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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I have read on more than one board that he may take a year off and than go to the Browns assuming Romeo gets fired. I didn't know he played there.
thoughts?
I've been hanging around NASA engineers and I've heard more than one of them say Cowher might be taking time off from the NFL to lead a team of astronauts to Mars. Thoughts?
I've been hanging around NASA engineers and I've heard more than one of them say Cowher might be taking time off from the NFL to lead a team of astronauts to Mars. Thoughts?
he doesnt wanna coach anymore dont u get it? hes not getting fired .. hes retiring. he would stay with steelers if he wanted to coach anymore.
Cowher is a Steeler or hes staying home
You are wrong. This issue is money. He is being paid peanuts. If Rooney offered to pay him half of what other highly paid HCs are getting, he would stay.he doesnt wanna coach anymore dont u get it? hes not getting fired .. hes retiring. he would stay with steelers if he wanted to coach anymore.
You are wrong. This issue is money. He is being paid peanuts. If Rooney offered to pay him half of what other highly paid HCs are getting, he would stay.
Mind posting a list of HC salaries? I'm very interested in the raw data. Thanks.$4M a year is not tops, but it is not peanuts- that is what Cowher makes.
That is exactly half of what the highest paid coach (Walrus) gets.
The rumor is that Cowher is having marital problems -- a more plausible reason why his wife and youngest daughter would just pick up and move to NC after all those years in Pitt (esp when the daughter is close to graduating HS). Cowher is trying to save his marriage by "retiring" for a year or two.
$4M a year is not tops, but it is not peanuts- that is what Cowher makes.
That is exactly half of what the highest paid coach (Walrus) gets.
The Rooneys offered Cowher $6M before the season started but no extension was reached. Cowher also wanted the freedom to shuttle back and forth between Pitt and the NC home he bought for his family - the Rooneys didn't want that and after this season's performance, no way they would accept a part time coaching effort.
The rumor is that Cowher is having marital problems -- a more plausible reason why his wife and youngest daughter would just pick up and move to NC after all those years in Pitt (esp when the daughter is close to graduating HS). Cowher is trying to save his marriage by "retiring" for a year or two.
I've been hanging around NASA engineers and I've heard more than one of them say Cowher might be taking time off from the NFL to lead a team of astronauts to Mars. Thoughts?
My thoughts are that rumors and speculation these days is getting out of hand. I have heard everyone from Cowher to Belichick to Parcells to Jimmy Johnson going to Miami. I have heard Belichick and Pioli to the Giants. And I have heard Cowher going to not only Miami, but Oakland too and now Cleveland.I have read on more than one board that he may take a year off and than go to the Browns assuming Romeo gets fired. I didn't know he played there.
thoughts?
Mind posting a list of HC salaries? I'm very interested in the raw data. Thanks.
We shall see. I think the first team to $7-8M+ willing to consider buyout compensation gets him. I agree with Clonmary that the marital spin is mostly wishful thinking on the part of Steeler fans. The Rooney's are cheap, always have been and likely always will be especially since they now have one for the thumb to coast on for a while. He knew that when he starting building the place in NC - over a year ago. He gave them 15 years of stability and capped it with a ring. He wants his payday. Had they offered him a decent deal he'd likely have stayed. But reportedly they only offered a 3 year extension with the salary not even reaching $6M until the final year.
It will be interesting to see how Ben transitions through all this. Besides being accident prone there are continued rumblings that he just doesn't really get it, has no interest in putting in the consistent film study and tedious work of refining his game as a QB and becoming a real team leader. And his deal is at the half way point and was peanuts comparatively speaking. 6 years $22M with $8 of that not coming until 2008 in a roster bonus. There were $17M in incentives he could also earn but he's blown most of them of late. If Wisenhut doesn't get the nod he will likely go elsewhere and Ben will face a new OC. And some in Pittsburgh believe it's also time someone reigns Ben in anyway and gets in his face and retakes control of that situation going forward.