Steelers: Two views on a new coach

The other day a friend of mine named Fred from back East was visiting. Like me, he is a big Steelers fan so we reflected on the upcoming season.

The problem was that we had two completely different outlooks for Mike Tomlin’s first season as head coach. I believe that making the playoffs is a very realistic possibility. Fred was of the opinion that there was little chance of them making it that far.

It seems the variable that was causing us to disagree so much was the new coach.

Fred thinks things will be far from tight in the beginning of the season with a new coach. New plays, new philosophies, new expectations, etc. will lead us to be out of synchronization and will require a longer period of time before the team gets into a good groove. He’s thinking that by the time we do hit a good stride it will be too late in the season to make a legitimate playoff run.

I think that the new coach will spark excitement and cause the players to work twice as hard in the preseason to be sure that they are ready to go right out of the chute. From what I hear of mini-camps the players seem to be buying into Coach Tomlin’s new way of doing business. In addition, from what I’ve read of the new plans for both defense and offense I’m incredibly excited. Finally, combine that with the players we acquired during the off season and I don’t see why we can’t improve upon our 8-8 finish from last season.

My biggest concern after the draft was running back. But then we signed Kevan Barlow and then re-signed Veron Haynes. While I’m not a huge Kevan Barlow fan, between Najah, Kevan, and Veron I have no problem believing we can have a good back up for Willie if he would get injured.

With that issue finally closed, I move on to my newest concern: The offensive line. It sure doesn’t seem like we’re going to sign Alan Faneca to any kind of long term deal and it also now appears we are not going to trade him. I just hope his anger at the Rooney’s doesn’t cause any kind of disruption within the team during the season. I really think we might be better off just to cut him now even if we can’t trade him. I don’t want any kind of cancer in the locker room. That said, I hope Alan’s not the kind of guy that would resort to that kind of attitude in the locker room but you never know. Why take the chance.

Anyhow, training camp will start in a few weeks and then we can finally see our black and gold in the Hall of Fame game vs the New Orleans Saints on 8/5/07.

So here’s to me being right and Fred being wrong. I don’t recall us making any kind of bet over this disagreement but in retrospect I wish I would have. I really think the Steelers will bounce back from what was a pretty disappointing season last year. And more than even making the playoffs I really just want to be back atop the AFC North. I fucking hate every other team in our division and it makes me sick to my stomach to think any of those fuck-ups would be holding a trophy over our head. Fuck that.

-David

Favorite Songs

If I had to rank the list of my 4 year old daughter’s favorite songs it would go a little something like this:

1) Our House – Madness
2) Rosanna – Toto
3) Hocus Pocus – Focus
4) Godzilla – Blue Oyster Cult
5) Bombs Over Baghdad – Outkast
6) We’re Not Gonna Take It – Twisted Sister

She’s got quite a taste in music and as soon as she realizes that that Saxon is a great band I’ll view my job as a father complete.

-David

My buddy cop movie

I’ve got an idea for a buddy cop movie and I’m looking for financial backing. It’s going to star Wings Hauser and Tim Thomerson.

I think I’ll be able to whip out the script this weekend because I’m going to rent Lethal Weapon 1 through 7 and pretty much just rip them off. The only unique twist to my version will be that there will be no Danny Glover part. It’ll pretty much be two Mel Gibson’s. Or maybe a Mel Gibson and a Howlin’ Mad Murdock. Whatever you call it both characters will pretty much be fuck ups.
At least one of them will be a raging alcoholic. At least one of them will be a degenerate gambler. Of course they’ll both need to be divorced since they are cops.

They won’t be corrupt cops…. I’m saving that role for James Woods. I don’t really like him (actually I think he’s a big dick), but I feel bad for him financially since he’s a bad poker player with a fine looking 20 year old girlfriend. So if he runs out of cash his only source of poontang will end up coming from blowing guys for money so he can pay for tranny hookers. Even James Woods doesn’t deserve that fate.

Nick Nolte will play their Sergeant. Or maybe he’ll play the villain. Or maybe he’ll play a tranny hooker? Not sure about him yet.

Also I want to reprise the character of James Rockford so if James Gardner is still alive he’ll have a role. I’m sure he’ll be a train wreck trying to play Rockford at the ripe old age of 90 (or whatever he is) but it’ll probably be the only way I’ll get to use the Rockford Files theme song as the theme song for my movie. And that is my main goal.

After the first movie, I’ll have a sequel that has our heroes going to jail (wrongly imprisoned of course). That will feature a whole new cast of zany characters and also a lot of anal rape.

So that’s about it. If you have any cash and are looking for an investment opportunity let me know.

-David

PS: All kidding aside I really do wish Wings and Tim would get more work. They are fucking studs.

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