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In college football, a head coach knows he better win his share of rivalry games or he will find himself out on the street. John Cooper found out that gaudy records didn't mean anything at Ohio State if he couldn't beat Michigan. Now Michigan coach Lloyd Carr is about to find out the same thing from the opposite side of the rivalry.But that's not normally how the NFL works. Making the playoffs is much more important than beating your division rival, although it's hard to make the playoffs without winning division games.
Browns coach Romeo Crennel needs to win any game at this point, not just Browns-Steelers games. But how long can a coach last in Cleveland when he's now 0-5 against the Browns biggest rival with an overall score of 163-55 in those games? At some point, can losing to a rival be enough to help speed a coach's exit?
The Browns and Steelers don't play again until Week 10 of the season. With the schedule the Browns have coming up, it's hard to imagine Crennel will still be around when that game is played. Cleveland has to beat Oakland next week or they face the very clear reality of a possible 0-5 start (with the Bengals, Ravens and Patriots next on the schedule). It's hard to imagine Crennel surviving an 0-5 start.
The Browns can't keep switching coaches every three years, but it's also hard to stick with a coach who's now 10-23 with a trend line that keeps going in the wrong direction. The talent may be improved, but there wasn't a lot of visible results of that during the opener: the Browns committed too many penalties, made too many turnovers and failed to match Pittsburgh's effort as well.
All in all it was another debacle for Browns fans who have had to get used to debacles.
It was a much better day for Steelers fans. Ben Roethlisberger's four touchdown day didn't look like a four touchdown day, but it was an effective and controlled outing by the Pittsburgh QB--he was only sacked once and threw no interceptions--and those may be the most important numbers for the Steelers week in and week out.
The defense dominated Cleveland's offensive line to the tune of six sacks and the pairing of Anthony Smith and William Gay once again showed they know how to make big plays--Smith forced a fumble and Gay recovered it.
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