Former players reportedly did not enjoy their experiences with Mike Tomlin
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin is a future Hall of Famer, but also one of the most polarizing figures in the NFL today. Folks love bringing up that he has never had a losing season, which is an incredible feat, to be fair. However, he’s also gone eight seasons without a playoff win, which is the longest such drought for the Steelers in the Super Bowl era.
And while Tomlin is practically untouchable to many in the media, one NFL insider revealed that he may not be as beloved as many would have you think.
Appearing on 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh, NFL insider Aditi Kinkhabwala says that many former players are not the biggest fans of Tomlin.
“There are many, many former players that I have spoken to that have bitten their tongues about their experience with Mike,” Kinkhabwala said via Aaron Becker of Steelers Now. “There’s a huge disconnect, right? Because the national media is in love with Mike Tomlin, and the national media never brings up the playoff drought.”
While, obviously, Kinkhabwala wouldn’t reveal which former Steelers feel this way, but the fact that, in her words, many former players have these opinions on Tomlin that they keep to themselves is somewhat shocking, considering that whenever players sign with the Steelers, they attribute Tomlin as being a big reason why they wanted to go to Pittsburgh.
Tomlin signed an extension with the Steelers last June, keeping him in Pittsburgh through the 2027 season.