Tomlin making Steelers’ owner look brilliant

Inside the Steelers’ locker room, after Sunday’s win against San Francisco, Mike Tomlin crossed paths with his boss, owner Dan Rooney. The two men looked at each other and smiled.

Why wouldn’t they? The Steelers are 3-0 for the first time since 1992, and clearly Rooney still knows how to pick head coaches. Only 34 when he was hired in January, Tomlin was not a safe choice. He had no head coaching experience — he got the job after one season as the Vikings’ defensive coordinator — and was coming to a veteran team used to doing things a certain way. But when Bill Cowher resigned after a successful 15-year run in Pittsburgh that included a Super Bowl victory, Rooney wanted the same attributes he had sought when he hired Cowher in 1992. Rooney wanted a young coach with energy. He wanted a coach who would be in Pittsburgh a long time. He wanted a coach who knew defense.

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