Today at The Athletic, a story was released about Mike Singletary depicting his desire to get a second chance as an NFL coach.
This obviously has nothing to do with the Pittsburgh Steelers, BUT there was an interesting tidbit in the story about Ben Roethlisberger. Singletary states that the San Francisco 49ers' ownership came to him and said they had a deal in place to trade for Roethlisberger.
Then, 49ers owner John York, CEO Jed York, director of player personnel Trent Baalke and other executives called Singletary to a meeting. They had a trade in place with the Steelers for Ben Roethlisberger, who had recently been accused of sexual assault for a second time. Singletary vetoed the deal.He felt an obligation to Smith, and he also believed he needed to stand for what he had been preaching.
“I had been telling the team I wanted a team of character,” he says. “I felt I had to be true to that. But if I could do it again, I’d do it differently.”
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Sounds like he would've taken Roethlisberger if he had a second chance at that one. Obviously we know that Roethlisberger's legal troubles stopped and he went onto make much better decisions in life.
How differently do you think the Steelers' organization would've been if Big Ben headed to SF in 2010? Click to comment below!
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