I could have gone also for the first time he said "we're not looking for style points.."
I agree with you all he should have been fired years ago. I can't point to one particular moment, for me is just the "body of work" as he likes to say.
I mean it’s because he’s our coach. I don’t really listen to other coaches talk. So naturally we follow the team and listen to the press conferences. And because he’s been here so long we get quite sick and tired of him preaching his BS…..yet doing the total opposite on the field. The never live in our fears BS he spreads all the time,then ******* out in the offensive scheme, rarely blitzes aggressively in the D….i mean I could go on and on.
I've been a fan since the '70s. I read the book "Three Bricks Shy of a Load" when I was in high school. In the book Roy Blount talked about how Noll was so resistant to telling the press, and by extension the fans, anything of substance. Since then I have never listened to a press conference except for injury updates. I just figure coaches are kind of like kids, they will say anything to get them through the moment.
How 'bout when he said "games aren't decided in the first quarter" or to that effect? Anybody watching his teams know his offenses are/were known for slow starts/no sense of urgency and more recently on top of that the whole "shorten the game" and win 18-17 philosophy.
You’re right that 90% of what coaches in the spotlight say to the media is BS
/rant on (your fault)Dayum!! DJ just went off!!! How long have you been holding that in dear sir??
Fishing out that way?
Canyon lake for bass.
Let's go sometime!!
WTF? You trying to kill DJ?
You are taking seriously what he says. I don't. You see his statements deeper than I do. You see his statements as a reflection of his philosophy. I see his statements as convenient to eliminate possible questions over bad play and coaching. If a press guy asks, "Why did the team appear flat at the beginning of the game?," instead of addressing the question he says "games aren't decided in the first quarter," as a that press guy, where do you go with that? Do you keep hammering it, knowing you aren't gonna get anything more? Tomlin and other coaches do it because it works.
I made a post early in the summer about this, there is no excitement anymore around this team, Tomlin has sucked all the excitement and optimism out of this fan base because we've seen the same idiotic crap for over a decade now and listening to his same stupid Tomlinisms.
Coaches do not care about all that. It is about getting through that press conference. Because by Tuesday and Wednesday, it's on to the next opponent, and what was said at the press conference is largely forgotten. Tomlin has been saying the same crap for 18 or whatever years, and it hasn't impacted him yet. It only bothers people that listen to what he says. Coaches are like politicians. You gotta go into it knowing you are gonna hear some bullshiit.
I try to focus in on the players so I can get some excitement but it isn’t easy. Just being a diehard it is hard not to watch, I do have a friend that we have been to plenty of games that isn’t watching this year for the first time. I was surprised but everyone has their limits..
the standard is substandard
Oh, I still watch every game, but it used to be so exciting at the beginning of the season, you always thought if things went right we had a shot at being there in January, now it's are we going to sneak into the playoffs, who do we have to hope loses to help us get in, and how bad are we going to get embarrassed if we do make it.
sorry you must be the guy that swims while he fishes n a lake.
but, but, but he shouldn't be expected to do anything in the post season, he doesn't have a QB(Arthur Moats and the National Media's take). I don't think any coach in the history of the NFL has ever won a playoff game without a HOF QB.