Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin Bans All Games From Team's Locker Room

Discussion in 'Pittsburgh Steelers' started by Sweets, Oct 11, 2013.

  1. Sweets

    Sweets All-Pro

    In the midst of the Pittsburgh Steelers' worst start since 1968, coach Mike Tomlin has banned all games -- including billiards, pingpong and shuffleboard (What, no cornhole?) -- from the locker room, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

    The ban was originally instituted a few weeks ago by the team's 10 remaining Super Bowl veterans, prohibiting players with less than four years of experience from joining in on the fun because they hadn't earned that right.

    "From his point, it was dividing the team in a way," defensive leader Ryan Clark explained Thursday. "One sect of people couldn't do a certain thing and he just wanted everybody to be together -- because we're all in the losses together. We're all in the business of fixing this problem together. He didn't want anything to divide us."

    Source: NFL.com

    Sweets's Take: It's all fun and games until someone loses....
     
  2. Sportsguy

    Sportsguy AKA-Sportsguy9695

    I think this is a good move by Tomlin. Its all fun and games till you havent won a game and have a shot at the #1 pick in next years draft