Sometimes when discussing Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin, the label “players coach” often unfairly carries a negative connotation.
Too often, the players coach label means Tomlin doesn’t have control of the team, doesn’t get guys to play hard for him or even care about wins and losses because it’s all buddy-buddy.
That’s the furthest thing from the truth, and team captain Cameron Heyward – a captain for the eighth straight year — made some comments Friday during a one-on-one interview with Steelers.com’s Missi Matthews that should shoot down the notion that Tomlin being a players coach is a bad thing.