The Pittsburgh Steelers signed HC Mike Tomlin to a three-year, $50 million extension last June. Generally speaking, you are not going to pay somebody that much money and then hamstring them. But according to former Steelers reporter Ed Bouchette, it doesn’t really make a difference what his salary is. That’s just what they do with their coaches.
“Every [Steelers] coach has the final say”, Bouchette insisted on the Chipped Ham and Football podcast. “That started with [Chuck] Noll, it went through [Bill] Cowher and Mike Tomlin. They’re not bringing anybody in that Tomlin doesn’t want.