Dulac: Ben's opinion doesn't matter

By Gerry Dulac

I hope everyone is paying attention to how much input Ben Roethlisberger DOESN’T have in hiring an offensive coordinator. Nor will he.

While Roethlisberger spent last week at the Pro Bowl in Hawaii, Mike Tomlin interviewed two candidates for the position – former Colts Coach Jim Caldwell and former Chiefs Coach Todd Haley, an Upper St. Clair native and the son of the Steelers’ former personnel director.

This week, while the search continues, Roethlisberger is still in Hawaii, where he elected to stay after the Pro Bowl.

Anyone who knows Tomlin knows he never has and never will have any inclination to let a player – even Roethlisberger – have input into one of his hires.

Tomlin is not interested in what his players think about matters that involve him and his staff.

Once, when Tomlin was asked by a reporter about the good things his players were saying about him, he snapped back, “They’re not paid to evaluate me. I’m paid to evaluate them.”

No matter what Roethlisberger says, his opinion will not be sought in the hiring of an offensive coordinator.
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Silly, silly Gerry.

If Ben's opinion didn't matter, Arians probably would have been gone last year.

I still think the main reason Arians was brought back this past season was because they knew there would be a lockout and they thought if they retained as much of the team as possible (players and coaches), they would have a better chance at getting back to the Super Bowl. Changing OCs and then having a lockout with almost no training camp would have really hampered their chances. Not only would rookies have been at a disadvantage, but the offensive vets would have been learning a new system/coach without the benefit of camp time.

I don't care what a writer says when sitting behind his computer, a one hundred million dollar investment DOES matter. And his opinion matters just as much. But just like on this discussion board, just because your opinion matters, it doesn't mean we have to agree with it. And Rooney didn't agree with it.

bayz101 wrote:

I don't care what a writer says when sitting behind his computer, a one hundred million dollar investment DOES matter. And his opinion matters just as much. But just like on this discussion board, just because your opinion matters, it doesn't mean we have to agree with it. And Rooney didn't agree with it.

Your opinion sucks and is WRONG!!!!

Buddha Bus wrote:

bayz101 wrote:

I don't care what a writer says when sitting behind his computer, a one hundred million dollar investment DOES matter. And his opinion matters just as much. But just like on this discussion board, just because your opinion matters, it doesn't mean we have to agree with it. And Rooney didn't agree with it.

Your opinion sucks and is WRONG!!!!

I walked right into that one

bayz101 wrote:

Buddha Bus wrote:

bayz101 wrote:

I don't care what a writer says when sitting behind his computer, a one hundred million dollar investment DOES matter. And his opinion matters just as much. But just like on this discussion board, just because your opinion matters, it doesn't mean we have to agree with it. And Rooney didn't agree with it.

Your opinion sucks and is WRONG!!!!

I walked right into that one

WAMMMMO!!