Living in his fears

[Fk_Pitt]

You dont acknowledge a loud group hated him from the jump ?
Constantly referred to him as a Rooney rule hire ?
You aren’t that naive , are you ?
And I mean - right here on this very forum by the same usual suspects

Who of course - ya guys never called out because the tribe has to stick together!

Buddy…I told that person that Tomlin was a Rooney Rule interview, not a Rooney Rule hire. There’s a distinction.

Tomlin got hired because he crushed the interview and appeared 1000x better than Russ Grimm. And then he went on to two super bowls. So it’s hard to argue that he wasn’t the right hire. I can’t help that you have selective memory.

 

[PittPharm2002]

Not person
Multiple people
And they continue the same refrain with zero push back by the “good ones “

 

[Ski11585]

Buddy…I told that person that Tomlin was a Rooney Rule interview, not a Rooney Rule hire. There’s a distinction.

Tomlin got hired because he crushed the interview and appeared 1000x better than Russ Grimm. And then he went on to two super bowls. So it’s hard to argue that he wasn’t the right hire. I can’t help that you have selective memory.

Hadn’t the Steelers already satisfied the Rooney Rule when they interviewed Tomlin?

 

[Fk_Pitt]

Hadn’t the Steelers already satisfied the Rooney Rule when they interviewed Tomlin?

Yes. I’m not sure what you’re asking.

The Rooney rule did what it was supposed to do. It led the Rooney’s to interview Tomlin. But after that, it was up to him to prove he was the man for the job. And he did. Nobody told the Rooney’s to hire a black man. There were no quotas to fill. Tomlin got the job because he crushed the interview.

 

[ChiefJusticeMarshall]

Tomlin was a ****ing great hire. Great. He was great. So was Mike Sullivan. But............sometimes these guys get married to their early success and think they are above changing or worse, they become scared to try to do something else because the early success was so great and easy.

I think that is more than a fair criticism. Mike Tomlin is not the same coach with the same players as he was in 2010. Mike Sullivan is not the same coach with the same players as he was in 2017. Both guys likely would be best served with a new challenge.

 

[ChiefJusticeMarshall]