Over his 19 seasons as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Mike Tomlin uttered many memorable phrases, cliches, metaphors and so on. One of those that immediately resonated this week with me was when he talked about his team “not seeking comfort” in certain things. Oddly enough, I can’t help but wonder if this wasn’t part of the problem for Tomlin and his players.
In Mike DeFabo’s excellent piece today in The Athletic, he details the final meeting Tomlin had with his players. It came less than 24 hours after yet another playoff failure but was different.