Arians/Anderson out E-mail
Written by Brian Schaich   
Tuesday, 05 January 2010 16:18

QB coach Ken Anderson has retired. And accoridng to KDKA, Bruce Arians gets the axe today. Many Steelers fans get their wish.

Back in training camp, Mike Shanahan had been spotted hanging out wathcing the Steelers practice. I don't know about anyone else, but visions danced in my head of Shanahan taking over the offense under Tomlin. Shanahan is all over the Redskins' job, though, so it looks like that fantasy will never be a reality.

As for Arians himself, I'm not sure if he's really to blame. The offense obviously had problems at times, and it's easy to blame play-calling when it doesn't work. But how many times is Ben the one calling plays in important situations or the red zone? We may never know. But Arians got the blame for the offense's struggles, and now he's out. Coupled with the retirement of Kenny Anderson, there's a big hole to fill on the Steelers' sideline. It will be interesting to see who Tomlin hires to fix this.

Looks like the organization isn't wasting any time getting down to business thiss offseason. Here We Go.

EDIT: Not official yet, but now it looks like this will happen by the end of the week.

EDIT AGAIN: Or not. Arians is apparently retaining his job, but Bob Ligashesky has also been relieved of his duties as special teams coach. Finally.

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steelhead66 said:

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So Arians stays. I, for one, am OK with that. Granted, the Red Zone performance left something to be desired, but that is very fixable I think. There is enough talent -- and generally younger talent -- on the O side of the ball to be pretty good next year -- let's not muck it up by bringing in a new co-ordinator.
As for the Bronko Nagurski crazies who think we should run the ball 52 times a game, the ignored requirement there is you have to actually advance the ball forward enough to make 1st downs.
And the argument that the offense's inability to eat up clock caused the defense to wear out late in games -- is crap. The Steelers finished 2nd in the AFC in time of possession -- 42 seconds /game behind leader New England.
OK, I'm done. Throw the ball!
 
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