05-07-2016, 09:15 AM
(05-06-2016, 07:23 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Well of course . But the talent level and draft success seems to not be as consistent under Tomlin like it was under Cowher
Oh, Cowher had his misses, and when they happened, they were spectacular. Troy Edwards and Jamain Stephens come to mind as perhaps his biggest first round flops. Scott Shields, Jeremy Staat, Alonzo Jackson and Steve Conley were all taken by Cowher's regime in the second. Any of those names sound familiar? Exactly. And if you want to see a real bomb of a draft, check out '96. That draft helped lay the foundation for a three year slump ('98-'00) in which Cowher twice did something Tomlin has yet to do even once - have a losing season.
The thing is, fans in general suffer from a 'grass is greener on the other side' mentality. One manifestation of that way of thinking is to long for 'golden' ages that weren't, in actuality, quite as golden as people remember them.
