Initial Thoughts on Chiefs Game

[Litos]

I really thought the Steelers were going to ball out yesterday At Home and prove they are a contending team. Fool me 100th time, Shame on me...

 

[SteelerFan448]

A team can definitely do worse than Tomlin, but after seeing virtually identical results for years on end, one ultimately has to take the risk in order to achieve something more.

Some argue that Tomlin should be given another shot with a franchise QB before moving on from him, but that could take years, and even if they somehow did find a top 5-10 QB in the near future, I'm not sure how anyone could have confidence in him taking advantage of it considering how the last decade or so of Roethlisberger's career went.

Given the money Rooney has committed to Tomlin, we have at least three more years of this to look forward to, regardless of results.

Tomlin is a good coach and a great representative for the team and city. But the team has been stagnant for nearly a decade and after the latest collapse has shown no signs of stepping forward. An underachieving defense has become the new norm with an offense that looks dysfunctional far too often when you compare them to other playoff teams. Oddly enough, falling apart and heading to Houston may be the best case scenario. Very similar to the Steelers getting handled by the Ravens and Chiefs, a recent loss to the Titans, and a close win over the Jags.

 

[CoolieMan]

I have a question Coolie. What do you really think of Tomlin at this point. I mean I have an idea. You seem to rail against someone if they go on too long etc. I know you love thus team as much as I do if not more. Do you truly believe thus guy can lead this team back to where we both want it to go?

I get irritated when posters whole purpose here is to bash Tomlin over and over and over and post as if they are smarter football minds than he is.

I think he is a good coach, I think he is a smart guy

I think he might someday win again if he stayed

But I posted several times the past couple of years that he should have already been given the boot. too many coordinators have come and gone for there not to be an issue higher up

He would definitely get hired elsewhere and then be their problem

 

[SteelerSask2]

I get irritated when posters whole purpose here is to bash Tomlin over and over and over and post as if they are smarter football minds than he is.

I think he is a good coach, I think he is a smart guy

I think he might someday win again if he stayed

But I posted several times the past couple of years that he should have already been given the boot. too many coordinators have come and gone for there not to be an issue higher up

He would definitely get hired elsewhere and then be their problem

Fair. Anything is possible but I do not see how in the course of this three year deal any way possible he could win another. I really do not. And I'm reasonably open about it. If they performed like they did on that week 5- Ravens game reasonably consistently he couod earn another shot in my mind to put together that team. Again I do not see how they will. Injuries always set in and they flounder every single year. You watch the rerun enough times it becomes time for a different show.

 

[SteelerSask2]

I also think you hit on it. Assistants. Number one I think you need to be coordinator of something preferably offense. So you are the top ten in league continuity. But after that this man just doesn't attract quality coaching talent. Just does not.

 

[topseed]

Flores had way better things to do than to cripple his career here, with this scheme and over-Bering coach.

Sometimes I wish Tomlin were coaching 9-man football in Alaska somewhere near the Bering Strait.