I don’t know if I’d hang my hat on Cowher being tuned into offensive football much - since it was his hand selected qb who threw 11 TD and 18 int that year -I can’t remember as far back as the ray Sherman OC tenure here. I can’t remember how long it lasted. But I think Cowher and/or Dan Rooney recognized that it was time to send him packing a lot quicker than it’s taken Tomlin/Rooney with Canada. But IMO if Cowher were here now, Canada wouldn’t have been hired and he certainly wouldn’t have been retained for another year.
And they were ironically 7-6 at this same time of year with Sherman.
And went 6-10 and 9-7 the next couple season
When Kevin Gilbride replaced him
Just saying