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

  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)

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

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

Ha, this is a brilliant idea.

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

2, 4, 9, 12

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.

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

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

Sorry about the double post…

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.

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.

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