Despite the fact that this thread is nonsense and starts with a flawed premise; well two actually. The first is that there are only so many ways to win and therefore the methods of these two coaches are a blueprint for success. The second is that any coaches NOT doing what these two are doing is setting themselves up to fail.
We could talk about the numerous articles detailing how the same traits that are lauded in these two have also been the root causes of earlier failures (Billy B pre-Patriots and Saban with the Dolphins). We could talk about the awful stories about Saban and how he treats his players as people/human beings. Assuming any of this is true:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...ulsing-player/ that speaks volumes about who Saban is as a person. Nothing as dramatic as that with Bill B. BUT they did just draft a punter that has a prominent white supremacist tat and multiple Twitter rumblings that the Pats organization is not a "nice" place. Take it as you will.
BUT...since this is all a stalking horse to get to the real goal of the original post and develop a laundry list of Tomlin and other non Mike Munchak current or former Steelers coaches' failures...let's take a counter hypothesis. Winning is very very very important for the leaders of the Pittsburgh Steelers franchise. However, the Rooney wing of the ownership group has an additional set of principles that they will adhere to even above winning - character, integrity, and the ethical treatment of each individual player at a fundamental level. There are stories too numerous to review in the last 5 decades of that being a consistent choice by the members of the Rooney family involved in the team. If you read and listen to how players talk about Tomlin and their relationship with him; it is basically the opposite of how any players have talked about Billy B or Saban. I believe that is a conscious choice by both the Rooney family and Tomlin in what values and styles of interaction they want to put forward.
Am I right? No idea. But it is interesting to think about. Imagine if Mike Tomlin just walked past an injured Shazier -- I gotta figure Rooney fires him.