Merril Hoge Shares Mike Tomlin’s Biggest Flaw As Head Coach

I agree with Hoge....Building a staff was by far Tomlin's biggest weakness

 

Yup.

 

As I have stated numerous times he didn’t want to be replaced internally by anyone who would outsmart him. He hired personnel that were mid tier level coordinators. It’s a damn shame to because he would have been more successful had he not been so stubborn. His coaching tree is a joke.

 

Hodge only repeating the obvious. Nothing new here.

 

Knoll probably thought the same.

 

I think describing Canada, Austin, Fictner, and even former position coaches like Sarrett and Klemm as mid level is being very generous.

I think Sarrett is the only one that got a job in the NFL after leaving the Steelers. No chance Austin gets a DC position again either.

 

He walked into a platinum situation. Leaders, franchise QB, solid and elite players, top notch coordinators. If he would have just been the head coach and hired qualified staff and not puppets who he micromanaged he would have had better success like his beginning. And don't give me the non losing season BS. And look at how he left it with a roster full of questions.

But being a narcissist that in lies the issue as he got more power.

Just glad he is no longer the head coach. How it ended and he stepped down is fodder for debate.

I'm excited again because a new day is on the horizon. I knew how it would end again this season. And it did. As it did for a decade. Rinse and Repeat. I didn't get fished in.

I do wish Tomlin well as he was a part of bringing us a 6th Lombardi...

 

I go back and forth with something. And that's if MT should be as much of a shoe in for the HOF as most (particularly in the media) seem to think. I think he gets in. An unpopular opinion but, to be a no doubt HOF coach I'd think you'd need to have some sort of coaching tree.

And I can't help it, but the early years weren't teams he built (I know this isn't new news here). Even if you look at the roster for the loss to Green Bay in 2010, it was still overwhelmingly majority Cowher players on D, and key components on offense still Cowher players (new faces primarily WR and Pouncey).

I look at guys like George Siefert who inherited the Walsh 49'ers. Siefert is not in the HOF, won 2 super bowls (his first right after taking over for Walsh and his second a few yrs later) and isn't in the HOF. He had a shorter career than Tomlin and took on the upstart Panthers to end his career (if he retired after the 9'ers he might be looked at differently). That said if you look at his coaching tree, his contribution go well beyond his wins and losses. He produced super bowl winning head coaches, and a bunch of names all football fans know.

I appreciate what Tomlin did for the Steelers. And there was plenty of good. But I think the media would do well to contextualize his tenure historically with things that matter. HOF is about greatness, not an award for how long you can be slightly above average.

 

Quite possibly the best words I have heard to describe Tomlin's inability to select/manage staff.