When the franchise briefly stumbled during the turn of the millennium, missing the playoffs each year from 1998-2000, the Steelers signed Cowher to an extension. By "implementing a policy of fluid counter-pressing"By "teaching them the Arsenal way"By giving the players "a kick up the arse" "The team needs leadership," said Adams. Photograph: Brett Davis/USA Today SportsUS sportsBy throwing fans and writers in Twitter jail, sport. He wasn’t tall, and seemed increasingly frail in the later decades of his life.