My buddy is a jags fan, and he’s used to seeing the Steelers do well enough every year. He told me recently that he’s been waiting for the “belichick and Tomlins” of the league to have their turn at mediocrity. He’s been noticing the ‘fire Canada’ chants and at one point in the season he thought it was a good idea for the Steelers to fire Tomlin (he thinks the tomlin lost the locker room by keeping Canada employed). We got in an argument where I was just defending tomlin and the rooneys since they don’t fire coordinators/coaches mid season and that I’m being patient with the team considering injuries, and Canada still employed. My buddy goes on to say with complete confidence “well the jags fire coordinators/head coaches all the time mid season, it’s not that hard”. This my friend, is why the jags are the jags, and the Steelers are Steelers.
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Just did a quick google search for “top coaches in NFL history”. The first link is a listicle from February 2023 of the all time top-25. Noll is at 9, Cowher is at 18, Tomlin is at 20. 53 years, 3 head coaches, all 3 among the 20 best to ever do it.
I’m not even gonna take a shot at the Jags, I’m just taking a moment to appreciate how utterly spoiled we’ve been as a franchise to have those guys at the helm. The moment Tomlin hangs up the headset, he’s heading to the tailor to get his gold jacket sized.
Tomlin, Art II, Dan, Cowher, Noll, and the Chief are exactly why this fan base is so vocal in their criticisms of the team. Those guys are the reason that the standard of the franchise is world championships, period.
Meh, if we’re focused on the present I’d definitely rather be the Jags than the Steelers for the foreseeable future given the current state of both franchises.
Then the Steelers would have had to go through multiple losing seasons to acquire the 1st overall picks the jags have used. So be careful what you wish for
I’d gladly take a losing season or 2 if it got us out of being stuck in the 9-8 cycle of mediocrity. We’re on year 7 of winning seasons with exactly nothing to show for it, and it’s been 20 years since our last losing one. We of all teams can handle a bad year. We already have no realistic shot at contending with this team as currently constructed. Some high end draft picks and the organization realizing it needs to change the formula really wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world.
Well then how come we don’t hear about our fans wanting to “tank” for certain players? The standard for this team is making the playoffs, not high draft picks. This team is always trying to compete for a playoff berth, and I honestly don’t see a problem with that. But with that, I understand it’s hard to build a championship squad with middle draft picks and low cap space from Ben taking up a chunk of it. All we can do now is see how Tomlin responds to Kenny’s slow progression
He needs to pay attention, we are living in the realm of mediocrity