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True Dough

(26,064 posts) Sat Jan 24, 2026, 03:50 PM Jan 24

Report: Steelers hiring Mike McCarthy as next head coach!

There are a lot of critical viewpoints on the internet over this rumor. Not sure what the owners were thinking, but they could have done much better...

Former Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy is joining another historic NFL team.

The Pittsburgh Steelers plan to hire McCarthy as their next head coach, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported on Saturday, per sources. The team later announced they've verbally agreed to terms with McCarthy.

McCarthy, 62, takes over the helm in Pittsburgh after Mike Tomlin stepped down after 19 seasons with the organization on Jan. 13.

McCarthy, who spent this past season away from the sidelines, becomes the 17th head coach in Steelers history and the fourth since 1969. The Steelers previously had Chuck Noll (1969-1991), Bill Cowher (1992-2006) and Tomlin (2007-2025) coaching consistency that provided the organization with stability for the last couple of decades. The Steelers hope McCarthy, who grew up in Pittsburgh, can do the same.

https://www.nfl.com/news/steelers-plan-to-hire-mike-mccarthy-as-next-head-coach

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Report: Steelers hiring Mike McCarthy as next head coach! (Original Post) True Dough Jan 24 OP

With Mike McCarthy, it's a sure bet that. Aaron Rogers will not be returnng calguy Jan 24 #1

I just heard a discussion about this on Rich Eisen's show tishaLA Jan 24 #4

Rodger's remarks on McCarthy: milestogo Jan 25 #6

Around 9:35 tishaLA Jan 25 #7

I think the Packers do a very good job developing QBs- milestogo Jan 25 #8

Guy is too old to relate to players democratsruletheday Jan 24 #2

Nothing but a fire sale coach as they rebuild. Bristlecone Jan 24 #3

Hah! milestogo Jan 25 #5

calguy

(6,095 posts)

1. With Mike McCarthy, it's a sure bet that. Aaron Rogers will not be returnng

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sat Jan 24, 2026, 04:19 PM

Jan 24

tishaLA

(14,750 posts)

4. I just heard a discussion about this on Rich Eisen's show

Reply to calguy (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 24, 2026, 08:45 PM

Jan 24

His guest was Tom Pelissero, an "insider" on the NFL network. He said that, despite spats they'd had previously, the two are actually quite close and talk frequently.

milestogo

(22,780 posts)

6. Rodger's remarks on McCarthy:

Reply to tishaLA (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 25, 2026, 11:05 AM

Jan 25

“Mike has a low football IQ, and that used to always bother Aaron,” a source told Dunne. “He’d say Mike has one of the lowest IQs, if not the lowest IQ, of any coach he’s ever had.”

The same source said Rodgers used to call him regularly to vent about McCarthy frequently calling the wrong play and using plays that hardly ever worked in practice.

tishaLA

(14,750 posts)

7. Around 9:35

Reply to milestogo (Reply #6)

Sun Jan 25, 2026, 11:53 AM

Jan 25

I don'ts care one way or the other. I'm just repeating what an NFL insider who works for the league's network says, but it's nice to hear from anonymous sources contradicting him, I guess.

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milestogo

(22,780 posts)

8. I think the Packers do a very good job developing QBs-

Reply to tishaLA (Reply #7)

Sun Jan 25, 2026, 12:21 PM

Jan 25

Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers, Jordan Love - three in a row.

Rodgers is critical of so many people - he thinks he is smarter than anyone who gives him direction.

I can't say anything negative about McCarthy. I knew he'd end up somewhere this season. His wife is from Green Bay, so they lived in GB for the last year.