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Tomlinism Tournament First Round Match 1


OK Steeler Nation, its time for us to decide our favorite Tomlinism.  In an earlier post we solicited a list of your favorite Tomlinisms.  I have compiled 12 of them.  I have seeded all 12 accordingly after getting a feel from the earlier post.  Very unscientific, but it's just for fun.  The top four seeds get a first-round bye.  Now time for the First Round Match 1.  Please vote for the Tomlinism you like the best.

 

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Which if these two Tomlinisms do you like the most?
Seed 12: "We've got a big windshield and a small rear-view mirror" (after being asked to reflect on his Super Bowl XLIII victory)
1007 votes
Seed 5: "I'm wearing black so that my players won't complain about the heat, because they know I don't care" (after a summer camp day)
754 votes

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Ooh, that's tough

The first one is a zippier one-liner, but the second one is such a great example of his leadership. Looks like the rest of the voters so far are divided as well.

by yrro on Jun 3, 2009 8:48 AM EDT reply actions  

Hey 'rose

Do you think we can see the seeds? I had to think on this matchup for a while ;)

Guns don't kill people. Lamar Woodley kills people.

by BostonWahoo on Jun 3, 2009 9:28 AM EDT reply actions  

Here are the seeds

Of course, quite arbitrary…

  1. Seed: "The more I understand Steeler Nation, the more it drives me. From the outside looking in, you respect it. Being a part of it is different (explaining what drives him to deliver for Steeler Nation)
  1. Seed: “Every day I walk by five Lombardi Trophies, not five rushing titles” (in response to Willie Parker publicly stating that the Steelers needed to run the ball more)
  1. Seed: “It is not hunger that drives me. Hunger and thirst can be quenched. We have to be a driven group. We have to seek greatness” (in a reflective moment after the Super Bowl when asked how to keep the hunger of winning)
  1. Seed: “We don’t buy into that hocus pocus. We need to beat Baltimore once, not three times” (when questioned about how hard it might be to beat a team three times before the AFC Championship Game)
  1. Seed: “I’m wearing black so that my players won’t complain about the heat, because they know I don’t care” (after a summer camp day)
  1. Seed: “I don’t care how my players evaluate me. I evaluate them. How’s your editor?” (bristled after a reporter asked him about his players thoughts of their coach)
  1. Seed: “I don’t want to hear about injuries. The standard of expectation does not change” (in response to a reporter after several key injuries began mounting in 2007)
  2. Seed: “Iron sharpens iron” (using the Scriptures to explain that one of the hardest schedules in NFL history was actually a good thing, typical of Tomlin)
  1. Seed: “The line allows the linebackers to rush, the rush makes the coverage better. Together we all eat” (explaining in four brilliant words the essence of teamwork)
  1. Seed: “You’ve got to under-promise and over-deliver” (telling Limas Sweed after Sweed talked a better game than he played in 2008)
  1. Seed: “We shall defend every blade of grass” (talking about his defense giving every ounce on every play)
  1. Seed: “We’ve got a big windshield and a small rear view mirror” (after being asked to reflect on his Super Bowl XLIII victory)

Thoughtful discussion with a sense of history

by maryrose on Jun 3, 2009 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions  

I hate technology

Or perhaps my lack thereof…They made everything “1” and now I can’t correct…But they are in order

Thoughtful discussion with a sense of history

by maryrose on Jun 3, 2009 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions  

Taken in sum, they are truly awe-inspiring.

Guns don't kill people. Lamar Woodley kills people.

by BostonWahoo on Jun 3, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions  

Here ya go MR

  1. Seed: "The more I understand Steeler Nation, the more it drives me. From the outside looking in, you respect it. Being a part of it is different (explaining what drives him to deliver for Steeler Nation)

   2. Seed: "Every day I walk by five Lombardi Trophies, not five rushing titles" (in response to Willie Parker publicly stating that the Steelers needed to run the ball more)

   3. Seed: "It is not hunger that drives me. Hunger and thirst can be quenched. We have to be a driven group. We have to seek greatness" (in a reflective moment after the Super Bowl when asked how to keep the hunger of winning)

   4. Seed: "We don’t buy into that hocus pocus. We need to beat Baltimore once, not three times" (when questioned about how hard it might be to beat a team three times before the AFC Championship Game)

   5. Seed: "I’m wearing black so that my players won’t complain about the heat, because they know I don’t care" (after a summer camp day)

   6. Seed: "I don’t care how my players evaluate me. I evaluate them. How’s your editor?" (bristled after a reporter asked him about his players thoughts of their coach)

   7. Seed: "I don’t want to hear about injuries. The standard of expectation does not change" (in response to a reporter after several key injuries began mounting in 2007)
   
   8. Seed: "Iron sharpens iron" (using the Scriptures to explain that one of the hardest schedules in NFL history was actually a good thing, typical of Tomlin)

   9. Seed: "The line allows the linebackers to rush, the rush makes the coverage better. Together we all eat" (explaining in four brilliant words the essence of teamwork)

   10. Seed: "You’ve got to under-promise and over-deliver" (telling Limas Sweed after Sweed talked a better game than he played in 2008)

   11. Seed: "We shall defend every blade of grass" (talking about his defense giving every ounce on every play)

   12. Seed: "We’ve got a big windshield and a small rear view mirror" (after being asked to reflect on his Super Bowl XLIII victory)

I'll drink your Milkshake, I'll drink it up!

by Frank Mineo (DYMS) on Jun 3, 2009 10:25 AM EDT reply actions  

Shake with the bailout again

I feel like GM

Thoughtful discussion with a sense of history

by maryrose on Jun 3, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions  

Bracketology

Hey, whoa. We need brackets and betting pools. This one looks like a major upset.

by 13thieves on Jun 3, 2009 10:54 AM EDT reply actions  

Man,

The windshield line was great. But wearing black. . . that’s straight Gangster.

Sure he can score goals, but can he cook?

by Phantaskippy on Jun 3, 2009 10:54 AM EDT reply actions  

I appreciate the windshield line. It makes me confident about the Steelers' chances in the future.

But I’ve got to choose the second, because this is where it all started. It was the first day of his first training camp, before he had proven himself or won over much of the team who had reportedly wanted Grimm or Whiz. I love the “I’m not going to take any crap” attitude.

by phxsteeler on Jun 3, 2009 11:10 AM EDT reply actions  

Ha, this is a brilliant idea.

Don't worry about the haters. Haters only hate.

by steelguy99 on Jun 3, 2009 11:33 AM EDT reply actions  

Wow, two very disparate seeds are matching up pretty evenly. Clearly one of them played in a weak division.

Don't worry about the haters. Haters only hate.

by steelguy99 on Jun 3, 2009 11:34 AM EDT reply actions  

Yeah, 12 looked weak in the regular season, but it has one of the top DVOA’s.

charity standing orders

by BadMaafala on Jun 3, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions  

#5

Is such a tricky one to figure out. It performs so well in the pre-season, but come October it just disappears.

Don't worry about the haters. Haters only hate.

by steelguy99 on Jun 3, 2009 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah, a candy ass schedule and a feeling of entitlement will do that. Good thing “Iron sharpens iron”

I hope someone asks Tomlin about that quote this year: “Last year you said you were excited about the tough schedule because ‘iron sharpens iron’. With one of the easiest schedules in the league this year, do you feel you’ll be dull by the time the playoffs arrive?”

charity standing orders

by BadMaafala on Jun 3, 2009 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not sure he would buy into that hocus pocus.

Don't worry about the haters. Haters only hate.

by steelguy99 on Jun 3, 2009 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

Final Four - 3, 12, 9, 6

I like 3 (hunger vs. drive) to beat out the windshield line.

“Together we eat” is great too, tho. And 6 – “How’s your editor” – is the funniest, IMO.

I like Tomlin’s reverence of Steeler Nation in the #1 seed, but it’s just not as well-worded as the others.

Ken Barnard

by The Comedian on Jun 3, 2009 12:05 PM EDT reply actions  

I think the hunger vs drive quote is one of the best coaching quotes I’ve ever heard. It sounds like something out of a movie.

by yrro on Jun 3, 2009 12:28 PM EDT reply actions  

still have

no clue what #12 means thus it has my vote.

by sonofapsycho on Jun 3, 2009 1:32 PM EDT reply actions  

Maryrose

I thought his line for Seed #4 was “We don’t subscribe to that hocus pocus…”

Sorry about the double post…

by R.Clemente on Jun 3, 2009 2:29 PM EDT reply actions  

Number 12

I voted for number 12, because it reminds of the attitude that Noll had. We can only hope that his similarity of approach and attitude leads to a similar run of SBs.

by WolfpackSteelersFan on Jun 3, 2009 4:06 PM EDT reply actions  

Number 12 is one we all can use.....

Rather than sit around and admire our past accomplishments, we should concentrate on what’s out there in front of us. (This was said around the time when CT noted that the playoffs and Super Bowl run had put the Steelers 30 days behind the also-rans in planning for the 2010 season).

Seeing these 12 Tomlinisms in a list kinda gives me chicken skin. Wow! No wonder this guy was able to lead a team with some obvious weaknesses to the Lombardi Trophy in only his second year. He’s smarter than any of us, and a better leader of men than any of us. When he opens his mouth, his players listen. And so do we.

In fact, we even collect his quotes, and put them in a list of favorites.

by Homer J. on Jun 3, 2009 4:31 PM EDT reply actions  

it's a real treat to have such a cunning linguist as the Steelers coach

You could tell back in 2007, the guy just knows what to say. He’d be interesting even if he coached a different team. Tomlin really is special.

"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."

by showtime on Jun 3, 2009 8:33 PM EDT reply actions  

One of my favorites but not listed

Tomlin asked about the possibly retirement of coaching legend LeBeau:

“I won’t be around when he wants to have that conversation.”

Classic Tomlin. Concise yet meaningful and poignant.

by SteelerMike on Jun 3, 2009 10:15 PM EDT reply actions  

Yessir

I loved that too…It was like the 66th team not getting into the NCAA March Madness. It’s the one left over I wish we could have included…Oh well.

Thoughtful discussion with a sense of history

by maryrose on Jun 4, 2009 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions  

This is a wonderful idea.

Whoever came up with the idea for this “tournament” deserves a raise…..

by dawgs144 on Jun 5, 2009 8:50 PM EDT reply actions  

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