I treaded a fine line for years, sometimes hitching my wagon to the Tomlin train and other times to the anti Tomlin train. But here’s a little stat that brings clarity to the subject. Credit Joe Starkey:
If you take every coach in the league who has more than 3 years as a HC, there are 17 of them. Where would Mike Tomlin rank in average playoff wins per season?? Any guesses?
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He ranks 12th and far far behind the top coaches in the game. He’s closer to Ron Rivera and the bottom than he is to the top. And he had a HOF QB for 90% of his career
So the standard is the standard and that standard is less than mediocre. Especially in a league where parity is the goal and 28 teams are in the playoff hunt midway through December.
Now, maybe he can pull a rabbit out of the hat and get to the playoffs and win this year. Maybe that will pull him up to 10th among active coaches.
If you take every coach in the league who has more than 3 years as a HC, there are 17 of them. Where would Mike Tomlin rank in average playoff wins per season?? Any guesses?
….
He ranks 12th and far far behind the top coaches in the game. He’s closer to Ron Rivera and the bottom than he is to the top. And he had a HOF QB for 90% of his career
So the standard is the standard and that standard is less than mediocre. Especially in a league where parity is the goal and 28 teams are in the playoff hunt midway through December.
Now, maybe he can pull a rabbit out of the hat and get to the playoffs and win this year. Maybe that will pull him up to 10th among active coaches.