Steelers reward Mike Tomlin for his stellar 3-6 playoff record in past decade with a contract extension. No doubt about it.
Trying to hide after falling behind 28-0 in first quarter of 2020 playoff game
… have not won a playoff game in four years
Make no doubt about it. Mike Tomlin has the best regular-season won-loss record in history [65 percent].
And make no doubt about it: Mike Tomlin’s playoff record in the past ten years is woeful, just 3-6 [33 percent]]
And make no doubt about it: Mike Tomlin is no Chuck Noll [4 Super Bowls to 1].
And make no doubt about it: Coaches are paid to win in the postseason, to reach the Super Bowl.
And make no doubt about it: The Steelers have been embarrassing in many postseason appearances over the past decade.
And make no doubt about it: The Steelers have not won a playoff game in four years.
And make no doubt about it: The Steelers have collapsed in the late season [11-0 to 12-4] with a disgusting degree of regularity;
And make no doubt about it: The Steelers have lost their first round playoff game after compiling a 13-3 record [2017], a 12-4 record [2020], and another 12-4 record [2011].
And make no doubt about it: The Steelers are mired in another long Super Bowl drought [now 13 years];
And make no doubt about it: The team is not likely to win another Super Bowl in Tomlin’s tenure facing loss of a QB, a woeful OL, no running game, and an overrated defense.
Nevertheless, he was granted a three-year contract extension.
And, as one writer on a Steeler blog noted,
It’s never easy to win a playoff game, but ultimately, that’s what coaches are paid to do, and the truth is that Tomlin has underwhelmed in that department …”
Matthew Marczi, “Art Rooney II on Mike Tomlin’s playoff track record: ‘I think we’ll
get back to the promised land eventually,” January 30, 2021
Eventually?
Perhaps when Mike Tomlin retires — or passes away.
Other than that, the Steelers are mired in a period of mediocrity like they were from 1980 until 2006.
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