Mike Tomlin Secures Steelers' Coaching Legacy with Extension

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00:00the NFL News in notes just because it's the offseason just

00:09because it's early June does not mean we do not have news to

00:12bring you around the National Football League mandatory

00:15minicamp going on around the NFL and a contract extension.

00:20We brought you contract extension news over the past week,

00:23but this not for a player this for a long time head coach.

00:27In fact, now the longest tenured head coach in the National

00:31Football League after Bill Belichick no longer working in

00:34New England that mantle is passed to Mike Tom 17 years at

00:39the helm of the Pittsburgh Steelers and it's not done there

00:43entering year number 18, which was his final under contract

00:47in the Steel City.

00:49The Steelers organization adds on a three-year contract

00:52extension that would seem to me Donnie.

00:55We're going to get two decades of Mike Tomlin at in Pittsburgh

00:59and you should and you should be happy for a Steelers fan

01:01because the one thing that you do know at the beginning of

01:03every season you will be competitive and you're getting

01:05some really good sound bites.

01:07There's no question that he's a solid coach in the NFL, but

01:10sometimes we take a look at the records which are very good

01:12been 173 and 111 playoff appearances and the key ingredient

01:16once again, no losing seasons.

01:19Here's the issue though in the NFL a lot of the times.

01:22It's really what have you done for me lately?

01:24Sure.

01:24We can look at that record in the losing season and even

01:26say, you know what man he won a Super Bowl championship

01:29good for him that Super Bowl is back in 2009.

01:32We're entering into the 2024 season.

01:34So expectations for a Steelers organization.

01:37That's one of the most, you know, bountiful we should say

01:40in NFL history with winning championships hasn't really been

01:43on that timeline of yes, we're expecting a Super Bowl this

01:46year solid team.

01:47Nonetheless, we'll see what Russ gives out but it's a no-brainer

01:50for the Steelers.

01:50Were they going to let Mike Tomlin go into the final year

01:53of his contract as a lame duck head coach that absolutely

01:55wasn't happening.

01:56So you had to give him the extension and we're pretty sure

01:59next year the Steelers once again, just like they've been

02:01under Mike Tomlin for the past 17 seasons will be competitive.

02:06I'm not going to bet against the Pittsburgh Steelers to finish

02:08below 500.

02:10I'm not going to bet against the Pittsburgh Steelers to finish

02:13with less than eight wins something they have never done

02:16in 17 years under Mike Tomlin heck.

02:19I might even sprinkle on a plus money price and a competitive

02:23AFC North and a competitive conference has a hole for the

02:26Steelers to see the postseason.

02:28Once again, they made the playoffs last year and Mason Rudolph

02:32was their quarterback Russell Wilson is going to be a better

02:35quarterback for Pittsburgh than the Steelers have had probably

02:38the last four years and that includes the final two years

02:41of Ben Roethlisberger's tenure in the Steel City when he could

02:45barely even move around the pocket.

02:48I know Russ did not work out in Denver, but it wasn't all on

02:52Russ.

02:52And frankly, Russell Wilson was pretty good last year in Mile

02:56High now with that being said, it's a really intriguing debate

03:02Donnie in my estimation.

03:03I have it often with the Iowa Hawkeyes a team that is consistently

03:07successful and for that you are grateful for that as a fan you

03:12are thankful, but there is a certain cap on your overall potential.

03:18There is a certain ceiling that is placed on your success.

03:22Yeah, you're going to win and you're going to win games and

03:25you might finish with a winning record.

03:26But are you a true AFC contender?

03:29Are you a true contender for that Lombardi trophy?

03:32I don't think anybody would argue that for the Steelers as of

03:36this moment.

03:37So is it enough in the Steel City and then in a weird de facto

03:42way?

03:42Do you place yourself in limbo never bad enough to need to make

03:46an overhaul or a change but never quite good enough from claiming

03:51the ultimate prize?

03:52No, and that's the tough point about it because you can say as

03:55an organization, you got exactly what you wanted out of your

03:57football coach.

03:58We are always competitive technically always in it.

04:01But also when those football teams at the beginning of the

04:03season, it's very rare where you point to the Pittsburgh Steelers

04:06and go, you know what?

04:07I think that team can make a run and win a Super Bowl band as

04:09you pointed out.

04:10Also, it's not as if you're playing in the AFC South.

04:13It's like hey the upstart Houston Texans.

04:15We just need to take care of them.

04:16You're going to play the Baltimore Ravens one of the best teams

04:18in football.

04:19You're going to take on the Cincinnati Bengals if they get their

04:21wide receivers in line, that's going to be a tough out in the

04:24Cleveland Browns expecting big expectations out of their quarterback

04:27and also a very good and talented football team start to finish

04:31on offense and defense.

04:32So this is not going to be an easy season in division here.

04:35They can win that division.

04:36They'll certainly be tested once they get to the playoffs, but

04:39it's always what have you done for me lately in a championship

04:42driven organization.

04:43It's been a long time which we were favorite talking about the

04:46Steelers to win an NFL championship.

04:49When you look at the Steelers Mike Tomlin came on with such

04:52strong success as a young coach as Donnie said they won a Super

04:56Bowl in the 2008 NFL campaign.

04:59They played in a Super Bowl two years later in 2010, but the

05:03last time that Pittsburgh has even appeared in a conference

05:06championship game in the AFC 2016 now nearly a decade ago, but

05:13Mike Tomlin extended probably should see two decades at the

05:16helm of the Steelers organization.

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