Mike Tomlin Unhappy With Steelers Execution Of Fundamentals

Mike Tomlin continues to be displeased with the Pittsburgh Steelers ability to execute the fundamentals of football this far into the season.

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00:00 You know, we have it developed in some ways

00:02 that we would like to.

00:04 And fundamentally, poor might be an exaggeration.

00:08 But it also, in some ways, is accurate.

00:10 Because there's December levels of execution,

00:14 and then there's September levels of execution.

00:16 And five penalties from a unit is September-like,

00:20 to be quite honest with you.

00:22 That's going to slow you down in December

00:24 when you're trying to drive, engineer, and keep pace,

00:26 and score, and do the things that you're

00:28 doing when you're engineering victory this time of year.

00:31 And so in some instances, that might be an exaggeration.

00:37 But from the perspective in which I sit,

00:38 in terms of what needs to happen this time of year,

00:41 that's why I refer to it as poor.

00:42 Mike, there's only so many personnel changes

00:44 you can make in that regard.

00:45 How do you get their attention to get a better play?

00:49 We're going to continue to work every day.

00:50 How much of that is a reflection on the coaching staff

00:53 and what you guys are imparting to the team?

00:55 A lot of it.

00:56 That's why I opened my post game the way that I did.

00:58 I said that that starts with me.

01:01 Forget the coaching staff.

01:02 It starts with me.

01:04 Just to follow up on that, where can you

01:06 think you'd be better as a coach?

01:09 Man, we're going to work every day.

01:10 We're going to have a can-do attitude.

01:12 We're not going to be helpless.

01:14 We're going to be helpful, the collective individuals.

01:18 I'm excited about getting started to work tomorrow.

01:20 I think that's one of the beautiful and challenging

01:23 things of our league, man.

01:25 It's every week in this league.

01:27 One week you're drinking wine, the next week you're

01:29 squashing grapes.

01:30 Obviously, we've squashed a lot of grapes of late.

01:33 I'm interested in a little wine.