I don't believe Cowher will be fired, but I also think he needs to go. He's done an outstanding job of getting his team's to the big game, but has never been able to close the deal, that's the bottom line. He's been given too many reprieves in my book. Yes, he had a rookie QB, but didn't that same rookie QB beat the Pats in the regular season?
And has any QB, rookie or otherwise, beaten a Belichick coached team in the rematch? No. Nobody prepares better for the playoff than Belichick, and he had all the advantages in this game: a two time Superbowl MVP, the most complete team in the league, the best clutch kicker in the game who opened up scoring by tieing the distance record at Heinz field, and a team that's been there and done that. This is a game the Steelers shouldn't have won, and they didn't, heck at the beginning of the season this is a game the Steelers shouldn't have played in but they did. Firing a guy for exceeding expectations, but not exceeding them all the way, is silly. The bottomline is Cowher's a good coach with a good core of the team that's put them in a position to be even better next year, people shouldn't get fired for that.