired by the Pittsburgh Steelers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers) as their quarterbacks coach.[15] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Canada#cite_note-15) On January 25, 2021, Canada was promoted to offensive coordinator of the Steelers, replacing Randy Fichtner (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Fichtner).[16] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Canada#cite_note-16)

[dislocatedday]

I MIGHT understand giving someone the benefit of the doubt but at what point do you not stop and realize smoke has been blown up your ass and you have been fooled .....

There is a reason 2 is a magic number for Canada (the two being how long (max) he seems to stay at each stop along the coaching trail) he is a good bullshitter that buys himself an extra payday from the gullible .....

Something is "not right" when a guy consistently changes jobs every 1-2 years. I realize coaches move around, but leaving these teams (LSU and NC State) after one year of a 3 year deal smells rotten. I went to NC State and have college buddies who still live in Raleigh, NC, and follow the Wolfpack closely and they told me that Canada rubbed people within the program the wrong way when he was there. I live in MD now and I heard the same type of personality issues happened when he was at the University of MD. So not only does Canada appear to be ineffective as an OC, he also appears to have a personality that is difficult.

[86WARD]

Where was he “successful”?

[Mojouw]

Where was he “successful”?

From what I have read he has been dining out on one good season at Pitt and some praise from his QBs while he was at LSU.

And that he claims to run a modern motion based system that blah blah blah.

[86WARD]

From what I have read he has been dining out on one good season at Pitt and some praise from his QBs while he was at LSU.

And that he claims to run a modern motion based system that blah blah blah.

One of which we have seen yet…

He’s a sham!

[SteelMember]

Canada must still be saving the good stuff in his playbook for the playoff run...

[Dwinsgames]

Steelers' Mike Tomlin Will 'Absolutely' Consider Lineup, Staff Changes amid 1-4 Start

Proved to be nothing but Lip service ....fire him too

[teegre]

Claypool gone. Sims promoted. That’s a change.

[Rotorhead]

Claypool gone. Sims promoted. That’s a change.

Unfortunately you could add the greatest show on turf personnel and we would still suck with this offense plan.

[polamalubeast]

Unfortunately you could add the greatest show on turf personnel and we would still suck with this offense plan.

true

[steelreserve]

He said he'd consider staff changes, so what were the staff changes? Did they fire the janitor and replace him with the practice squad janitor?

I mean, it's not like you're going to find a top-10 janitor in the middle of a season, but PFF ranks our janitor worst in the league.

[NCSteeler]

Unleashing hell once again

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[86WARD]

Still considering...

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[pepsyman1]

He said he'd CONSIDER staff changes....He didn't actually lead anyone to believe he'd actually DO the changes. LOL

[Steeler-in-west]

He said he'd CONSIDER staff changes....He didn't actually lead anyone to believe he'd actually DO the changes. LOL

Tomlin is either laughing at the fans and media or he doesn't know what the hell he's doing

[DuckHodges]

Fire the ball boy and the guy who cleans the weight room after hours

[DesertSteel]

Fire the ball boy and the guy who cleans the weight room after hours
Those would be good openings for Canada, commensurate with his skill set.

[Dwinsgames]

Can Mike Tomlin spell cat ????????????????

[Born2Steel]

Fire the ball boy and the guy who cleans the weight room after hours

Why? What did I do?