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Time to start putting some respect on his name... Myself included. I admittedly turned on him in 2018, but he regained my respect in 2019. I still hold reservations over his in-game coaching style and his aptitude for landmine type games against sub-500 teams, but credit needs to be given where it's due.
The victory yesterday was his 140th win as a head coach in the NFL, passing Tony Dungy. He is 140-74-1 (65.3%) which is good for 22nd all time. He's 3 games short of Marv Levy, and 9 games from Cowher, both of whom have 1-2 full seasons more of games coached than Tomlin and worse winning percentages. Go ahead and point to his 8-7 postseason record. It is what it is & there's no hiding from it. But if you don't like Tomlin by now, you probably never will regardless of what he does with his career.
He is on the doorstep of extending his NFL record to 14-straight years to begin a career without a losing record. This stat is absolutely mind-boggling and needs to be praised more.
He doesn't get the national attention that Belichick & Carroll gets, and yet routinely produces even without Roethlisberger at the helm. Tomlin has quietly maintained brilliance in Pittsburgh and is leading his best season yet at 7-0 and has the opportunity to finally put a stamp on a Lombardi with "his own team" (yes I know that is still a very tough row to hoe given the AFC landscape, but he's in the drivers seat & should be considered the best coach in the conference at this point). I don't think he gets enough credit for pulling the 2019 team to 8-8 with the likes of Mason Rudolph & Duck Hodges as his QBs. And also to a certain degree he didn't get enough credit for holding a locker room together despite the antics of Antonia Brown & the contract dispute with Lev Bell.
Coach of the Year in 2020!? Undefeated and having pulled off 3-straight wins against AFC postseason teams (CLE, TEN, BAL) after having his bye week stolen in week 5. I think he's the easy choice.
Fun fact... Tomlin is 48 years old. Bill Belichick was 48 years old when he took over the Patriots in 2000.
The victory yesterday was his 140th win as a head coach in the NFL, passing Tony Dungy. He is 140-74-1 (65.3%) which is good for 22nd all time. He's 3 games short of Marv Levy, and 9 games from Cowher, both of whom have 1-2 full seasons more of games coached than Tomlin and worse winning percentages. Go ahead and point to his 8-7 postseason record. It is what it is & there's no hiding from it. But if you don't like Tomlin by now, you probably never will regardless of what he does with his career.
He is on the doorstep of extending his NFL record to 14-straight years to begin a career without a losing record. This stat is absolutely mind-boggling and needs to be praised more.
He doesn't get the national attention that Belichick & Carroll gets, and yet routinely produces even without Roethlisberger at the helm. Tomlin has quietly maintained brilliance in Pittsburgh and is leading his best season yet at 7-0 and has the opportunity to finally put a stamp on a Lombardi with "his own team" (yes I know that is still a very tough row to hoe given the AFC landscape, but he's in the drivers seat & should be considered the best coach in the conference at this point). I don't think he gets enough credit for pulling the 2019 team to 8-8 with the likes of Mason Rudolph & Duck Hodges as his QBs. And also to a certain degree he didn't get enough credit for holding a locker room together despite the antics of Antonia Brown & the contract dispute with Lev Bell.
Coach of the Year in 2020!? Undefeated and having pulled off 3-straight wins against AFC postseason teams (CLE, TEN, BAL) after having his bye week stolen in week 5. I think he's the easy choice.
Fun fact... Tomlin is 48 years old. Bill Belichick was 48 years old when he took over the Patriots in 2000.