tomlin should do himself a favor and resign

[squidkid]

he doesnt need all this abuse. he should be allowed to quit this team, handpick his new one and then hire, fire, draft and sign whoever he wants.
the tomlin supporters should want this to happen as well. tomlin is such a great coach and he is being handcuffed with bad players, bad coaches, bad cap numbers, no fa's etc etc.
he needs to be set free so he can really run a team the way other head coaches are allowed too.
tomlin is doing himself an unjustice by staying with the steelers..............it isnt fair to mike.

[Eich]

he doesnt need all this abuse. he should be allowed to quit this team, handpick his new one and then hire, fire, draft and sign whoever he wants.
the tomlin supporters should want this to happen as well. tomlin is such a great coach and he is being handcuffed with bad players, bad coaches, bad cap numbers, no fa's etc etc.
he needs to be set free so he can really run a team the way other head coaches are allowed too.
tomlin is doing himself an unjustice by staying with the steelers..............it isnt fair to mike.

That makes the assumption that Mike Tomlin actually wants that level of responsibility.

If Bill Cowher was forced to do some of the things that Tomlin has apparently been forced to do, he would've been gone long ago. That leads me to believe that Tomlin IS or at least HAS BEEn satisfied with his current role.

[Shoe]

You are right, in that he would be able to write his ticket. The notion of him being a great coach hasn't gone away. He could easily pull a Phil Jackson (hitch his wagon to great players, and cement a legacy). Just find a cupboard like he did 7 years ago with the Steelers, and enjoy another nice run... until he gets exposed again. Then, ride off into the sunset and live off those ill-gotten laurels.

[steelz09]

You are right, in that he would be able to write his ticket. The notion of him being a great coach hasn't gone away. He could easily pull a Phil Jackson (hitch his wagon to great players, and cement a legacy). Just find a cupboard like he did 7 years ago with the Steelers, and enjoy another nice run... until he gets exposed again. Then, ride off into the sunset and live off those ill-gotten laurels.

Very good point.

[Slapstick]

You are right, in that he would be able to write his ticket. The notion of him being a great coach hasn't gone away. He could easily pull a Phil Jackson (hitch his wagon to great players, and cement a legacy). Just find a cupboard like he did 7 years ago with the Steelers, and enjoy another nice run... until he gets exposed again. Then, ride off into the sunset and live off those ill-gotten laurels.

He took over an 8-8 team 7 years ago...Cowher went through the exact same thing...

[steelz09]

He took over an 8-8 team 7 years ago...Cowher went through the exact same thing...

Not the same thing. Our responsible (sarcasm) QB did a face plant onto a cars windshield right before the season.

[Triumph]

He took over an 8-8 team 7 years ago...Cowher went through the exact same thing...

That 8-8 team also started off 2-6 with Cowher at the helm as well.

[Vader]

That 8-8 team also started off 2-6 with Cowher at the helm as well.

It's funny how Cowher going 2-6 with a QB that had planted his head on a car, had an emergency appendectomy, and then a concussion is being compared to a team with a HEALTHY QB going 2-6. Talk about context. Some people just want to believe something regardless of facts.

[steelz09]

It's funny how Cowher going 2-6 with a QB that had planted his head on a car, had an emergency appendectomy, and then a concussion is being compared to a team with a HEALTHY QB going 2-6. Talk about context. Some people just want to believe something regardless of facts.

Thank you for pointing that out. It's amazing that these major points go unnoticed the majority of the time.

[SteelBuckeye]

It's funny how Cowher going 2-6 with a QB that had planted his head on a car, had an emergency appendectomy, and then a concussion is being compared to a team with a HEALTHY QB going 2-6. Talk about context. Some people just want to believe something regardless of facts.

Yep, even funnier when you consider that that last Cowher led team had some firepower that this one doesn't. On defense, Troy, Ike, Keisel, Farrior, etc. were still playing at a high caliber. Not to mention a RB (Parker) who ran for almost 1500 yds, Hines Ward and Santonio, etc.
Point is, it's a team game. So, to use Ben's faceplant/apendectomy/concussion as an excuse for that season is a little misleading. After all, Cowher was the HC, if Ben was such a liability to the team, he SHOULD have sat him and put someone else in. Since he did not take that course of action, we can assume that Cowher either didn't care or he thought Ben was good to go.
In short, it's just as funny how Tomlin going 2-6 with a defense full of overpaid, aging, once upon a time stars and untested rooks/near rooks is being compared to a team that had a defense full of high quality players at or near their prime.