Fact is Tomlin allowed AB to morph into what he became......a great WR but a cancer to the team. Bell fed into the special treatment he saw AB get and took liberties himself then. Other young players came and saw all of this also. It created a me first culture where we had a team first prior to it. That culture is the difference between winning SBs vs washing out of the playoffs yearly with the talent they had on the roster.
You may not hate him but there are some who do and for reasons other than on the field issues. Many hated Cowher until they didn't.
Maybe if Tomlin brings another SB trophy some of this hate you speak of will fade away. Hell.....at this point a playoff victory might help curb this hate talk.
I’m not going to turn this into a Tomlin typical hate thread. When you say Tomlin”allowed”
It’s a skill Tomlin has. Dealing with todays players. People here don’t get it. Our society is different now. That’s why I used that example. You got a point and I got a good point…Anyways, I can’t keep going back and forth with this no more.
I think this is closer to the truth. I think Tomlin kept the lid on AB until the very end. Instead of ripping him for the way it ended he probably ought to be lauded for keeping it together for the length of time he did. AB just didn't all of the sudden turn into what he is now. This has been an issue from his youth. I am just incredulous to those who say that if Tomlin would have been more strict...first of all none of us knows. But I think AB's history is the data we need to show that anything other then the way Tomlin handled him would have caused problems much sooner.
There is enough out there to say AB was an *** hole from the beginning. Tomlin allowed him to be that *** hole. No one else did. AB was a special player talent-wise. Bell fed off of ABs special treatment. Tomlin let Bell get away with things also. It created a ME-first culture and while AB and Bell were special talents we won NOTHING with them. Just what it was/is. Now you say there is nothing Tomlin could have done? After his contract was up he could have simply let him walk. Would there have been backlash from the fans. You bet there would have been. We were not privy to everything. Giving AB contract after contract just emboldened him even more. He felt he was the franchise. And when Tomlin allowed him to do as he pleased...why would he not. The fact is we won NOTHING with AB. Tomlin and only Tomlin let him become who he became. Should have nipped it early or moved on from him. Hopefully, it was a learning lesson for Tomlin. A hard lesson sure.....but a lesson nevertheless.
They had a deal for a lot more from the Bills and he tanked that deal….
Yeah because they let it get it to the point that he was known POS. They should have went this guy has been a problem all year we are dealing him at his height.
