To label Cowher as "unable to win the big one" would have been premature. Time proved that.
How would "I" do it?
If you are going to compare a current coach to a retired coach who coached TWICE as long you look at their record during the same span:
It is SHOCKINGLY even IMHO. 1st 6 seasons:
Overall record.
Regular season: Cowher 64-32, Tomlin 63-33
Playoffs: Tomlin 5-3, Cowher 5-6
Division titles: Cowher 5, Tomlin 3
Playoff appearances: Cowher 6, Tomlin 4
Advance to divisional round of playoffs (final
: Cowher 5, Tomlin 2
Record in AFC championship game: Tomlin 2 wins 0 losses, Cowher 1 win 2 losses
Super Bowl: Tomlin 1 win 1 loss, Cowher 0 wins 1 loss.
Inherited quality core players.
Cowher: Rod Woodson, Gregg Lloyd, Dermonti Dawson, Carnell Lake, Barry Foster, Eric Green
Tomlin: Ben Roethlisberger, Hines Ward, James Farrior, Aaron Smith, Heath Miller, Santonio Holmes
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