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The Terrible Take - Episode 1789 - January 26, 2026

The Terrible Podcast - Steelers Podcast via Steelers Depot

The Terrible Podcast

Sports, Football

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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January 26, 2026 - For Episode 1,789 this Monday afternoon, Alex Kozora explains the most frustrating part of the Steelers hiring Mike McCarthy and why the process felt too rushed. ⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:37.1

Introducing Mike McCarthy's Steelers' new I'm Alex Kizora. Introducing Mike McCarthy, the Pittsburgh Steelers'

0:40.0

newest head coach. You guys excited? I already know your answer. I've seen your tweets.

0:45.9

Trust me, I'm not going to champion the decision either. I do understand some of the logic,

0:51.2

his offensive background, the goal goal and hope of him finding and

0:54.9

developing the team's next quarterback. That will be McCarthy's pass or fail line. The logic I can't

1:01.1

understand is why Pittsburgh felt compelled to do it now, or Saturday, which is when the news

1:07.1

broke. The organization never even bothered to hold in-person interviews with

1:12.4

Rams' up-and-coming assistants, Chris Shula, and Nate Sheelhouse, a window that opened beginning

1:18.1

today on Monday. I wasn't even crazy about Sheelhouse, two head coach that felt too early,

1:23.6

but I'd be willing to hear them out. That could have allowed Pittsburgh to have all its information before making a hire

1:30.7

to make the best and most informed decision possible.

1:34.7

Instead, they passed on a chance.

1:37.1

Why?

1:37.6

What was the rush to hire McCarthy now?

1:40.6

He had no other suitors.

1:42.3

There was zero other competition. Only Tennessee interviewed McCarthy

1:47.3

and they tabbed Robert Sala. McCarthy himself was lasered in on Pittsburgh, his hometown team.

1:54.7

There was no harm in waiting until Wednesday or Thursday to get Shula and Shielhouse into town,

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