Mike Tomlin fell short in drafting impactful first-round picks for years
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What has been Mike Tomlin's impact on the Steelers' draft choices?
Marty Tuffer, the salesperson, you know him, Bob?
Marty is tougher than most.
Tougher than the rest, yeah. Former college roommate of John Calipari at Clarion.
We were talking about that yesterday.
He texts me in the middle of the show, Minnesota. That's all the text says. So I start getting paranoid that maybe I got the wrong school on that betting. He said it in the middle of the betting scandal that we were talking about. So I freaked out. I go running to find him. I can't find him. So I'm texting him. Why did you text me the word Minnesota? with no explanation around it in the middle of the show. I still can't find him. But he texts back. I still don't know what he's talking about. Pomp said that you said Minnesota. That was a while ago. Disregard.
What were we talking about? That was when we were talking about something that had nothing to do with that story.
This is unbelievable, this guy limits. He pops up like once every five months, and it's always to disrupt the show.
Yeah, because you came back here and said, Minnesota? RMU in Minnesota? And I said, no, RMU here.
I thought it was a different RMU. I don't know. This guy. This guy.
Sometimes it's best not to look at those phones. I know we all do. You're right about that. Because it's out of context. You know, that's the thing. When you get so... Texting to me... convolutes things more than it solves. You know, when you get a text, sometimes how you read the text is not how it was intended to be read.
How does Mike Tomlin's drafting record compare to the Steelers' expectations?
You know? Yes. Have you done that before?
Yes.
And then you go back and forth with someone and say, look, that's not what you said. Yes, I did. No, I didn't.
A guy named Frank Michael Smith. I don't even know who he is, Bob.
Yeah, he's a good kid. He does a great job. I've known him for a long time and his father for a long time. He seems very smart. He's very smart, and he does wonderful TikToks. Who does he work for? Himself.
I like his tweets. Frank Michael Smith? Yep.
You want to get him on one day? I can text him and get him on if you want. He's really good. Well, yes. And he does it visually. He's really popular among the TikTok people.
Yeah, I have his number. He's actually called the show when I was hosting at night once before, and I had him on.
I've talked to him since. Yeah, he's a good kid. And he's working hard at becoming one of the better-known TikTokers in the world, actually.
Really? Yeah. Okay. Well, anyway, I was going to write about this and talk about it. And it's not like we haven't before. We have a million times, except that it's especially true and pertinent now. is what the national media won't talk about with Tomlin is the, the, his, his hand in personnel and the draft roster construction, bringing in people like Russell Wilson and Trubisky and everybody else and drafting picket, which is as bad as it gets and bringing in Matt Canada, which is why when I was on this show with Ron cook, do you remember him limits, Ron? And we used to have Peter King on. Love Peter King. Tremendous respect for Peter King. And we were talking about Tomlin and he said, and I'm paraphrasing, the one thing is, you know, he gets the most out of those rosters.
And my response was, again, paraphrasing, Peter, he's largely responsible for those rosters that he overcomes. and doesn't overcome it to the point of ever coming close to winning a playoff game. So Frank Michael Smith, with a tweet, I guess yesterday at some point, only one of the Steelers' last 12 first-round draft picks has received a second contract. He said, you won't hear it on TV, but Tomlin's inability to draft and develop talent ultimately led to his losing streak, which led to his departure. Truer words have never been spoken. And he might throw in some of the assistant coaches he's hired.
Right. And that's been a constant source of criticism, at least from my end, just better assistants, people who've had better track records. But also, yes, the roster construction. If you look back at some of those drafts going back to 18, 19, 20, in that range, man, there were a lot of missed opportunities there.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What has been Mike Tomlin's impact on the Steelers' draft choices?
0:01–1:24
2
How does Mike Tomlin's drafting record compare to the Steelers' expectations?
1:24–4:53
3
What criticisms have been made about Tomlin's roster management?
4:53–6:58
4
How does the national media view Mike Tomlin's coaching performance?
6:58–8:45
5
What does Frank Michael Smith's tweet reveal about recent draft outcomes?
8:45–10:05
6
How might the Steelers' coaching philosophy change moving forward?
10:05–11:12
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