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. García, the supremely gifted prodigy who promised so much at a young age, had never won a major before last week. They couldn’t have know that he would be the catalyst for one of the quickest rebuilds in recent memory. Under Rooney, two stadiums were built in Pittsburgh, securing their place in a small market where they are sporting kings.