BREAKING: The following are the reasons behind the firing of the Pittsburgh Steelers coach:
After their humiliating home loss to the lowly Patriots on Thursday, the Steelers are still in the running for the playoffs, if only just. With that setback, Tomlin and company have now lost their last two games to the mediocre Arizona Cardinals.
That’s two home losses in a row to teams ranked 2–10. Even though Tomlin has never had a losing season in Pittsburgh, it’s not just the fans who are growing weary of his reign.
Now, astute media professionals are booking their tickets on the anti-Tomlin bandwagon.
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* The Beaver County Times says, “It’s time.” “He ought to be coaching the Steelers for the final four games from now on. It’s been at least a few years since he was a very good coach here.
* Fifty percent chance,” stated Ray Fittapoldo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in a radio ad. “This is a fork in the road.”
* The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review claims that “Coach Mike Tomlin should be fired the minute this wasted Steelers season ends.” “Enough with following daddy and granddaddy’s every move. Fire the coach when it’s time for him to go. The Steelers are meant to have stability because they will never have new coaches. Do you think these Steelers are stable?
It’s possible that the jubilant Steelers team will soon enter its seventh season without winning a postseason game. And while there’s no happiness in Foxboro, or Mudville, about the Patriots being competent enough, even for a brief period of time, to render Tomlin incompetent?
Indeed, it does not look good on Tomlin’s resume to lose at home over four days to the Cardinals and these Patriots.
Belichick is a well-known entity. But it doesn’t mean he stays on the job indefinitely. Moreover, Tomlin shouldn’t be forever if Belichick isn’t.
