Mike Tomlin would dominate as a college coach

His strongest trait is building relationships with players. He would be a monster recruiter.

Can you imagine him as the head coach of a place like Notre Dame or Oklahoma?

 

Agreed. His strengths would be best in college.

All the proof you need in the pros is he was a DB coach. We've drafted and developed one quality corner in his whole tenure of 14 years. Keenan Lewis who partially left because he didn't like Tomlin. Then he thought he was pulling an AB with Cortez Allen and handed him 25 million to start 7 games.

 

He could recruit but he can't coach worth a ****. His luster will wear off within 4 years as people figure out his players aren't developing

 

That's the beauty of college...players often only stay 2-3 years before they go pro. So that "failure to develop" over 4 years problem goes away.

 

People notice within a couple years that players aren't developing. Once you have 3-4 classes showing minimal development, people start calling for heads to roll, the HC first.

This is why Tomlin will have to be fired or retire, his job security in the PFT is something he'd never get anywhere else

 

I think Tomlin's contract goes through 2022. He'll be the HC of the Steelers next season regardless how we finish. I do believe it will be his last season in Pittsburgh. Really can't see him coaching in the NCAA but sure as hell can see him as another talking head on NFL Network.

 

I don’t recall that. Do you have a link?

Didn’t he come back and try out for the Steelers as a free agent?

 

I knew somebody who went to HS with him. He told me way before he left that he was going to. Obviously the main reason was he wanted to play for the hometown team but he also said he didn't like Tomlin.