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stillers4me
02-03-2011, 05:06 PM
This can't be a Mike Tomlin profile. The subject is too athletic to chase, especially with an inch of ice on the ground, and, quite frankly, isn't interested. See the PR guy with the hurried look on his face standing beside Tomlin? He's there to limit the questions, which are fruitless anyway.



The measure of a coach's success in Pittsburgh is often gauged by how well he blends in -- how little he's noticed -- and perhaps the best compliment Tomlin would accept is that nothing in the City of Bridges has changed. January coughs its last breaths of frozen air, February creeps in and the Steelers are back in the Super Bowl. It's expected. It's what drove Tomlin in his first days on the job four years ago, passing by those five Lombardi trophies on the way to meeting rooms, visualizing a batch of his own.


[+] Enlargehttp://a.espncdn.com/photo/2011/0202/nfl_u_tomlin_300.jpg (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2010/columns/story?id=6083284#) Matthew Emmons/US PresswireTomlin is going to his second Super Bowl in three seasons.




And that's about as far as he goes. Tomlin exits up the auditorium steps after a Wednesday news conference, in black warm-ups, a gray vest and white sneakers -- young, 38, and full of energy like the men he coaches. He does not stop for cappuccino with reporters. Mike Tomlin reveals himself in glimpses, and only when he wants to................
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2010/columns/story?id=6083284
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beSteelmyheart
02-03-2011, 05:34 PM
Great article!! Thanks for posting!

Polamalu Princess
02-03-2011, 05:57 PM
Neat - love it!

HometownGal
02-03-2011, 06:17 PM
What an absolutely phenomenal article on our own Coach T. :applaudit: Thanks for posting it Sue - I loved it! :applaudit:

Is this related to "I don't subscribe to that hocus pocus"?


I'm not interested in a lot of other malarkey.

Gotta love the Tomlinisms! :lol: :thumbsup:

stillers4me
02-03-2011, 06:19 PM
What an absolutely phenomenal article on our own Coach T. :applaudit: Thanks for posting it Sue - I loved it! :applaudit:

Is this related to "I don't subscribe to that hocus pocus"?


Gotta love the Tomlinisms! :lol: :thumbsup:

That was the precurser to "hocus pocus". :lol:

tube517
02-03-2011, 07:22 PM
Mike T is from my part of Virginia so it's especially gratifying to see him succeed. At W&M, there is a "standard" and you better believe he has held it high. Great job, Coach!

Merchant
02-03-2011, 08:06 PM
I knew Coach T. was a closet-nerd.

Stlrs4Life
02-03-2011, 08:42 PM
Great read!

Burghfan58
02-03-2011, 10:00 PM
I think we got us a good one in Mr. T. Glad I took the time to read this article. Excellent!

Devilsdancefloor
02-03-2011, 10:19 PM
LOVE IT! Coach is awesome i just know he will have the guys ready to play sunday !!