Sunday afternoon was not the highest point of Mike Tomlin’s coaching career. Losing 45-42 to the Jaguars in an AFC divisional round game is bad enough just on the surface, but digging deeper it’s not hard to find multiple instances of the Steelers being out coached by the Jags and unprepared for certain scenarios. And now some Steelers minority owners are reportedly getting in Art Rooney’s ear about firing Tomlin over the game.
Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reported on Tuesday he’s hearing “some of the team’s limited partners intend to lobby owner Art Rooney to fire of Tomlin and to hire a new coach.