In a sport branded as the ultimate team game, nobody fails independently any more than anybody succeeds independently. The failure of the Matt Canada offense was a collective failure, and while the offensive coordinator may be gone, the remainder of the coaching staff takes that failure onto themselves as co-authors.
Such is the case for running backs coach Eddie Faulkner, who is acting as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ interim offensive coordinator. While he understands the gravity of the moment for him and what it could mean professionally, he also recognizes how it got to this point.
“It’s a little bit bittersweet”, he told reporters yesterday, via transcript provided by the team, because “when you sit back and see all that goes on and all that’s being said about him in the offense – and I’m speaking for the offense, the staff – we all felt that and we’re all part of that.