How do steeler fans feel about their coaches

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(01-13-2016, 02:06 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I'm not a fan of Tomlin. He is too much of a friend to the players. You have to walk a fine line, there, and he is too much on the side of "buddy" rather than coach from the interactions I see, and I think that is what can lead to some of the behavior issues.

I've always noticed this as well, always assumed it was because of his age.  The fine line you speak of reminds me of that john wooden quote "A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment."  Has to be more difficult to do that when the age difference between coach and player is smaller and the 'buddy' relationship is a tool to keep the resentment at bay.

Will be very interesting to see how Gase approaches this with the Dolphins