Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin Reportedly Has Full Control Over Roster Decisions

This is according to Dulac,so this is maybe not true but what are your thought on that if this is true?


https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/arti...ntrol_over_roster_decisions/s1_17101_42199937

 

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This is according to Dulac in his In his weekly chat....

 

Newsflash: any HC who has been around as long as Tomlin probably has control over the roster. I still think they work together with the GM.

 

The head coach has to have full control of the roster imo. That's the guy who is making the game plan and if he can't get the players to support his game plan, what use is he as a head coach? Now, I do think that he must work hand in hand with the GM in achieving that roster. But it's not like the GM can just say here's player a b and c, have fun and see you in the super bowl.

It must be a collaborative effort where the head coach puts forth his needs and desires for players and the GM manages the contracts and money. The trade-offs then come from what's available and what could be afforded.

 

Bull$hit. The only HCs that have full control over the roster are the ones that are also the GM, and even they have a owner who is the final say.
Example: Bill Belichick was the actual HC, and GM, and yet couldn't get rid of Brady when He 1st wanted to, because the owner wouldn't allow him to, and He was actually the HC, and GM.
Teams don't spend money on GMs, and assistance to do nothing.
You can't on one hand say the Steelers are the cheapest team, and then say .....they just spend money on a GM just for looks. LoL.
Also You can't say on one hand , great picks Khan, and then if they don't workout, and are bad picks....see Tomlin does it all.

 

Clickbait

Dulac made one benign comment regarding cutting Pickens then the writer made it into something it wasn’t then you posted it by adding to it just to make a post

Nothing more and no story here

 

i posted this in another thread about kahn rebuilding the entire roster and blast was talking about losing weidl. many GM's have built good teams not the coaches having all the say.

https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=4679...aWUtcm9zZW1hbi1jaGllZnMtYnJldHQtdmVhY2g&ntb=1

 

True, but I still think Tomlin has a say in the decisions the Steelers make, and he's not the only HC in the nfl... Khan and Tomlin work together, just it was the case with Colbert and Tomlin, and for Cowher and Colbert.

Teams like the Chiefs,it was Andy Reid who hired their current GM, and they're not the only team who let the head coach chose the GM....Shanahan also choose Lynch as GM with the 49ers

 

They all have a say. What I'm saying is unless they are the actual HC/GM they don't have all the say , and even they have owners above them.

 

The question is how much power Tomlin has in this team at this point and if it's more than Khan...We just don't know at 100%

 

Over the cuts and deciding who makes the final 53, of course the HC makes those decisions. It's been that way for a very long time. That's part of the job description. Fans will debate their opinions if HCs are good at this or not, but it is right in the wheel-house of what they are hired to do.

 

Absolutely

It’s a group effort

Regarding getting rid of Pickens if any head coach says I don’t want him get rid of him then that player is gone

 

As would be expected

Why would any GM add a player the coach doesn’t want

 

Owners pay head coaches a heck of a lot more than they do a GM

I can see who would win that battle

Plus a coach decides who is on the field why would a GM get a player just to sit on the bench

If you were a GM would you waste time and resources getting players the coach doesn’t want

 

I would hate to think a former secondary coach is the reason we have brought in so many average cornerbacks during his tenure.

 

MLB is different the GM sets the roster the managers don't have much power.

 

Dulac is a dummy, so I doubt this is accurate.

FULL CONTROL is a strong statement.

i am sure he and Khan discuss philosophy, gaps - where they want to go and what pieces go where, along with the scouts.

but like a marriage (or so it should be!), there is no FULL control....

 

I do think Tomlin has a lot of say in his players... he should.
The ratio for balance of power in this case may slant to Tomlin, that's not great.

But in successful operations, the coaching sees what they have and analyzes them against what they need to do.
Today's offenses are innovative and just don't run "Riggins left, Riggins Right, Riggins up the middle"
Matt Canada was incapable of designing anything innovative.
But real OC's would see a guy like Tyreek Hill and see an opportunity to tap into that talent and exploit it to a strength.
And when Defense's figure how to stop it, they trade him.

Something in the supply and demand chain is broken in Pittsburgh.
Of course, a real QB would change a lot of things.
Wonder how many years that will take?

 

Exactly. Just look to our very own team back when Cowher, and Donahoe had that falling out, and Cowher almost left. If GMs didn't have any power, Cowher wouldn't have had a problem with Him, and most of that came out after the Troy Edwards pick was a complete failure.

 

I think a good coach/GM dynamic includes the GM understanding the best players to fit the scheme the coach and his coordinators are trying to run, and using his evaluators to find them.