Respect to the Super Bowl Champions.

I am going to have to say I disagree with your Mike Tomlin praise. Yes, he did win the Super Bowl, but we all know he inherited Bill Cowher’s team. The Steelers are traditionally a competitive team, and Tomlin stepped into the job at the right time. It seems that in this modern Super Bowl age there is something done every year that never happened. (Dungy, first African American to win, the 05 Steelers and 07 Giants each winning 3 on the road to get to the dance, Tomlin youngest coach to win.) I am sure its safe to say that most teams in the NFL are trying to find younger coach’s that are motivated and driven. My whole thing is that the Steelers would have won the Super Bowl with anyone as head coach this year. Big Ben is the kind of player that keeps his offense confident and focused. And Dick Lebeua is a defensive mastermind. All Tomlin had to do to win this Super Bowl is stand on the sidelines, look gangster, and chew his frickin’ bubble gum.

Thanks for commenting Doctor.

You are right that the Steelers are a team full of leaders, from Super Bowl proven players to a great coaching staff. And yes, Cowher built this team.

But to completely write off Tomlin and say that he doesn’t deserve praise is a little overboard. All that is asked of Tomlin is that he puts his players in a position to be successful, and they go out and do it. He has done exactly that, and has been the consummate leader and professional since being hired in 2007, and his troops follow suit. He is only 35 and the verdict is still out about his ability to out-coach the best, but the man put together a championship run with a team that people questioned from a lot of different angles throughout the entire 2008 season. I am merely giving the man the respect a Super Bowl champion coach is due.

Espo,

He does have that elusive title on his resume. Something we cant say about Andy. But I don’t think people know what Tomlin brings to the table because his championship team plays the game exactly like Cowher’s teams played. Heavy on the run, QB manages game, Defense beats you into the ground. That is not Mike Tomlin football. It is STEELER football. This has been their legacy for over 30 years. I beleive Tomlin does have his troops ready, but there are so many veterans on that squad that would not let the team be unprepared because of a bad coach. To me, Tomlin has brought nothing unique to the table. He still has no true identity as a coach, which is not say he won’t someday.

I think what led this Steeler team to a Super Bowl was the Steelers Defensive coorinator Dick Lebeau. Hes the one who built the number 1 ranked Defense in the NFL. I also think the Steelers organization as a whole, assistant coach’s, scouts, and upper management, put the franchise in position to win every year. The players that are Steelers wear the uniform with pride. Tomlin is just the right guy in the right spot at the right time.

I would like to see what kind of job Tomlin would do in Detroit

Tomlin is a pretty good motivator and his players love him. His Steelers teams have also been really disciplined - the same can’t be said for Reid’s teams. How many times have we been able to say that the Eagles would have won a game if just hadn’t been for too many mistakes? The Eagles this year weren’t very disciplined and in the end what killed us against Arizona were mistakes.

The Cowboys loved Wade Phillips. The Falcons loved Jim Mora. The rams loved Dick Vermeil. I would take Reid over Tomlin any day of the week. Reid built the Eagles. Tomlin would have been out of a job too if he didn’t inherit a team that won it all two years before.