Tomlin takes a shot at the NFL

[steelblood]

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Tomlin is very careful to always put his team and organization first. I also love the fact that he always seems in control and never looks panicked. The Rooneys made a wise choice and have been careful not to step on his toes. This has been a great start to his career. I hope he coaches here for the next 10-20 years.

[papillon]

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Tomlin is very careful to always put his team and organization first. I also love the fact that he always seems in control and never looks panicked. The Rooneys made a wise choice and have been careful not to step on his toes. This has been a great start to his career. I hope he coaches here for the next 10-20 years.

I agree wholeheartedly. Tomlin was a good choice, he supports the organization, the players and his coaches. He never appears to be out of control and owns up to what he believes were mistakes not what others believe were mistakes. The drafts under him have produced some very productive players.

The Steeler Nation is good hands and hopefully, it stays that way for a long time.

Pappy

[Oviedo]

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Tomlin is very careful to always put his team and organization first. I also love the fact that he always seems in control and never looks panicked. The Rooneys made a wise choice and have been careful not to step on his toes. This has been a great start to his career. I hope he coaches here for the next 10-20 years.

I agree wholeheartedly. Tomlin was a good choice, he supports the organization, the players and his coaches. He never appears to be out of control and owns up to what he believes were mistakes not what others believe were mistakes. The drafts under him have produced some very productive players.

The Steeler Nation is good hands and hopefully, it stays that way for a long time.

Pappy

I attention that he isn't an attention whore always wanting to get his mug on TV because he knows the players are the ones that matter. I love the lack of staged antics. That has been a positive change.

[ikestops85]

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I don't see how anyone can argue against the selection of Tomlin for coach. The guy is impressive when he speaks and he certainly has the respect of his players. While some don't like his 'double talk' I think he does it just to entertain himself during the pressers. Coaches have to hate those things ... between the stupid questions that get asked and the duplicate questions I'm amazed we don't have more Dennis Green type meltdowns.

Now, if the league was really interested in player safety they would have made the helmets in this article mandatory years ago. It's not like this is new technology. I just loved how Tomlin got his dig in on the NFL Brass hypocrisy.

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[Steelerphile]

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When he made an allusion to no whistle from the referees, I was thinking about that myself on the first Roethlisberger fumble. He was in the grasp and held up for what seemed like a long time and there was no whistle. Finally he makes an ill-conceived effort to chest-pass the ball which resulted in a fumble. I don't know what happened to "in the grasp" but I thought the play should have been whistled dead before the fumble.

That's if you want to bring up the referees and blame them like all of Pittsburgh's losing opponents do.

[hawaiiansteel]

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NFL Power Rankings Week 7: Rating The Head Coaches

By Matt Trueblood (Analyst) on October 19, 2010


1. Mike Tomlin



Grant Halverson/Getty Images


Headed for his third playoff appearance in four seasons, and in the running for a second super Bowl berth, Tomlin has managed to hold the Steelers together despite the best efforts of his superstar quarterback and his erstwhile Super Bowl MVP wide receiver, the latter having been shipped out this offseason just to dump some trash from the roster.

Tomlin is fiery, disciplined and football-smart. He is everything an NFL coach ought to be.

He has a long way to go to become the best coach in Steelers history (Chuck Knoll and Bill Cowher being two very sturdy candidates already), but he just might do it.


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[RuthlessBurgher]

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NFL Power Rankings Week 7: Rating The Head Coaches

By Matt Trueblood (Analyst) on October 19, 2010


1. Mike Tomlin



Grant Halverson/Getty Images


Headed for his third playoff appearance in four seasons, and in the running for a second super Bowl berth, Tomlin has managed to hold the Steelers together despite the best efforts of his superstar quarterback and his erstwhile Super Bowl MVP wide receiver, the latter having been shipped out this offseason just to dump some trash from the roster.

Tomlin is fiery, disciplined and football-smart. He is everything an NFL coach ought to be.

He has a long way to go to become the best coach in Steelers history (Chuck Knoll and Bill Cowher being two very sturdy candidates already), but he just might do it.


for rest of article, please click on link below:

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I hate when people misspell Chuck Noll's name. It makes me feel like Chuck Knox is more imprinted in people's minds than Emperor Chaz.

[papillon]

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I don't see how anyone can argue against the selection of Tomlin for coach. The guy is impressive when he speaks and he certainly has the respect of his players. While some don't like his 'double talk' I think he does it just to entertain himself during the pressers. Coaches have to hate those things ... between the stupid questions that get asked and the duplicate questions I'm amazed we don't have more Dennis Green type meltdowns.

Now, if the league was really interested in player safety they would have made the helmets in this article mandatory years ago. It's not like this is new technology. I just loved how Tomlin got his dig in on the NFL Brass hypocrisy.

[url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=easterbrook/101026_tuesday_morning_quarterback&sportCat=nfl]Concussion Resistant Helmet Article[/url]

I don't know how anyone that pays attention could argue against Tomlin at this point either, but they do. I have a suspicion as to why, but I won't say it in an open forum. Tomlin has been spot on in almost every major decision he's made (this excludes in game gaffe that admits were mistakes), the players clearly enjoy playing for him and the Rooneys are letting him run the team. He'll be a Steeler coach for awhile, much to the chagrin of some.

Pappy

[hawaiiansteel]

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Oh Snap! Mike Tomlin Gets Sassy


Watch out, Roger Goodell. The teacher’s pet is turning into a rebel without a cause.

Mike Tomlin had some feisty words for the nitwits running the NFL in his Tuesday press conference. Most of it was directed at Ray Anderson, the goof most responsible for the sudden realization that football is a violent sport and *gasp* sometimes people get hurt. He sent a ridiculous video to all thirty-two NFL teams which contained such McNuggets of wisdom as, “Even though this hit is legal and not penalized, we’re going to be looking to eliminate such plays.”

This week, Anderson singled out James Harrison for “letting up” instead of doing what he’s paid to do: seek and destroy. Honestly, Harrison did restrain himself on at least two occasions that I noticed, once when he pulled up on Ronnie Brown foolishly coming across the middle. The other where a receiver was being dragged down by Ike Taylor and Silverback clearly bailed on the play. Congratulations, Ray Anderson, the biggest baddest bull of the woods has been neutered.

The comment that Harrison held up provoked this angry response from his head coach:
“I didn’t see anything of that nature. If I appear short, it’s because it’s somewhat insulting to me to assume we’re doing anything under any normal circumstances other than trying to play within the rules.”

This is why I love Tomlin. Some get annoyed by his wordy manner of speaking where he uses 14 words to say what could be said in 3. However, I’m constantly amazed by his eloquence. How many head coaches can basically tell an NFL official, “Get outta my face with your whack B.S.” and make it sound so diplomatic?

But wait, the best is yet to come. A reporter asked him what he thought about NFL officials commenting on his team’s style of play. His response?
“”It would be tough for me to care less about their opinion, to be honest with you.”
Oh snap! You got served, NFL!

Add team president Art Rooney strongly backing Harrison’s appeal of that ridiculous fine levied against him and it’s high time the NFL’s most important franchise showed some backbone when dealing with the Ginger Dictator. I’m sick and tired of the Commish acting like a leather clad dominatrix, beating the Black and Gold with his Fine and Suspension Whip while the Steelers just lay there like good little gimps saying, “Thank you sir. May I please have another?”

The great irony is Dan Rooney was the man who headed the committee which recommended Goodell for the job. But since then, it’s almost like he’s been out to get the league’s signature team. Constantly fining gritty, hard working players like Ryan Clark, Hines Ward, James Harrison, and various others for clean, hard, NON-PENALIZED plays. The unwarranted and unprecedented suspension of Ben Roethlisberger despite no credible evidence against him while Brett Favre escapes punishment despite a mountain of hard (actually, more like semi-hard) evidence only shows the level of bias we’re dealing with.

Hopefully, Tomlin’s snippy comments and Art Rooney’s siding against Ginger is a sign that the Steelers are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. While I certainly have no respect for Jerry Jones and delight in his every misery, I do appreciate that he battles the NFL on practically every issue relating to his team. Siding with the league should not be unconditional. It should be done only when they are clearly in the right and those occasions are few and far between for the most arrogant, unilateral, and arbitrary (with their punishments) administration in all of sports.

It’s about time they stick it to The Man.

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[Crash]

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That is an outstanding piece there!

[Shawn]

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As for Anderson's praise, Tomlin said, "It would be tough for me to care less about their opinion, to be honest with you."

I was actually just listening to Tomlins PC when I read this- that quote stood out to me as well. I really like this coach!!

I didn't know that my respect for Coach Tomlin could be anymore than it was. I was wrong. This is epic. He is a great leader, as demonstrated by his leading in this situation.

I'm not saying Tomlin is the best coach in Steeler history or anything (not that he might not be by the end of his career) but I like the guy's swag. I like the way he handles his team and the league. He is the epitome of Steeler tough.

[SteelTorch]

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Oh Snap! Mike Tomlin Gets Sassy


Watch out, Roger Goodell. The teacher’s pet is turning into a rebel without a cause.

Mike Tomlin had some feisty words for the nitwits running the NFL in his Tuesday press conference. Most of it was directed at Ray Anderson, the goof most responsible for the sudden realization that football is a violent sport and *gasp* sometimes people get hurt. He sent a ridiculous video to all thirty-two NFL teams which contained such McNuggets of wisdom as, “Even though this hit is legal and not penalized, we’re going to be looking to eliminate such plays.”

This week, Anderson singled out James Harrison for “letting up” instead of doing what he’s paid to do: seek and destroy. Honestly, Harrison did restrain himself on at least two occasions that I noticed, once when he pulled up on Ronnie Brown foolishly coming across the middle. The other where a receiver was being dragged down by Ike Taylor and Silverback clearly bailed on the play. Congratulations, Ray Anderson, the biggest baddest bull of the woods has been neutered.

The comment that Harrison held up provoked this angry response from his head coach:
“I didn’t see anything of that nature. If I appear short, it’s because it’s somewhat insulting to me to assume we’re doing anything under any normal circumstances other than trying to play within the rules.”

This is why I love Tomlin. Some get annoyed by his wordy manner of speaking where he uses 14 words to say what could be said in 3. However, I’m constantly amazed by his eloquence. How many head coaches can basically tell an NFL official, “Get outta my face with your whack B.S.” and make it sound so diplomatic?

But wait, the best is yet to come. A reporter asked him what he thought about NFL officials commenting on his team’s style of play. His response?
“”It would be tough for me to care less about their opinion, to be honest with you.”
Oh snap! You got served, NFL!

Add team president Art Rooney strongly backing Harrison’s appeal of that ridiculous fine levied against him and it’s high time the NFL’s most important franchise showed some backbone when dealing with the Ginger Dictator. I’m sick and tired of the Commish acting like a leather clad dominatrix, beating the Black and Gold with his Fine and Suspension Whip while the Steelers just lay there like good little gimps saying, “Thank you sir. May I please have another?”

The great irony is Dan Rooney was the man who headed the committee which recommended Goodell for the job. But since then, it’s almost like he’s been out to get the league’s signature team. Constantly fining gritty, hard working players like Ryan Clark, Hines Ward, James Harrison, and various others for clean, hard, NON-PENALIZED plays. The unwarranted and unprecedented suspension of Ben Roethlisberger despite no credible evidence against him while Brett Favre escapes punishment despite a mountain of hard (actually, more like semi-hard) evidence only shows the level of bias we’re dealing with.

Hopefully, Tomlin’s snippy comments and Art Rooney’s siding against Ginger is a sign that the Steelers are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. While I certainly have no respect for Jerry Jones and delight in his every misery, I do appreciate that he battles the NFL on practically every issue relating to his team. Siding with the league should not be unconditional. It should be done only when they are clearly in the right and those occasions are few and far between for the most arrogant, unilateral, and arbitrary (with their punishments) administration in all of sports.

It’s about time they stick it to The Man.

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Oh snap! Goodell,



This article also forgot to mention when Woodley got fined for sacking a QB "in an intimidating manner." That's what the league is coming to.

[hawaiiansteel]

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Bouchette on the Steelers: Thought police coming to (ruin?) an Nfl player near you

Sunday, October 31, 2010
By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette



Bob Donaldson/Post-Gazette
James Harrison -- Thinking before he tackles?


Not many seemed to find it troubling that James Harrison acknowledged pulling up rather than tackling Miami's Ronnie Brown on a play over the middle last Sunday. Larry Foote went ahead and made the tackle.

In fact, the majority seemed to think it was the smart thing to do by Harrison.

So, here you have a linebacker not wanting to tackle a running back because he admittedly feared the NFL crackdown on big hits? Harrison, mind you, wasn't planning on making an illegal hit on Brown. He planned to aim low. He said he was lucky he did not try to make the tackle because Brown then ducked low and it might have been a helmet-to-helmet collision.

So what?

Harrison made precisely the same kind of tackle against Joshua Cribbs in Heinz Field the previous week and the NFL quickly announced it was a legal hit, even though their helmets collided. Cribbs did not complain, either; in fact, he urged his old Kent State teammate to keep playing as he always has.

But Harrison has apparently decided discretion is the better way, even if his plans are perfectly legal by the NFL books and their hanging judges.

This is what the NFL crackdown has come to: Players now fear making perfectly legal hits. It is what Art Rooney feared when he spoke out about it 10 days ago.

The next question for the Steelers: Is a gun-shy James Harrison as good as the one before he was fined $75,000 for a hit against Cleveland? Not if he's going to pull off making the kinds of hits he made on Cribbs, nor the kind he should have made on Ronnie Brown in Miami.

Safety Troy Polamalu also seemed to pull back on at least one tackle. It occurred in the second quarter after Chad Henne, from his own 20-yard line, completed a 17-yard pass to Brian Hartline. Polamalu had a perfect shot at Hartline and did not take it.

Has the NFL successfully helped neutralize two Pro Bowl Steelers defenders with its crackdown? It's just one week, but there is video evidence -- and an admittance from one -- that Harrison and Polamalu shied away from tackles because of it.

In case you missed it ...
Some items that first saw the light of day in my PG Plus blog:

• Tony Romo got hurt on a good, clean tackle. He was not hit high, he was not hit low. He was tackled to the ground, which caused his broken collar bone. Time to eliminate that kind of tackling too; just put flags on the quarterback and be done with it already.

• Funny how Roger Goodell's hanging judge, Ray Anderson, has gone around patting himself on the back because there were no big hits Sunday and lauding how guys such as James Harrison pulled back rather than cream someone. The league office has just changed the game without ever getting approval from its constituent, the owners. They now applaud when defenders decide not to tackle someone because they do not want to draw the ire of the league, even if those tackles already have been deemed legal.

• You have to love Tom Coughlin, love how he coaches, love how he supports charitable causes so strongly. But the thing you have to love about him most is those looks of pain he gives on the sideline whenever something goes wrong for the Giants. I once spent a night with Coughlin, his wife and a few writers sharing drinks and laughs and there is much more to him than that look and his reputation as a stern taskmaster. But that look is precious.

• If the Steelers are going to lose one game during this stretch, tonight is the one they can most afford to lose since the Saints are an NFC team and there is no shame in losing to the Super Bowl champs on their turf with both of your starting defensive ends out. The following game, in Cincinnati, is more important. And, no, they probably won't go 15-1.

• Chad Pennington, Miami's backup quarterback and a longtime starter in the NFL, actually wants an official in a situation like the fumbledoozie from last Sunday's game to call something he did not see just so it makes it easier for a replay review.

"We've got to look at not worrying about whether the referee makes the call right the first time, make the correct call to allow it to be replayed. That's why we have instant replay, to get it right, not to still mess it up.''

Hey, why have officials make any calls? Let's just have replay review everything. With thinking like that, Pennington could wind up working in the NFL's football operations office.

Right and wrong at the same time
Don't point to the officials for the Steelers' "lucky" victory last Sunday. Their good fortune or the blame for however the game turned out falls directly on the shoulders of the instant replay system.

That system giveth and the system taketh away. And for the Miami Dolphins and Steelers, it did both on the same play.

Replay got it right when it overturned head linesman Jerry Bergman's call of a touchdown on Ben Roethlisberger's dive into the end zone -- the Dolphins' Chris Clemons knocked the ball out of the quarterback's hand just before he crossed the goal line. But instant replay was unable to determine who had possession once the ball popped loose.

Only humans could weed through the pile of bodies to try to determine who had the ball. And once they signaled "touchdown" there really was no need to do that. In a perfect world, the officials would have gone that extra step just in case, but that's not how it works in the real world.

Referee Gene Steratore, no matter where his hometown, made the correct call under those circumstances. He had no choice. Fumble, no known recovery, ball at the 1, fourth down. No one cheated anyone; it's just another failure of the instant replay system that everyone thinks is perfect.

Any coach I've ever known has been for instant replay, except for Chuck Noll, bless him. Their reasons were all the same -- they want to make sure the call is "right.'' Well, in this case it was, and it may have been wrong at the same time (if the Dolphins really recovered). Either way, Miami loses because the real officials thought it was a touchdown and the replay thought it was not, but nevertheless allowed the Steelers to maintain possession long enough to kick the winning points.

The real losers in the use of instant replay Sunday were those who bet on the Steelers and gave the three points. With no replay, they win by six. With it, they lose, as did the Dolphins either way.

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[hawaiiansteel]

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the Steelers and James Harrison may be "marked men" with NFL referees, that roughing the QB call against Deebo was very questionable.