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

stubborn and plain arrogant.

 

Well Tomlin was either scared to hire any coaches that might outshine him or too stupid to know a good assistant coach to hire....so which one is it?....either way Tomlin fails.

 

He had Arians, Haley, Smith, Munchak and Flores all on his staff and all were Head Coaches. Not exactly what you would do if you were afraid of being replaced internally. Also I have to wonder how Tomlin won so many games for so long in a league that is inredibly difficult to do so. According to fans he couldnt hire a staff or lead a staff, he didnt know X's and O's, couldnt develope players, and yet he is 9th winningest coach of all time.

 

Semantics have run out on this subject. The results of the last 15 years tell the story better than anyone’s opinions or feelings.

If Mike Tomlin coached anywhere but the Pittsburgh Steelers, that includes all professional sports teams in America, he would have never lasted half way through that 15 years.

 

One thing you aren't considering; what was Tomlin's staff budget from Rooney? If the owner doesn't want to pay top dollar for top coaches then that is a problem. Example, Harbaugh negotiated a $10M staff budget with the NYG. I don't think money will be a problem for him trying to find assistants.

 

we will know more in the future

 

True.. but this is the Steelers so the next HC will get a long leash as well.

 

Don’t let facts get in the way, lol.

 

He stuck to Steelers' consistency. That's what he inherited. That was the Rooney direction too. It's an organizational misjudgment on what wins. I don't think it was solely his decision, although it is clear that he was big on familiarity, but it was not just him.

 

Wait. Wait. You’re saying that a coach who prefers veteran players also prefers veteran coaches? Huh. Fracking weird.

 

I can see you are blow away by this revelation.

 

Belichick coordinators were in high demand - Crennel, Mangini, McDaniels, O'Brien, Patricia, Flores, Judge, Daboll, Mayo. They weren't successful, but the league valued coaches who coached under Belichick.

 

My mind is blown. Just can’t believe the galaxy brain on Hoge.

He will probably lead the resistance when AI takes over.

 

Classic insecure control freak.

 

This whole thing is kind of stupid.

Does Tomlin really strike you as a guy who runs from challenges?

Is there any NFL coach who isn’t a control freak? Sorta the job description.

Tomlin clearly preferred a small group of highly experienced coaches over a sprawling staff of inexperienced coaches.

It’s not some complicated three layers deep thing.

Tomlin was always talking about veteran players and veteran coaches.

Y’all are making this too hard.

 

No problem with the veteran coaches, but the problem was the quality.

 

Sure. That’s a different discussion.

Hiring bad coaches is different than not hiring coaches because you’re scared or whatever nonsense people like to talk about.

 

Haley
Arians
munchak
The DL coach was here for decades
Faulkner has been coaching since before Tomlin
Austin
Danny Smith

those are just off the top of my head. All those dudes are coaching lifers who were coaching for years

 

It was done on purpose by organization and Tomlin.

1) They didn’t want anybody with a real football IQ in the room to challenge him. Hence why Flores and Todd Haley were quickly pushed out.

2) They were used as blame/fire fodder. Butler, Randy, Matt Canada, etc. It bought Tomlin another 10 years of mediocrity. Everybody blaming them instead of the root of the issue.

Nobody who was desirable and had a future in the league would take all the blame and go away quietly. So they hired nobodies who would just be happy getting a gig way above their qualifications, abilities, and getting a big payday. You finally get it?

 

Between that, his inability to properly develop or discipline problematic players, and literally not having a damn clue about how to use time outs, challenges or replays for all 19 years of his tenure, he certainly had his downsides.

 

I’ll add this to your top ten list