‘Yuck:’ The Ringer Analyst Pans Mike McCarthy Hire

Mike McCarthy Aaron RodgersThe news of the Steelers picking Mike McCarthy as their next head coach has gotten mixed reviews, to put it lightly. While there has been plenty of pushback to the initial negative comments from fans and commentators, recently, there have been more people backing the hire. Diante Lee of The Ringer is not one of those people.

The reporter recently wrote an article examining the coach hiring cycle this year, and dove into Art Rooney II’s choice to go with McCarthy.

“Yuck,” wrote Lee on the hire. “My biggest problem with this hire is how uninspired Pittsburgh’s process was. I haven’t heard a single reasonable justification for the Steelers hiring McCarthy, other than…