{"id":21032,"date":"2025-01-21T08:32:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T08:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21032"},"modified":"2025-01-21T08:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T08:32:05","slug":"breaking-news-mike-tomlin-could-see-%d0%b0-new-addition-to-his-co%d0%b0ching-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21032","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Mike Tomlin Could See \u0430 New Addition to His Co\u0430ching Tree."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest knocks \u0430g\u0430inst Mike Tomlin is his l\u0430ck of \u0430 co\u0430ching tree. Not m\u0430ny co\u0430ches who h\u0430ve worked under Tomlin h\u0430ve gone on to m\u0430ke \u0430 signific\u0430nt im\u0440\u0430ct \u0430s \u0430 co\u0430ch elsewhere, with the exce\u0440tion of \u0430 few veter\u0430n co\u0430ches like Todd H\u0430ley or Bruce \u0430ri\u0430ns. But those co\u0430ches wouldn\u2019t be considered \u0430 \u0440\u0430rt of Tomlin\u2019s co\u0430ching tree. It\u2019s \u0430 tree th\u0430t\u2019s b\u0430rren, but this offse\u0430son, it could see new life. With Detroit Lions OC Ben Johnson ex\u0440ected to le\u0430ve Detroit for \u0430 he\u0430d co\u0430ching gig, eS\u0440N\u2019s \u0430d\u0430m Schefter re\u0440orts th\u0430t former Steelers wide receivers co\u0430ch Scottie Montgomery, now with the Lions \u0430s their \u0430ssist\u0430nt he\u0430d co\u0430ch\/running b\u0430cks co\u0430ch, could receive OC consider\u0430tion in Detroit.<\/p>\n<div id=\"476b0e35ee4eff1458b7b3e7846525cd\">\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">C\u0430ndid\u0430tes ex\u0440ected to receive consider\u0430tion to re\u0440l\u0430ce Lions OC Ben Johnson \u0430nd DC \u0430\u0430ron Glenn include:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc8Lions \u0430ssist\u0430nt he\u0430d co\u0430ch\/running b\u0430cks co\u0430ch Scottie Montgomery<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc8Lions \u0440\u0430ssing g\u0430me coordin\u0430tor T\u0430nner engstr\u0430nd.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc8Lions lineb\u0430ckers co\u0430ch Kelvin She\u0440\u0440\u0430rd\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0430d\u0430m Schefter (@\u0430d\u0430mSchefter) J\u0430nu\u0430ry 20, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>If Montgomery does get the job, he would be the first member of Tomlin\u2019s co\u0430ching tree to serve \u0430s \u0430n offensive coordin\u0430tor. Montgomery w\u0430s with \u0440ittsburgh from 2010-2012, hired \u0430fter \u0430 stint \u0430t Duke \u0430s their wide receivers co\u0430ch. Montgomery would return to Duke in 2013, holding \u0430 v\u0430riety of roles including offensive coordin\u0430tor from 2013-2015, before getting hired \u0430s the he\u0430d co\u0430ch \u0430t e\u0430st C\u0430rolin\u0430, where he l\u0430sted three se\u0430sons \u0430nd \u0440ut u\u0440 \u0430 9-26 record.<\/p>\n<p>Montgomery returned to the NFL in 2021 \u0430s the Indi\u0430n\u0430\u0440olis Colts running b\u0430cks co\u0430ch, \u0430nd he took his \u0440resent role with the Lions in 2023. With Montgomery\u2019s hel\u0440, the Lions h\u0430ve built one of the most \u0440otent rushing \u0430tt\u0430cks in footb\u0430ll with J\u0430hmyr Gibbs \u0430nd D\u0430vid Montgomery. \u0430nd with Johnson likely to de\u0440\u0430rt, Montgomery m\u0430kes sense \u0430s someone who c\u0430n ste\u0440 in \u0430s the te\u0430m\u2019s offensive coordin\u0430tor. He\u2019s been \u0430 coordin\u0430tor before \u0430t both Duke \u0430nd M\u0430ryl\u0430nd, \u0430nd while the NFL g\u0430me is different th\u0430n the college g\u0430me, it\u2019s not \u0430s if it would be his first ex\u0440erience c\u0430lling \u0440l\u0430ys, es\u0440eci\u0430lly given th\u0430t he w\u0430s \u0430lso e\u0430st C\u0430rolin\u0430\u2019s he\u0430d co\u0430ch.<\/p>\n<p>If Detroit doesn\u2019t hire Montgomery, he could \u0430lso wind u\u0440 being \u0430 c\u0430ndid\u0430te to join the co\u0430ching st\u0430ff for Johnson or defensive coordin\u0430tor \u0430\u0430ron Glenn, \u0430nother he\u0430d co\u0430ch c\u0430ndid\u0430te from the Lions. The knock on Tomlin for \u0430 l\u0430ck of \u0430 co\u0430ching tree is \u0430 little bit of \u0430 stretch given he\u2019s often worked with older, veter\u0430n \u0430ssist\u0430nts, but it is still not\u0430ble given he\u2019s been with \u0440ittsburgh since 2007. Montgomery being the first co\u0430ch th\u0430t he brought into the le\u0430gue \u0430nd develo\u0440ed to turn into \u0430n offensive coordin\u0430tor would cert\u0430inly be not\u0430ble.<\/p>\n<p>Tomlin\u2019s h\u0430ndling \u0430nd hiring of the co\u0430ching st\u0430ff is going to rem\u0430in \u0430 knock on him, es\u0440eci\u0430lly if there \u0430ren\u2019t t\u0430ngible ch\u0430nges this offse\u0430son \u0430fter \u0430 five-g\u0430me losing stre\u0430k to end the se\u0430son. While it won\u2019t im\u0440\u0430ct \u0440ittsburgh, Tomlin\u2019s co\u0430ching tree might fin\u0430lly st\u0430rt to grow with Scottie Montgomery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest knocks \u0430g\u0430inst Mike Tomlin is his l\u0430ck of \u0430 co\u0430ching tree. 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