As is becoming more and more typical for the team, the Pittsburgh Steelers failed to win a postseason game for another season. The Steelers lost to the Baltimore Ravens, their division opponent, in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, one of their final five games of the season.
Following the season, Steelers owner Art Rooney II publicly backed head coach Mike Tomlin in spite of the team’s lack of postseason success and growing calls for Tomlin’s dismissal from fans and commentators.
However, not everyone’s spot on the sidelines was safe, and multiple holes opened up on the Steelers’ staff. Now, according to Pro Football Talk, the team has begun the process of replacing the lost staff members.
“(The Steelers) have hired Scott McCurley as their new inside linebackers coach,” reported Pro Football Talk on Wednesday. McCurley is replacing Aaron Curry, who held the job last season.
Fans reacted to the news on social media.
“Can we please stop hiring people from PA or with ties to the Steelers. Which this guy is the former,” one fan wrote on Twitter.
“More yes men for Coach Cliche baby! Just keep being patient Art! We are so close to tying the Dolphins playoff losing streak AND extending the longest playoff win drought in modern team history!” one fan added.
“This must have been the immense changes that Presidente was talking about. Wrap it up boys, we’re cooked,” another fan added.
It’ll be what other changes are coming down the pipeline for the Steelers.
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