STEELERS COACH MIKE TOMLIN REPORTEDLY TOLD HIS TEAM ON TUESDAY, JAN. 16, THAT HE WOULD BE THEIR COACH FOR THE 2024 SEASON. (PHOTOS BY MARLON MARTIN)
World News Flash….The Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the Buffalo Bills by the score of 31-17, on Monday, Jan. 15, knocking the Steelers out of the playoffs. In my opinion, Steelers QB Mason Rudolph was not a freeloader because he was the third-string signal caller for the Steelers for the last several years. During the final push of the 2023 season, Rudolph ascended to the first chair and led an injury-plagued squad to the playoffs. Congrats to that young man.
Now it is time to get to the meat and spuds. Did all of “yinz” guys take a close look at all of the “hamsters on a spinning wheel,” before and during the Buffalo Bills, Pittsburgh Steelers wild-card game played in Buffalo?
THE STEELERS PUT UP A FIGHT, BUT IN THE END, IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH BUFFALO. THE STEELERS LOST, 31-17, ON JAN. 15. (PHOTOS BY MARLON MARTIN)
These knucklehead “fanatics” were faced with having to bear freezing temperatures as well as sitting on the snow, in the snow, and in many cases surrounded by snow to watch and root for their team. You can bet Grandma’s last can of snuff that a percentage of these furious fanatics exposed themselves and, in many cases, their children to the elements just to attend a freakin’ football game. Many of these adults with their children knowingly and unknowingly contracted colds and other respiratory ailments because of their exposure to the elements. In many cases, they then returned to the workplace and schools infecting innocent people that, in many cases, don’t give a damn about sports. That would be obvious to any corporation that held a “micro-amount” of empathy regarding the welfare of their customers or their fan base.
It was alleged that in a few cases, fans as well as volunteers, were paid a fee to help clear the stadium of snow before the game. A few of these people should not have just been committed to their team; in my opinion, a few of them should have been committed to a psych ward, complete with meds and only one visitor per day.
The selfish and always self-serving NFL should always have a contingency plan firmly in place in the event of an emergency, whether that plan was implemented or not. The following cities have retractable roofs or domes and should have been listed as possible weather-related emergency venue substitutes: Atlanta, the Phoenix area, Indianapolis, and Minneapolis. None of these cities made the playoffs. If an NFL city has to serve as an alternate emergency venue for a playoff game, that city has a chance to make revenue that was not even considered.
Going forward the NFL should attempt to have a pre-playoff deal in place with the airline and hotel industries to possibly change flight and hotel reservations for no fee or minimal costs in exchange for free advertising during the postseason. Are some folks drawing up plans in the outhouse as opposed to the penthouse? That is not for me to say, you are the judge.
Predisposed malice with forethought
After the Steelers were defeated by the Bills, TribLive columnist Tim Benz wrote an article titled: “Mike Tomlin’s abrupt press conference exit felt calculated. So what’s he calculating?”
As you know by now, Coach Tomlin made a speedy departure out of his postgame press conference after he was asked about his future with the team. But because the media is “stuck on stupid,” Benz offered up this incredible theory on Tomlin’s exit: “To me, that felt calculated. I’m sure Tomlin expected the question, and he expected to give that response. I’m not so sure what the calculation is. But I think I have a pretty good idea.”
Benz continued saying: “That sounds convenient and cozy. I’ve got a more likely theory, though. Tomlin is obviously savvy enough and informed enough to know that such a question might be asked given that FOX, ProFootballTalk and ESPN have all aired reports during the course of the week that Tomlin might at least consider leaving the Steelers by his choice and take a year off from coaching. That would allow him to—potentially with compensation for the Steelers—shop his skills to the rest of the NFL.”
I can’t speak for Mike Tomlin, but I am now officially tired of the race-based b___lls__t. How many of yinz think that Mike Tomlin’s abrupt press conference exit felt calculated? For 17 years or 6,205 days, Tomlin has been forced to begin his day by being exposed to lies and propaganda about him and his coaching performance based on racist opinions, thinly veiled as information. This polluted sports journalism reservoir reminds me of Kremlin propaganda and Donald Trump misinformation at its finest; maybe we should label it, “untruth social.” Remember, prior to Tomlin accepting the Steelers gig, it was written in stone that the Steelers had hired someone else, less than 48 hours before Tomlin’s hiring was made official. This criticism and loathing of Mike Tomlin has ceased to be occasional; the vitriol and venomous reporting has now become generational.
When it comes to Mike Tomlin, the only pen that is used to chronicle his deeds is a racist red and biased pen. Remember this flawed and biased analysis? “Mike Tomlin won Super Bowl XLIII only because he inherited players from Bill Cowher.”
Say what???
Please don’t forget that as an assistant coach, Mike Tomlin won Super Bowl XXXVII with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tomlin coached the defensive backs. His defensive backfield had five picks; three were returned to the house. Those defensive backs were not leftovers from a Bill Cowher squad, were they? Mike Tomlin has been tied to the “journalistic” whipping post by the yinzer-infected “journalists” for 17 years. Hey Coach, give them a message from “the big Black round mound of sound.” Simply tell them this: “When they visit the brothel of Karma, they will never be allowed to leave without paying because somewhere along the line, they will be tied to the same blood-stained whipping post that they tied you to. Amen.”
