How are the Steeler faithful coping?

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(12-27-2021, 04:02 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: In 15 years as HC, Tomlin has led the Steelers to 9 playoff appearances, 2 AFC titles, and a Superbowl Championship.

Are you sure it's the leadership??

100% sure.

Either Colbert or Tomlin  (or a combination) decided that this group was the best to draft/play.  Tomlin is the HC he oversees the coordinators he chose.  Let's not pretend that the same problems this year, lack of offensive creativity, defensive collapses, etc, were not there last year too.

 Coach T knows he has no pressure on him other than the fans and he can just ignore them.

Think the Brown family when Bengals fans were complaining about how cheap they were.

(12-28-2021, 03:10 AM)BengalYankee Wrote: Shame on you, your current leadership has brought you multiple SB runs[including an NFL Championship], many playoff runs, never repeat never an under .500 season. 

The issue with the Steelers is their top talent leaving them aka Bell, Brown, etc. 

The best thing the Steelers have is coach Tomlin squeezing enough from that talentless squad to survive till at least week 17.

Aside from the above two streaks are on the line the next weeks. 

1. I don't believe Tomlin has lost a MNF game at home.
2. Tomlin has to win 1 out of 2 to never go under .500.

Again your team is still in consideration into 2022 with a chance to win division or enter playoffs. 

Since this is Smack Talk, shame on you have a Bengal fan speaking up for you.  
  

Tomlin's playoff record is abysmal.  And sure, there are those who will call me a spoiled Steelers fan and say how fans of other teams would kill to have won two playoff games in the last ten years. 



I want the Steelers to win, obviously, but I want them to play well too.  To me it's not "a win is a win" if the team plays awful and the other team plays worse.  That's not a recipe for success IF you make the playoffs.

I've been on this for a few years now.  Back to a win against the Chargers on a Monday night when Bell scored on a last second, second effort lunge for the end zone and after the Game Tomlin said he thought there was time for two plays there.  

Spoiler alert: There wasn't.

Slow starts and Ben comebacks are what made his record what it is.  Having a QB like Ben and the Defense he's had other years has carried him more than any great game planning or in game adjustments.  Playing the Browns and Bengals twice a year used to also help pad that record.  Not anymore.

And like I said above he picks his coordinators (or at least has the most say in it) and you don't see them being highly sought after by other teams.  They just fired or "retired".

I'd add, and this part is my opinion only, you don't see great coordinators and assistants coming into the system because then there is talk of if they could replace Tomlin.  We saw it was Munchak and Grimm before Tomlin was hired.  

There is no pressure on Tomlin and there should be.

All that said I'm old enough to know that every team goes through dry stretches (some longer than others) and I'm just not going to get upset if the Steelers do the same.  Can't win every time all the time.  But if they continue to be average/mediocre and no changes are made?  That is when I continue to speak up about their obvious flaws and a lack of trying to change them.