Perhaps some Pittsburgh Steelers fans thought Mike Tomlin hired Arthur Smith to say, ‘Please, take this off my plate’”. If you have been a Steelers fan long enough, though, you should be ashamed of yourself. Because of course Tomlin has his hands all over the offense, as he does everywhere else.
The Steelers brought Arthur Smith in because he fit the culture Mike Tomlin and the Steelers have built. Ultimately, Smith served at Tomlin’s behest and adheres to whatever philosophical strictures he puts into place. Historically, short of the Killer Bs era, that has been a conservative approach.