The youngest head coach in the league supplanting a legend in Bill Cowher, Mike Tomlin wanted to put his stamp on the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2007. He wasn’t there to be friends with the players he was barely older than. That story has been told several times, including by former FS Ryan Clark during a Tuesday night appearance on noted Steelers fan Seth Meyer’s talk show, Late Night With Seth Meyers.
In a role reversal, Clark revealed that the veterans on the team sat down with Tomlin to hammer out an agreement between working hard without being overworked.