Ron Cook fails again: Bradshaw was great, and he is right about Tomlin



... Terry is not senile
From the Post-Gazette.
To paraphrase: This much I know about Ron Cook: He is wrong more than he is right. 
Mike Tomlin a Hall of Fame coach? Well, maybe if he beats the New England Patriots and reaches the Super Bowl. 
Maybe if he demonstrates that the can beat Tom Brady who has won more than eighty percent of his games against the Steelers. 
Maybe if he can help design a defense that can at least keep the Steelers within two touchdowns. 
This much I know about Mike Tomlin: He is no Chuck Noll. Not even close. 
This much I know about Mike Tomlin: He is no Bill Bellichick. Not even close. Not even in the same ball park. 
The major difference is that Noll had discipline and beat the best in the NFL during the 70s when he had the talent. 
Tomlin inherited a slew of talent, and to his credit, did something that Bill Cowher did not. Won a Super Bowl quickly and within four years had been to two. 
Since then, when he had to build his own program and not use players he inherited, he has been an underachiever. 
Bellichick is the best in the game and regularly beats Tomlin. How many wins does Tomlin have over Bellichick?
Yes, I know Ron Cook. Nobody is going to award him a Pulitzer someday, though he probably thinks he deserves one. It's that ego thing that gets in his road. 
By the way, did Cook ever play football?

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