This is why I said, "Smoke and Mirrors".Stranger wrote: i can't believe you shit on your coach like this. He's only held together a locker room that had the 3B's and pretty damn well too, only after he left the Steelers did you see Brown's true colors. I'd say he did well in keeping alot in house through all of that.
Never had a losing season.
Has revitalized a bad defense and is winning with his backup and 3rd string QB's. What more can you ask for?? I mean yeah, he looses to the Pats in big games, but who doesn't?? Be careful in what you wish for because you too could be reeling in the never ending cycle of Pat Shurmurs, Hue Jacksons, and Freddy Kichens..
I'm sure the coaching disparity will be on full display tonight.. In what should be a grind it out AFC north November game Freddy will be going 5WR, throwing 40 times and leaving Baker and our shitty tackles exposed to Watt, Dupree and gang. When he should be running Chubb and Hunt 40 times, keeping the game close and making their backup QB win the game. Its not rocket science but i swear to God Freddy will do some un-explainable stupid shit that will cost us the game because he's trying to get cute with his play calling.
People who don't follow the Steelers just look at the record and general news and think, "What a great coach!". I'm here to explain to you that he's not. He's only a good coach if you're a fan of mediocrity. Which, being a long suffering Cleveland fan, you probably would be thrilled with.
This is Tomlin's 13th season as the Steelers' head coach:
-Tomlin inherited Cowher's entire coaching staff minus Whisenhut and, I believe, Russ Grimm.
-Tomlin won the Super Bowl in his second year with a roster full of HOFers and Pro Bowlers. Still won by the skin of his teeth thanks to a miracle Harrison 100 yard INT return with no time left and a miracle catch by Santonio Holmes.
-In his 4th year he lost to Green Bay in the Super Bowl with mostly that same roster.
-6 division titles in the 13 years (he's not winning one this year).
-4 2nd place finishes.
-2 3rd place finishes...with a HOF QB...in a division with the Browns and Bengals...
-He has missed the playoffs 4 times with a HOF QB. (This year is TBD.)
-His overall playoff record is 8-7. Think about that for a second. Seriously, do the math. 12-4=8. 8 years out of 12 appearing in the playoffs with a HOF QB, and especially early on, a ton of other HOFers and Pro Bowlers? Ok, I'm sure you're thinking "bad breaks, injuries, etc.", but how many times has Brady missed the playoffs? How many times did Manning? Anyway, 8 years making the playoffs, with 2 super bowl appearances, and his overall record is 8-7. What does that tell you about every other year?
-During his tenure all of Cowher's coaches have left, including the league's best O linemen coach for a parallel move to the fucking Titans. What does that tell you about Tomlin?
-He's 3-7 versus Belichick and 0fer against him in the playoffs.
-His teams are routinely unprepared not only for big games, but also for games against sub-.500 teams.
-He is routinely out coached, but his players DO play hard for him.
-I believe he might have won his first coach's challenge since 2015 this year, but I'm not positive about that.
-He tried to fucking trip a player during a game. That was the most inexcusable thing I've ever seen an NFL head coach do.
-There are reports throughout Pittsburgh that he's an entitled asshole and whispers of racism.
-His locker room is completely undisciplined.
-Routinely mismanages the clock.
I wouldn't hate Tomlin if he was a terrible coach. He has some upside. I think he is able to fire up his players. I think he can, at times, stay out of the way of his coordinators. However, I'll never get over him trying to trip a player during a game.
I also know that he's simply mediocre. It's that fucking mediocrity I, and many Steelers fans, are sick of. We're sick of the 1 and dones after great seasons. We're sick of the inconsistency. We're sick of the lack of discipline. We're sick of hearing stories about preferential treatment for players.
No other HC does less with more outside of San Diego.
I mean, you talk about him like he handled AB the right way, and honestly, you're wrong. He enabled AB. He allows some players to get away with murder. That's why coaches and players have left. That's why the minority owners in Pittsburgh want him fired. Tomlin is not a great leader of men.
He has a winning record this year with 5 wins and only 2 of them were against winning teams. 1 of them had their starting QB go down in the first quarter and lost when their HOF kicker missed a chip shot. The other winning team is crumbling and only 1 game over 500.
Smoke and mirrors.
