First off, I want to say that as long as Randy Lerner owns the team I am not going to have confidence in any decision that he makes....period. His track record is horrible. Let's hope that he makes the right decision for the sake of all of us.

Now to my question. When the Steelers hired Mike Tomlin, did they mandate to him that Dick LeBeau was going to be his defensive coordinator? It doesn't sound like the right thing to do for a new head coach not to be albe to hire his staff. It seems to be that you would be undermining his authority from day one.

I bring this up b/c if Pioli is hired and he believes that McDaniels is the second coming would it be wise to dictate to him his staff?