Before John Harris started writing his book on Mike Tomlin, “Tomlin: The Soul of a Football Coach,” he says he had his own preconceived ideas about who the Pittsburgh Steelers coach really was.
“Coaches talk in cliches,” Harris says. “So I looked at it more initially from the selfish standpoint. I wanted him to talk more. I wanted him to reveal more, but he didn’t, and he still doesn’t That’s his thing. He keeps to himself. He’s very private.”
Tomlin did not sit down with Harris for the book, which he says is another “Tomlinism.