Mike Tomlin's Influence On A Football Team

Mike Tomlin is very positive and is always upbeat about his team. Tomlin is currently the

Head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. He has coached the team for eight years. During those eight years as the Steelers head coached he has taken them to two super bowls and has won one of them. The reason why coach Tomlin is very influential to me is the way he acts, his attitude toward his fellow coaching staff and players. Tomlin does not crack under pressure and always has a plan for what the team is going to next. The players and coaches on his team respect him and are loyal to him and his decisions. Also, Mike Tomlin is bold and has great leadership, which helps out his reputation and how his players trust in him and his decisions.

Tomlin does not panic under pressure or a deficit. The Steelers do not try to force things while Tomlin has been the head coach. For me, when I am watching a Steeler game and the Steelers seem to be losing the momentum battle. Coach Tomlin is calm cool and collected. This lets me know he is not panicking nor is the team. This influences me to patient in what I do in my everyday life. During a football game, Tomlin adjust his play calls and also adjust to the way he

manages a game during the course of a football game. Adjusted and adapting to what a game or life through at you is important. Ever since Mike Tomlin has taken the reigns as the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach the franchise has had stability. Back in the 1970s when the Steelers hired Chuck Noll, the franchise has only had two coaches since then. With Tomlin being able to withstand the pressure of a big football game, makes me have a lot of respect for him. Over the past eight years as the Steelers have come back a lot and that shows that they are never out of a game. This is another trait that shows if you try hard in life you can always come back. When life knocks you down get back up and keep trying.
The key to having a good team is having the loyalty from your players and your fellow coaches. If the players do no respect you they will not play for you and that will affect the performance of the team. As a coach in the National Football League (NFL), your reputation in the league is everything. Tomlin has a great reputation build up over time as the Steelers head coach. With him having a great reputation this lets players know that they are playing for a winning coach and for that they are loyal to him. Having a great reputation to me is everything, without a great reputation people doubt you more and don’t trust you as much. If you have a great reputation, you have loyalty from the people who work around you. This trait that Coach Tomlin has, is something I think everyone should strive to have. These traits influence my acts during the course of the day and have help me become a better person and a person who has a lot more patience and more determination to excel in my academics. Coach Tomlin has definitely influence me in a positive way and I am sure he has influence many more people in a positive way.
As the coach of the Steelers or any other NFL team, you need to be bold and attain a lot of skills to be a great coach.

What it means to be bold is not to second guess yourself and trust all of your moves and calls. Coach Tomlin has confidence in his move and has the support of his players and coaches on the moves to. While you trust your moves as a coach, your staff and players must trust them to or there will be doubt in whether you are making the right call or not. I in my everyday life trust and support my decisions and if I don’t that is when the doubt starts to set in. All of these traits and skills coach Tomlin has, I hope one day have and that is why all of these reason Mike Tomlin influences me. These skills will help me be a better person with an even better

reputation.
Throughout, his years as the Steelers head coach, Mike Tomlin has stayed consistent on his traits and his skills, Tomlin main skills that are influential to me are strengths under pressure, his great leadership. Tomlin has respect from his players and fellow staff members and he is bold and does not second guess his choices. Tomlin’s leadership shows in his record, with over 70 wins and a little over 40 loses. Tomlin has taken the Steelers to two super bowls and won one. Mike Tomlin consistency and great leadership are very influential to me. The traits I have seen from him has help me in life and has made me a better person.