Coach Tomlin Press Conference Notes 12/11/12

nothing on Ben? im sure he was probably a bit sore, but nothing reported is probably a good thing.

 

ok, if victorian and van dike are like brown we can stay home and think about the last two home games

 

i'm kind of suprised they wouldn't put DD over between max and pouncey and keep foster with beachum on the right. i guess it's two rooks and heath on the right and two vets and a RB on the left. pouncey your on your own up the gut. maybe adams can go to the left side when he's well on our run to the PO's. hehehe

 

On the 2 point conversion: am I remembering right that it was Tomlin's first play-off game, against the Jags, where we went for 2pts several times and kept failing, and it turned out that if we had just kicked the xp we would have won? This isn't a point or anything, I'm just trying to remember... as my memory is usually shot to pieces by Tuesday...

 

Hopefully, Van Dyke or Victorian, take their chance and do something with it, and hopefully Dez Bryant doesnt play.

 

And I really hope we are planning on putting a safety over there to help Brown/Victoria/Van Dyke .....

 

he did not say anything about CB Brown and his wine drinking , hope he considers that moving forward

 

i didn't understand what he was meaning , i mean is a way to say something or is really mean drinking too much glass of wine before the games ?

 

when in doubt , take it at face value

 

You are remembering correctly. I flew out from the West Coast to go to that game and remember it, unfortunately, vividly. The Steelers had just created a turnover and scored to pull within 5 (I think late in the third, but I could have my time mixed up -- perhaps I don't remember as vividly as I think I do). Tomlin opted to go for 2 which had me rolling my eyes given the amount of time left in the game. Where it REALLY got bad was we got a holding penalty on the attempted 2 point conversion that was otherwise successful.....and he STILL went for 2 instead of just getting the one point and thinking that we might need that point later in the game since we'd still, in fact, have to score if we were going to win. On the next series, I think it may have been Ike Taylor (is that possible?) that picked off a pass and we quickly scored ANOTHER touchdown and then went for 2 again on a fade or something that was unsuccessful. Now up 1 instead of 3, our fate had already been written. Of course, I think the Pats were waiting for us if we had won that year as well, but heck....I'm always looking for one more week!!!!!

I thought of that game as I saw us not going for 2 against San Diego. I didn't fault the decision not to go for 2 at the time since I would imagine our 2-point record is pretty abysmal although in the context of that Jacksonville game, the decision was sort of interesting. I just figured once the spread gets above 20, we'd need an abacus on the sideline to figure out our next move....

 

I just had to laugh at this a little. If I may take a little creative license:

Back at Steelers headquarters, Coach Tomlin is handing out Christmas presents...

Coach T: Allen! Here's that hip flexor you've been wanting.

Cortez Allen: Gee, thanks Coach!! How did you know?

Keenan Lewis: That's not fair, Coach! I've been here longer than Cortez and you know I've always wanted a hip flexor. It's just not fair! Not fair!! Not fair!!! Not fair!!!!

Coach T: Calm down, Keenan! Lookie here what Santa has for you. Your very own shiny new hip flexor!!!!

Keenan Lewis: You really mean it? Oh thank you Coach!!! This will be the best Christmas ever!!!