Football General Talk

[Elktrack]

Tomlin quit...It would sure be intersting if he ended up with the Ravens and Harbaugh on the Steelers...but understand Tomlin needs team approval to take another job for a year or two. Reports lean towards working in media for a year.

Blasphemy!!!!

 

[Southern Elk]

Google fu estimates Tomlin to be worth circa 30 mil....he'll be ok. I like him.

I would buy me a place on an island somewhere and go on a few hunting and fishing trips every year.

 

[Hem]

Not a Steelers fan, but Tomlin gets the nod. He probably had the intuition to go out on his terms. Good work Coach.

 

[Gellar]

Not a Steelers fan, but Tomlin gets the nod. He probably had the intuition to go out on his terms. Good work Coach.

Pure class from the Steelers and from Tomlin.

Tomlin and Bill Cowher as hosts of a pregame show.

 

[Bonasababy]

Not a Steelers fan, but Tomlin gets the nod. He probably had the intuition to go out on his terms. Good work Coach.

He was highly respected...and still quite young...when he left the Vikings years ago. My impression was he was far more cerebral and wise than his public words and actions portrayed. The reverence players have for him speaks volumes. He's still only 53 years old, but hes earned the right to make his choices.

 

[BrentD]

Not a Steelers fan, but Tomlin gets the nod. He probably had the intuition to go out on his terms. Good work Coach.

A slightly more cynical person like myself might suspect that the team asked him to step down, so they didn't have to fire him and ruined their reputation for not firing head coaches.

 

[Gellar]

A slightly more cynical person like myself might suspect that the team asked him to step down, so they didn't have to fire him and ruined their reputation for not firing head coaches.

I think this is how it went down, but Tomlin earned that.

 

[mtmuley]

A slightly more cynical person like myself might suspect that the team asked him to step down, so they didn't have to fire him and ruined their reputation for not firing head coaches.

This doesn't fit what the Rooney family does. And I think Tomlin has more pride and character to go along with it. Maybe more details will come out, but I bet Tomlin was considering this last year. mtmuley

 

[Hem]

Yeah, last few comments make sense.
Graceful exit.

 

[Southern Elk]

I know teams think they should win the Super Bowl every year, but I doubt the Steelers or Ravens will find a better coach than what they had.

 

[Hem]

that’s funny. With that kicker missing the field goal for Baltimore. Tomlin just likely bought himself another decade.

Say again?

 

[Corn king 60]

Say again?

Well by all accounts and reports it was his decision to leave. My opinion was with making the playoffs with the missed field goal that the rooneys were not going to fire him. Three coaches since 1969 tells you that they don’t make knee jerk reactions, and I’m okay with that.
But the game has changed in the 19 seasons that he has been here and I think his message has just gotten stale.

 

[BrentD]

I wonder if the players have changed more than the game.

 

[Corn king 60]

I wonder if the players have changed more than the game.

Yeah for sure that’s part of it.
Most if not all of chuck Noel’s team had jobs in the offseason.
Some went on to be very successful judges and lawyers.

 

[Nickman123]

Hard to believe Chargers won 11 regular season games with that offense. It was a tough call to pick most pathetic looking offense in first round- Chargers, Steelers or Bears (first half of the game)

 

[BlakeA]

I know teams think they should win the Super Bowl every year, but I doubt the Steelers or Ravens will find a better coach than what they had.

What are the odds they will find a coach that would win 1 playoff game in 10 years? I'll take that bet.

 

[BlakeA]

A slightly more cynical person like myself might suspect that the team asked him to step down, so they didn't have to fire him and ruined their reputation for not firing head coaches.

Art Rooney II would have let Tomlin be there another 19 years if he would have wanted to. He had complete control over everything and final say in everything. This was all Tomlin's decision.

 

[406dn]

I know teams think they should win the Super Bowl every year, but I doubt the Steelers or Ravens will find a better coach than what they had.

I agree, but it was becoming evident that neither of them were likely to win a super bowl, anytime soon.

 

[Bonasababy]

A few new good players, restored health of injured players, a weaker schedule after a down year...all can lead to very fast turn arounds irregardless of who the coach is.

Schedule and injuries alone have a huge impact.

Drafting and GMs play as big a role as the coach in personnel areas. (The Vikings biggest issue IMO)

 

[BlakeA]

A few fun streaks and accomplishments of the Tomlin era:

-Currently have gone 70 straight games failing to score more than 7 points in the first quarter.

-7 straight playoff games trailing by at least 21 points at some point in the game.

-Their defense (which was his supposed specialty) has averaged to give up 37 points a game in the past 7 playoff games.

Great leader, great human being, players loved him, went to two super bowls, lots of great accomplishments first half of career, etc. Stayed 10 years too long.

I think the Steelers will be more than fine finding his replacement and get back to being competitive.