Mike Tomlin

[Legacy User]

- 6 playoff appearances in 9 years
- 4 division titles
- 2 AFC Championships
- 2 Super Bowl appearances
- 1 Super Bowl win
- .636 winning percentage

Some of you (well, most of you) have expectations that are totally out of whack with reality. Mike Tomlin is an upper-echelon coach. Come to terms with it.

[JackLambert58]

If Buffalo doesn't beat the Jets today are you still posting this? Just curious.

[Legacy User]

- 6 playoff appearances in 9 years
- 4 division titles
- 2 AFC Championships
- 2 Super Bowl appearances
- 1 Super Bowl win
- .636 winning percentage

Some of you (well, most of you) have expectations that are totally out of whack with reality. Mike Tomlin is an upper-echelon coach. Come to terms with it.

Those are Ben's and Cowher's players' accomplishments, not Tomlin's.

Signed,

One-third of Steeler Fury.

[Legacy User]

He ain't Chuck Noll or Belichick or even a Harbaugh, but they are always in it with him and that's better than many, many NFL coaches.

His teams fuck up a lot but they absolutely never say die. Maybe they could do better than him but chances are another guy would do worse.

[Legacy User]

mike and blake sitting in a tree! k-I-s-n g something like that!

[Kodiak]

If he starts taking this team deep in the playoffs again, he can coach for life. He just needs his QB to put up more style points.

If not, he needs to go.

[Gonzo]

I dont like him, but ...

I made a conscious decision today that I am going to stop worrying about it and just watch the games. I got caught up too much in analysing his shit and to be honest: what do I know; and it was taking away from me simply enjoying the games and hoping the team wins.

Ben has played like crap for two games but in the end they are in the playoffs and with him we always have a chance.

I wanted to choke the shit out of Cowher several times as well and I liked him

[JackLambert58]

If he starts taking this team deep in the playoffs again, he can coach for life. He just needs his QB to put up more style points.

If not, he needs to go.

This

[Havoc]

We need to make some playoff noise.

Now Tomlin has a chance to be avoid being the first Steelers HC post merger to have 5 straight seasons without a playoff win.

[Legacy User]

I haven't posted here since July due to the board has turning into Stillers.com 2.0. I guess it's true you will become what you hate.

If Tomlin had lost the game today his stats would have been:

- 5 playoff appearances in 9 years
- 4 division titles
- 2 AFC Championships
- 2 Super Bowl appearances
- 1 Super Bowl win
- .636 winning percentage

Ya'll motherfuckers need some perspective.

[Legacy User]

If Buffalo doesn't beat the Jets today are you still posting this? Just curious.

Fair point. But 10-6 and no playoffs in a year with Ben getting carted off twice, #26 and #7 only playing together for about 15 quarters all years, against a top 5-8 toughest schedule would be super disappointing but not really too bad.

That said, they DID make the playoffs because other team sometimes lose too. And they still have a shot at a trophy. No reason for a parade yet, but it is a positive.

[Donnie Brasco]

If Buffalo doesn't beat the Jets today are you still posting this? Just curious.

Yup. There would be a ton of Fire tomlin threads of Rex doesn't do us a solid

[StillerDownSouth]

I haven't posted here since July due to the board has turning into Stillers.com 2.0. I guess it's true you will become what you hate.

If Tomlin had lost the game today his stats would have been:

- 5 playoff appearances in 9 years
- 4 division titles
- 2 AFC Championships
- 2 Super Bowl appearances
- 1 Super Bowl win
- .636 winning percentage

Ya'll motherfuckers need some perspective.

Very true statement about this site becoming Stillers.com 2.0 over the years.

[Kodiak]

...against a top 5-8 toughest schedule would be super disappointing but not really too bad.

Our schedule wasn't all that tough. BAL and CLE were putrid this year, and we beat back-up QB's against IND, CIN and DEN (and the latter two had injuries in their secondaries).

Only quality win we had was ARI. Tough schedule, maybe, but we only had 1 quality win.

[Steelafan77]

- 6 playoff appearances in 9 years
- 4 division titles
- 2 AFC Championships
- 2 Super Bowl appearances
- 1 Super Bowl win
- .636 winning percentage
- perfected line of bullshit excuses
- players hardly ever fully prepared when playing the dregs of the league
- Dumbfuckedness supercedes team and win column
- Hasn't won 1 playoff game since 2010

Some of you (well, most of you) have expectations that are totally out of whack with reality. Mike Tomlin is an upper-echelon coach. Come to terms with it.

Nah... we just have decent memories and expect tomlame to learn from the mistakes instead of committing them over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again....

[Legacy User]

Someone once on here said: We win in spite of Tomlin not because of him. I stand by that comment. We got lucky today.

And our division rival Harbaugh owns Tomlin

[Legacy User]

If Buffalo doesn't beat the Jets today are you still posting this? Just curious.

If my uncle had tits he'd be my aunt.

[Legacy User]

I haven't posted here since July due to the board has turning into Stillers.com 2.0. I guess it's true you will become what you hate.

If Tomlin had lost the game today his stats would have been:

- 5 playoff appearances in 9 years
- 4 division titles
- 2 AFC Championships
- 2 Super Bowl appearances
- 1 Super Bowl win
- .636 winning percentage

Ya'll motherfuckers need some perspective.

Very true statement about this site becoming Stillers.com 2.0 over the years.

oh please...start your own homer site then.. rah rah steelers.com...nothing negative. just feel good steelers chatter!!

[the-other-burg]

We ride! Took care of our business and received a gift from the Bills. None of that changes the putrid shit we witnessed last week (Tomlin et all), but it sure helps a bit to remove "the stench".

[Legacy User]

...against a top 5-8 toughest schedule would be super disappointing but not really too bad.

Our schedule wasn't all that tough. BAL and CLE were putrid this year, and we beat back-up QB's against IND, CIN and DEN (and the latter two had injuries in their secondaries).

Only quality win we had was ARI. Tough schedule, maybe, but we only had 1 quality win.

No. That is wrong. They beat Cincy and Denver only a few weeks ago.

4 of 6 losses were: Pats in NE, Chiefs in KC, Seahawks in SEA, and Bengals in PIT. That is a tough schedule. The Jets only beat 1 winning team all year for comparison.

[Mick]

Someone once on here said: We win in spite of Tomlin not because of him. I stand by that comment. We got lucky today.

And our division rival Harbaugh owns Tomlin

owns tomlin except when it counts. Except I learned here that tomlin always loses when it counts, like last week.

[Legacy User]

I haven't posted here since July due to the board has turning into Stillers.com 2.0. I guess it's true you will become what you hate.

If Tomlin had lost the game today his stats would have been:

- 5 playoff appearances in 9 years
- 4 division titles
- 2 AFC Championships
- 2 Super Bowl appearances
- 1 Super Bowl win
- .636 winning percentage

Ya'll motherfuckers need some perspective.

Very true statement about this site becoming Stillers.com 2.0 over the years.

Tomlin has 2 very good years WITH playoffs wins. & 6 suckass years WITHOUT any playoff wins & with a HOF QB all that time.

[Steelperch]

The problem is that too many try to paint everything in black and white. Like the rest of life and the star qb's dong, things typically fall in that grey area. I'm not a huge he Mike Tomlin fan, but this season was his best coaching job. He managed the team through suspensions and difficult injuries to key players. The team was competitive with every team they faced.

He does a good job keeping the team singularly focused and has generally schemed the team into winning football situations. I think his personnel decisions are a mixed bag and his clock management and game management are bad with zero effort on his part to analytically get better at it. He is also a DB coach by trade that has done little in the way of developing players for that group on this team.

Tomlin is also possibly a week away from becoming the first Steelers coach since 1972 to go 5 years without a playoff win despite having the best QB in franchise history. He could do that while losing to a divisional opponent in the playoffs in back to back years, the first two times that has ever happened. And he's lost to the Ravens 5 of the last 6. He's not the best coach in football nor is he the worst.

[BethlehemSteel]

- 6 playoff appearances in 9 years
- 4 division titles
- 2 AFC Championships
- 2 Super Bowl appearances
- 1 Super Bowl win
- .636 winning percentage

Some of you (well, most of you) have expectations that are totally out of whack with reality. Mike Tomlin is an upper-echelon coach. Come to terms with it.

Let me get my Pom poms

[Kodiak]

No. That is wrong. They beat Cincy and Denver only a few weeks ago.

Both had injuries in their secondary, and both playing back-up QB's.

The only quality win is ARI. When you consider the plethora of back-up QB's we faced, and BAL and CLE being awful, I think our schedule was pretty average overall.

[Kodiak]

On the bright side, this team got humbled by BAL and is still in the playoffs. That's almost ideal, IMO.

Also playing with house money. If almost squandering the opportunity doesn't put a chip on your shoulder, I don't know what will.

[Legacy User]

No. That is wrong. They beat Cincy and Denver only a few weeks ago.

Both had injuries in their secondary, and both playing back-up QB's.

The only quality win is ARI. When you consider the plethora of back-up QB's we faced, and BAL and CLE being awful, I think our schedule was pretty average overall.

They played 7 games against eventual playoff teams. I'll have to check the final numbers, but it's a strong bet that is the highest number in the league. There is no world in which that is average.

[Kodiak]

They played 7 games against eventual playoff teams.

They beat 3, two of whom had injuries in their secondary and QB. SEA had all 3 safeties out, too, I think. IND didn't have Luck.

Tough schedule on paper, maybe, but not in reality.

[Legacy User]

They played 7 games against eventual playoff teams.

They beat 3, two of whom had injuries in their secondary and QB. SEA had all 3 safeties out, too, I think. IND didn't have Luck.

Tough schedule on paper, maybe, but not in reality.

No.

[Mick]

They played 7 games against eventual playoff teams.

They beat 3, two of whom had injuries in their secondary and QB. SEA had all 3 safeties out, too, I think. IND didn't have Luck.

Tough schedule on paper, maybe, but not in reality.

osweiler's been way better than Peyton, who was close to being benched anyway. Dalton started against us, and it was going well for us while it lasted.

Schedule hasn't been too bad, because the whole league is pretty down this year, but relatively speaking, especially given the injuries we've been dealing with. We've had better talent in plainclothes than our opponent in every game this year. Which, with a $5 bill, could get you a coffee at Starbucks.