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Paul Zeise's sports chat: 09.30.21
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Zeise
12:35
OK sorry about that, we are getting started a little later today but sometimes life gets in the way of work. Let’s get going
Jeff
12:35
It seems to me Art Rooney has been very unimpressive as an owner. He was the driving force behind Ben coming back, didn't care obviously that Oline coach and OC coach was promoted within and I don't see any accountability anywhere. I think the Steelers miss Dan. Thoughts?
Zeise
12:36
I can’t disagree that he hasn’t been as good as his predecessor but you are only as good as the people around you. The guys evaluating the talent have not done a good job
TP Hunter
12:36
Why do I see Pitt losing to GT this weekend? I just have no faith anymore that they will win games they are supposed to win. They're 4 point favorites. I think the only lock is the over at 58.
Zeise
12:38
I think the thing is they aren’t terrible, Georgia Tech I mean. And this is the kind of year in the ACC where there is a lot of parity and anyone can beat anyone. I think Pitt is better but I don’t think they can just show up and win
Cal
12:38
Oscar Marin should be fired and please don't say he had nobody good to work with. No pitcher got better under him, Mitch Keller never improved and so many guys got worse. He gotta go Paul.
Zeise
12:39
The second part of what you said is true - I can’t think of a single pitcher who is better now than they were at the start. Keller just got lit up, Kuhl, Brubaker and Crowe all got worse
Brian
12:40
I see this Steelers season going off the rails I really do. I know it's only been 3 games but the offense looks like it can't be fixed. You might laugh but I am now seeing 4 or 5 wins and that's only because the defense wins a couple during the season when their players are all healthy. Top 7 or 8 pick coming.
Zeise
12:41
The thing is under Mike Tomlin they always find a way to slop together 8 or 9 wins and they still have enough talent to do so. I think this will be a real right around 8-9 or 9-8
John
12:41
Just read the Steers have faced 3rd and two yards or less 9 times, and they have thrown 7 of those plays. Third and two, 5 wides is the dumbest formation in football; makes you completely one dimensional. Ben and Canada’s offense are like the Odd Couple we watched as kids! It had to AR2 that wanted Ben back, because the hiring and drafting surely do not match up with retaining a 38 year immobile QB.
Zeise
12:42
I agree - I hated the hire then, I hated it during training camp ajd now that I’ve seen those two work together I hate it more now. They should have left Randy Fichtner in place
12:43
Or they should have moved on from Ben
TP Hunter
12:44
If the Steelers fall to like 1-6 would Tomlin then have the guts finally to just sit Ben. I mean what the hell is it gonna take to bench Ben not counting an injury?
Zeise
12:44
No they aren’t benching him unless he is so atrocious they have no choice for it to happen
Amanda
12:44
You and Rick Walls are the 2 worst sports people in all of Pittsburgh. At least my petition to the station manager got them to not put you two on together. No one deserves that much suffering after you made fun of drinking. Shame! Shame! Shame!
Zeise
12:45
Rich and I worked together last Friday. Have another drink and do better
Joe
12:45
By 2025 what should the Pirates payroll be Paul if Nutting was to be believed that he made a mistake after 2015 not spending more? It definitely has to be over $100 million right? Bare minimum I'd say. I'd like to see it at #
$120 million to $125 million
Zeise
12:46
I don’t know if this team will ever get to $120 million as long as Nutting is in charge
Luke
12:46
Dude why don't you ever reply to people who read your columns and post comments? You used to and now you don't at all. Why?
Zeise
12:46
I have, dude, I just did Monday, dude
12:47
I’m sorry Tuesday, dude
Duane
12:47
Back to School or Ghostbusters?
Zeise
12:47
Who ya gonna call?
Richard
12:47
I've read about various ways MLB is considering to make baseball more interesting.  How about going back to the days when starting pitchers routinely pitched full games and were idolized by their fans? I grew up anxiously awaiting games pitched by Sandy Koufax, Don Newcombe, Bob Gibson, Bob Friend. They all pitched 15-20 full games a year.  I'm told today's young pitchers are immediately trained not to expect to do so from their first day in the minors. As a result, the game's now like watching an NFL game where the qb is pulled after a certain number of passes.  Now there's a way to reduce my interest in football!
Zeise
12:48
That will never happen. Analytics and all these rest models make it so The fame
game is trending towards guys only going 5 innings max
Ethan
12:49
What's the biggest poker cash game you have ever played NL? 5-10? Higher? Lower?
Zeise
12:49
10-20 but that was before I had a mortgage and kids in college and a side gig as a poker dealer!
Don
12:49
If Pitt goes 6-6 again don't you think Narduzzi is playing for his job in 2022?
Zeise
12:50
Yes I think if he goes 6-6 that would be enough to put him on the hot seat for next year
TP Hunter
12:50
Are you off Saturday nights now on the CW show with Josh Taylor? Haven't seen you on that night in weeks.
Zeise
12:50
I’m still on, I just have had to take a few weeks in a row for weddings and things of the such
JR
12:51
Paul: I enjoy work keep it coming! Tough game for Pitt on Saturday who do you like?
Zeise
12:51
I know why a lot of people who follow Pitt think they will lose but I think they will find a way to win it
JR
12:51
Paul: i enjoy reading your work; also Zeise is Right is an enhanced feature. Tough game for Pitt vs. GT who do you like? Thanks!
Zeise
12:52
Thanks I wanted to do something NFL related beyond the Steelers. As for Pitt like I said. Tough game but they win it
Rylee
12:52
Do you think Ben is just plain hard to coach? How many more weeks of ‘I have to play better’ or ‘start faster’ are we going to have to listen to? My guess is once the season is lost (1-5 record) Ben is “injured”.
Zeise
12:53
He is a diva star quarterback - are  any of them easy to coach?
Ryan
12:53
Have you seen Pony's new schtick? Keeps calling for Aaron Rogers to come here and claims we would automatically be Super Bowl contenders. That's absurd. Rogers would have a hard time with the oline and I think he wouldn't come here mainly because he doesn't want to get hit 10 times a game.
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