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Mike Tomlin spent 12 years building a Minecraft city

670 points · 170 comments · CoryOndrejka

  1. CSMastermind · · focus · HN ↗
    For those who don't know Mike Tomlin is the former head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the second longest tenured coach in the league, and never had a losing season before resigning his job last year.

    The idea of any NFL head coach having time to do this, especially a winning one, is absurd.

    1. neogodless · · focus · HN ↗
      Was a bit confused by a sibling comment before realizing their comment is narrowed down to the Playoffs.

      Overall &gt; 0.5 win rate each year: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pro-football-reference.com&#x2F;coaches&#x2F;TomlMi0.htm" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pro-football-reference.com&#x2F;coaches&#x2F;TomlMi0.htm

      But after 2016, playoffs? Not so much.

      1. IncreasePosts · · focus · HN ↗
        Tomlin is a poster child of how hard it is to drop early impressions of someone. He came in as a hot shot, but after last season he was going on 8 years since a single playoff victory.
        1. iambateman · · focus · HN ↗
          It had also been 8 years since he had a decent QB. At some point it’s up to the GM to figure out how to get someone good.
          1. jjfoooo4 · · focus · HN ↗
            He stayed at the Steelers too long. He should have gone somewhere with a better QB, the Steelers should have bottomed out enough to be able to draft a good QB.
            1. iambateman · · focus · HN ↗
              Andy Reid is retiring when he gets his 303rd regular season win. At nearly the same time, Tomlin is going to find he once again has the zest for coaching.
          2. jimbokun · · focus · HN ↗
            That’s mostly luck.
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