stillers4me
12-20-2011, 05:42 AM
The late, great Chuck Tanner, who almost certainly will be remembered as the last Pirates manager to win a World Series during our lifetime, always used to say he never made a bad decision. Some just didn't work out.
So it was Monday night with Steelers coach Mike Tomlin.
It absolutely was the right call to start quarterback Ben Roethlisberger against the San Francisco 49ers despite a left ankle injury that forced him to miss almost all of the practice time leading up to the game. The Steelers lost, 20-3, in large part because Roethlisberger threw three interceptions and lost a fumble. It was a hurtful defeat that could cost the team the AFC North Division title, the No. 1 seed for the conference playoffs and a trip to its fourth Super Bowl in seven years.
I will write it again:
It wasn't a bad decision to go with Roethlisberger. It just didn't work out.
You want to blame Tomlin for something? Blame him for not taking out Roethlisberger in the fourth quarter after the game had been decided. But don't blame him for starting Roethlisberger..............
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11354/1198142-87-0.stm#ixzz1h4fIDVWI
So it was Monday night with Steelers coach Mike Tomlin.
It absolutely was the right call to start quarterback Ben Roethlisberger against the San Francisco 49ers despite a left ankle injury that forced him to miss almost all of the practice time leading up to the game. The Steelers lost, 20-3, in large part because Roethlisberger threw three interceptions and lost a fumble. It was a hurtful defeat that could cost the team the AFC North Division title, the No. 1 seed for the conference playoffs and a trip to its fourth Super Bowl in seven years.
I will write it again:
It wasn't a bad decision to go with Roethlisberger. It just didn't work out.
You want to blame Tomlin for something? Blame him for not taking out Roethlisberger in the fourth quarter after the game had been decided. But don't blame him for starting Roethlisberger..............
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11354/1198142-87-0.stm#ixzz1h4fIDVWI