Tomlin on injuries, Wallace, fights
Bob Labriola
Steelers Digest
The Steelers’ time at Saint Vincent College has passed, and three of the recurring themes of their summer there were injuries, the Mike Wallaceholdout, and the number of skirmishes/fights that broke out during the practices in pads.
Injuries always are a part of the training camp/preseason process for every NFL team, and often teams’ fortunes are determined in part by which ones are able to stay the healthiest over the course of a 17-week regular season. As a result, the injury report is among the most important pieces of information disseminated on a daily basis.
While Wallace’s holdout was the first for the Steelers since the 2005 version with Hines Ward, the team handled both of those the way it had dealt with holdouts dating all the way back to the 1970s.
The chippiness at practice began on the first day the team was in pads, with Antonio Brown vs. Keenan Lewis in 7-on-7 getting things started and Willie Colon planting Lawrence Timmons in 11-on-11 being that afternoon’s main event. In the weeks that followed, there were several more fights, with Antonio Brown vs. Ike Taylor being the most dangerously stupid because it involved one guy wearing a helmet throwing punches at another guy wearing a helmet, and both of those guys involved need their hands to make their living. That there were no broken bones resulting from the exchange was pure luck.
At Saint Vincent College, Coach Mike Tomlin was asked daily for a report on the status of the injured, and he was asked periodically for an update on the Wallace situation and for his opinion of the in-practice scuffling.
There were times when Tomlin’s answers seemed vague, or curt, or dismissive. In this exclusive interview with Steelers.com, he explains his reasoning for treating each of these issues the way he did.
Q. When you talk about injuries with your team, it’s “one man’s misfortune is another man’s opportunity.” When you choose to talk about injuries to the media, you’re somewhat aggressive in that guys are always characterized as day-to-day, or week-to-week. Is that a psychological thing?
A. Yes.
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