Tomlin extended.... 1 year?

Are you calling Donahoe a good GM? For those of you who are to young to remember back that far, he was not.

 

Ask Trent dilfer or Brad Johnson if u need a good QB to win a super Bowl.. Your making this too easy for me

 

Im not happy about the extension, but I do feel like it was only given in order to prevent any controversy regarding Tomlin's job security.

I am not a fan of Tomlin's, and thought he should have been fired after last season. However, there is a new season upon us, and Mike T has my full support going into it. I hope he has self evaluated, and makes some positive changes in regards to game and team management. I hope Tomlin proves us all wrong this season.

 

Actually he wasn't that bad from what I remember. Yeah he had his draft misses but so did Colbert.

 

Donahoe dismantled a very good team in the mid to late 90s by refusing to pay anyone. He disrespected Steelers legends on the way out the door. He failed to replace the talent he let go by following up his refusal to re-sign talent with some stinker drafts. Had Colbert not been brought in when he was there is no doubt in my mind the success we had in the 2000s would have never happened.

 

Mike seemed testy with some of the questions after practice. Granted they were trying to get him to talk about level of excitement and different feeling to start of camp. Basically trying for Bell and Brown soundbites.

 

Because ownership gave him no choice they didn't want to pay anybody. That was when they were whining about a new stadium and how they couldn't compete despite being in a salary cap league.

 

I was on the put the brakes on any extension, lets see how the season pans out. The one year extension keeps the media at bay so their would be limited distractions. But to me it seems under the radar sing for your supper shot from Art II.

Colbert will not get an extension. He wants to wait. Might move on with his life's work.


2018 9-6-1 Missed Playoffs

2017 13-3 Result Round Opponent
Loss Divisional Round Jacksonville Jaguars
Lost Divisional Round (Won 0 Rounds)

2016 11-5 Result Round Opponent
Loss Conference Championship New England Patriots
Win Divisional Round Kansas City Chiefs
Win Wild Card Round Miami Dolphins
Lost Conference Championship (Won 2 Rounds)

2015 10-6 Result Round Opponent
Loss Divisional Round Denver Broncos
Win Wild Card Round Cincinnati Bengals
Lost Divisional Round (Won 1 Round)

2014 11-5 Result Round Opponent
Loss Wild Card Round Baltimore Ravens
Lost Wild Card Round (Won 0 Rounds)

2013 8-8 Missed Playoffs

My hope is that they go deep in the playoffs, win the division. This defense seems to have added players to be successful. We shall see.

Tomlin's best seasons were in his first 4 years. He needs to get back to this mentality. Dumb decisions, bad challenges, the dumbfounded looks when under adversity, losing to lesser talent and either missing the playoffs or getting the gate in the 1st stint isn't going to cut it. The microscope is on. As it should be...

 

He got fired by the Rooneys, something which is almost impossible to do. That should tell you all you need to know.

 

Maybe you should look up the word consistently , those guys won as game managers, it's a different league now.

 

He helped put together a Super Bowl team, the Steelers couldn't compete with the big market teams in terms of free agency back then.

 

And the Steelers did better with Tomlin (10-6) after Cowher (8-8).

 

He was fired by the Rooney's because Cowher said he couldn't work with him, same as when they had no problem dismissing assistant coaches.

 

The "executive" also told me that it was determined before the season ever started that AB was gone at the end of the year due to an incident involving AB's "Personal Social Media Manager" and a female Steelers PR rep.

This can explain a lot about the year that was with AB.

I guess I am business savvy enough to know that this kind of thing goes on every day in big business but I just don't want it in football.

 

Totally different era of football. Back in that day, teams tried to build incredible defenses and diverse offenses, a decent QB "could" win a SB. In today's era, if you don't have an elite QB, it's like trying to win the lottery.

 

From Asked and Answered
DUSTIN ENOS FROM SARASOTA, FL: How many losing seasons have the Steelers had since 1933? And how many since Chuck Noll was hired as the coach?
ANSWER: The Steelers are about to embark on their 87th season in the National Football League, and over the course of the previous 86 they have posted 44 winning seasons, 33 losing seasons, and nine in which they finished .500. Since Chuck Noll was hired in 1969, the Steelers have posted 36 winning seasons, 10 losing seasons, and four in which they finished .500. Breaking that down by coach, Noll had 15 winning seasons, seven losing seasons, and one .500 season; Bill Cowher had 11 winning seasons, three losing seasons, and one .500 season; and Mike Tomlin has 10 winning seasons, zero losing seasons, and two .500 seasons.

 

Interesting. Perhaps one reason Tomlin left him to do his thing? Sounds like bridges were burned a while ago, but this puts some new light on it.

 

Nick foles

 

Hines Ward, Joey Porter, Aaron Smith and Alan Faneca were good picks. Mike Vrable, too... but he turned to evil.

 

The reason the Steelers haven't had a losing season since 2007: BEN ROETHLISBERGER. Period.

 

Exactly bingo.. Nobody here gives a rats ass about Tomlin not having a losing season because we all know the real reason why that is

 

Yeah, 'cause they've never had any good assistant coaches or coordinators (Grimm, Arians, LeBeau) RBs (Bettis) receivers (Ward, Wallace, Holmes, El, Brown) Defense (Harrison, Polamalu, Porter, Ike, Big Snack) Offensive line (Dawson, Pouncy, Villanueva...….) Methinks you give Ben too much credit