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GDT: The Pittsburgher Thread: Football, does their season ever end?

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Coastal Kev

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Ms Maggie said:
Give Tomlin some love for keeping this crazy mf more or less in check for all those years.

Tragic. I wouldn't be surprised if AB doesn't live to see his 40th birthday.
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Tomlin helped bring a lot of crazy to the organization, and then let that selfish/boorish attitude rule the roost. Which is in large part a reason why this team hasn't sniffed winning anything significant with "his roster".


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Ms Maggie said:
Give Tomlin some love for keeping this crazy mf more or less in check for all those years.

Tragic. I wouldn't be surprised if AB doesn't live to see his 40th birthday.
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Nope. That kind of treatment is part of the reason why we're still having issues now. Best case, it creates a double standard for the stars. Worst case, it's applied to everyone and even the pluggers think there are no rules. There are ... behaviors that a coach can let slip, but not ones like he's displayed over and over that are detrimental to the team.
 
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USS FJB said:
Tomlin helped bring a lot of crazy to the organization, and then let that selfish/boorish attitude rule the roost. Which is in large part a reason why this team hasn't sniffed winning anything significant with "his roster".


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Think it was around 2015 that I started to really dislike the players on this team: AB was a diva, then Bell/Blount caught smoking weed missing flights, etc. Even James Harrison was tired of this nonsense.

It's fine to be a players coach and all that, but when it's crunch time and shit needs to get done the discipline isn't there.

I feel like I'm a good father not because I'm their BFF. I'm a good father who sets boundaries and sticks to consequences when they step out of line- that's how you gain respect as a father/businessman/manager/human being.

Tomlin wants to be buddies with everyone. Hell AB's diva behavior was REWARDED by them throwing him a pass so he could continue his 5 catches for 50 yards streak. How many unsportsmanlike penalties did he accumulate? Was he ever benched? Nope.

But that's not Tomlin's job or something something
 
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I hate AB as much as the next guy, but I don't remember him being this unlikeable until 2018 or so.
 
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ziggyjoe212 said:
I hate AB as much as the next guy, but I don't remember him being this unlikeable until 2018 or so.
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I think that is probably true from a public standpoint. But I've seen reports that there were hints going all the way back to college.
 
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Najee Harris is on pace to equal Leveon Bell's 5-year Pittsburgh total touches of 1541... by the end of his 4th season.
 
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ziggyjoe212 said:
I hate AB as much as the next guy, but I don't remember him being this unlikeable until 2018 or so.
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Do some Googling. His childhood was a wreck and he was in a ton of trouble.

Ryan Clark warned the Steelers FO: "don't pay this guy because he's going to be trouble".
 
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Najee Harris is on pace to equal Leveon Bell's 5-year Pittsburgh total touches of 1541... by the end of his 4th season.
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I'm assuming this is some kind of "Tomlin is bad" statement but there are far more pressing concerns with him than a running back seeing to many touches.

They are easily replaceable and the rest of the league knows this.
 
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It would be so Tomlin now that this team is basically eliminated from the playoffs to win the last two meaningless games wouldn't it?
 

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Nope. That kind of treatment is part of the reason why we're still having issues now. Best case, it creates a double standard for the stars. Worst case, it's applied to everyone and even the pluggers think there are no rules. There are ... behaviors that a coach can let slip, but not ones like he's displayed over and over that are detrimental to the team.
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So how much time did you spend in the Steelers organization?
 
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Spillane completely misread that one. His gap to fill was right there and he ran by it.
 

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This team is awful…between the rush D and Ben throwing balls short of the line of scrimmage in order not to get hit…just lose this game and get a better draft pick
 
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Decided to break my Tomlin boycott. Haven’t watched a game in about 4 years, but felt good about watching Ben’s last home game. Not expecting much.
 
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