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Interesting read. And it's not Art with the title quote, it's Jim Rooney. The subject of this article.
Here's a segment on the Tomlin hire and the Steelers 'process'. Three of the final 4 HC candidates ended up as HCs and in championship games does say a lot about their hiring process:
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Here's a segment on the Tomlin hire and the Steelers 'process'. Three of the final 4 HC candidates ended up as HCs and in championship games does say a lot about their hiring process:
In 2007, Dan Rooney showed the league firsthand how the Rooney Rule process could work in the job search that led to the hiring of Mike Tomlin.
“He took more time than everyone else,” Jim says. “He didn’t get worried about what folks were saying, and he followed through on the process. He started with a larger pool of candidates than anyone else with Mike (Tomlin). I believe it was 37 coaches. We got down to 12 and in that original number, we had a lot more minority candidates than other folks were looking at. We get down to 12 and then down to four. I think three of the final four coaches ended up being head coaches, and all three have been in Super Bowls or championship games. So I think having a thorough process and taking your time allows you to really get to know folks who have talent in a way. If you just jump after your guy who is in the media and you’re kind of falling for that, I don’t think that helps your system or your culture.”
Despite the recent years without a playoff win, Jim says fans should not expect the knee-jerk changes that guide other NFL teams in similar situations.
“The way the Steelers do business, and people can argue with us because we haven’t had a lot of success in the playoffs lately, but I think it is different than how other teams do business,” Jim says. “We see how good Omar (Khan) is doing as general manager, but several folks didn’t take the opportunity to hire him, which I think was a mistake on their part. We do things differently. And I don’t think folks always like the methodologies, the attention to detail, and the ways that things are slower, but there’s more continuity. I hear the criticism of fans about not winning playoff games, for sure. But I do think in the long run, the methods that my father set up are the best practices. They are counter to the way a lot of folks do things and they don’t hire our people which I think is a mistake on their part.”
“He took more time than everyone else,” Jim says. “He didn’t get worried about what folks were saying, and he followed through on the process. He started with a larger pool of candidates than anyone else with Mike (Tomlin). I believe it was 37 coaches. We got down to 12 and in that original number, we had a lot more minority candidates than other folks were looking at. We get down to 12 and then down to four. I think three of the final four coaches ended up being head coaches, and all three have been in Super Bowls or championship games. So I think having a thorough process and taking your time allows you to really get to know folks who have talent in a way. If you just jump after your guy who is in the media and you’re kind of falling for that, I don’t think that helps your system or your culture.”
Despite the recent years without a playoff win, Jim says fans should not expect the knee-jerk changes that guide other NFL teams in similar situations.
“The way the Steelers do business, and people can argue with us because we haven’t had a lot of success in the playoffs lately, but I think it is different than how other teams do business,” Jim says. “We see how good Omar (Khan) is doing as general manager, but several folks didn’t take the opportunity to hire him, which I think was a mistake on their part. We do things differently. And I don’t think folks always like the methodologies, the attention to detail, and the ways that things are slower, but there’s more continuity. I hear the criticism of fans about not winning playoff games, for sure. But I do think in the long run, the methods that my father set up are the best practices. They are counter to the way a lot of folks do things and they don’t hire our people which I think is a mistake on their part.”
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