Yep... just say "Mike Tomlin" around here if you want to start a lively conversation...
[00:02:30] The state of the team.
[00:05:28] Kenny needs to go.
[00:08:02] No playoffs, no playoff wins.
[00:14:28] The inmates are running the asylum.
[00:15:17] Coaching and player competitiveness.
[00:21:13] The quarterback position.
[00:24:03] Evaluating the quarterback position.
[00:26:32] Player development and accountability.
[00:31:18] Tomlin's failure with young quarterbacks.
[00:36:40] Saints at Rams.
[00:39:39] Penguins winning against Minnesota.
[00:42:16] Penguins' struggle to score goals.
00:02:30 - "Well, the state of the team is not only in disarray, but I might dare to say the worst it's been in decades."
00:02:40 - "Their defense is just awful and it got worse. And that's despite being almost completely healthy. I mean, they're never getting their linebackers back, but it's just garbage. It's the team is garbage right now."
00:08:57 - "What in the hell was that guy thinking?"
00:09:15 - "Yeah. Future Hall of Famer."
00:14:28 - "The inmates are running the asylum."
00:15:17 - "Well, that's, that's what happens when, when you're not coaching these guys to go out there and give their all every play and, and, and have them ready to do that, then those things happen."
00:16:18 - "Travis Kelsey is garbage now because he's dating Taylor Swift."
00:18:24 - "But even coming out of the draft, there were a lot of red flags on Pickens. There were a lot of coaches that said, I wouldn't touch him with a ten foot pole because he's immature and he doesn't love football."
00:22:19 - "How can these guys, and I get some of it is, is, is the system that you're in. Right. I get it. Like the recent Browning throws for 300 yards is because the Bengals offense is geared around the pass. Right. So, but he can still do it. I mean, the guy can do it. I'll even go a step further. Like everybody knows Brock Purdy now, but they didn't know Brock Purdy previous to last year. Like he's another guy that's like, How can he be out there and then get into a system and then turn into just somebody who looks like he can play like that effortlessly every frickin game."
00:24:20 - "It's time for him to go. It really is. I think he could be successful somewhere else. I really do."
00:28:00 - "You know, you don't you don't dress pickings in the next game. You know, make it real for him, you know. And then you know what? If he wants to complain and get me out of town, then fine. We'll trade you at the end of the year. But why not do something like that to let him know that this is not acceptable?"
00:28:59 - "They don't care about the team. They only care about themselves and their stats."
00:31:18 - "You need to look at the organization as a whole and say, you make these changes, you get an offensive coordinator, you get a defensive coordinator that are worth a damn or you're out. It's really that simple."
00:36:40 - "I will take the horned animal. I think it's going to be the Rams"
00:37:50 - "I will take the fish. I really kill his back. The cheetah."
00:41:23 - "I mean, I love hearing myself in my own ears, but even when there's nothing wrong He finds a way to make something wrong."
00:42:16 - "They've only won three games when they score three goals or less all season."
00:45:29 - "Yeah, the Penguins would win. Yeah. Yeah, they could just take off their skate and hit him hit him in the jugular."
Full Podcast Episode:
https://www.theporchislive.com/the-porch-is-live-mike-tomlin/
