Letter to the editor: Who could replace Mike Tomlin?

I don’t understand who Mark Madden thinks is out there who would do a better job coaching the Steelers than Mike Tomlin (“Steelers’ lack of identity, focus an indictment of Mike Tomlin,” Nov. 20, TribLIVE).

Tomlin is already 20th on the all-time wins list, with seven division titles, nine playoff appearances, two conference championships and one Super Bowl in 15 years. His career winning percentage is better than Chuck Noll’s. The only coaches out there with comparable or better records are Bill Belicheck, Andy Reid, Pete Carroll, Sean Payton and John Harbaugh, none of whom is going to come coach the Steelers.

If Madden wants to argue that Bruce Arians, Sean McVay, Sean McDermott, Frank Reich or Mike Vrabel is currently a better coach than Tomlin, that’s reasonable, but none of them are coming to the Steelers, either.

The alternatives are unproven assistants or college coaches. So who is it, Mark? Who’s the replacement for Tomlin?

Mike Sierk

Hempfield