The NFL is usually a bottom-line league. Coaches and front offices are judged on their ability to produce postseason wins. When reality doesn\u2019t meet expectations, teams are quick to move on from leadership in the hopes the next guy will provide the right results.<\/p>\n
On this front, the Pittsburgh Steelers have always operated differently. What some view as stability others may say is complacency. The fact remains, the Steelers are working on their fourth coach since 1969 with the previous three stepping down on their own terms. Even long-time general manager Kevin Colbert left on his own accord in 2022.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been a long time since Pittsburgh has fired anyone at the top of their leadership group.<\/p>\n
According to Colin Cowherd, this is what sets the Steelers apart from the rest of the NFL. And not in a good way.<\/p>\n
\u201cOther than the Pittsburgh Steelers, in the NFL, if you don\u2019t win big playoff games, you get fired as a GM or a coach. The Steelers are different. Winning record, everybody stays,\u201d Cowherd said this week on The Herd.<\/a> \u201c31 of 32 teams, Sean McDermott\u2019s a great example. Got to two conference championships, ended that 18 year Buffalo Bills playoff route, won a bunch of big games, even beat Mahomes, and the Chiefs several times, got whacked. Why? Because the standard of the owner in Buffalo was higher than eventually McDermott could meet.<\/p>\n \u201cEverybody in the NFL runs business that way, except the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers are like, listen, we got a winning record and they don\u2019t fire coaches.\u201d<\/p>\n In plain terms, Cowherd is correct. The Steelers aren\u2019t quick to fire coaches and GMs. The winning seasons with nothing to show for it in the playoffs have magnified the organization\u2019s tendency to prefer stability over change.<\/p>\n Mike Tomlin became a symbol for accepting mediocrity for many Steelers fans as the team never suffered a losing season under his tutelage but failed to win a playoff game in each of his final nine seasons. Even as the calls for change grew louder from outside the organization, the Rooney family never wavered in support of their coach.<\/p>\n