Former Steelers coach and current NBC analyst Mike Tomlin told the New Heights podcast that when a players-only meeting becomes public, a team is in serious trouble, as the Dallas Cowboys reportedly held one after falling to 2-3.
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So a leaked meeting is the diagnosis, not the disease. Fine. Then answer this: who inside that building called the reporter, and what did they get for it? Nobody asks. Tomlin never mentioned this rule when his own teams sat at .500 and held them. Was it a symptom then too, or does the talking-head seat come with a better view of other people’s locker rooms?
Who leaked it? That’s the only question.
Stop the presses. A coach said a thing anyone who’s watched football for five minutes already knew. Players-only meetings going public means the building is on fire. Dallas at 2-3, leaking it straight to the press, and we’re supposed to act like Tomlin cracked some code. He didn’t. He read the smoke alarm. Next up: water is wet.
Around here, adults quietly underperform, cash the check, and say nothing. Football players need a summit to admit they stink.
Big scoop: a public players-only meeting means trouble. Next, I’ll break the news that fire is hot.
