Post Gazette give Cowher an "F"

[jjakq27]

The coach received a failing grade for yesterday's game from the local paper in Pittsburgh. Talk about bandwagoners. They are only three games removed from winning the Super Bowl yet all this........

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06268/724800-66.stm

http://steelers.aolsportsblog.com/2006/09/...upid-questions/

[AMC]

The coach received a failing grade for yesterday's game from the local paper in Pittsburgh. Talk about bandwagoners. They are only three games removed from winning the Super Bowl yet all this........

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06268/724800-66.stm

http://steelers.aolsportsblog.com/2006/09/...upid-questions/

Man, that's harsh. But.......

[duus]

Welcome to Pissburgh. Fans with the shortest memories in the world. And they wonder why the recent article didn't rate them very high in fan loyalty. As I have said many times, the Black-N-Urine have no idea what being a real fan means. I am as proud as ever to be a Bengal fan. We were a new franchise and had our struggles. We had some really great (and fun) years in the 80s, but ran into Montana. The 90s sucked beyond belief but we never stopped being fans. I also think this experience has led us to be much, much more objective and open-minded about each game and each player. These folks around here are completely spoiled football brats ... that includes the media ... especially the media.

[Kirkendall]

F for Fumble?

[DC_Bengals_Fan]

Sheesh, I don't see blaming Cowher for that game. With the exception of two plays (turnovers), being realistic, the Steelers have a better than 50/50 chance of winning the game. Not guaranteed, but a good chance. Those plays are a muffed punt that was misjudged in 25+ MPH winds, and a fumble. Gee coach, should have done something about that....?

I'd want out of there if I was him too.

[ArmyBengal]

Fair weathered fans !!!

WHODEY !!!

[Ox]

That's par for the course in the "Steeler Nation".

[Stripes]

Cowher's only real mistake as I see it was leaving Reid out of the game and letting Ricardo return punts. Still, he could not have forseen such a terrible muff at such a terrible time.

[Dadraftnick]

They left out the A+ to the Bengals for kicking their a$$e$

[duus]

Cowher's only real mistake as I see it was leaving Reid out of the game and letting Ricardo return punts. Still, he could not have forseen such a terrible muff at such a terrible time.

Well, to be honest, the media types around here have asked Cowher repeatedly over the weeks as to why Reid is not returning kicks when he clearly won the job in camp. The rational that Cowher uses is that he has this 'hard-nosed' guy on special teams that uses up the roster spot that would otherwise be used for another returner. Blah, blah, blah. Cowher has recently gotten really defensive (and rude at times) when asked about this. My bet is that his hard-headedness made him put Colclough in there, hoping for something that he could throw back in the face of the media. Well, it bit him. The opposite has happened. Sort of funny to me.