The Steelers’ postseason chances took a hit over the past several days with upset home losses to the Cardinals and Patriots. Those defeats leave the team at 7-6, once again threatening head coach Mike Tomlin‘s well-known mark of never posting a sub-.500 record in a season. 
Regardless of if that streak continues or is brought to an end, a change on the sidelines should not be expected in Pittsburgh. Tomlin is not seriously seen by any member of the organization as being on the hot seat, Dianna Russini of the Athletic reports (subscription required). The 51-year-old is currently in his 17th season at the helm of the Steelers.
Offensive struggles have been a major storyline surrounding the team in 2023, and shortcomings on that side of the ball led to increasing calls for OC Matt Canada to be replaced. In an extraordinarily rare move given the franchise’s track record on in-season firings, Canada was let go last month. The change to a new setup of Eddie Faulkner serving as OC and Mike Sullivan calling plays seemed to spark an immediate improvement, but things took a turn for the worse over the past two contests.
Quarterback Kenny Pickett was injured in the Arizona loss, leaving Mitch Trubisky in place to serve as starter for the Thursday night New England game. The latter is set to have a multi-game run in the No. 1 role given the recovery timeline for Pickett’s ankle sprain, on which he immediately had surgery. Even when healthy, the 2022 first-rounder has not developed as hoped this year, leading many to identify quarterback as an area of need for the Steelers this offseason. Plenty is yet to be determined for the team down the stretch, however.
Pittsburgh could still qualify for the postseason in a crowded AFC wild-card picture; doing so would mark the 11th playoff appearance in Tomlin’s tenure. The Super Bowl XLIII winner has not managed a postseason victory since the 2016 season, however, and the Steelers have recorded double-digit wins only twice in the span. In spite of the relative cold spell, Tomlin had always maintained security from a contractual perspective before the current season.
The Steelers followed a pattern of authorizing two-year Tomlin extensions every other spring for several years, but that cycle did not continue in 2023. As a result, Tomlin is on the books through 2024 and in danger of entering next season in a lame-duck situation. Given Pittsburgh’s reputation for stability on the sidelines, though, it comes as no surprise that Tomlin is set to remain in place for at least the remainder of the current campaign.
Only Bill Belichick has a longer tenure amongst active NFL head coaches, and his New England future has been the subject of signficant speculation this year. A change in New England could vault Tomlin to the top of the list in terms of longevity, but the latter will no doubt be the subject of considerable scrutiny if the Steelers fall outside the playoffs for a second straight year in 2023.
Trade em
Jim Harbaugh -> Steelers
remember when he immediately turned the 49ers around?
he turned them into a smashmouth, gritty team.
he used 2 mediocre QBs to reach a SB.
Of course not, he hasn’t had a losing season. Mediocre all but one year, but Pittsburgh fans prefer longevity over success.
“Mediocre all but one year”
Yeah, that’s just not true at all. Two Super Bowl appearances, one win, and nine seasons with at least 10 wins. Unless you’re talking about the last 5-6 years, you’re incorrect.
Longevity is success in their case. Don’t forget they are tied for the most SB wins. Nor is it his fault the o-line needs improvement and he doesn’t have a QB. I’m a huge Steelers fan and surprised they’re over .500 at this point. He’s done well as the HC and hope to see him continue as such.
Don’t say fans most Steeler fans are tired of the Tomlin way. It’s the national media that rides the guy.
I can go on and on with his short comings as a coach but I am sure you will see them in this post over & over again so why bother.
The Steelers losing to terrible teams is an NFL tradition at this point
How could a winning, culture setting coach be on the hotseat?!
Is the culture an undisciplined locker room? Or perhaps one that cultivates diva WR’s?
There are diva WR throughout the league. That’s not on Tomlin. He has many other faults no reason to add that to the list.
Besides there was a stretch where AB was the hardest working WR in the league and you never heard anything.
If this is the real AB which players like Troy & RC have said he is Tomlin needs props for being able to control it for as long as he has.
I am the biggest Tomlin detractor there is. I have wanted him gone for years. But in the same breath I am objective to the situation and I want him gone for his faults and not for what short sighted fans perceive as faults.
The shenanigans that DJ & GP14 are pulling now comes from a lack of player leadership on the offensive side of the ball. They are not being yoked up by a player on the sideline telling them to get they heads in the game. Watt, Minkah & Cam can’t do that when they are on the field in between offensive possessions. Years before every room on that team had a leader. That’s the biggest thing that has been lacking from these Steeler teams last few years is the veteran leadership.
winning culture?
haven’t won a playoff game in 6 years despite multiple HOF players rostered, and lose to the worst teams on the schedule EVERY SINGLE YEAR
someone else please take Tomlin off our hands so you can relate.
7th round pick is fine with me.. prob get a 2nd
…but you’ll get a cool guy who is friends with all the players
2015-2017 is the only good run of Steeler seasons since they lost to the Packers in SB45. Everything else has been mediocre but Tomlin gets a pass because they win 8-9 games
yep. absolute waste of talent since 2017
I keep waiting for an answer to this question…does anyone think this is a good roster? That this is a strong contending team that should be 10-3 or 9-4 if not for Tomlin’s lousy coaching?
If so…
A) I’m not hiring you as a pro scout.
B) But, so be it, complaining about the job Tomlin has done this year would make sense…then.
Yea this is a strong roster.
1. You have 3 potential HOF players on the defense.
2. You have a 1st round pick RB
3. You have a 1st round pick QB
3. Your 3rd WR has made multiple Pro Bowls.
4. You have a DROY candidate @ CB
5. You have a Top 15 pick Tackle that would not play over a guy who is rated the worst LT in the NFL
I am not saying the talent is SuperBowl winning level but as weak as the AFC has been this year you damn right my expectations are higher than the production on the field.
1. Yes, all of whom have been in and out with injuries.
2. Likely bust.
3. Likely bust.
3. Are you bragging about a used up Allen Robinson…?
4. D ROY candidate…? He’s been OK.
5. Pedigree isn’t the same as talent, this is a running theme.
Most projections had them between 5 and 9 wins.
Yeah, agreed. This was never a great roster or at least one that was gonna compete for a title. Whose fault is that?
I’m a little lost by your continued “entitled” rant. I don’t understand your overall point. I’ve been a fan since ‘. 70 and appreciate the franchise’s overall consistency through the past 5-plus decades. But I also realize championship teams don’t come along too often and being a “top team” is cyclical. Fine
But you’re intimating that anyone who critiques Khan, Weidl, Tomlin or the final works of Colbert are whiners who feel entitled?
Sorry, the logic escapes me. Using your barometer, most people on MLBTR who criticize are all whining, entitled fans?
1. All highly productive when on the field
2. Don’t know if he is bust until we get a real NFL playbook to work with
3. Ditto
4. As a.3rd WR Allen Robinson at this point in his career is more than capable and should be one of the better 3rd WR in the league
5 you lose all credibility on this & shows you don’t watch or don’t know the Steelers Peazy Jr not only has been one of the best rookies but he been one of the best corners in the league
If that was what the predictions were than why is Tomlin so special looks like he will fall in the middle of those prediction but I have seen them higher & lower.
I watch enough football that I can draw my own prediction got news for you these so called experts get paid because their articulation on tv not their knowledge. Fans that watch the game & have played the game know just as much if not more.
Former players are a different story I respect their opinions they have played at a certain level
So take your goofy ass somewhere to the national Tomlin D!ck riders & leave the discussion for true Steeler fans that know their team.
So you acknowledge that his best players have been hurt and that his starting QB and RB might be busts but still think he should be 10-3 and you are in fact bragging about Allen Robinson.
Objectivity and perspective at their finest.
Yes he should be 10-3 he is @ 7 now & they have more talent than NE & Arizona that’s 9 & Jax was winnable & so was the 2nd Browns game
What I will acknowledge is that they could be worse than 7-6 too because some of the wins could have just as easily been losses but you know the bust of a QB just happened to shine in the 4th quarters of those games
Anybody that says Kenny is a true blue bust must not have seen him the last 2 years in the 4th quarter. That reason alone is why he deserves the opportunity to play with a real OC.
Wasn’t a fan of Harris pick not a RB 1st round guy but he deserves an OC change too cause the guy has run hard at times. But sometimes in the scheme he tippy toes and doesn’t hit the line hard. Is that a player fault or a scheme fault I feel he has the right to show what he could do in a better scheme.
But anyone defending Tomlin and credits his regular season body of work but doesn’t acknowledge the post season body of work is not worth listening to
I heard Minkah talkin bout guys not working hard well whose job is that to instill that. Any team I played for was the coaches that you had to answer to if your production isn’t up to the standard
Agree about Najee. Look, the guy gets the ball as the D-line gets him 90% of the time. There’s a guy who needs a new OC and line before calling HIM a bust
I liked the selection of Kenny. Followed his evolution at Pitt. I’m sure he gets another year to prove it with a new OC but if Tomlin oversees everything, including the offense and play calling, then ask yourself why he allowed the shackles to be kept on Pickett. Rarely threw downfield. Rarely threw over the middle. Mostly dink and dunk
Why was that?
As for Minkah, yeah, I heard the same. I heard Najee’s frustration. These guys came out of a superior program at Alabama. And in this regard, Tomlin must find a way to reach this generation of athletes. The same style he used ten years ago with Troy, Hines and Harrison isn’t working now
But so much of these problems lie with personnel selection. I don’t see a great deal of difference between him and John Harbaugh where coaching is concerned. But the Ravens seem to have had better drafts and signings recently.
Anyone who would put Mike Tomlin on the hot seat is either a brain dead moron or a hot take sports radio jackwagon (or both).
Anyone who would defend Tomlin as a HC in the last 13 years probably doesnt even watch football on Sundays and either goes to the sports bar and glances at the soundless TV in between beers or is laid up watch ID investigation cause their wife controls the remote.
His wife would more likely have on TLC, HGTV, or Hallmark. 90-day shows are a thing these days.
My wife watches ID Investigation I think she is trying to knock me off & get away with it
Only a chump would have a wife.
OR…you believe the Super Bowl is your divine birth right every single year and that no other team can ever win it, you can only lose it.
In which case, it’s clearly his fault.
Even Chuck Noll knew when it was time to make room for a new hungry coach to make the Steelers a winner again. Tomlin should have the courtesy to step aside and let this team thrive with better coaching. Why should the fans endure a mediocre team year after year so the front office can keep a bad coach and system going?
Last I checked the head coach cannot play QB. Pickett has been absolutely deadful..1.9% TD% and 6.4 YPA is absolutely awful. Najee has been a disappointment at RB, too.
Was he givin the tools to succeed ?
He was given what amounts this year as the worst offensive line in football.
He was given the worst OC in maybe NFL history.
He has 2 Diva WR that take no accountability whatsoever in the negative plays they make
Say what you want about AB but if he dropped the ball he always headed back to the huddle patting his chest to the offense saying my bad my fault sorry guys
These 2 guys bitch & whine when the ball don’t go their way but the minute it does and they don’t make the play they just walk back to the huddle like oh well
I mean the damn Oline coach would rather have quit mid season and go work in college than to have had to work with the OC that’s how bad the OC was and he kept him
Kenny deserves a year with a real OC to see what he could do in a real NFL system
The talent is there you see it in the 4th quarters he just needs someone that can bring that out of him for the first 3
People need to stop holding expectations of him to Ben
Nobody is Ben. Ben is not ever walking in that doorway ever again ever
He was a generational talent we will never see again
And for me that’s Tomlin’s biggest problem he got Ben as a finished product and he relied so much on Ben that now he needs to step up and make decisions on the offensive side of the ball that he is not equipped to make and he left it in the hands of a twit in Canada so Kenny’s development has suffered because of it
You can’t have a 2nd year OC who was never successful even in college in charge of developing a rookie QB I am sorry that’s on Tomlin but he has a chance to fix that by bringing in a real OC then from that point on it’s on Kenny
Look at the players. Very little talent. Belichick as Parcells said got to buy groceries. Tomlin stuck with what G.M/scouts bought.
Where is the lack of talent exactly ?
Lack of talent or lack of developing talent ???
Their entire O-line would qualify other than the rookie. They brought in a lot of guys who looked good on paper but in the end were cast offs from other teams. When you’ve been a tackle or guard for years, I’m at a loss as to where “development” can begin. These guys are nearer the end of their careers
Their D-line is porous. I can’t remember opposing running backs shredding it for 8-10 yards a pop as we’ve seen in the past few years. Cam is getting older. Maybe Benton will be a development guy—he shows flashes
Their secondary other than Minkah has been a continual revolving door over the years. Maybe they can develop Porter
And 23 starts in I just have to ask where and when the development of Pickett begins. I liked the drafting of him but can you develop guys who perhaps are misplaced at this level?
To me, they’ve misfired on free agent signings and draft picks over the past few years and yeah, Tomlin is part of that, too. But this team has so many holes that it’s difficult to see where they start in the rebuild process
Agree to an extent but look at Green & Dobson after they left & what theirvPFF rankings have become Green was consistently higher than both Steeler guards & Dobson is one of the better guards in the whole NFL now
How come they couldn’t have been put in a position to succeed like that here in Pitt ???
Start by rebuilding the trenches and secondary.
Honestly despite how bad the offense has been the path for this team to get back to contending for the AFC North crown or potentially a Super Bowl is through the defense. So I’d get two corners, a defensive end to pair with and eventually replace Cam when he retires, a long term solution at inside linebacker and a center this offseason because Mason Cole is just awful.
I agree with that other than 2 Corners Peazy Jr has been great. Now if you mean 2 more in addition to him I would agree. Although I do like Rush in the limited time he has played.
The Oline deficiency is Mason Cole issue. I don’t think I have ever seen a regression this bad.
Every 3 snaps the ball is at the QBs feet.
And Moore is the worst LT I have ever seen
Devin Bush is the biggest mistake because he was supposed to finally replaced Shazier.
That’s why I like drafting the best players and not for need. Which Colbert did a lot of.
I think Andy is gonna have some say this off-season and get a line coach that can develop later pick Olinemen
The lack of talent is the offensive line, specifically the interior O-line in pass protection as in the quickest path to the qb and quickest way to blow up a play. Also at inside linebacker, primarily due to injuries, which significantly hurts the run D and opens up the middle of the field against passes. At cornerback which is pretty important when modern offenses throw the ball 40 times a game. The D-line with the exception of Heyward who was hurt half the games this season and Benton who is still developing as a rookie which significantly impairs the run D and is only a non issue in terms of pass rush due to Watt and Highsmith. Finally at qb which doesn’t need explanation. That adds up to a mediocre team which this team is so Tomlin is doing about as well as should be expected. I’m not saying he’s the best coach in the league or anything but he’s definitely not the problem with this team as constructed right now.
Sorry Tomlin has a lot more say in who gets drafted than most coaches and he has earned that privilege but at the end of the day you gotta hit on those picks which he more times than not hasn’t
Mike is learning what Bill and Sean are as well. Having a SB winning HoF QB really helps!
Tomlin must thank his maker nightly that he doesn’t coach in New England and have to be victim of all the media vultures.
The Steelers should fire Tomlin and hire Hue Jackson.
Yinzers are tired of being stuck in the mushy middle, right?
Well, after a few 2-3 win seasons, they’ll be totally rebuilt into a contender like the (checks notes) Browns.
Sound good?
Maybe if Hugh Jackson had Big Ben for 15 years he would be seen in a different light
The Steelers recent mediocrity is the all but inevitable result of winning for 17 straight years, not a bum HC who lucked out for 17 straight years.
Are you willing to endure a true rebuild?
Why would Steeler fans have to endure a true rebuild we haven’t had to since Knoll got hired.
TJ was drafted @ 30 Cam @ 31
Players are there everywhere just have to find them
2 things Tomlin needs to do if he stays on which I have said I am not opposed to
1. He lets Khan & Weidle get the players
2. He hires better coaches and if it means a guy who wants to move on in his career eventually than so be it the ego needs to be in check
You must have missed the Bubby Brister and Mark Malone eras
You’re right about Noll but the game was changing and his dynasty players were retiring.
I think your first point is already a reality. Look at their off season signings and draft
But where number 2 is concerned, I couldn’t agree more. It can’t be a continual hiring of yes men
I will admit I did miss the Malone era it was a bit before my time but I did catch the end of the Bubby era
I caught the end of Noll and there was a lot more to those lean years than a total rebuild popping off
Bradshaw wanting to play longer and then getting hurt & then not drafting Marino
Then Senor Sack getting hurt
Those were important events
All the Steelers need to do is fire a coach who has never had a losing season and then hire a coach who is good at turning a below average team into a top tier contender.
So obvious!
It kills me when Tomlin was hired he came out of nowhere. Everyone expected the team to promote Russ Grimm from within like they always had.
But it was a defensive league at that time and he was a young hot shot defensive coordinator who wowed the Steeler brass into goving him the job
Fast forward and it is now an offensively driven league and he has not adapted which I am fine with as long as me brings in offensive guys that develop an offense which the last 2 coordinators he hasn’t done & the one before them was a Rooney hire.
The Steelers brought in Knoll then Cowher then Tomlin why would I not believe they have the ability to find the next coach.
Listen I am not a Tomlin hater and absolutely would not be opposed for him to stay as head coach but just like all the coaches that find success in the league they gain power and his power moves are not helping this team move forward
Ok he has the longest winning season streak in franchise history but he also has the longest playoff losing streak as well
So it’s time for him to either get his ego in check & hire an OC that is going to help develop this offense so he can concentrate on the defense or it’s time to move on
I mean there are coaches with losing records that have a coaching tree after 16 years he doesn’t?
Not one of his coaches have moved on to a promotion to head coach somewhere ? That is insane to me.
The league is continually evolving and it feels like his feet are set in concrete
Bruce Arians won a super bowl as a head coach after being an offensive coordinator under Tomlin so there’s one for you. But that whole line of thinking falls more on the Rooney’s practice of not hiring in demand, higher profile coaches in the first place. Thats not on Tomlin. Mike Munchak is the only guy I can think of off the top of my head in the last 15 or so years.
Ok well Arians was a Cowher hire not a Tomlin hire he was inherited and is never been associated with a Tomlin coaching tree ever
Then you must be young because Ken a Wisenhunt, Chan Gailey, Mike Mularky, Daryl Moorey, Russ Grimm, Ron Earhardt, Dom Capers
Among others all came from the Cowher caching tree which the Rooney’s hired.
It’s common knowledge that Rooney fired Arians. Tomlin just fed the flames with some of his comments in the aftermath
And it’s equally known that Rooney wanted LeBeau to stay and that he often butted heads with Tomlin
The end result was superior defenses. Butting heads can be healthy when the same goal is shared. It gets sticky when your QB gets your OC fired, as what happened with Haley
Ben did get Haley fired but he is not the type who lasts long anywhere. His act gets old fast.
There was more to Arians being let go. He is another strong personality who I am 100% certain butted heads with Tomlin as well.
The LeBeau firing bothered me though. I understand Tomlin wanted his own identity but i Coach LeBeau was to important at that time to the defense
He got fired because Ben was getting hit too much in his offense. The Rooneys said it. Haley got fired because he didn’t run the ball enough. Some of you don’t understand how much your owners run that franchise. It works for them, but there is a Steeler way of doing things, and the HC complies. Laughable that people think Cowher or Tomlin have made most of these coaching or personnel moves or even had much input on them.
Funny that you think Tomlin hires his coaches, especially on offense. The Rooneys do the hiring and firing. Ask Bruce Arians or Todd Haley.
I’m not a big fan of any coach because in the end, this era of big money athletes necessitates the idea that the players have to go out there and do it. Period. Yeah, a coach or manager has to build the team, find all the parts, bring them together and inspire collectively, but this isn’t junior high
That said, the Steelers authored the Rooney Rule. They believe in stability at the head coaching position and brought in a minority who, whether you like him or not has had a great run here
I’m not a Tomlin fan, but there is no way that Tomlin is ever going to be fired or traded. I mean, it’s a ridiculous premise. Imagine the backlash the franchise would get, if nothing else and that’s beyond the simple fact that the man has consistently won
The focus should be on rebuilding the o-line and bringing an OC to give Pickett one more year to prove he actually belongs as a starting QB
I agree totally and as much as I do want Tomlin gone because of his game decisions.
He is terrible on challenges
17 yrs and. His game time management is still horrible never seem to have a TO late when we need it
But again like I have said countless times he needs to put his ego aside & hire an OC that can run a legit NFL offense
Steelers need to realize that Pickett isn’t the guy before what happened in New England happens there. They deluded themselves too long. Pickett gets hurt every other week, and the reason they don’t let him throw down the field too much is because he’s a turnover machine when he does. He and Harris were huge misses as offensive building blocks.
Can a Steelers fan give me a logical argument for why Tomlin needs to go? I see people complaining about him all the time, but as a Browns fan I would kill for that kind of stability and ability to maximize the “talent” on a roster.
Colbert/Khan haven’t given him a good roster to work with for a few years now, and the bad quarterback play has had a lot to do with that but they haven’t consistently been able to run the ball since Le’Veon Bell either. For a few years now they’ve had some of the worst on paper rosters in the league, but Tomlin keeps them relevant every year.
Matt Canada was already the scapegoat and getting rid of him hasn’t helped at all, so why does it all become Tomlin’s fault when (in my mind) they’re only here because of him? It would only make sense to get rid of him if they decide that they’re tired of being just “above average” and want to tear it down and rebuild, but at that point I think you clear out the front office and just completely reset. Tomlin can get the most out of a roster but when that roster isn’t very good it feels like the blame needs to go elsewhere.
Steelers fans have had it so good they have no idea what bad actually looks like.
They think a coach who has never lost is a bad coach.
Not a flawed coach or a stale coach…a BAD coach…who just happens to have never lost.
Steeler fans don’t compare our coaches to other coaches around the league. They get compared to other Steeler coaches.
I am tired of this non losing seasons nonsense. Can someone tell me how 8-8 or 9-8 or 9-7 is so much better than 7-9 or 8-9 ???
I don’t think any Steeler fan thinks Tomlin is a bad coach
I know from my stand point it’s more his time has come. The league is moving in a different direction and he is stuck in concrete.
Look he is not better than Noll was and his time came. Every Steeler fan out there remembers a time we chased SuperBowls now we chase over .500 records & 6 & 7 seeds.
Sometimes people just run their course somewhere that’s why guys ain’t coaching in one spot for 20-25 years in 1 place anymore.
“Steeler fans don’t compare our coaches to other coaches around the league. They get compared to other Steeler coaches.”
Right.
This is why they hate the national media. CONTEXT.
A reasonable view of all 32 teams in context instead of a myopic insistence that every win is theirs, every Super Bowl is theirs and only dumb old Tomlin can lose it for them.
Tomlin’s biggest problem is ironically that he never loses…
Cowher **** the bed often enough to reload with guys like Plex and Ben. Tomlin doesn’t.
I still don’t get your point about Steelers fans feeling “entitled” and that’s coming from a guy who’s been a fan since ‘70 and isn’t clamoring for Tomlin’s removal.
A great many fans here are fans of the sport. Yeah, they want a team that competes every year. Doesn’t every fan of every team?
Some fans have this tendency to let racism filter into their critiques. This has gone on since Tomlin was hired and while you don’t see it too often here, it’s still prevalent
It’s funny that you bring up Cowher. Were you around for his entire tenure? Re-loaded? Yeah, every so often with the drafting talents of Colbert
Plax? I used to sit on the 50 yard line and watch him give up on routes when he wasn’t being thrown the ball. Opposing DB’s would laugh at him. Yeah, he grew up but try to use better examples and spare us your nonsense about entitlement.
I’m not in agreement with a lot of what @steelersbravesnation is putting forward but at least I understand his views
“Steeler fans don’t compare our coaches to other coaches around the league. They get compared to other Steeler coaches.”
Here’s a good example…
Thinking that other teams, etc. don’t matter, don’t exist, that they are extras in your movie because only what the Steelers do matters.
Giving the coach no credit for wins (because you are entitled to them) and total blame for losses.
Thinking you should never have to rebuild because the laws of sports gravity should never and/or will never apply to you because you are the sun and everything else rotates around you…and therefore you don’t have to acknowledge or understand windows of contention and you have the same expectations for this team as, say, 2017.
Delusion built on the sense that you are owed championship football each and every year.
I dunno, 66. Most of what you write here would apply to any fan base
I don’t know of any fan who feels he or she is owed a championship
You seem to confuse being a fan or giving an opinion with being some kind of cheese and wine elitist
We both know sports at any level are cyclical. I can’t think of any dynasty that fizzled out after a few years, any coach who wasn’t put on a pedestal when championship runs took place or looked upon as a great impediment to success when the team did poorly
Think of any fan base that’s had a modicum of success and your definition fits….and is mistaken
Hell, take a trip over to any Pirates thread on MLBTR and it’s more of the same, and the Pirates are in perpetual rebuild mode
What are Steeler fans supposed to apologize for the success of the franchise ?
It sounds like we are supposed to jump up and do cartwheels for a coach who loses in the playoffs.
I don’t care about having a losing season if it means taking a step back in order to get 2 steps forward. We are tired of being stagnant.
Like I said a million times I am ok for Tomlin keeping his job but he has to make better hires on his staff. The modern day NFL is passing him up & the standard now seems like staying .500 is where it’s at.
I don’t know man it feels like loser franchises except the losing and just get happy when they get a year or 2 of success. I can’t understand that.
I am not going to apologize for having expectations. I put a lot of time, energy & money into my fandom.
I am a die hard knock fan too. Save me with that entitled nonsense. I rode with Isaiah, Perry, Phil Jax and I continue to ride with Leon Rose. But there comes a time when things are not working and you need a change. Never gonna stop being a fan.
Entitlement please that’s nonsense.
FWIW, I agree his staff is junk and has been since the fans and media chased Arians out of town.
But, is that because his ego is too big and he needs yes men as many like to believe (and may be true, who knows)?
Or is it because the Rooneys have less money than other owners and aren’t willing to pay as much for auxiliary staff as other teams?
I said before the season that keeping Canada was the single biggest strike against Tomlin in his entire tenure and that panned out exactly as I thought it would.
Also, I respect how you/they love the team (I love the Pens the same) but that’s ultimately what prevents the objectivity.
He and Cohwer had nearly the exact same record through the same number of games when Cowher left the team. So there goes that lie.
Yep. Team’s window closed that year before they had the hot start to the season. I think they started 11-0 or something. It wasn’t a very good roster then, but they were still winning, and they’ve been rebuilding on the fly just like they did after the last Super Bowl appearance in the early 2010s.
It’s only been 1 year of Khan & he has hit on the draft pretty damn good if you ask me.
I as a Steeler fan don’t like Tomlin’s coaching decisions. He never has a TO late when we need one. His challenge percentage is abysmal
And he doesn’t hire good enough coaches to his staff IMO.
His last 3 playoff losses his opponents scored over 40 pts in each game
And he lost to your Browns Special team coach cause Stefanski had Covid.
Him & Haley couldn’t get a long granted not his fault cause Haley was a dick but coach Randy didn’t deserve the promotion & Canada shouldn’t have been the OC I mean the guy’s resume wasn’t even good by college standards.
It’s been 13 years since a SB appearance longest stretch in Steelers history
And how much of his success was his or was it him having Ben ???
That’s the question Belicek is facing with Brady. Bill wasn’t good with your Browns and only got good once Brady stepped in. Why is it wrong to ask that of Tomlin???
Jones, Porter Jr, Benton is already looking like a great initial draft class for Khan. Excited to see his “fresh” blood change the team the next couple years.
Mount Washington & Herbig have been good too
Washington not in the pass game so much but he is a beast blocking
They have high hopes for the DB they drafted from Purdue who blew out his knee in camp—his name escapes me. But between signings and drafting, they need to blow up most of the o-line and start over
I’m not a fan of Pickett—but the kid is under fire every time he drops back.
Actually, Mike Tomlin’s vehicle DOES have heated seats.
So he actually is often on the hot seat !!
Pittsburgh has one of the worst rosters in the NFL, and you guys rag on Tomlin.