Who is on your Steelers Mt. Rushmore?
Mine:
Mean Joe Green
Troy
Jack Lambert
Big Ben
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Who is on your Steelers Mt. Rushmore?
Mine:
Mean Joe Green
Troy
Jack Lambert
Big Ben
Dan & Art Sr
Joe Greene
Swann
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Bruce Arians
Todd Haley
Danny Smith
Steely McBeam
Swann Stallworth Bradshaw Franco
Lambert, Mean Joe, Hines Ward, Ben
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mean Joe
Roethlisberger
Polamalu
Myron Cope
Mike Tomlin
Joe Greene
Joe Biden
My non player Mt Steelersmore
The Chief - it all starts with him ...
The Emperor Chaz - he created the Standard...
Bill Nunn -without him this team doesn't have 4 of the 6 Lombardi's they have ...
Art Rooney Jr -who along with Bill Nunn scouted those players and helped assemble the greatest teams to ever play
as for one with players , sorry I cant do it ...
how do you leave the foundation for all that was built off that Mountain and still have a mountain and the talent was and is abound to select just 4 is an insult to 20 more that are equally deserving in their own right ...
that said enjoyed looking at others lists
Jamain StephensQuote:
Originally Posted by HollywoodSteel
Limas Sweed
Ricardo Colclough
Troy Edwards
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Noll, Greene, Franco, Lambert
Weegie ThompsonQuote:
Originally Posted by Squeegee Thompson
Rich Erenberg
Jack Deloplaine
Rick Moser
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No Jarvis Jones and his 6 sacks in 4 years?
My favorite player Jonathan "Rollerskates" Scott!
If it’s names carved instead of faces I vote for Chris Fuamatu-Ma’afala. That should take up all four spots.
Man alive!!! this is a difficult question. There are so many Steelers greats... how can I pick just four. It’s not easy like it would be for Taperiots fans...
-Tom Brady
-Bill Belichick
-Sony Camcorder
-sex-trafficked massage-parlor worker #4
Limas, Jarvis, Huey, Bill Austin
On a serious note
Art Rooney Sr: The founder, the organizational patriarch
Dan Rooney: He was vital in building the team into a successful winner
Chuck the Emperor: 4 time Super Bowl champion coach. Head master of the dynasty
Joe Greene: Best player in team history. Centerpiece of the dominant defense of the 70s
What!?! No John Kuhn... blasphemy!
If its players only, I cant argue with this. I may want to put Franco or Bradshaw instead of Ben.Quote:
Originally Posted by DesertSteel
So so far, the consensus is:
Mean Joe
Lambert
Ben
Franco
Somehow I want to sneak “The Bus” in there. He is Black and Gold through and through. I feel like he single handedly sparked that SB run, with his performance against the Bears in the snow. I don’t know if there is anyone who loved being a Steelers more.Quote:
Originally Posted by 86WARD
This franchise has had far too many great players to have a Mt. Rushmore.
I literally can't reduce the list of greatness to 4 people.
Yeah, it really is too hard, and no matter who you choose you’re going to leave deserving players off.Quote:
Originally Posted by pczach
The unanimous person to be on first is Mean Joe. Also I’m never leaving Lambert off. But how do you leave off Ben, or Bradshaw or Ham or Franco or Troy or Blount or Stallworth or Swan or Bettis or... the list just goes on. Plus you have coaches and owners who shouldn’t be left off.
All I know for sure is that we need a bigger mountain.
Even the top 10 players in steelers history is so hard!Quote:
Originally Posted by pczach
That’s what makes the exercise so challenging. MJG is unanimous. Lambert symbolizes everything the Steelers represent. The last two come down to eras and personal favorites IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by HollywoodSteel
Yeah, it’s basically an exercise in expressing your particular preferences as a fan. There are many “right” answers.Quote:
Originally Posted by DesertSteel
I’d like to think that TJ and Minkah will one day be potentially “right” answers as well.
Personally, I have MJG and Lambert... and then like a five or six way tie.
I’m surprised Mike Webster isn’t right up there on most people’s lists. He’s arguably the greatest to have ever played the position.
Agreed, Joe Greene is the all time top Steeler. Lambert is a hair behind him and the next 2 are the most difficult.Quote:
Originally Posted by DesertSteel
For me, I saw the late 70's teams up until now and the guy from 1979-present that arguably did things on the field that nobody else at his position did was Polamalu. So he is #3 for me.
The final guy I lean to is Franco. He carried the load offensively until Bradshaw became a better QB and the Steelers passed the ball more. He was 2nd all time in NFL history in rushing when he retired. As much as I could look at Bradshaw or Ben up there, neither was the 2nd best, or better, all time in anything when they retired...other than SB winning QB with Bradshaw.
That’s an interesting way to look at it. You could also make a case for Mike Webster and Rod Woodson being at least top two all time at their position.Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Gonzo Jackson
But we don’t really think about Woodson when we talk about the top Steelers because he wasn’t a part of any of our championships.
Yep.....it has to be a bigger mountain or this will never happen.:chuckle:
You could almost do a mountain for each position group...and it would be a legit mountain...Quote:
Originally Posted by pczach
.....and coaching group and ownership/GM grouping.Quote:
Originally Posted by 86WARD
Man......that’s a lot of mountain.
Dilly ! Dilly !Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkman
On offense this is what the mountain range would look like with each position getting its own mountain. The ? are spots where I think it may be debate-able who would fit in those spots to make it a solid mountain.
For instance at TE, I think Cunningham and Grossman would probably round that category out but then Mark Bruener was a pretty solid TE...not flashy but solid.
Maybe Santonio Holmes in over AB? I mean he did bring the Super Bowl to Pittsburgh with his MVP performance...
Kordell (as hated as he was as a QB), would he make the mountain??
QB - Bradshaw, Ben, ?, ?
RB - Franco, Bleier, Bus, ?
WR - Swann, Stallworth, Ward, Brown/?
TE - Miller, Green, ?, ?
OT - Kolb, Tunch, ?, ?
OG - Faneca, Decastro, ?, ?
C - Webster, Dawson, Pouncey, ?
Thinking about it in terms of my family and friends...
LAMBERT: There is an issue of Sports Illustrated with Lambert’s snarling face on the cover. When my brother was very little that picture would scare him / make him cry. So, being a good older brother, I would chase him around the house with it. That magazine cover is still framed up on the wall on my parents’ den... they say it is up in honor of Lambert, but I know it’s because they enjoyed scaring my brother as much as I did.
WARD: He’s my dad’s all-time favorite... and, more importantly, his barometer for receivers. If a pass ever gets dropped by any receiver, my dad will yell, “HINES WARD WOULD HAVE CAUGHT THAT!!!” It’s become a catch-phrase for my friends and me (for almost any occasion :lol: ).
BETTIS: The Bus trucking over Brian Urlacher is one of the most iconic moments in Steelers sports history. So much so, that there is a picture of that play posted outside of the main media booth (where the TV announcers sit). More importantly, my buddies have wanted a commemorative, signed picture of that play. So, every few months, we’d send each other links to “Bettis-Urlacher memorabilia”... links that would reroute to lemonparty, gostse, or other such sites. Fun times.
POLAMALU: When I first started working in Oceanside, due to the large Samoan/Polynesian community, Junior Seau jerseys were worn by every kid in that city. Duh, he was a Samoan who played for the Chargers. Well, once Troy became Troy, those jerseys all switched to #43 jerseys. You would see dozens upon dozens of those jerseys on any outing you made in that city. The number “43” became the most sought-after jersey number for youth sports. And, kids would write essays in school entitled, “Troy Polamalu is My Hero.” Gotta say, it was jaw-dropping the effect Troy had on that community.
The Bettis/Urlacher moment in the snow is what propelled that team to the Super Bowl. I think that game gave them all the momentum, confidence and will they needed to make it happen.
We need bigger mountain.