On Wednesday, Pittsburgh Steelers assistant head coach John Mitchell announced he was retiring after 29 seasons with the team and 50 years in football. Mitchell was beloved by the team and organization and will be greatly missed.
Nevertheless, this retirement gives the Steelers a perfect opportunity to upgrade the coaching staff in a big way. We already talked about how Pittsburgh could try to lure Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy away and have him replace Matt Canada but this might be even better.
Just like last season when the Steelers added Brian Flores to the staff, head coach Mike Tomlin could bring Bieniemy in as the team’s assistant head coach as a promotion over being an offensive coordinator and let Bieniemy get this young Steelers offense working to its full potential.
This might mean Tomlin would have to swallow his pride a little and it would likely mean Bieniemy would only be around for a single season, as was Flores. Putting all that aside, getting an offensive guru like Bieniemy would be worth all of that and worth whatever the team had to pay him.
Let us know in the comments if you think the Steelers should focus on adding Bieniemy as the team’s new assistant head coach.
