Fox Sports personality says Mike Tomlin is ‘single most overrated’ head coach in the NFL
October 10, 2024
Fox Sports personality says Mike Tomlin is ‘single most overrated’ head coach in the NFL
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Just because players like you doesn’t mean you’ll win super bowls. It does however mean your organization won’t be a dumpster fire and you probably won’t have “losing seasons.”
So it depends on what is being considered overrated about him.
If he is so is Sean Payton John Harbaugh Sean McVay etc. All have won just one Super Bowl and had winning seasons. But I feel they get more love than Coach Mike.
he’s not wrong
And we agree
I mean, the team he’s coaching haven’t won a playoff game since the 16-17 season and there’s a bunch of people defending him because he never had a losing season like that means so much.
We’re in the “fire Tomlin” part of the season I see
All you haters just keep repeating the same tired whines. You are worse than he is. Why not go on to a new subject to focus on, or get some new material!
They are absolutely right. The way he gets his ass kissed for some meaningless non losing seasons crap is hilarious. Was handed a Super Bowl ready team when he took over. He’s done nothing in the last 15 years when it has become his players. Had 3 top 5 players at their respective positions on offense and managed to get nowhere. No playoff wins in the last 7 years. Will probably be 8 this year. The way fans have become ok with mediocrity is absolutely insane
I’ll just say this: jinzerz think our roster is better than it actually is and they expectations from the team are outside reality. Thus, when expectations are not met they assign blame to Tomlon and not the quality of the roster.
That being said tho, he has a lot of things that are perfectly criticized. But not making him an overrated coach.
People say dumb shit everyday b
Spot on. Most new head coaches get hired by bad teams that have fired the previous coach due to poor performance. Tomlin took over a team that just won the Super Bowl, elite defense with prime LeBeau and a 25 yo future HOF QB just entering his prime.
He rode that wave of success for a few years and hasn’t had any meaningful success in over a decade. 3 playoff wins in 14 years. Let that sink in.
He was carried by Ben and now TJ. He’s no different than McCarthy with Rodgers and Payton with Brees. Once the star‘s gone, they’re exposed as frauds.
While COTY Kevin Stefanski shits the bed again, FOX points out Tomlin. Clickty Click bait, fools.
I would rather tank a year or two than have continued mediocrity. 3 wins to start was good but I’m over first round exits and finishing . 500
Well who would you rather have coaching the team? I’m pretty sure about twenty other teams would love him as their head coach.
He’s a perfect fit for the Rooneys who appear to value stability and consistency very highly. I think their hiring practices being unlike most other teams gave him the chance to build the streak. When folks comment on it, it thinks it’s more about the longevity than the accomplishment
I mean I don’t disagree. We’ve been in perpetual mediocrity for years. He’s not a bad coach, I just think it’s time to try someone new. Yeah not having a losing season is nice, but where has that gotten us? Nowhere aside from when he had the Super Bowl ready roster that he had handed to him.
Unfortunately this is facts
Winning in the NFL is extremely hard without a top tier QB. Sure it happens, but it is veeeery rare. The Steelers haven’t had a franchise QB since Ben and their plan to replace Ben was Kenny freaking Pickett. That of course to no one’s surprise didn’t pan out so now we are the island of misfit QBs. We are still 3-2 with signs of life. Tomlin has some faults. Name me a coach that doesn’t. But it’s also not like the org has set him up for SB run level success the past several years. The fact that we are competitive and not a complete dumpster fire of a franchise is in part due to Tomlin’s coaching the past several years.
You just haven’t found the QB yet
He’s has been a coach for how long and has no coaching tree. Since the last Super Bowl they have been giving up 35 points scored against in the playoffs. Multiple issues with players quiting or forcing their way out. Not surrounding himself with a quality staff. In my opinion he is an average coach, he’s doing ok with the roster they currently have but his biggest failure was not getting another Super Bowl in the 2010s when we had the roster to win one.
The people saying we should tank for a few seasons are the same people crying “we are wasting TJs Talent”.
Which is it, you mad cause we ain’t tanking? Or you mad cause ain’t winning da supabawl.
Every year lol
My frustration with Tomlin is his teams always ALWAYS play catch up and clock management. Does it work? Sometimes. Does that make him overrated? No just frustrating to watch. But he’s a “win it, that’s what matters. Doesn’t matter if you win by a centimeter or the length of a maple fence post you always gotta do what you can to eat the hot dog when it’s time to step up and be that next guy to… wait what was I saying?
Will he ever win a challenge?
• Four quarterbacks in less than four years since he had Ben Roethlisberger.
Turns out… it’s hard to replace a hall of Fame QB… how’s it going New England?
• Six different offensive coordinators since that [Super Bowl] win.
Hey, you know what? Baltimore has had 6 different offensive coordinators since their Super Bowl win… in 2012. So 4 years sooner, same number of coaches (2 of them fired in season).
So, that “Six different offensive coordinators…” part is just what the league does. Every team has replaced their OC since 2022… the league constantly cycles through assistant coaches.
But, in that period of history, with the 6 different OCs: Ben led the league in passing yards 2x, and Passing YPG 3x. Bell had 3 AP seasons. And Antonio Brown had 5 AP seasons, 6 Pro Bowls (as receiver), and was on pace for the Hall of Fame.
The different OCs didn’t negatively impact the offense, the offense was successful. At least when those 3 were on the field, which was rare in the playoffs, but the one time they were, the team made it to the AFC Championship Game… where Bell got hurt, again.
Then: Burfict knocks the sense out of Brown, Bell becomes a Diva and refuses to report, Ben got old and overpaid, then destroys his arm, and then COVID season hits and the team has to gut the offensive side, which was the more expensive side because of Ben and the old linemen… leading to a massive shift in the team building system.
Fact is he made a really good case that’s very damning of the organization’s coordinator hires. I’m not sure if that falls on Tomlin but if it does, then it does
When “Fox Sports personality” is more recognizable than his actual name.
Overrated in terms of performance in the last decade? Sure. We have very few playoff wins in the last 10 years.
But the thing that I think Mike is known for is being a good boss. The players love him. And being a good boss makes people want to play for you.
But we’ve gotta become a playoff team again.. there’s two sides to this coin imo.
Great at doing enought to have winning seasons but the sport has evolved past his time. He will never get us another championship imo.
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Just because players like you doesn’t mean you’ll win super bowls. It does however mean your organization won’t be a dumpster fire and you probably won’t have “losing seasons.”
So it depends on what is being considered overrated about him.
If he is so is Sean Payton John Harbaugh Sean McVay etc. All have won just one Super Bowl and had winning seasons. But I feel they get more love than Coach Mike.
he’s not wrong
And we agree
I mean, the team he’s coaching haven’t won a playoff game since the 16-17 season and there’s a bunch of people defending him because he never had a losing season like that means so much.
We’re in the “fire Tomlin” part of the season I see
All you haters just keep repeating the same tired whines. You are worse than he is. Why not go on to a new subject to focus on, or get some new material!
They are absolutely right. The way he gets his ass kissed for some meaningless non losing seasons crap is hilarious. Was handed a Super Bowl ready team when he took over. He’s done nothing in the last 15 years when it has become his players. Had 3 top 5 players at their respective positions on offense and managed to get nowhere. No playoff wins in the last 7 years. Will probably be 8 this year. The way fans have become ok with mediocrity is absolutely insane
I’ll just say this: jinzerz think our roster is better than it actually is and they expectations from the team are outside reality. Thus, when expectations are not met they assign blame to Tomlon and not the quality of the roster.
That being said tho, he has a lot of things that are perfectly criticized. But not making him an overrated coach.
People say dumb shit everyday b
Spot on. Most new head coaches get hired by bad teams that have fired the previous coach due to poor performance. Tomlin took over a team that just won the Super Bowl, elite defense with prime LeBeau and a 25 yo future HOF QB just entering his prime.
He rode that wave of success for a few years and hasn’t had any meaningful success in over a decade. 3 playoff wins in 14 years. Let that sink in.
He was carried by Ben and now TJ. He’s no different than McCarthy with Rodgers and Payton with Brees. Once the star‘s gone, they’re exposed as frauds.
While COTY Kevin Stefanski shits the bed again, FOX points out Tomlin. Clickty Click bait, fools.
I would rather tank a year or two than have continued mediocrity. 3 wins to start was good but I’m over first round exits and finishing . 500
Well who would you rather have coaching the team? I’m pretty sure about twenty other teams would love him as their head coach.
He’s a perfect fit for the Rooneys who appear to value stability and consistency very highly. I think their hiring practices being unlike most other teams gave him the chance to build the streak. When folks comment on it, it thinks it’s more about the longevity than the accomplishment
I mean I don’t disagree. We’ve been in perpetual mediocrity for years. He’s not a bad coach, I just think it’s time to try someone new. Yeah not having a losing season is nice, but where has that gotten us? Nowhere aside from when he had the Super Bowl ready roster that he had handed to him.
Unfortunately this is facts
Winning in the NFL is extremely hard without a top tier QB. Sure it happens, but it is veeeery rare. The Steelers haven’t had a franchise QB since Ben and their plan to replace Ben was Kenny freaking Pickett. That of course to no one’s surprise didn’t pan out so now we are the island of misfit QBs. We are still 3-2 with signs of life. Tomlin has some faults. Name me a coach that doesn’t. But it’s also not like the org has set him up for SB run level success the past several years. The fact that we are competitive and not a complete dumpster fire of a franchise is in part due to Tomlin’s coaching the past several years.
You just haven’t found the QB yet
He’s has been a coach for how long and has no coaching tree. Since the last Super Bowl they have been giving up 35 points scored against in the playoffs. Multiple issues with players quiting or forcing their way out. Not surrounding himself with a quality staff. In my opinion he is an average coach, he’s doing ok with the roster they currently have but his biggest failure was not getting another Super Bowl in the 2010s when we had the roster to win one.
The people saying we should tank for a few seasons are the same people crying “we are wasting TJs Talent”.
Which is it, you mad cause we ain’t tanking? Or you mad cause ain’t winning da supabawl.
Every year lol
My frustration with Tomlin is his teams always ALWAYS play catch up and clock management. Does it work? Sometimes. Does that make him overrated? No just frustrating to watch. But he’s a “win it, that’s what matters. Doesn’t matter if you win by a centimeter or the length of a maple fence post you always gotta do what you can to eat the hot dog when it’s time to step up and be that next guy to… wait what was I saying?
Will he ever win a challenge?
• Four quarterbacks in less than four years since he had Ben Roethlisberger.
Turns out… it’s hard to replace a hall of Fame QB… how’s it going New England?
• Six different offensive coordinators since that [Super Bowl] win.
Hey, you know what? Baltimore has had 6 different offensive coordinators since their Super Bowl win… in 2012. So 4 years sooner, same number of coaches (2 of them fired in season).
So, that “Six different offensive coordinators…” part is just what the league does. Every team has replaced their OC since 2022… the league constantly cycles through assistant coaches.
But, in that period of history, with the 6 different OCs: Ben led the league in passing yards 2x, and Passing YPG 3x. Bell had 3 AP seasons. And Antonio Brown had 5 AP seasons, 6 Pro Bowls (as receiver), and was on pace for the Hall of Fame.
The different OCs didn’t negatively impact the offense, the offense was successful. At least when those 3 were on the field, which was rare in the playoffs, but the one time they were, the team made it to the AFC Championship Game… where Bell got hurt, again.
Then: Burfict knocks the sense out of Brown, Bell becomes a Diva and refuses to report, Ben got old and overpaid, then destroys his arm, and then COVID season hits and the team has to gut the offensive side, which was the more expensive side because of Ben and the old linemen… leading to a massive shift in the team building system.
Fact is he made a really good case that’s very damning of the organization’s coordinator hires. I’m not sure if that falls on Tomlin but if it does, then it does
When “Fox Sports personality” is more recognizable than his actual name.
Overrated in terms of performance in the last decade? Sure. We have very few playoff wins in the last 10 years.
But the thing that I think Mike is known for is being a good boss. The players love him. And being a good boss makes people want to play for you.
But we’ve gotta become a playoff team again.. there’s two sides to this coin imo.
Great at doing enought to have winning seasons but the sport has evolved past his time. He will never get us another championship imo.
