Rooney is a "silent" owner. "Mr. Rooney is the boss". Tomlin. "Of course Art will be involved because he is the owner and knows every step of the process". Colbert.
Tomlin is the coach. Tomlin's MAIN job is to help the team win games regardless of the circumstances he is dealt as a HC.
Boss man didn't fire Tomlin yet. Maybe Tomlin is in a prove it year?
this is so true... if the offense struggles, it will be because Tomlin must have wanted Arthur Smith or Russell Wilson.
I honestly don't think the folks who really hate Tomlin realize how ridiculous they sound.
And if you don't blame *everything* on him, you must *love* him (which is really weird, but seems to be the way of the world these days)
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I agree that Rooney had to buy off on a thing we had never done before (at least not in 75 years or so).
The question isn't "did Rooney buy off on it?".
The question is "was Tomlin lobbying for it, and if so for how long?".
Since firing a coordinator in season had never happened since at least Chaz was hired, suggests that it's an organizational policy. And the HC didn't have the ability to unilaterally fire the OC.
But we don't know if the OC was fired because Rooney finally relented to something Tomlin had been asking for, or if Rooney forced the firing all by himself.
Exactly! And if the offense were to flourish, Windy has already provided his narrative - because Khan and AR2 finally took over. No matter the outcome, there is a baked-in anti-Tomlin spin that is floated in advance to try and make the absurd seem believable. Like you said...it's the way of the world these days. I feel like most Tomlin haters also like red ball caps.
"My team, may they always be right, but right or wrong...MY TEAM!"
This.
He's not the best coach in the league.
But he's pretty good.
And it's silly to put all the blame for everything at his feet. Especially when the argument is that he gets no credit for anything that goes right.
He has complete and utter control when things don't go well.
But anything good means that the new GM wrested entire control from Tomlin (for that day) to make good decisions.
Until the next decision that looks bad...that clearly means that Tomlin regained complete control...until the next good decision.
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