Roethlisberger implied that of the Tomlin-Colbert-Art Rooney II braintrust, Colbert was the one readiest to move on at quarterback after the 2020 season, that Tomlin was “a little ready” to move on, and that Rooney was the reason he was brought back. Roethlisberger’s comments about Kevin Colbert might have been the most misguided of all, and going after Colbert, a Pittsburgher’s Pittsburgher, might be the simplest explanation for the immediate public backlash.
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What was the head coach supposed to do, crack the whip on his highest-paid player? I’d like to have seen that happen, mainly because I suspect Roethlisberger would not have taken it well, and it would have done exponentially more harm than good. If that was a subtle jab at Tomlin, I’m confused.
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College coach-player dynamics are different than in the pros, and Cowher never coddled Roethlisberger because he only coached him for three years, and Roethlisberger was a relative pup on a team chock full of veterans and leaders. He also spoke of how players are coddled in the modern era, making sure to note that Terry Hoeppner, his coach at Miami of Ohio, as well as Bill Cowher, never coddled him. That’s not to say that Mike Tomlin isn’t responsible for the team’s culture – he is – but so too was Roethlisberger. One other thing this transition to more of a “me-first” mentality happened when Roethlisberger finally ascended to the role of locker room leader, a title he really didn’t have until after Troy Polamalu’s retirement. I can’t imagine his teammates were too thrilled with that sort of thing in those early days, even as he was having immediate, huge success on the field. Remember his habit of riding a motorcycle without a helmet? That’s putting yourself at risk of injury, despite you being extremely important to the team. Early-career Roethlisberger engaged in it, too.
That’s me-first behavior by any definition.
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