11-10-2024, 06:56 AM
(11-07-2024, 11:38 PM)GMDino Wrote: I don't think I said Tomlin was mediocre. He won...a lot. He also had some pretty good teams. And yes, he managed 500 with Duck/Rudolph too.
The Steelers defense saved a lot of games when the O stunk. Right up to this year.
But sometimes the message just get stale.
Reid moved a new team and won for example. Maybe Tomlin could win a SB or two with a new team and new QB? We'll never know because he will coach the Steelers until he decides he doesn't want to.
But a question for you: How many more years without a playoff win until it gets to be too many? There can always be an excuse for a loss and sooner of later they are going to have to overcome those.
I always say you have to make the playoffs to win a playoff game (very Madden of me...lol) but until the win one it will hang on Tomlin's neck from the fans.
Check back with me in January.
Also … with whom has the message gotten stale? Players need to stick around a while for that to happen. How many of today’s players were even on the roster seven years ago? I didn’t examine the whole thing, but I can tell you there aren’t many. The starting offense has turned over completely, but there are still a few on the current D: Cam Heyward and T.J. Watt. Do you think the message has gotten stale with them? Just because you and other fans are tired of hearing Tomlin’s voice doesn’t make it so with the players, and they’re the ones who matter.
