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EzraTank
09-08-2018, 02:18 PM
He does make some valid points...

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/terry-bradshaw-rips-steelers-coach-mike-tomlin-again-hes-not-my-kind-of-coach/


In December 2016, Steelers (https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/page/PIT/pittsburgh-steelers) Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw called Steelers coach Mike Tomlin a "great cheerleader guy," but not a great coach. (https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/terry-bradshaw-mike-tomlin-is-a-great-cheerleader-guy-not-a-great-coach/) This past January, Bradshaw called out Tomlin for firing offensive coordinator Todd Haley (https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/terry-bradshaw-is-back-to-calling-out-the-steelers-this-time-for-firing-todd-haley/), who left for Cleveland this offseason after his contract in Pittsburgh expired (https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-coaching-rumors-steelers-todd-haley-out-mike-munchak-turns-down-cardinals-interview/). On Tuesday, less than a week before the Steelers' new season begins against the Browns (https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/page/CLE/cleveland-browns), Bradshaw continued his anti-Tomlin campaign by calling him "not my kind of coach," which means this has officially moved from a fluke to a coincidence to a trend.


During an interview with 97.3 The Fan, Bradshaw ripped Tomlin because he doesn't think players fear him (https://973thefansd.radio.com/blogs/dan-sileo/terry-bradshaw-destroys-steelers-mike-tomlin).


"I played for a tough sucker, and I was afraid of him, and we played our ass off for him because we feared him. I don't see that with this guy," Bradshaw said. "He's chest bumping and all that. I'm the head of the corporation, I'm the CEO, I'm the chairman of the board, I'm talking to the stockholders telling them here's how we're going to do at the end of the quarter. I'm selling this thing. And I'm not delivering the goods, which is championships. You've got to face the criticism. I'm sorry, but he's not my kind of coach. I've said it before, I'll say it again."


And because the Steelers haven't won a Super Bowl (https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/superbowl/) since 2008.


"Mike Tomlin is winning football games, but at the same time, Super Bowls are disappearing, and that's my criticism," Bradshaw said. "My criticism is, how can you have this great offense and you being a defensive guy, and I think that football team should have been in another Super Bowl or two. How could they not be? And to lose at home to Jacksonville, I don't care how good of a run Jacksonville got on, I don't care how Jacksonville played New England in the championship game. You don't lose, what? 45-42. Are you kidding me? In a championship game?"


Bradshaw also, again, criticized Tomlin for getting rid of Haley -- it's worth noting that the decision to move on from Haley probably had more to do with Haley's relationship with Ben Roethlisberger (https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/relationship-between-ben-roethlisberger-todd-haley-showing-signs-of-friction-again/) than anything else.




"He fires the offensive coordinator and keeps the defensive coordinator," Bradshaw said. "Now, I don't know the reason behind that, I've asked a few people and they're as puzzled as I am. I don't know why you fire the offensive coordinator, who gave you 42 points, and you kept the defense, unless you just thought you don't really need an offensive coordinator, anyone can run that offense. So I'll fire him, I'll make the change there, and everybody will look and, go, well he's made some hard changes. But on offense? ... I'd fire that defensive coordinator, pack his ass out the highway, and I'd go find me somebody else who can do the job. I just don't understand that at all."



Look, Tomlin isn't a perfect coach. Once a year, as my colleague Ryan Wilson always points out (https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/steelers-continue-to-show-ineptitude-against-inferior-opponents-under-tomlin/), the Steelers always seem to blow a game they have no business losing. There was that whole sideline interference thing from a few seasons ago (https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/mike-tomlin-steelers-facing-fine-possible-loss-of-draft-pick/). And Bradshaw is right: The Steelers haven't won a Super Bowl in a long time and they did let a Blake Bortles-led team drop 45 points on them, which is borderline insane.


But the thing is, in a league that features only a few great coaches, Tomlin is one of the best around. There's Bill Belichick alone in his own tier, there are relative newcomers like Doug Pederson and Sean McVay who have emerged as great coaches, there's the steady, always dependable veterans like Andy Reid, Pete Carroll, Mike Zimmer, and Mike McCarthy, and then there's a whole bunch of coaches who get recycled. The Steelers could do way worse than Tomlin.


Since taking over for Bill Cowher in 2007, he's won 65.9 percent of his games. Belichick's career win percentage is .679. Tomlin's taken the Steelers to the playoffs in eight of his 11 seasons. He's been to two Super Bowls. To ask for more than that is probably getting greedy. Every season, the Steelers have a chance to win the Super Bowl. Most teams would kill to have a coach that does that every single season.




Are there nitpicks? Of course, but he's not the only one. Belichick can be criticized for benching his starting cornerback in the Super Bowl and refusing to give a reason (https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bill-belichick-finally-reached-out-to-malcolm-butler-but-still-hasnt-explained-benching/). Reid can't win in the playoffs or manage the clock. McCarthy has only won one Super Bowl with Aaron Rodgers (https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/playerpage/419780/aaron-rodgers). And so on.


The odds are, if the Steelers fired Tomlin and hired someone else, that someone else would be worse than Tomlin. He's not perfect, but he's good. That might not be good enough for Bradshaw, but that's good enough in the NFL (https://www.cbssports.com/nfl).

stillers4me
09-08-2018, 02:20 PM
I'm as tired of Bradshaw as I am of Bell.

st33lersguy
09-08-2018, 02:56 PM
I wish people would stop parroting the fiction that the Steelers should have kept Haley because the Steelers put up 42 points against the Jags as if he was directly responsible. Steelers scored 42 points against J'ville because of the high end talent on the team in spite of Haley, in fact he held the offense back with his ridiculous 4th and 1 calls.

He should have been fired given how ineffective the offense was the first 9 games and Haley's repertoire of pass plays consisting of nothing but bubble screens and deep balls.
He also should have been fired for the way he lost the Cheatriots game with his mismanaging of the final 4 minutes, first being cowardly and basically gift-wrapping one final chance for Brady to win the game and then when given ample time rolling out that clusterfuck of a final 2 plays, so yeah, Haley should have been fired.

I will say though, I didn't get keeping Butler either,

polamalubeast
09-08-2018, 03:08 PM
I wish people would stop parroting the fiction that the Steelers should have kept Haley because the Steelers put up 42 points against the Jags as if he was directly responsible. Steelers scored 42 points against J'ville because of the high end talent on the team in spite of Haley, in fact he held the offense back with his ridiculous 4th and 1 calls.

He should have been fired given how ineffective the offense was the first 9 games and Haley's repertoire of pass plays consisting of nothing but bubble screens and deep balls.
He also should have been fired for the way he lost the Cheatriots game with his mismanaging of the final 4 minutes, first being cowardly and basically gift-wrapping one final chance for Brady to win the game and then when given ample time rolling out that clusterfuck of a final 2 plays, so yeah, Haley should have been fired.

I will say though, I didn't get keeping Butler either,

And in the playoff game against the jaguars, remember the terrible call on the 4th down and 1 in the first quarter when it was 14-0

Also, in our 2 offensives drives it was 28-21 and that Roethlisberger was hot, instead of continuing to trust Ben, they run the ball too many times....And the screen passes on the 3rd down and long in our first drive when we were already down 7-0.

Todd Haley was the best defensive player of the jaguars in this game!

The only thing I do not want that Randy Fitchner be this year is to be Tom Clemens (OC of the Packers in 2015), when he was unable to have an average offense with Aaron Rodgers.

We do not need an genius OC in our offense, which Haley was trying to do too often ... just an OC with a good system that lets players play.

And I want the less often possible see a extra o-line formation or something like that, please!

teegre
09-08-2018, 03:11 PM
For those of you who took the SAT...

Haley:Crash::Tomlin:Bradshaw

polamalubeast
09-08-2018, 03:12 PM
For those of you who took the SAT...

Haley:Crash::Tomlin:Bradshaw and TeeTee

fixed.

fansince'76
09-08-2018, 03:17 PM
It was either Haley or Ben. No-brainer.

pczach
09-08-2018, 07:03 PM
All Bradshaw has done his entire life is bitch about Chuck Noll and how tough he was on him. He was mean to him. Noll didn't support him......

Now he paints the current coach as a cheerleader because he isn't as tough as Chuck Noll was?

Bradshaw is a hypocritical clown that is crying for attention.

What a douche.

polamalubeast
09-08-2018, 07:08 PM
All Bradshaw has done his entire life is bitch about Chuck Noll and how tough he was on him. He was mean to him. Noll didn't support him......

Now he paints the current coach as a cheerleader because he isn't as tough as Chuck Noll was?

Bradshaw is a hypocritical clown that is crying for attention.

What a douche.

Bradshaw should thank Noll for being very patient with him, otherwise Bradshaw would have been an all-time draft bust...Bradshaw was horrible in his first 4-5 years and that included his first super bowl in 1974 and in the nfl today he would have been unemployed if he would perform the same way in his first 2-3 years.

I give credit for his success after, but before 1975, it was horrible and that's for one reason why Roethlisberger is the best Steelers QB ever.

Hawkman
09-08-2018, 07:21 PM
Bradshaw is bipolar you know.

smokin3000gt
09-09-2018, 03:06 AM
TB has just turned into a grumpy old man that thinks anything short of his glory days with his people is garbage. I'm surprised he's not shaking his fist yet

pczach
09-09-2018, 09:06 AM
Bradshaw is bipolar you know.



I know what he's reported to be.

Nobody forces FOX to put him on tv or to make him a part of the media if he's bipolar and makes irrational statements.

He also only does this towards anything Steeler related.

He has constantly trashed Noll.

He has talked badly about the city of Pittsburgh.

He wouldn't do anything related to the team for a long time.


He went after Ben. He wants everyone to kiss the ring...…

He goes after Tomlin over and over again.

He goes above and beyond in his criticism of anything Steelers. Bipolar doesn't only happen when talking about the Steelers.

I believe it's just his personal vendetta against the Steelers organization. Just my opinion.

Steeldude
09-10-2018, 04:28 PM
Now everyone hates Bradshaw. Haha.

86WARD
09-10-2018, 05:34 PM
Bradshaw is asked these questions about the Steelers because he was a Steeler. Just like they ask Howie Long about the Raiders. Just like they ask Bettie about the Steelers. When asked about other teams, he says the same kind of shit. He’s a media guy...it’s his job to stir up shit and make people talk...the more controversial it is the better.