I think there's a difference though between "mailing it in", which implies a conscious decision to lack effort, and simply lacking hunger. I believe the Steelers lacked hunger, not only in 2006 and 2009, but in various situations. During games when we jump out to leads and relax and piss them away. When we play bottom-of-the-barrel opponents and come out flat. When we start hot the first few weeks of a season then coast it. The hunger is gone because we think we are better than we are and let up on the gas. It's not "mailing it in" intentionally, it's just getting too comfortable.
If the years following SB wins were the ONLY examples of this, I'd agree with you. But you can see it in all those scenarios I mentioned on several occasions. And to me, I don't see how it can be argued that it doesn't start with Tomlin's leadership because all these things have been major problems under him and can all be traced to the same root cause.
