Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin has been the leader of the team for 12 seasons now. He has failed to reach the postseason in four of those years—2009, 2012, 2013, and 2018—or a full third of his time with the headset. This is the first season in five years that he has failed to reach the postseason, however, and it doesn’t get easier with time.
“Extremely disappointed”, is how Tomlin began his end of season press conference yesterday. “I think that’s a succinct assessment of it. The fact that we’re actually standing in this room says it all.