Reading between the lines, you're saying Tomlin with his experience as a college assistant, NFL position coach, one year as a Defensive Coordinator and 12 years as an NFL Head Coach is not bright enough to understand the X's and O's and needs others to hold his hand so that he can "Rah Rah" the team to victory? If that's true, it's working exceedingly well in the regular season during his tenure and those "X's and O's" guys have failed him miserably during the playoffs. Now, admittedly there are not many guys who are as proficient with the X's, O's, cameras and microphones as Belicheat. However, I don't think one becomes the HC of the Pittsburgh Steelers without knowing a little something about schemes, etc.
My issue with Tomlin coached teams has been their losses at critical times to inferior teams. By that I mean, they'll get on a roll like they are now and have a **** game against a team like Oakland, Miami, etc. Quite honestly, I feel that the Jax game next week will be a bigger test of where this team is now than the game they played last night. Jax is a talented team that's playing ****** this year. Historically, whether it's Cowher or Tomlin, our teams have not played well against Jacksonville. We're coming off a mini-bye after two games that should have the players feeling good about themselves. All things that have indicated that Steelers teams of the recent past are going to have a let down game. I want to see if they come out prepared (coaches and players) or if the recent trend continues and they have that let down. If they come out prepared, it's a statement that they are a more mentally tough team than in previous years. I'd like to see that. If they come out flat..... It's not a dooms day scenario, but I don't think I'll be taking them as seriously as I'd like to.
