Part of the reason that Coward undervalues Tomlin is that he overvalues Roethlisberger. He says Roethlisberger is an A+ QB all-time. While Ben puts in a lot of A+ performances he also puts in a lot of C performances. Roethlisberger's career playoff rating is 84 and his TD:INT ratio falls from 2:1 to 1:1.
I'm not trying to bash Ben just being realistic. "GOAT" Peyton and "GOAT" Brady have a rating of 87 same as little Eli who I've never heard is "OMG THE GREATEST EVER!!!" despite beating "the greatest ever" twice when it counted the most.
The other bit is Coward is racist. I don't care THAT Tomlin is being criticized I care WHY and HOW Tomlin is being criticized. Tomlin's personnel decisions can suck see: Blake, Cam Thomas, "Rollerskates" Scott, Sean Mahan, Ziggy Hood playing over Cam Heyward etc; Tomlin's injury decisions can suck see: playing Leftwich with broken ribs, QB sneak with Ben who had an ankle and head injury, playing Ben and Bell in garbage time vs Dolphins (credit for having garbage time in a playoff game though) etc. ; Tomlin's game management can suck see: failed trick plays, kicking a 50 yard FG with Suisham ever for sny reason etc.
Cowherd calling Tomlin "emotional" is just a 180 from reality. Tomlin's post game press conferences are always the same, and he never gets too high or low. It's the same as calling Tomlin a "cheerleader." Ask 1st round pick Mendenhall how much of a cheerleader Tomlin is. Hell, Tomlin just publicly told AB he will be off the team if he doesn't cut out the BS. AB has 371 catches for 35 TDs in the past 3 years. He is historically a top 5 WR based on production and I have no doubt he will be off the team if he Facebook Live streams again. Some cheerleader.
When commentators criticize Tomlin based on his performance and decisions it isn't racist whatsoever; when Tomlin is always even keeled and he is described as "emotional" it makes me wonder why. It especially makes me wonder when Cowherd praises Kiffin and Saban as "great coaches" but claims he doesn't like "emotional" coaches. Saban and Kiffin yelled at each other, yell at coaching staff, yell at players, pout during interviews, walk out of interviews etc. but they aren't "emotional" instead they are "great coaches." Hmm... I wonder why.
Bradshaw whines and complains that Noll was too hard on him and he hated the yelling and being grabbed... says he wanted a father figure. Then Bradshaw criticizes Tomlin for not yelling, not grabbing and just teaching... weird. I am 100% certain Bradshaw would have preferred to play for Tomlin. Bet AB doesn't see Tomlin as a cheerleader right now.