Seemingly everyone seems to be attempting to run Mike Tomlin out of city, and he predictably needs to listen to none of it.
“I have no message. Save your time.” Tomlin instructed the Pittsburgh Submit-Gazette when requested about any groups probably inquiring to commerce for the Steeler coach.
Followers are understandably annoyed with the Steelers’ lack of late-season success.
Regardless of going 10-7 this 12 months, they haven’t received a playoff recreation since 2016, dropping within the Wild Card spherical of the playoffs 4 of the final 5 seasons.
“I understand the nature of what it is that we do, the attention and criticism that comes with it,” Tomlin stated in response to the fan’s adverse reactions. “I embrace it, to be honest with you. I enjoy the urgency that comes with what I do and what we do. I don’t make excuses for failure. I own it. But I also feel like I’m capable. As long as I’m afforded an opportunity to do that, I’ll continue. But I certainly understand [the fans’] frustrations. Probably more important than that, I share it.”
Though the Steelers haven’t had a dropping file in his tenure, which started in 2005, different groups could possibly be circling Tomlin as their subsequent coach if Pittsburgh strikes on.
Previous to Mike McCarthy being let go from the Cowboys, ex-Cowboys coach Jimmie Johnson had stated he wished the Cowboys to accumulate Tomlin in a commerce.
“I’ve got no inside information but things are stale in Pittsburgh. Things are stale in Dallas,” Johnson stated Sunday. “And just, food for thought, how about a coaching swap. Mike McCarthy’s a Pittsburgh guy. Let him go to Pittsburgh, let Mike Tomlin go to Dallas, both franchises would be excited.”
Tomlin’s grip on the Steelers’ helm could possibly be loosening, as he instructed reporters Tuesday that he didn’t know whether or not receiver George Pickens was late to the Christmas Day recreation in opposition to the Chiefs.
Tomlin had signed a three-year extension lasting by means of the 2027 season, and there’s nonetheless no indication that proprietor Artwork Rooney II intends to maneuver his longtime coach at the moment.
