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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
So that's your standard?
FWIW, he won 9 Division Championships and coached them to the AFC Championship in 1994, 1995, 1997 (24-21 loss for those of you at home), 2004 and 2005.
Furthermore, I'd like you or TEX or anyone explain to me this: If Cowher was SOOOOOO great, why has Mike Tomlin been able to improve upon his success so easily regarding the record?
Tomlin took an 8-8 team the prior year to 10-6 in 2007 and now 12-4. Please explain.
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Give me a break.
Tomlin did NOT take over an 8-8 team. Cowher took the same team 15-1 and 11-5 the seasons prior. Tomlin inherited a really, really good team.
You don't think that the 8-8 season had anything to do with the fact that Big Ben got into an almost life-threatening accident in the offseason and then getting knocked out in mid-season to a concussion on a late hit? Roethlisberger was banged up BIG TIME and he was making a lot of really bad decisions because his head was not right. Cowher didn't put Big Ben on that bike and he wasn't on the field when Patrick Kearney cheapshotted Big Ben midway through that season.
Ask any Steelers fan how Cowher compares to Tomlin. I've talked to plenty and they all like Tomlin, but hate the spread offense that he runs. Sorry, apart from Woodley, this team is almost entirely Cowher's. When Tomlin builds his own team, we'll talk. Even Norv Turner is now winning with his prior coach's used parts.