Football General Talk

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Millionaire first world problems...

 

[BrentD]

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.

I love to hate these litanies of mostests, leastest, bestest, and worstest facts. Given the almost innumerable things that could assayed for such awards, who it to say that a very similar list can be made for any team in the league.

These things sound terrible, but how many GOOD things could you say about the team. Probably just as many.

 

[BlakeA]

I love to hate these litanies of mostests, leastest, bestest, and worstest facts. Given the almost innumerable things that could assayed for such awards, who it to say that a very similar list can be made for any team in the league.

These things sound terrible, but how many GOOD things could you say about the team. Probably just as many.

Sure but how many active coaches have anything remotely close to those two stats on their resume? Being absolutely non competitive in 7 consecutive playoff games and completely blown out. Not a couple, seven.

Even the worst of the worst, (Raiders, Titans, Browns, etc.) haven't gone 4+ years without scoring 7+ points in the 1st quarter. It's almost impossible to do unless you and your coaching staff/schematics are that inept.

How many teams have lost 7 consecutive playoff games? And then how many have been losing by at least 21 points in all of them?


There isn't any good things to say about them the past 10 years that would come close to offset those two.

 

[Bonasababy]

Sure but how many active coaches have anything remotely close to those two stats on their resume? Being absolutely non competitive in 7 consecutive playoff games and completely blown out. Not a couple, seven.

Even the worst of the worst, (Raiders, Titans, Browns, etc.) haven't gone 4+ years without scoring 7+ points in the 1st quarter. It's almost impossible to do unless you and your coaching staff/schematics are that inept.

How many teams have lost 7 consecutive playoff games? And then how many have been losing by at least 21 points in all of them?


There isn't any good things to say about them the past 10 years that would come close to offset those two.

For some of those years their Division wasn't exactly strong--had they been in a tougher one they might not have made the playoffs.

 

[BrentD]

Sure but how many active coaches have anything remotely close to those two stats on their resume? Being absolutely non competitive in 7 consecutive playoff games and completely blown out. Not a couple, seven.

Even the worst of the worst, (Raiders, Titans, Browns, etc.) haven't gone 4+ years without scoring 7+ points in the 1st quarter. It's almost impossible to do unless you and your coaching staff/schematics are that inept.

How many teams have lost 7 consecutive playoff games? And then how many have been losing by at least 21 points in all of them?


There isn't any good things to say about them the past 10 years that would come close to offset those two.

maybe the Raiders have going 5 yrs without scoring 7+ pts in the second quarter, or the thirds, or maybe the fourth. The point is that if you go on a fishing expedition with any team, you will catch fish. That kind of fishing expedition is not how one should conduct a quantitative study of how or why anything happens.

The Steelers were in a lot of playoff offs, even if they lost most of them. More than some other teams, I am sure. I sure which the public had a much better understanding of problem solving with statistics.

 

[BlakeA]

maybe the Raiders have going 5 yrs without scoring 7+ pts in the second quarter, or the thirds, or maybe the fourth. The point is that if you go on a fishing expedition with any team, you will catch fish. That kind of fishing expedition is not how one should conduct a quantitative study of how or why anything happens.

The Steelers were in a lot of playoff offs, even if they lost most of them. More than some other teams, I am sure. I sure which the public had a much better understanding of problem solving with statistics.

Under Tomlin the past 10 years they didn't just lose in the playoffs, they have been completely embarrassed and destroyed in every contest. Completely non competitive.

 

[406dn]

Really, making the "playoffs" is a fairly low bar. Every sport includes very mediocre teams in the playoffs. The Steelers meet the definition of mediocre over the last decade.

They have benefited mightily by being in the division they are in. How many divisions have a team like the Browns? That is two wins nearly guaranteed, every year. Think about it, they haven't scored more than a touchdown in the first quarter, against the Browns in years.

I think the Steelers let Tomlin leave by his own announcement, or they would have announced it on their terms.

 

[BlakeA]

Really, making the "playoffs" is a fairly low bar. Every sport includes very mediocre teams in the playoffs. The Steelers meet the definition of mediocre over the last decade.

They have benefited mightily by being in the division they are in. How many divisions have a team like the Browns? That is two wins nearly guaranteed, every year. Think about it, they haven't scored more than a touchdown in the first quarter, against the Browns in years.

I think the Steelers let Tomlin leave by his own announcement, or they would have announced it on their terms.

Sad part is they have been 2-7-1 on the road against Cleveland the past decade.

The bar has been set so low that the new coach only has to win one playoff game to surpass what has been accomplished the last 10 years.