stillers4me
12-05-2010, 07:16 AM
By Joe Starkey (jraystarkey@gmail.com), PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, December 5, 2010
It's not news that Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is a gifted orator. The man can turn hello into a memorable quote. And as with all great speakers, he saves his best work for the biggest moments.
Like any game against the Baltimore Ravens.
Leading off the week of the AFC title match two years ago, for example, Tomlin cleared the fences: "Us and the Ravens — it'd be a big game if it was a scrimmage," he said. "It just happens to be the AFC Championship."
Earlier this week, Tomlin framed the latest installment of the NFL's fiercest rivalry, one that will play out tonight at M&T Bank Stadium with a pair of 8-3 teams tied atop the AFC North.
"The secret in this thing," Tomlin said, "is that there are no secrets."
He could have stopped there. He didn't ... "(If) you want to be a dominant team, you want to be a good team, you want to make a splash, you have to take your show on the road in hostile environments against known opponents and make the significant plays that are necessary to win."
That could be translated several ways — and perhaps should be, into several languages — but I see only one essential meaning: The better quarterback wins.................
Read more @ http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_712310.html
Sunday, December 5, 2010
It's not news that Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is a gifted orator. The man can turn hello into a memorable quote. And as with all great speakers, he saves his best work for the biggest moments.
Like any game against the Baltimore Ravens.
Leading off the week of the AFC title match two years ago, for example, Tomlin cleared the fences: "Us and the Ravens — it'd be a big game if it was a scrimmage," he said. "It just happens to be the AFC Championship."
Earlier this week, Tomlin framed the latest installment of the NFL's fiercest rivalry, one that will play out tonight at M&T Bank Stadium with a pair of 8-3 teams tied atop the AFC North.
"The secret in this thing," Tomlin said, "is that there are no secrets."
He could have stopped there. He didn't ... "(If) you want to be a dominant team, you want to be a good team, you want to make a splash, you have to take your show on the road in hostile environments against known opponents and make the significant plays that are necessary to win."
That could be translated several ways — and perhaps should be, into several languages — but I see only one essential meaning: The better quarterback wins.................
Read more @ http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_712310.html