Steelers Insider Gerry Dulac: Why Tomlin’s Two-Decade Run in Pittsburgh Ended | The Rich Eisen Show

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1. I call it the, "Good Ole Boys Club." Loser coaches hang out together & wait for a call from an owner. They get hired & a few years later, get fired & they go back into the club awaiting another call. Marty Schottenheimer is the president.
   By the way, if it was a white coach, you'd say he should have been fired years ago!
   Hypocrites!

2. He needed gone years ago………

3. I think you’re way off based on saying that Mike Tomlin is the face of Pittsburgh. That’s not even remotely close. Is he the face of the head coach of the dealers that’s about it but TJ Watt Cam Hayward Ben Roethlisberger, even still would be more in line with the face of Pittsburgh instead of Mike Thomas for certain, I think you’re way off based on that.

4. Thing is after they won the SB, and started going downhill, they should've traded some players, got draft picks, and rebuilt

5. Tomlin Couldn't win when it MATTERED…PERIOD

6. I am REJOICINGTomlin is gone…PERIOD

7. He didnt produce wins in the playoffs i will not miss him for 1 second

8. It is going to he a struggle for the next Steelers coach to win over the fan base. Unlike Tomlin, they are not going to 8nherit a championship caliber team.

9. Iam on street in Pittsburgh every day, myself and others who were calling for coaching change, was exactly that, simply a change, a new perspective, new era, with the hopes of greatness for our team, almost Noone i know hated Tomlin, or thought Tomlin was a bad coach, he's not, he is a great coach, and we all know what a gamble it's going to be with the change, we gotta be careful Pittsburgh fans don't start getting a bad rap, we all loved Tomlin and had his back, we all knew it was a time for a change, AND TOMLIN KNEW THAT AS WELL!

10. Gary is meh .steelers use him…steelers told him shedeur had 1st round grade

11. Steelers bout to have their first losing season in 20 years 😂

12. All respect to Tomlin, one of the all time greats! Preparing for the void of Roethlisberger was the issue that ultimately ended his stay!

13. When your own fans chant "Fire Tomlin" it`s human nature, deep down it feels awful and he must also feel unappreciated.I don`t care what he may say. You win in the NFL with a QB and he just hasn't had that since Rothlesberger retired.Lets face the facts he won that S/B with Cowers team.

14. It was way past his time to go, Rich; stop your BS'ing with "Did the fans get to him?" and all that crap. He knew he was done, and he did the right thing for the team.

    Much respect to Coach T, but he was an average coach at best, and the stats prove it.

15. People are sad

16. I like Gerry but at no time was Mike Tomlin the face of Pittsburgh 🤣🤣🤣

17. He hasn't had a decent quarterback in a long time

18. Even Steeler fans who were shouting for his firing, and it's hard to tell from all the internet noise who was a fan and who wasn't, I would hope would have enough humanity in them to realize that it's an end of an era, but a good era.

    While we focus on the Steelers failures, take a good look around at all the other NFL teams who did not have the success the Steelers did in the last 19 years.

    And I hope even those who wanted his head on a platter, realize, he is a man, who was dedicated to the same cause, the Steelers winning, as the fans, who worked more than 8-5 to get there and he may have failed to win every Super Bowl, but he never gave up trying. And he has done so while being a valued member of Pittsburg society and he let his morals guid his path, raising a family in the area and trying to do what's right, inside the stadium and out in society.

    Even if you wanted change, I would hope that you would honor the the man for who he is, what he stood for and wish him and his family nothing but the best

19. Ask the question, "why return?".
    Void at quarterback after a joke of quarterback drama this last off season.
    Watt half out the door.
    What core is there to the roster?
    And during your tenure, half the league has innovated its way past your methods.

    And look at the immediate future! What pro coach is actually ready for the sh!tstorm of player problems speeding their way as NIL egos are filling the pipeline.
    Get out now.

20. Three years too late, but glad it finally happened. Rooney is way too passive. Shula up next.

21. So Sad! Best Wishes Mike T

22. Best wishes to Coach Tomlin but I’m glad he left and we’re moving on to a different coach . I agree he was a good coach and a great person and leader but not sure he measures up to Noll or even Cower . Let’s give someone else a chance like only this organization can give .

23. I’m going to miss him! We along with a new head coach we need a new OC, if we could get Todd Monken from the Ravens that’d be awesome

24. Hire Ben as QB coach to develop our quarterbacks I think Will Howard has the potential if he has someone to develop him!

25. As a Pittsburgher and season ticket holder family — thank you Coach T for your tenure, stewardship and SB! The franchise is really at a place where it's going to be treading water (or likely getting worse) before it gets better. My sense is that with the high expectations combined with many years of playoff losses — Tomlin has run out of runway. A new coaching administration will have the leeway to get through this process.

26. Rich, you already know that, if you know him like you claim!

27. Tomlin wasn’t a “good coach” he was a “good friend” to the players that let them do whatever with no discipline for their poor actions

28. Maybe it was the new baby in New Castle?

29. Come on man terry was on point. Cheerleaders

30. If Ben was there and 30 years old Tomlin would still be the coach. I think.

31. He stayed long enough to be the villain, ultimately he is the coach and the failures of the team/bad coordinators/losing to inferior teams/inability to adapt are all on him. I can appreciate him as the coach, but the NFL passed him by, the Steelers have been smoke and mirrors and bandaids the last 6-7yrs.

32. Rooney was never going to fire Tomlin

33. The Tomlin haters disparage his string of winning seasons. I wonder how they will react now to some losing seasons.

34. I truly believe what tipped the scales for Mike T. after his playoff failures he was watching the defense he tried to build doing everything he wanted. Except there was a huge issue they wore Texan helmets and he knew he wasn't getting it done any longer.

35. You didn’t hear from people dancing in the streets because we were dancing in the streets. Mike Tomlin sticks out as a beacon of mediocrity. We all are grateful that he is on his way and none of us believe you. You have become a bitter, angry mediocre accepting reporter that is doing nothing but promoting the propaganda to disguise Tomlin’s dismissal for a poor performance. Not having a loosing season or failing is like our children that receive a “ D” grade. They didn’t fail. Do we put their report card on the fridge with magnets and boast of their report full of D’s?

    Your interview received the grade of a “ D”.

36. His run ended because he realized he wasn't living up to expectations. The owners expectaction, the fans expectations, and his own expectations. He knew that going into this season. He has high goals for his team, and high goals for himself. After their quick play-off exit this year, he knew he wasn't living up to any of those expectations, including his own. That is why he stepped down.
    Mike Tomlin is a HOF coach, IMO. His legacy is built on a granite foundation. This season was the barometer for him. Out in first round – Mike realized that wasn't good enough. So he bowed out.
    I'm a Bengals fan and lifelong hater of the Squealers. And yet I can't help but having nothing but respect for Mike Tomlin. He was as good as they get.

37. Tomlin was king of saying he doesn’t coach in his fears and that’s exactly how he coached!!!!

38. How Is It Nobody On Mike Tomlin Staff Never Been A Head Coach In The NFL.

39. I liked Mike but we needed a change. It was great to have him as our coach, thanks for the memories Coach Tomlin, 19 years.

    One was day my son born. December 27, 2009, beating the Ravens on a a Sunday. He was wrapped in a terrible towel, I’m holding him, smiling while yelling, wife exhausted and the look lol
    Add it’s the same day the terrible towel was created 🙂

    It is a change we needed while a lot off memories in them 19 years…

40. all-trump team 2025 🇺🇸🪖🏈

    off. coach mike tomlin✨️steel
    ⚡️#8 aaron rodgers qb🎯
    ⚡️#54 zach frazier c🏆
    ⚡️#66 mason mccormick g🔥
    ⚡️#73 issac seumalo g🔥
    ⚡️#76 troy fautanu t🔥
    ⚡️#77 broderick jones t🔥
    ⚡️#15 ben skowronek wr✈️
    ⚡️#19 calvin austin lll wr✈️
    ⚡️#11 mar. valdes-scantling wr✈️
    ⚡️#16 adam thielen wr✈️
    ⚡️#4 dk metcalf wr✈️

    aaron rodgers was first team all-pac ten in 04' and he's a four time nfl mvp award winner.

41. Tomlin was a clown 🤡

42. Mike T had his own head-noise, (not saying negative BTW) and frustrations, IMO, that fed more into his decision VS outside noise

43. And you completely believe what Rooney told you? Sure

44. He simply has no clue about the modern NFL. Still thinking you win with pass rush and short football on offense. Low risk – no rewards. He held the Steelers back for a decade, develop young talent backwards or draft it for the bench. No coaching tree, just losers no one wants.
    People laugh about Marvin Lewis but praise Tomlin – never get it. Yes, he had wining seasons but it's meaningless. Everytime when things mattered he was choking. Outcoached every year and unable to use all the power he had.
    I mean ä, he needed the Killer B's for a 500 season.

45. Flores. Get our defense back in the top 3

46. Aaron Rodgers: coach killer

47. Art Rooney needs replaced

48. If you didn’t want him gone, then you’re ok with being essentially irrelevant to winning in the playoffs. That’s fine, lots of teams in the NFL are just for show and to make money. But a team I’m going to root for better be competing for ‘ships.