I like MT. Ironically, I firmly believe his success has hurt the organization. He has taken too many bad teams and got them to and above .500 and more middle of the draft picks.
I also like Mike Tomlin. I love all he's done for the Steelers organization over the years as well as what he's done in the city of Pittsburgh. He's been great and deserves to be in the HOF.
My fear is that he'll get this team to 9-8 again. They'll be in the playoff picture in week 18 but just miss or get in as a wildcard and be one & done. Either way that will be viewed as a "successful season" and we'll rinse & repeat in 2024. They're stuck in this middle of the pack, not bad enough to rebuild but not good enough to contend for a championship mode and will be for the foreseeable future.
I don't think Kenny is the man. I don't think he's horrible but he's not taking them to a championship. They won't "fire" Canada, they just won't renew his contract after the season. Then we'll go into 2024 with Kenny as QB1 and they'll say his struggles in 2023 were due to Canada. Then when Kenny is average to slightly below average in 2024 they'll say he's adjusting to the new OC and they'll ride with him into 2025.
If/when the offense every does get to the level of an actual NFL offense, TJ, Minkah, Cam, etc will all be retired or past their prime. It was the cycle we saw 2011 - 2020. From 2011 to about 2018 the offense was good but the defense was old and ineffective. They rebuild the defense over that time and about the time the defense got "good," Ben and the offensive line were too old and weapons like Leveon and AB were gone.
I root for the Steelers to win each week, but they really need to rip the bandaid off and have a 4-13 type season to get the changes necessary to get back to a Super Bowl again any time soon.
It’s easy to pile on after a 24 pt beat down and the Steelers deserved it. However, the stupidity of wanting to fire Tomlin is ridiculous. Should Tomlin get blame for the offense & hiring Canada - absolutely 100% but who cares if Tomlin’s assistants get hired by other teams. How many of the Patriots assistants turned out to be good HC’s? It doesn’t matter. What was the stat, Steelers have lost by 21 pts 14 times under Tomlin and they are 12-2 th following week. Ok, one can say bad coaching got the Steelers to lose by 21 pts but then one has to say coaching/motivation got the Steelers to bounce back the following week.
Does Tomlin deserve a lifetime contract because he won a Super Bowl 15 years ago? Is he the Pope or a Supreme Court justice? Noll had to be nudged to retire after he wore out his welcome. There is an argument that the game has passed both Tomlin and Belichick by.