Mike Tomlin Doesn't Get It

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(07-29-2018, 07:11 AM)JS-Steelerfan Wrote: Three seasons at .500 isn't great, but Cowher actually had three losing years, while Tomlin has never finished below .500.  Here's the thing: In the cap era, no team (save for maybe the Patriots) has been immune to slumps.  It's kind of built into the system.  I don't know how the Pats do it, but they are definitely the exception to the norm.  In comparison to every other coach who's been in the game a while (again, except for Belichick), Tomlin's three .500 records in 11 years stacks up pretty well.  Among active coaches, only Belichick and Sean McVay have a better career winning percentage, and McVay hasn't really been around long enough for his sample size to be reliable.

As for discrediting the Super Bowl win, you are incredibly myopic.  You see everything that could be argued against the Steelers, but you ignore everything in their favor.  For example, Warner may have made a bad decision, but you ignore the possibility that he was lured into it.  And you also ignore the incredible team effort at blocking that made it possible for Harrison to score.  Not to mention the drive at the end of the game, Holmes' amazing catch, and the sack/fumble to seal the deal at the end, among other things.  You can't just point to one play and say "they were outplayed and didn't deserve to win".  They absolutely played well enough to win, and most of your fellow Bengal fans would agree on that point. You're just too blind to see it. 

You're technically right that they don't 'always' threaten to go deep in the playoffs, but 1) I think that was hyperbole, and 2) they're closer to it than every other team but the Patriots …

Tomlin won't go down as one of the greatest of all time, I'll grant you that.  He has clearly been outclassed by Belicheck and maybe a few others.  But he is definitely above average.   

Lured into it?!  Are you insane?!  Did you even watch the play?  Warner took the snap, rose up, looked directly at the receiver, paused a fraction of a second, and threw.  How is that being lured into throwing it?  He stared down his receiver from the snap and threw it right to Harrison.

As for team blocking, it wasn't exactly "incredible" and was just something that every team would do.  They pretty much just had to run down the field, get in the opponents' way, and Harrison made cuts based off of that.

Holmes did make a good catch.

Tomlin has underachieved with the rosters that he has had.