""I'm not going to say, 'Well, we're going to take a couple of years to figure this out and then we'll try to compete,'" Rooney said. "I think you try every year. Some years you have the horses to really get there. Some years you don't, but you try every year, in my view.""
""The standard is to try to compete to win a championship every year," Rooney said."
"Rooney responded that he doesn't "like that word," and added that he is "not sure why you waste a year of your life not trying to contend.""
Mike Tomlin departed the Pittsburgh Steelers after 19 seasons, leaving a franchise creed coined as "the standard is the standard." Team president Art Rooney II, age 73, said the expectation for the next head coach remains to compete to win a championship every year. Rooney rejected the concept of a roster rebuild, saying he "doesn't like that word" and questioning "why you waste a year of your life not trying to contend." Rooney said he and general manager Omar Khan will lead the coaching search, with Rooney's son Dan present at the news conference. Rooney highlighted Tomlin's early success and his 19-season streak without a losing year.
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