Tomlin inherited a great team and won immediately. The talent level has steadily declined each year. He inherited one of the best and most intimidating defenses, a great OL that could run on anybody, a young franchise QB with a SB ring, good weapons on offense.
Fast forward and now the steelers have no pass rush at all, one of the worst secondaries, get few sacks, produce few turnovers. The OL is mediocre despite numerous high picks invested, they can't run the ball unless Le'Veon makes it happen.
What's more annoying than Tomlin bashing is those who pretend he's done a great job. Anything good is all him. Anything bad, not his job. Head coach is not responsible for drafting (unless it's a good pick), free agents, gameplan, playcalling, substitutions, deciding which plays to challenge, or being aware of the concept of jetlag,
Lots of people used to bash Cowher before he won the SUper Bowl and i'd argue back at them all the time. What i didn't do was just tell them to shut up without refuting their points.
Go ahead. What has Tomlin done that is above average? I can think of 2 things. Press conferences and drafting WRs. But i guess many of you can't even point to drafting WRs since Tomlin is responsible for the drafts.
He's not a BAD coach, but he's certainly not anything special.
