Oh, no. He does a nice job with his public image, but the guy is a pit bull.
"Michael Pettaway "Mike" Tomlin" is the current head coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the American Football Conference, succeeding Bill Cowher. Tomlin is the third youngest head coach in any of the four major North American professional sports. He is the tenth African-American head coach in NFL history, and first in Steelers history. With the Steelers' victory in Super Bowl XLIII on February 1, 2009
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More Mike Tomlin on Wikipedia.Teams have been blocking him for three or four years now. He always has to take on a blocker - a tackle, a guard, a back. He has a rush plan just like a defensive end, and he takes it personally.
It is a player-friendly scheme, but at the same time the expectation level is very high and the attention to detail is very high.
It allows them to play fast.
But you can tell he's a quick study because basically what he knows is what he's learned this weekend, and he's doing things in a sound nature on the field already.
The safety position is almost like the center on the offensive line. It's communication central. He's in the eye of the storm, so to speak.
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