just about every account and every major coach tweeted good luck Here we Go during this playoff run. And what do we get in return? Tomlin taking pics with duzz and Jimmy and tweeting "on the fence"
Pitt shows Steelers Nothing But Love
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Tomlin has been very accessible and helpful to Pitt, eapecially when recruits are visiting.
There's a lot to criticize Tomlin for, but not his relationship with Pitt. He has been excellent.
There's a lot to criticize Tomlin for, but not his relationship with Pitt. He has been excellent.
Not criticizing him in general, just in relation to the tweet. Its a minor thing but still odd for as much as the Steelers and Pitt are partners.
Minor as in petty. We see posts and tweets all the time of how great the Steelers are in interacting with Pitt coaches, players and recruits.
"on the fence' ........pretty simple to me. At the moment the picture was taken, yes, he was on the fence
in the pic. That was the pic, and the pic only. Inferring more than what the pic showed at that one moment
is IMO a mistake. Tomlin has clearly shown support for Pitt (as have many of his players) over and over.
BTW, what's he supposed to do when a fellow African American head coach arrives?...ignore him?
Nothing to this IMO...let it go.
in the pic. That was the pic, and the pic only. Inferring more than what the pic showed at that one moment
is IMO a mistake. Tomlin has clearly shown support for Pitt (as have many of his players) over and over.
BTW, what's he supposed to do when a fellow African American head coach arrives?...ignore him?
Nothing to this IMO...let it go.
Come on, it's a pr / political thing. He has no connections to either and couldn't care less about either. He is intelligent to know that his bosses have business arrangements with Pitt. But the Rooney also have a fondness for PSU, going back to wanting to hire Paterno and having Bradley's brother as a Dr. Also explains their trying to strongarm Pitt to hire Bradley, even knowing he was poison. The mayor is also a PSU guy, and they have militant fans in the region. Tomlin isn't dumb.
But yknow, I don't even think he was thinking strategically with that. It was just a moment of whimsy i think. Tomlin can work anywhere he wants at this point. He doesn't need to kiss any tails.
But yknow, I don't even think he was thinking strategically with that. It was just a moment of whimsy i think. Tomlin can work anywhere he wants at this point. He doesn't need to kiss any tails.
You all still don't get it. It does not matter how much or how little love the Steelers show to Pitt. Playing in their stadium and the Rooney practice facility makes Pitt look small. Almost no recruit is going to choose Pitt because they practice next to the Steelers or because Tomlin mentions Pitt in some tweets.
Having our own stadium on campus, but still losing and having poor recruiters, will not help attract recruits any more than our situation now. Proof? The ~20 years before we moved to Heinz.
If only a tiny bit, the relationship (whether superficial) with the Steelers is one thing we actually have that nobody else does. 99 out of 100 likely don't care but if one does...why begrudge?
Guess you missed the pictures of the recruits who bumped in to the stillers and got pictures.
Correct, Heinz Field / Rooney Facility doesn't help attract recruits any more than an aging stadium that wasn't updated and allowed to fall into a state of disrepair.
I think the comment was for fun (pretending he was a recruit)
And wasn't that pic like 2 years ago? What's with the present tense thread?
And wasn't that pic like 2 years ago? What's with the present tense thread?
What do you want Tomlin to do? Wear a Pitt script hoodie during playoff games?
Really man. Do you read anything on recruits ? Hate to make a sells pitch but go to Pittsburghsportsnow and read on Pitt recruiting you will see you are absolutely wrong.
Almost every recruit mentions Pitt's association with the Steelers as a big factor.
As a matter of fact Pinnock stated that a big reason he flipped from BC is because his mother is a BIG Antonio Brown and Steeler fan, and Proctor mentioned that impressed him.
Maybe you should open your eyes before opening your mouth and inserting foot.
I don't believe for a second that a commit chose Pitt because he ran into Antonio Brown (which actually happened at the Cathedral of Learning, according to the article). If the shared facilities made a difference, then it wouldn't have been 10 years since Pitt last cracked the top 30 in the recruiting rankings. The truth is that the shared facilities isn't nearly the benefit to recruiting many make it out to be.
We have not cracked the top 30 in recruiting because we have had 4 coaches in 8 yrs plus 3 interim coaches.
No genius when u have 7 coaches in 8 years people think your program is a joke.
I can't believe we did not lose more kids, and go 3-9 every year. Grahams class had nine kids that made it to their senior year basically we put ourselves on probation.
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