When did success stop being enough? When did we get to this place where success is just a basis to expect even greater success? Especially when the success itself is beyond what anyone could have expected. Nobody had the Steelers doing what they did this year with flabby Russ and Fields but since they did we aren't gonna give props, no we are just gonna say they better beat Kobe and Shaq?
Not having any losing seasons when you got the likes of flabby Ben, Pickett, Trubisky, and now Russ and Fields is an accomplishment that should be celebrated in it's own right. You shouldn't need to pull off miracles in the playoffs in order to be given proper due for that. It's like somebody building a house with their bare hands, no tools, no trucks, nobody else helping and instead of marveling at that we say "We can't give you props for that unless you build a mansion...matter fact an entire neighborhood" We just take for granted that no matter who is behind center, the Steelers won't suck and most likely will be in the playoffs despite sharing a division with Lamar and Burrow.
You have honest points but I think the Tomlin angle is more of a, this marriage doesn't work anymore for THIS franchise...
Its the Pittsburgh Steelers. Not the Cleveland Browns or Atlanta Falcons or Buffalo Bills or Arizona Cardinals or any other number of teams. The expectations for this franchise are Super Bowls, and if that's not the ceiling anymore, which it clearly isn't, it may just be time to clear not just Tomlin, but a new GM who won't have a relationship with Tomlin. Just fresh talent in leadership, period...
Fans, we shyt on his success of all winning seasons and downplay the degree of difficulty, given what he's had. But he also had a legitimate SB contender for a few years in the 2010s and underperformed with those teams, shyt like that isn't easily forgotten, fam. The one that sticks out to me, is the Steelers getting absolutely boatraced by the Jacksonville Jaguars, AT HOME, in 2017. That shyt was unacceptable...
Then the fact my brother always got undressed when he went up against Belichick. Now it would be, does he have any shot at all if he meets Reid? Like, the gap between the Steelers and Patriots in 2016 wasnt as wide from a talent perspective, as the result indicated, yet he and his team were fukking sauteed...
I think with Tomlin there's a bird's eye view, if I can remember these things there are other people who do too----->especially Pittsburgh media and Steeler fans. For many I don't think it's simply about underaporeciating his accomplishments and strengths as a coach, though that's absolutely part of it...
Feels like it’s Sirianni. They were going to fire him last year and held off but it’s now time for him to prove if he’s going to be this coach going forward.
The way Philly performed this year, Sirianni is good. And he's going into the game, potentially with his QB1 compromised. He's fine...
Is it or are you looking to be a victim.
What is Mike McCarthy's record in Dallas? He has only had 1 losing season this year and that's losing his starting QB and starting the season without his top defensive player.
All that and they had a chance to finish with a winning record, yet people and the media are calling for him to be fired and saying the cowboys under performed.
Why is it unfair for Tomlin to get the same pressure that McCarthy gets?
Well the pressure on both isn't the same because Jerry puts a different degree of intensity on his coaches than the Rooneys do...
Steelers have 2 SBs in the 21st century
