Steelers Sign Mike Tomlin to 3-Year Extension | Why Art Rooney II Sees Tomlin as the Right Captain

The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed Mike Tomlin to a 3-year extension to be the team's head coach through the 2027 season. Christopher Carter gives his reaction on the Locked on Steelers podcast, both in how obvious it was that the move was going to happen, and how obvious it was the move the Steelers needed to happen. Can Tomlin help the Steelers get back to winning in the playoffs when they haven't under him in the past seven seasons?
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[@steelbltz]

Yea what Mike Tomlin does with what he has has been astounding, we including me have taken that for granted IMMENSELY

[@NedyahFox]

He had good teams and did nothing with them hes horrible

[@zachraymond7341]

@@NedyahFoxyou must have missed the first while half of the episode. Players on the field have to execute.

[@JAMESJJEFFERS]

​@@NedyahFoxUm He went to 2 Superbowls 😂😂😂 and Outside of THOSE Teams Please Explain ANY One of those Later teams that were better.. I'll start with 1 Player. Troy Polamalu.. Now Name a Player that Equalled that Talent he had later.. 😂😂😂 We will Wait

[@MrWellz412]

@@JAMESJJEFFERSyou don’t have to wait: ANTONIO BROWN. Top 3 WR of all time on most people (that know football) ‘s list. 2017 was our year and he squandered it. We got blown out by the Patriots AGAIN… Please don’t talk about execution because we’re not gonna use that excuse for the last 15 seasons of professional football. And if we are going to use it THAT means he definitely should be gone cause his players don’t know how to execute. 😅

[@steelbltz]

Here We Go🟡🔴🔵Coach T gonna Die a Steeler, I'm with that, he will get us another SB

[@Emoney9420]

💯💯💯

[@PatriotWatchUSA]

It's been 15 years but soon.

[@NedyahFox]

😂

[@JAMESJJEFFERS]

​@@PatriotWatchUSAit took Cowher 15 Years to get his 1st one 😳😁

[@PatriotWatchUSA]

@@JAMESJJEFFERS Cowher left Tomlin the team he won a SB with.

[@mr.Noshadow]

Definitely the right move. I believe these next few years are going to be special. Have you guys seen the cap room the Steelers have next off season??

[@johncarter4661]

Najee pat need paid next year. Minkah extension. Probably rework watt deal. Plus gotta deal with qb situation still

[@D0NNY-JAMES]

Yeah,the QB situation? We have one that can’t throw, and another one that’s trying to bounce back!!

[@davidmurphy9255]

Watched Fields at OSU - definitely can throw - I would sign him to 20M a year after the season - 3 years and draft one also.

[@MarvyG23]

So happy we got this deal done, now time to win a superbowl

[@mse150]

Or two.

[@Kovatt2]

Amen brother...preach it!

[@klove5765]

So deserving, it's amazing that he's never had a losing season

[@BG33917]

Well deserved 😁

[@Tardiff.Austin]

Whhaaatttttt I’m catching Chris live? Issa special moment

[@steelbltz]

Man Cris Carter, this was a MASTERFUL episode, Excellent job🙏🏿💪🏿😎

[@70bluesville]

Best coach period!!! Don't judge Tomlin with a fantasy football team mentality,,,haters!!!

[@PatriotWatchUSA]

He's been sliding the last six years but enjoy.

[@Kdezay]

Yes 🙌🏽🔥

[@wendellellis2645]

Injuries killed those playoff runs the fact that Ben,Bell and Brown never played a playoff game is crazy because of injuries

[@TS1r731]

Definitely the right move. Let’s go Steelers!

[@terrywbreedlove]

It is very nice to have a SB winning Veteran QB. That is always the hardest piece to find for any team

[@user-NFL]

I been saying this for years, especially the Big Ben year, A Rogers went down and the pack won 3 games, P Manning went down and the colts get the first pick of the draft

[@Arrielle75]

Mike Tomlin can thank Mason Rudolph for that contract extension ...saved his @ss last year

[@dwjoseph59]

I knew the comments section WOULD BE LIT!!

[@Thisguy5]

Tomlin held on to Canada way too long. Seemed to be completely absent on the offensive side of the ball.. He seemed to like he was getting soft.. But, with all the off season moves and another good draft.. I’m really happy we extended him..

[@70bluesville]

GREAT SHOW!!! WOW

[@anthonyherrmann860]

He is 74-28 against teams under 500, actually top 5 in the league I believe. For you clowns who say they lose to teams that they should beat

[@NedyahFox]

Now do his playoff record.

[@zachraymond7341]

@@NedyahFoxwhatever it is is top 5-7 in the league. Do every other coaches records while your at it.

[@NedyahFox]

@@zachraymond7341 winning percentage wise it’s the worst in football for any coach who’s been in the leauge more than 4 years

[@mike2687]

⁠@@zachraymond7341 - let me add onto Nedyahfox’s comment. Tomlin has a 8-10 playoff record. Lowest win % of any SB winning coach. 17 seasons but only has playoff wins in 4 of them.

[@TommyG8]

Ding ding ding!! Ppl that blame Mike t for all of our playoffs woes are just lazy and don’t know ball. Man I remember seeing us having like a 5% chance to make the playoffs at some point last year. I’ll never forget that.

[@PatriotWatchUSA]

Your entire division lost their QB. lol Don't know ball. yeah,

[@NedyahFox]

@@PatriotWatchUSAno they didn’t the bengals lost burrow and the browns improved their QB room with flacco so that’s not true at all

[@PatriotWatchUSA]

@@NedyahFox ? Ok enjoy this year being last in your division.

[@user-ru9nx9sz6x]

That's right Mike 💪 let's get this money 💰..

[@demetriuslockhart2296]

If you don’t like this move, you are a straight hater. He knows the standard is superbowls not winning seasons. He is a top 5 hc

[@rodneydunn1419]

Absolutely not!

[@steelbltz]

​@@rodneydunn1419 name another coach with a SB win & no losing seasons, I'll wait

[@Frankov81]

With your logic then he has a sub standard. Zero SB wins in the past decade and ZERO playoff wins since Boswell won us that playoff game against the Chiefs with his leg

[@steelbltz]

@@Frankov81 stick to WNBA bud

[@Emoney9420]

​@@steelbltz💯💯💯

[@Penera_Bred]

You hit the nail on the head with your perspective on this. I get both sides of the argument as far as the lack of playoff success. But like you said, it doesn’t all fall on the coach. But people like to just point fingers at the man in charge. Without Tomlin a lot of these free agents we been building with probably wouldn’t come here. People speaking on potentially playing her because we have tomlin. He’s a players coach and has made something out of nothing and kept us relevant. And he’s been building an exciting product along with the Khan Artist. Hate to bring race into it but it’s a relevant point. On all the Steelers pages and blogs that I follow typically the ones calling for Tomlins head and disrespecting him are white. Does he not get the respect and a pass cuz he’s not a Cowher or Knoll? Everyone (majority) outside of the Pittsburgh Steelers fan base respects this man and acknowledges his greatness and what he brings to the franchise.

[@D0NNY-JAMES]

Speaking from someone who has been in charge, the finger always gets pointed at you. Meaning that if your employees don’t get the job done, then you’re not getting the job done. You can’t keep blaming the employees that you hired. That’s not going to work in the real world!! But for some reason, Tomlin gets extended?

[@D0NNY-JAMES]

Oh I forgot, I didn’t judge people by the color of their skin. I judge them by their character and merit!!

[@Penera_Bred]

@@D0NNY-JAMES I too am in charge at my place of employment. Manufacturing environment and yes I get your point. But if you are not given the tools to succeed, levels of accountability vary based on the what you were working with. Whether you like Tomlin as a coach or not, the important question becomes if not Tomlin, than who? I can’t think of any other coach on his level, that brings to the table what he brings in attracting talent to the team. You don’t replace just to replace, you need to have a succession plan. If Tomlin can’t do anything with this team they’re putting together, then I can see revisiting moving on. But right now he’s the best option and he actually has the tools to put his talents to use.

[@D0NNY-JAMES]

@@Penera_Bred I don’t know who that person is, but I didn’t know who Tomlin was either. And I really didn’t care about that with Ben in his prime. Most of these fans think that Tomlin deserves all of the credit for having a successful team. But the reality is that the Steelers culture has been largely unchanged. Trust me, if Tomlin was performing at his best we wouldn’t be having this debate. And I don’t like hypothetically speaking! But the reason why they look better is because of khan, not Tomlin.” Carter said quarterbacks don’t grow on trees,and he’s right. But 7 years without a playoff run is unacceptable!! I’d be happy with a one year contract. And if they don’t draft or sign a new QB, I’m afraid nothings ever going to change. It’s way too early to tell what quarterback to choose next, but he better be a good one ☝️

[@Penera_Bred]

@@D0NNY-JAMES just like Tomlin doesn’t deserve all the blame for the failures, he doesn’t deserve all the credit for the successes either. It’s a team game, and a lot of different pieces have to be in sync to reach that ultimate goal. From the staff to the front office, and of course the players. Tomlin being who he is has players from the past, present and future praising him. And with that level of respect, comes the desire to play for him and vouch for who he is as a coach. That player respect is very important when it’s the players that execute on the field and go to battle for you when the stakes are high. People perform better for those they respect in any line of work. This video that we’re commenting under outlines a lot of obstacles that have happened in Tomlins time as the coach, but yet the franchise has never been at the bottom of the barrel. Maybe not meeting the expectation of all the fans of the greatest franchise ever, but at the end of the day you have to look at all factors when judging someone’s successes or failures in their position. We can agree to disagree, that’s fine. But I for one am happy with this signing and hope he can make champions out of this team THEY are putting together.

[@anthonygodwin2781]

Let's go always on time Chris

[@edgarmuniz8331]

I'm very excited about Tomlin getting a new deal. Has there been disappointing seasons? yes. However, I believe Mike Tomlin remains the best HC to lead the black & gold to success again.

[@JAMESJJEFFERS]

Mike Tomlin is in the HOF for Beating Bill Parcel's Winning Record. Wow Parcel's was Less than Mediocre Ya'll 😂😂😂 What does that say about Others 😁😁

[@D0NNY-JAMES]

Penera’ brought out the race card!! I’m white and I don’t judge people by the color of their skin, I judge them based on merit!! In my opinion Tomlin seems to be burned out, Art had to fire Canada and who knows how long it would’ve taken Mike. He’s too comfortable with his position and it seems to translate to the players. I’ve seen interviews where the players don’t even knock before they come in his office. They look at him as a friend, not a coach. Regardless if Kenny was going to be a bust, why would he trade away a number one pick who only played 24 games? He never had a chance. Three years is a little too long of an extension for me. Guess we’ll have to wait and see!

[@user-xc4lr1se5n]

You saw one interview with omar khan where an ex player walked into the office without knocking. We all saw it. You didn't see anyone walk into tomlins office while he was interviewing.

[@D0NNY-JAMES]

@@user-xc4lr1se5n even worse!! And yes,I have seen Tomlin do that before.

[@theresa6837]

And therein lies the problem, Chris. Not good enough to make a serious run but good enough to not bottom out whenever they should so they can draft top prospects.

[@DeCurtaRican]

That screams PERSONNEL ISSUES, and Omar Khan is addressing that by thinking outside of the Steelers box. What do you think would’ve happened if the Steelers had gone after Russ in 2021 and 2022, when he told everybody he wanted out of Seattle? The Steelers would e already made at least one SB run. The QB matters, which has been proven time and again. Rate is the team that gets to a SB, let alone wins one, without at least a top QB. Chill!

[@DeCurtaRican]

Bottoming out to rebuild has been the strategy of a lot of teams, and those teams are now stuck in bottoming out cycles. The Lions just climbed out of theirs.

[@NedyahFox]

I mean we’ve always had pretty good teams that got held back by injury last year for example, we looked very good at the end of the year but in the last month our entire linebacker core including TJ Watt got injured it just seems like the Steelers get bad injury luck every season and the depth is never there to make up for it we can only hope this year is different

[@davidsaunders7612]

well shit,,,,,,,,,,, this sucks,,, DAMN

[@chrisstevens8546]

did he just diminish a 1st ballot HOF er >

[@kobecoleman5882]

Going against a bunch of washed teams in the back half of the season doesn't equal the HC "pulling them through tough times"

[@brianjonker510]

Do the Rooney's know how much money they could save by hiring Jeff Fisher and only have one less win.

[@Kdezay]

Tomlin haters

[@jayp8674]

The Steelers need new college scouts for the nfl draft

[@LockedOnSteelers]

They did this last year.

[@MrWellz412]

The 2019 team had an ELITE defense. Cleveland last year had an ELITE defense and their ‘Coach of the year’ took a 5th string washed up QB and made a run at the Super Bowl. And we went 8-8. But Tomlin is ‘hall of fame’? 🤡

[@LockedOnSteelers]

The Browns got as far as the Steelers last year. No playoff win. Lost by even more points. Run at the Super Bowl? LMAOOOOOO Way to show your lack of objectivity. 🤡

[@MrWellz412]

@@LockedOnSteelers CC the word objectivity shouldn’t even be in your vocabulary. The WORST teams in the NFL (Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, etc.) are now playoff teams…. Most of them with playoff wins in the past few seasons and then you have US. Scraping by just to get blown out in the playoffs every time we make it. We go into each season 95% sure we’re not going to compete for a Super Bowl but we make the same dumb a** moves every year. The definition of insanity is what? Doing the same thing over/over expecting a different result. This has become the Pittsburgh Steelers.

[@MrWellz412]

@@LockedOnSteelers and for the record the Browns had: Coach of the year Comeback player of the year Defensive player of the year They beat the 49ers with a NOBODY at the QB position while we were absolutely embarrassed with our first round QB. The Browns beat the Texans, the Colts… all these playoff teams with backup QB’s. My point is in the world of woke media 2024 Tomlin is a ‘first ballot hall of fame coach. But in reality he’s the 4th best in the AFC north.

[@peaceandwealthseeker4504]

L O L

[@user-oy7ec1np8v]

BR#07 was the issue he is a turnover machine

[@NedyahFox]

Tomlin is a much larger issue

[@steelbltz]

Tomlin cant go out on the field & win a playoff game, the players have to do that. Ive heard time n time again, FROM THE PLAYERS, Tomlin does his job, its on them. Its on the Players folks🟡🔴🔵😎

[@PatriotWatchUSA]

lol OK. If the Cowboys had a better coach they'd win a SB> Coach is wrong and they drop out in round 1 just like the Steelers

[@carlspackler1431]

Calling it now. This will be his last 3 years before he steps down

[@Tardiff.Austin]

And I bet it ain’t

[@demetriuslockhart2296]

@carlspackler1431 you wish, not happening

[@PatriotWatchUSA]

100% correct

[@NedyahFox]

If he wins a playoff game watch them extend him for another 3-5 years

[@NedyahFox]

@@PatriotWatchUSAwe will be good tho he will just retire

[@marvindwallacesr3828]

Chris stop shifting blame you wanna shift blame and that’s bad OK first of all they needed to have better players around your age in quarterback who still gave you a better shot until what you have now so stop stop stop. There’s a lot of mistakes he’s made but that doesn’t mean he should not still be the head coach, he’s gotta learn to empower his coaches more and pull back a little bit more

[@dutch0770]

They love getting blown out in the playoffs, no playoff wins, 10 years of draft class busts, 20% choach challenge record, 8-10 in the playoffs as a coach, locker room problems, ....let's get that 7 years of no playoff wins up to a decade!

[@dylana.601]

Tomlin haters know nothing about football.

[@lw9455]

No, no, no, we fans will be sitting at home watching the Super Bowl wishing, wishing the Steelers were in it as long as Mike Tomlin is coaching. They would have been BETTER off signing Bill Belichick! Remember this day in history Steeler Nation. Face it....Art Rooney II = Bob Nutting

[@hazbosox]

FFS The Standard Is Mediocrity

[@davidsaunders7612]

GO ON CHRIS DEFEND THE TURD

[@marvindwallacesr3828]

To your point then Chris then there should be better success and better playoff appearances than what you have. It’s easy to make excuses but once again I’m not saying get rid of him but he holds this 90% of not getting the team where it should be so stop, giving misguided analogies

[@mikeirwin6421]

Mediocrity rewarded. The guy has no pressure on him to win. I would have signed him to a 1 year extension and made him earn it. This is what happens when you have a weak owner who is not a football guy.

[@steelbltz]

No losing seasons is mediocrity I'll take it, that'll lead to a SB🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️🟡🔴🔵Cheer for the Browns

[@theresa6837]

Mediocre seasons are the result of parity in the NFL coupled with not having the stomach for multiple losing seasons so the team can rebuild with top draft picks. That’s not a “Tomlin” issue. That’s a byproduct of having a rabid fan base and a small market owner trying to make a profit.

[@PatriotWatchUSA]

@@steelbltz Been 25 years since BIG Mike has taken you there. You ain't doing it with the two QB's on your roster

[@NedyahFox]

@@PatriotWatchUSAu mean 14? Also u keep talking about the QBs but if u knew the steeelrs u would know we can win with any QB

[@PatriotWatchUSA]

@@NedyahFox Yeah we all saw that last year.

[@drshadowsfilms6059]

3 more years of 1st round exits.

[@davidr382]

Not if we got the qb figured out

[@drshadowsfilms6059]

@davidr382 We won't throw the ball much under Artie Smith.

[@DeCurtaRican]

Not with Russ at QB. This team can be special!

[@DeCurtaRican]

@@drshadowsfilms6059: They’ll throw it more than you think. Russ is going to have 32-33 A/G. He won’t get 37, but he’ll get 32-33.

[@NedyahFox]

They will learn this year that it’s always been tomlin

[@MrWellz412]

Excuses,excuses, excuses… bad snaps. Lack of execution. Blah blah BLAH. The bottom line is the guy lost his touch (if he ever had it. I for one believe he stepped into something great and since it dissipated so did his ability to win big games. So now we fans that want to see another championship have to wait til after 2027 cause ain’t nothing happening til then….

[@klove5765]

At least 20yrs of Mike 2007 -2027, hopefully he'll get a SUPERBOWL and make it 25yrs

[@Kdezay]

Go root for another team haters

[@shahinm007]

Why????