With a new head coach in Jock Sutherland, Art Rooney was determined to leave the calamitous previous three years behind and enjoy a winning 1946 season.
The signing of Sutherland was also the tonic Pittsburgh sports fans were seeking after the austerity of the war years and there was an immediate rush for box seat reservations… a novelty for a team that had seen so many losing seasons.
Sutherland wasn’t happy with the team he inherited and declared he would rebuild the squad. “I intend to use the system I know best,” he announced. ”As for the Steelers roster, we will just have to start at the bottom and build.