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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. jimbokun · · focus · HN ↗
            That’s mostly luck.
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