At this appointed time, boys and girls, I refuse to create a personal definition of the words: two-faced and double-minded.
I will attempt to provide the spiritual or secular definitions, and I will then get out of the way so that you may choose the meanings that may “float your boat.”
The Miriam-Webster Dictionary says that a few synonyms for “two-faced” include: “double, fake, hypocritical, pretended, insincere, superficial, strained, deceitful, Janus-faced, false, dishonest, treacherous, phony, double-dealing, underhanded, and disingenuous.”
The verse of Revelation 3:16 from the Holy Bible says that: “So I will spit you out of my mouth, because you are only warm and not hot or cold.”
A bit more than a year ago, Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin signed a contract extension with the Black and Gold. At that time, there were a few disgruntled scribes chronicling his every move with fountain pens filled with river monster venom. There was a concerted and perverted attempt to provide him with a perfect sendoff from the North Shore, bull-riding on a 300-year-old catfish with the ultimate destination being: “the bridge to nowhere.”
On October 14, 2022, Pittsburgh radio personality Andrew Fillipponi was quoted in a piece posted on the Barrett Media website that said: “The Pittsburgh Steelers have struggled out of the gate, which is something fans haven’t been used to dealing with.”
“Poni” of The PM Team on 93.7 The Fan has sensed a shift in the national perception of Steelers coach Mike Tomlin. “For a long time for the national media, Mike Tomlin has been off-limits,” Fillipponi surmised. “There have been very, very, very faint criticisms of Tomlin even after things like the Jaguars playoff loss. The Browns playoff loss. Three playoff wins in the last 11 years. He generally has avoided the harshest criticism. That’s been reserved for Ben (Roethlisberger). Well now that Ben’s gone, there’s no more cover. Chris (Mueller, co-host), we pegged this. We nailed this. This is how Tomlin wants this. He wants to be ‘The Man in the Arena.’ He hoped it would go the other way. If they were 4-1, he’d be the Coach of the Year.”
Also, an article written by Michael Blinn was posted on the nypost.com website on December 8, 2023, titled: “Pittsburgh radio hosts are done with Mike Tomlin coaching the Steelers.”
Blinn also quoted Andrew Fillipponi and pointed out that after the Steelers were defeated by the New England Patriots by the score of 21-18 that this was the “worst 2 game stretch of the Mike Tomlin era. Team gagged away a playoff spot. [And] just out of curiosity, how does a pro-(Mike) Tomlin Steelers fan defend him right now?”
“Poni” went on to say that supporters of Mike should: “Ask Tomlin what he wants to do. Tell him he’s not getting a contract extension. Let him interview with other teams. Then trade him there. Start over.”
The haters couldn’t stop Mike Tomlin from getting an extension, but the slow death daily intravenous venom drip did have an ultra-negative effect on the Black and Gold retaining three vital offensive pieces on the Steelers offensive side of the ball that could’ve been major components of Tomlin’s success: wide receiver George Pickens along with “bargain basement quarterbacks,” Russell Wilson and Justin Fields. All three players were eventually shipped to other locations but they all seem to be doing quite well. Remember how many of these writers were putting cyanide in the Russell Wilson and Justin Fields Kool-Aid as they pushed for and promoted the promise of Aaron Rodgers? Now they are falsely gushing about the current performance of Wilson. Well, that’s okay as long as Wilson isn’t standing under center for the Pittsburgh Steelers!
Jackson Stone posted a story on Clutch Points, “Pittsburgh sports radio host calls out Steelers’ Mike Tomlin over Russell Wilson.”
Stone writes: “Wilson now plays for the New York Giants, and during Saturday’s preseason game against the New York Jets, he lofted a beautiful 70 yard-pass for a completion that had fans buzzing and nearly resulted in a touchdown.”
After the play went viral on social media, Fillipponi took to his account on X, social media, to take aim at Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin for the way the Wilson saga played out.
“I was told Russell Wilson couldn’t throw to the middle of the field because he was too short. Looks good here. More likely a Tomlin problem,” he wrote.
No, someone needs to pull the “ponies” out of the stable and give the horses a good cleansing before putting them back in…you diggg.
The primary reason that Russell Wilson did not attempt or complete many 70-yard passes down the middle of the field during his time as a Steeler was because of an Arthur Smith play-calling problem, not a Mike Tomlin problem. Arthur Smith is the offensive coordinator of the Steelers. There were many occasions that Smith designed and implemented offensive strategies that primarily consisted of three yards and a cloud of Najee. So why should Mike Tomlin be blamed for the schematic failures of a former offensive coordinator and head coach whose hiring should have been ill-advised at best and questionable at the very least?
“So I will spit you out of my mouth, because you are only warm and not hot or cold.” “You are only warm and not hot or cold.”
All the years that I have supported sellers of java like Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts, I have never, never, never, heard anyone order a lukewarm cup of Joe. If you don’t want or refuse to accept a tepid cup of coffee, why would you desire or accept an apathetic offense, along with the architect of that offense?