But we still don't know how much discussion was going on at what time behind the scenes. Not that it matters much now but it's still possible that Thomas had been in discussion with the Steelers way back much earlier.Per Wikipedia, Thomas announced as a Steelers hire on April 5. Peetz turned NU down in December of 2022. NU then The NU staff was than finalized with the hire of Bob Wager as TE coach and Satt as OC/QB coach. I would think that Thomas had to be on their radar at that point, but either they just committed to using Satt to coach QBs or Thomas wasn't interested at the time. The ASU coaching staff was in flux at that time, so who knows what was going on.
Regardless it'll be interesting to see how things work out this coming fall with the coaching change and the new players.