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.”
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Tomlin did not sit down with Harris for the book, which he says is another “Tomlinism.