Future of Steelers, Ceiling for Penguins, Expectations on Pirates, More with Paul Zeise

About this episode

Mike Asti and Paul Zeise discuss the future of the Steelers, the Penguins' potential, expectations for the Pirates, and the challenges faced by Pitt under Jeff Capel.

Mike Asti welcomed longtime journalist and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Paul Zeise on "Mike Drop" to bring the intensity when discussing the future of the Steelers, the ceiling for this Penguins team, the reasonable expectations for the Pirates and why the Jeff Capel era has been a disaster for Pitt.

People in this episode

Host: Mike Asti

Guest: Paul Zeise

Topics covered

• Pittsburgh sports
• Steelers future
• Penguins performance
• Pirates expectations
• Jeff Capel era
• sports journalism

Keywords

• Steelers
• Penguins
• Pirates
• Paul Zeise
• Mike Asti
• Pitt
• sports
• journalism
• future
• expectations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pitt, Steelers, Penguins, Pirates

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