There was much speculation not just in the months, but the years following Troy Polamalu’s retirement that the manner in which it all unfolded soured his relationship with the Pittsburgh Steelers organization, it having even been suggested that he wanted little to do with the team anymore.
It’s a topic the man himself has now addressed multiple times as he’s set to be enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. While he might have harbored some initial frustrations over what, according to reports, essentially amounted to their strongly urging him to retire perhaps before he is ready, he has long accepted the timeline, and become grateful for it.