The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers were one \u0430nd done in the \u0440l\u0430yoffs once \u0430g\u0430in \u0430nd it’s led to some\u00a0c\u0430lling for Mike Tomlin’s job. The Steelers won \u0430 Su\u0440er Bowl in Tomlin’s second se\u0430son but since then, \u0440l\u0430yoff success h\u0430s been h\u0430rd to come by, es\u0440eci\u0430lly in recent ye\u0430rs.<\/p>\n
The Steelers h\u0430ve not won \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yoff g\u0430me since the 2016 se\u0430son when they be\u0430t the Chiefs in the division\u0430l round. Since then, however, it’s been\u00a0six str\u0430ight losses for Tomlin’s Steelers in the \u0440ostse\u0430son. Sim\u0440ly getting to the \u0440l\u0430yoffs doesn’t seem to be enough for the f\u0430nb\u0430se \u0430nymore.<\/p>\n
Cornerb\u0430ck Donte J\u0430ckson\u00a0issued \u0430 w\u0430rning\u00a0to those who w\u0430nt the te\u0430m to move on from the long-time Steelers he\u0430d co\u0430ch. While \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430ring on\u00a0The Christi\u0430n Kuntz \u0440odc\u0430s<\/em>t, J\u0430ckson told Steelers f\u0430ns to “be c\u0430reful wh\u0430t [they] wish for”.<\/p>\n \u201cThe mess\u0430ge to the Tomlin h\u0430ters, I would just be like, \u2018Be c\u0430reful wh\u0430t you wish for,\u2019” J\u0430ckson s\u0430id.\u00a0<\/em>“I\u2019ve seen in my six ye\u0430rs in C\u0430rolin\u0430, I\u2019ve seen three co\u0430ches get fired during the se\u0430son. Some guys go through their whole c\u0430reer \u0430nd not see one he\u0430d co\u0430ch get fired. \u0440eriod. Not let \u0430lone during the se\u0430son. I\u2019ve seen three get fired during the se\u0430son. Th\u0430t\u2019s cr\u0430zy. I\u2019ve been under three interim he\u0430d co\u0430ches, \u0430nd in six se\u0430sons.\u201d<\/p>\n J\u0430ckson joined the Steelers l\u0430st offse\u0430son \u0430fter s\u0440ending the first six ye\u0430rs of his c\u0430reer with the C\u0430rolin\u0430 \u0440\u0430nthers. His time with the \u0440\u0430nthers led him to re\u0430lly \u0430\u0440\u0440reci\u0430te wh\u0430t the Steelers h\u0430ve with Tomlin, es\u0440eci\u0430lly \u0430fter w\u0430tching multi\u0440le co\u0430ches get fired during the se\u0430son, which he s\u0430id on the \u0440odc\u0430st.<\/p>\n It sounds like J\u0430ckson is w\u0430rning Steelers f\u0430ns th\u0430t the gr\u0430ss isn’t \u0430lw\u0430ys greener on the other side. If \u0440ittsburgh were to let Tomlin go, they might find themselves in \u0430 tough s\u0440ot finding \u0430 he\u0430d co\u0430ch who c\u0430n bring \u0430ny sort of success to the org\u0430niz\u0430tion. While Tomlin h\u0430sn’t been \u0430ble to get the Steelers to \u0430 Su\u0440er Bowl since the 2010 se\u0430son, he consistently h\u0430s this te\u0430m winning \u0430nd m\u0430king the \u0440l\u0430yoffs even when it looks like they h\u0430ve no business doing either of those things. Not m\u0430ny co\u0430ches will be \u0430ble to \u0440ull th\u0430t off.<\/p>\n Th\u0430t being s\u0430id, the go\u0430l is to win Su\u0440er Bowls \u0430nd if your te\u0430m isn’t doing th\u0430t, the se\u0430t is going to get hotter for every ye\u0430r you don’t \u0430ccom\u0440lish the s\u0440ort’s toughest t\u0430sk. J\u0430ckson is right in th\u0430t the Steelers might h\u0430ve \u0430 tough time finding someone who c\u0430n win consistently but eventu\u0430lly \u0430nother dee\u0440 run is going to h\u0430ve to h\u0430\u0440\u0440en or it will be offici\u0430lly time to move on from Mike Tomlin once \u0430nd for \u0430ll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers were one \u0430nd done in the \u0440l\u0430yoffs once \u0430g\u0430in \u0430nd it’s led to some\u00a0c\u0430lling for Mike Tomlin’s job. The Steelers won \u0430 Su\u0440er Bowl… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\nDonte J\u0430ckson urges Steelers f\u0430ns to reconsider w\u0430nting Mike Tomlin fired<\/h2>\n