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A day after not addressing his future with the media, Mike Tomlin reportedly told his players that outside talk about his possible departure was “unfounded” and that he plans to be the Pittsburgh Steelers’ head coach in 2023.
Cam Heyward, who has played under Tomlin longer than any other current Steelers player, took exception to his coach’s future being such a hot-button topic for the past two months. In short, Heyward feels that Tomlin deserves better.
“Why are we so concerned with somebody that has a year on their contract, has been locked in, and has just wanted to coach football?” Heyward said, via ESPN. “We don’t ask anybody else if they need to come back for another year or anything else.
“I just think it’s doing him a disservice. This guy’s been locked in from the very get go, but yet we’re worried about if he’s coming back or not. He’s been locked in, and I appreciate it, because that’s only created more dissension for players and coaches. We only want to focus on one goal. He just wants to focus on one goal, and I just think that’s fair to him.”
Heyward did not feel it was appropriate that Tomlin was asked about his future mere moments after Pittsburgh’s season ended in Buffalo on Super Wild Card Weekend.
“I just think, why would he answer a question like that?” he said. “He’s worried about trying to win a playoff game, and then [Monday] night, we just lost a big playoff game, why does he need to address it then? It’s not the time or the place.
“And I appreciate the question. But I just think, for him in general, Coach T’s earned that to just being singularly focused on one goal. We’ve been asked this question week in and week out. It’s just not fair to the process.”
The situation is similar to two years ago, when Tomlin was asked about his possible interest in coaching at the college level. Tomlin clearly took issue with the question.
“I’ve got one of the…
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Author : Bryan DeArdo
Publish date : 2024-01-17 18:54:12
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