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00:00 You and I have talked about this over the four plus years we've worked together here
00:06 together on SportsGrid and for some reason there's this disdain for Tomlin with certain
00:12 Steelers fans.
00:15 And I understand, look, he hasn't won a playoff game in seven years, it's been since 2017.
00:19 Never has had a losing season.
00:21 They're always competitive.
00:23 But the one thing as we look at this contract extension, you have to remember, first Mike
00:27 had to decide whether he wanted to be back, if you recall, he didn't want to talk about
00:30 it, didn't want to deal with it.
00:32 And then he said, I'm coming back after they were done playing.
00:36 And they've always wanted to bring him back.
00:38 Like this is for future years.
00:40 This is just a matter of can they figure it out and how it would work.
00:44 They did a three year extension.
00:45 So he'll be the head coach through 2027.
00:48 And when you look at his situation and why it's important to do this now, let's say he
00:52 said, look, let's table this.
00:54 Let's wait till after the season.
00:55 I could tell you from talking to players and coaches, specifically coaches over the years,
01:00 Scott, they don't like coaching on the final years of their deal.
01:04 Typically the assistants have the same length of their contract as their head coach.
01:07 Because let's just say it's late in the season.
01:10 It looks like they're not going to make the playoffs for the first time in Talman's career.
01:14 That's when players potentially could tune out a coaching staff.
01:17 You want to avoid that.
01:18 You don't want that.
01:19 And the endless speculation and questions, what do you think about this situation?
01:23 You don't want the players thinking about it or having to talk about it.
01:25 So they end it.
01:26 And by the way, they do have their, their mandatory camp this week with 20 other teams.
01:31 And then there'll be off until late July, but it's a good thing that they did this now.
01:36 And you're right.
01:37 Looking at social media today, when the Steelers announced it, look, there's a certain part
01:41 of the sealer fan base that just won't accept it.
01:44 They won playoff wins and they won another ring.
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