Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Dont know who else saw this on Twitter as Rich Eisen's avatar but I thought it was funny CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Maybe someone changed his copy as a prank! Hey, anything's possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Mike Tomlin is/was the 7th highest paid NFL coach at $5.75 million/year. a $100,000 fine is about 1.7 % of his salary. thats like a guy making $50,000 a year getting fined $870. hit them where it hurts, a loss of draft picks. Tomlin says he spoke with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday and will accept any punishment from the league. He said he expected to be fined but was hoping the league would forgo fining the Steelers organization. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10073517/mike-tomlin-pittsburgh-steelers-expects-fine-inexcusable-error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Mike Tomlin is/was the 7th highest paid NFL coach at $5.75 million/year. a $100,000 fine is about 1.7 % of his salary. thats like a guy making $50,000 a year getting fined $870. hit them where it hurts, a loss of draft picks. A Fed employee (FERS) funds their pension w/that (1.5%) amount, every two weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 @ProFootballTalk "All-22" coaches film tends to support Tomlin's explanation http://wp.me/p14QSB-9lMW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 @ProFootballTalk "All-22" coaches film tends to support Tomlin's explanation http://wp.me/p14QSB-9lMW i guess im not sure what about that description changed florios mind from suspect to accident. all it essentially said is that he walked that direction, then when the camera came back he was in the field. arent those all things we already knew, with the key moments still missing (minus that still awkward side step to get where he was being left out) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 i guess im not sure what about that description changed florios mind from suspect to accident. all it essentially said is that he walked that direction, then when the camera came back he was in the field. arent those all things we already knew, with the key moments still missing (minus that still awkward side step to get where he was being left out) At this point, I don't know what to think re whether it was intentional or not. I would like to hope it wasn't, since Tomlin is otherwise a pretty stand-up guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Asked if he knew the rule regarding the white border, Tomlin said, "Tell me something I don't know. I do it quite often, like everybody else in the National Football League. I was wrong, I accept responsibility for it." http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/columnist/bell/2013/11/29/mike-tomlin-over-the-line-steelers-ravens-blocked-punt-return/3779791/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 here's a view from the space shuttle ? http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/12/03/fan-video-tends-to-undercut-tomlin/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFL95MelGrayDomination Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Tomlin should be given a year off from football, and the Steelers should lose their 1st round draft pick in 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Syracuse Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 More importantly! WTF? Nice undies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 @ProFootballTalk "All-22" coaches film tends to support Tomlin's explanation http://wp.me/p14QSB-9lMW I don't really care about his explanation. He was on the field during the play, and interfered with it. Period. The only question should be: why isn't the linesman being find for not throwing the flag on the obvious penalty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 I don't really care about his explanation. He was on the field during the play, and interfered with it. Period. The only question should be: why isn't the linesman being find for not throwing the flag on the obvious penalty? there was talk of him being demoted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Nothing happened to Jeff Tripplette for !@#$ing-up the 3rd and 1 play in the Skins-Giants game. Why should anything happen here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 there was talk of him being demoted. Demoted? Then what's going to happen to Jeff Triplette? Firing squad? (Note that I wouldn't necessarily be unsupportive of that.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 No doubt the NFL told Tomlin to come out with the forceful mea culpa. But by maintaining his lack of intent, they can justify a modest penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 This is the actual footage of Tomlin that the NFL has yet to release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 In the end, there should be a modest fine and slap on the wrist. The mistake he made was the definition of a harmless error. The ravens won. And there isn't enough proof to say he did it intentionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 In the end, there should be a modest fine and slap on the wrist. The mistake he made was the definition of a harmless error. The ravens won. And there isn't enough proof to say he did it intentionally. Pretty much sums it up. The League let Tomlin say his public apology. Now they will move on. People here pretend that "Goodell" makes these decisions. But this league is run by the owners and the owners only. No way Rooney is going to take a lost draft pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Jabber Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 The Tomlin incident was no accident or mistake, Tomlin knew exactly what he was doing on that play and he was laughing about it seconds later. He deserves whatever penalties/fines the NFL give him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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