Mike Tomlin thinks it's racist to call him a player's coach

The Great Bill Cowher went 8-8 with those player his last yr.

 

That team and Bill all checked out early. Real early.

 

18-18 the last 36 games.
6-9 against the last 15 opponents with losing records.

 

Bill reached the finish line. He wasn't being offered an extension in the normal timely Rooney approach. His wife was not in the best of health, his QB just lobotomies himself and then had to have an appendectomy procedure, a little more to it then just mailing it in or being S.B. Hungover in my opinion. Tomlin has done some good things and he as we'll let a team slip after his 1 ring with far less drama.

Every time I try to get into the Tomlin thing he brain farts me into the other direction. I root for the guy but every time he seems to have asserted his self the team takes a step back the following week. I don't know how much control he has honestly, but he seems to be constantly fielding out of control teams recently.

Just like with players, we all nag about hanging on or *****ing about casting off on and on it never ends. You either get the job don't or don't and live with it. Tomlin has 3/4 of the season left to make his case, but if the next 8 weeks aren't solid and we end up irrelevant again, I think it will be time to search elsewhere which starts the curve all over again. Could be good or bad. Who knows

 

The team is not great right now, we all know that. I don't know why some are so focused on how we fair against losing teams as of late? Not like we're some kind of power house that had a slip up. We are in transition right now and building our roster for the next run while still remaining competitive. Look at teams like the Rams, Bucs , Raiders and the browns. Be happy we have a great organization that keeps us somewhat competitive while rebuilding. Be happy that we have an organization that has a proven plan and knows how to build a winner. We've had three down years in a row in 1999-2000 and came out great. We are just over two seasons removed from a 12-4 record and just over three seasons removed from a Super Bowl appearance. We're only four games into this season and some of you act like we should pack it in for better draft picks( don't laugh, you know that's coming soon ) If we're still struggling next year i might agree with some of the fire Tomlin stuff, but for now have some friggin patience and trust in this organization, they've earned it!

 

You make a good argument, Glenn, and this is well stated. But that 6-9 record against teams with losing records is symptomatic of a larger and growing problem I think. You and I both know there was no excuse for losing to the Bucs at Heinz Field on Sunday. A team that was losing 56-0 AFTER 3 QUARTERS THE WEEK BEFORE FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. There's no excuse for losing to the likes of the Raiders, the Browns, the Titans and others when we're big favorites at home. That kind of performance has become far too common over the last few seasons and it's got to stop if we're to take our place back in the upper echelon of the NFL.

 

Ben saved Cowher's ass the only reason he ever won a Super Bowl, the story is Cowher didn't even want to draft Ben the Rooney's overruled him. Tomlin did a better job with so called Cowher's players than Cowher ever did with his own players. In 2005 they barely made the playoffs as 6th seed won the Super Bowl, in 2008 12-4 had the toughest schedule in the league won the Super Bowl and beat the Ravens three times that season.

 

Ben missed time in 05 and that's the only reason we had to back in. If not for that we would have been in a lot easier. 11-5 is a record that is pretty hard to complain about honestly. I mean the way things are now I think we would all be happy with 11-5.

 

Could it just be as simple as we are just better at remaining competitive while rebuilding than those teams you mentioned. And that's why we need to remain calm while this process runs it's course.
Everyone handles this stuff differently. I certainly get upset at times. I just choose to enjoy and support the Steelers win or lose. I'm personally tired of Tomlins attitude as of late, but I know the Rooney's are smarter than me when it comes to running a football team and they are not going to let their organization struggle much longer if they feel Tomlin is the problem. And even though I might be a bit frustrated with Tomlin myself I still feel like he can get us back on track.

 

You need to put the pipe down with the "destroying my weak arguments" bull$***! I make plenty of valid points, like in the thread I started yesterday, and the only thing you came up with was some garbage about Vince Lombardi Your problem is that you're so stuck on Tomlin that you don't realize he's driving your beloved Steelers into the ground more and more every week. I'm ready to eat crow if I'm wrong, but you need to get prepared as well

 

The sooner people realize that their opinion has no impact on what the Steelers think , the happier they'll be.

 

lol...trust me, I don't sit here with the mindset that the Rooney's are scouting our ideas. Nonetheless, I have very strong opinions about the direction that it's heading with the current regime

 

Yeah any time you eek out games it sorta makes people feel like you're not really "for real" ya know? It's like we will only be content when we destroy our opponents and drink their blood at the 50. LOL.

 

He's spot on!

 

All I can say is some of you guys are or would be GREAT dads with the amount of patience you have! I'm retired and I STILL don't have that kind of patience I think I need to lay off of the caffeine for a while!

 

Agreed. If we end up going 11-5 and are in the playoffs, hardly anybody will remember the week 3 Tampa loss. Us fans probably will because of how much it hurt, ESPECIALLY if it sends us from a #2 with a guaranteed home game with a bye down to a #5, but 99% of NFL fans will not

 

Ya know there are games we have won that still make me mad just thinking of how close they were. The most glaring example was in the 05 playoffs against the Colts. I'm still mad about the blown calls that made that game much closer than it should have been. I would say Joey Porter is too. LOL.

 

Yep, Pete F'in Morelli...dunno how that frickin' dunce kept his job after that blown Polamalu INT