Does Tomlin still ride Cowher's coattails?

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(01-15-2018, 09:08 AM)JS-Steelerfan Wrote: Not really.  I’m old enough to remember people calling for Cowher’s head after his failures to win the big ones.  When he finally won the Super Bowl, he erased a LOT of Steeler fan memories of his past failures.

Cowhers big loses always came down to having to open up the offense, but being stuck with a shitty quarterback. Throw in some bad special teams play, and that was a classic Cowher lose.

Tomlin's big loses seem to involve trailing early because we wait until the 2nd quarter to start competing, bad situational decision making/clock management and an offensive game plan that played into the strength of the defense. And we get 3 to 4 of them a year.