Wallace108
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 | | Subject: Daunting task falls on Tomlin, veterans Tue Sep 24, 2013 1:19 am | |
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- By Ed Bouchette / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
By Ed Bouchette / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A large test looms in front of coach Mike Tomlin and the Steelers this week and it has nothing to do with playing the Minnesota Vikings Sunday in London.
It is themselves.
This may be Tomlin's most severe test since he arrived as coach in 2007. Losing has become an epidemic -- three to start this season for only the fourth time in franchise history since the 1970 NFL merger, and five of seven to end 2012.
That means eight losses in their past 10 games, or 2-8. General manager Kevin Colbert earlier this year refused to say his was a team in transition. So here's another 'T' word: A team in trouble.
"I don't know if we can't dig out of it," quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said. "We are going to have to give it everything we got to get out."
"Total panic" set in last week, the Post-Gazette was told by one member of the Steelers. It followed receiver Antonio Brown confronting offensive coordinator Todd Haley along the sideline in Cincinnati, complaining he wasn't seeing enough passes. Then a veterans committee met Wednesday to discuss what to do about their 0-2 start, and one idea that came out of it was to ban those who are not yet veterans from playing pool, pingpong and shuffleboard in the locker room.
What's next now that they are 0-3?
"We're frustrated and disappointed but we are not going to lose our confidence," Roethlisberger insisted. "We are going to have to put it together, and put it together fast, though."
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/steelers/on-the-steelers-daunting-task-falls-on-tomlin-veterans-704608/#ixzz2fmh1xF00 I like what Ben said: "We are going to have to put it together, and put it together fast, though."This is the drum I've been beating. This isn't a puzzle missing half the pieces. All the pieces are there ... they just have to put it together. _________________  If you're going to be a smart ass, you'd better be smart. Otherwise, you're just an ass. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Daunting task falls on Tomlin, veterans Wed Sep 25, 2013 9:25 pm | |
| It's almost as if they dumped the box of pieces out on the table, but a few have fallen on the floor. _________________  60 MIN 53 MEN 1 NATION STEELERS NATION  I am the MAN that created the MYTH that started the LEGEND
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