Y’all really should watch the video if you havent! I think even if you have no interest in Minecraft, or football (as others have mentioned Tomlin was a long tenured NFL coach until this year). There’s something so refreshingly earnest, and joyful about watching someone share something they’ve poured so much time and themselves into.
He's one of the longest consecutively tenured by a single team. There are some coaches who have coached longer, but not consecutively, or not for the same team, but Tomlin was the head coach for the Steelers for 19 years. And in those 19 years, he never had a losing season.
He had one more year on his current contract when he decided to retire.
He was mostly known for being able to wrangle the more "unique" personalities of the NFL and for his answers during press conferences. Giving us such gems as "The standard is the standard", "and things of that nature", "We're still squirreling those nuts", "We do not live in our fears", etc.
This is the way the Rooney family manages the Steelers. They stick with coaches for a long time. They've only had four coaches in the last 57 years!
I was kinda shocked when he was let go, to be honest.
alargemoose · · focus · HN ↗
<a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=_h_pQ1-5iQg" rel="nofollow">https://youtube.com/watch?v=_h_pQ1-5iQg
bena · · focus · HN ↗
He had one more year on his current contract when he decided to retire.
He was mostly known for being able to wrangle the more "unique" personalities of the NFL and for his answers during press conferences. Giving us such gems as "The standard is the standard", "and things of that nature", "We're still squirreling those nuts", "We do not live in our fears", etc.
steveklabnik · · focus · HN ↗
I was kinda shocked when he was let go, to be honest.
zugi · · focus · HN ↗
Uh, Mike Tomlin resigned / reitired from the Steelers after 18 seasons without ever having a losing season. He wasn't let go.