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Mike Tomlin has broken his silence on his shocking decision to step down as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and it apparently wasn't an easy one to make.
Tomlin, who made his NBC debut on Sunday, explained his thought process about why he finally decided to leave the Steelers after 19 years.
"It's probably not an overnight decision, but it's probably not something I could articulate or share with people," Tomlin said via NBC's Football Night in America. "It's just, there's a loneliness in leadership. I just thought it was a good time for me, personally. And by that, I mean just where I am in life. I thought it was a good time for the organization, to be quite honest with you. We didn't have a lot of success in the playoffs in recent years. There's just some veteran players, guys like Cam Heyward, and T.J. Watt, and [Chris] Boswell, that I thought were worthy of the excitement and the optimism associated with new leadership."
Tomlin, who was the head coach of the Steelers for almost two decades, decided to leave Pittsburgh following another first-round playoff loss, a pattern that had become all too familiar.
Here's to hoping Tomlin finds success and joy in his new endeavor as a sports analyst for NBC, where he'll have the opportunity to comment on his Steelers from afar.
For up-to-date Steelers coverage, including any offseason moves, follow us on X @TheSteelersWire and give our Facebook page a like.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: Former Steelers HC Mike Tomlin explains why he left Pittsburgh
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Tomlin, who made his NBC debut on Sunday, explained his thought process about why he finally decided to leave the Steelers after 19 years.
"It's probably not an overnight decision, but it's probably not something I could articulate or share with people," Tomlin said via NBC's Football Night in America. "It's just, there's a loneliness in leadership. I just thought it was a good time for me, personally. And by that, I mean just where I am in life. I thought it was a good time for the organization, to be quite honest with you. We didn't have a lot of success in the playoffs in recent years. There's just some veteran players, guys like Cam Heyward, and T.J. Watt, and [Chris] Boswell, that I thought were worthy of the excitement and the optimism associated with new leadership."
Tomlin, who was the head coach of the Steelers for almost two decades, decided to leave Pittsburgh following another first-round playoff loss, a pattern that had become all too familiar.
Here's to hoping Tomlin finds success and joy in his new endeavor as a sports analyst for NBC, where he'll have the opportunity to comment on his Steelers from afar.
For up-to-date Steelers coverage, including any offseason moves, follow us on X @TheSteelersWire and give our Facebook page a like.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: Former Steelers HC Mike Tomlin explains why he left Pittsburgh
Continue reading...
