The Pittsburgh Steelers are entering a new era in the post-Mike Tomlin world.<\/p>\n
Tomlin stepped down as Steelers head coach in January following Pittsburgh\u2019s 30-6 loss to the Houston Texans I the wild card round of the NFL playoffs. He had been the head coach of the Steelers for 19 seasons, which made him the longest tenured head coach in major American sports.<\/p>\n
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Since Tomlin stepped down, several players have come out to express gratitude toward their former head coach. However there have been some who have been critical of the job he did. Most recently, former Steelers linebacker Stevenson Sylvester said Tomlin was the author of dysfunction in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was with the Steelers, we were 12-4 my first two seasons,\u201d\u00a0Sylvester said via Aaron Becker of Steelers Now<\/a>. \u201cThen my third year, we took a dip. We let go of some veterans. It wasn\u2019t as good as the years before.\u201d<\/p>\n Sylvester attributes the issues to Mike Tomlin overstepping and trying to do the jobs of other coaches.<\/p>\n \u201cThe difference was Mike Tomlin would try to do everybody else\u2019s job,\u201d Sylvester said. \u201cHe would try to do the defensive coordinator\u2019s job, the linebacker coach\u2019s job, and it wouldn\u2019t leave time for those guys to do their job. That created dysfunction.\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n