WHY BEAT A DEAD HORSE?

Yesterday's blog regarding the Steelers and their LACK of coaching was written before I had a chance to read in the Post-Gazette just how bad the game actually was.

The fact that two of the Steelers four losses in 2014 were against NFL teams who are 2 and 16 this year was sort of glossed over by the Pittsburgh sports media.

Perhaps that was because it's not totally unexpected. Since 2012 the Tomlin coached Steelers have lost seven games to teams that were nine and thirty-six.

This makes it even more intriguing to me that "Tomlin & Associates" dumped their offensive coordinator Bruce Ariens a couple of years ago. Ariens and QB Ben Roethlisberger were extremely tight.

For those of you who follow NFL football, you're probably aware that Ariens is now the head coach of Arizona , a team that leads the league's two divisions with an 8 and 1 record.

Hey, I'm not saying ANYTHING - other than: (1) I thought it was a coaches job is to get his team prepared for EVERY game and, (2) Apparently, the Pittsburgh sports media - for the most part - are acceptive of Tomlin's lousy performance in games they clearly should have won over the last three years.

One dissenting voice appears to be sports writer Ed Bouchette whose  column expressing mild outrage can be found at ebouchette@post-gazette.com

So, while it's inappropriate to "beat a dead horse"  by criticizing a coach who apparently is sacrosanct in Pittsburgh - we're not exactly beating a "dead' horse.

Apparently, Tomlin still has a lot of life left in him.