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03-22-2011, 05:30 PM
Tomlin: Lockout might play to Steelers' advantage
03/22/2011
Sportingnews.com
Don't expect to see the reigning AFC champions start to sweat about the NFL lockout anytime soon. Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is one of the game's coolest customers, and as long as the 2011 season is saved he says his team is equipped well to handle the abbreviated offseason.
"The better we do at making the irregular regular, I think is going to increase our chances of winning," Tomlin told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Tuesday. "So you know that's going to be our mentality in Pittsburgh."
In an offseason of uncertainty, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is counting on "a veteran-laden group with really good leadership." (AP Photo)In their wake of their loss to the Packers in Super Bowl XLV, the Steelers didn't make any rash changes. Most of Tomlin's staff remains intact, and with free-agent priority LaMarr Woodley locked up there are no major personnel concerns.
Read more: http://aol.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2011-03-22/lockout-may-play-to-steelers-advantage#ixzz1HN0l97Q9
03/22/2011
Sportingnews.com
Don't expect to see the reigning AFC champions start to sweat about the NFL lockout anytime soon. Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is one of the game's coolest customers, and as long as the 2011 season is saved he says his team is equipped well to handle the abbreviated offseason.
"The better we do at making the irregular regular, I think is going to increase our chances of winning," Tomlin told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Tuesday. "So you know that's going to be our mentality in Pittsburgh."
In an offseason of uncertainty, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is counting on "a veteran-laden group with really good leadership." (AP Photo)In their wake of their loss to the Packers in Super Bowl XLV, the Steelers didn't make any rash changes. Most of Tomlin's staff remains intact, and with free-agent priority LaMarr Woodley locked up there are no major personnel concerns.
Read more: http://aol.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2011-03-22/lockout-may-play-to-steelers-advantage#ixzz1HN0l97Q9