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Steelers’ Mike Tomlin Enters ‘Endangered’ Territory
PITTSBURGH — Mike Tomlin has been synonymous with football in the Pittsburgh Steelers community ever since he took the head coach position in 2007 following Bill Cowher’s resignation.
Now the longest tenured head coach in the NFL following Bill Belichick’s retirement, Tomlin has inserted himself into the upper echelon of NFL coaches according to many. His Steelers teams have never had a losing season in 17 seasons, the best of any first coaching job and third best all time behind Belichick’s 19 and Tom Landry’s 21.
That being said, Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports believes that things could be changing for the face of the Steelers franchise.
In his ranking of all 32 NFL Head Coaches by their resume in big games, Tomlin ranked 11th, behind Coaches like Zac Taylor and Sean McDermott. He slots Tomlin in at 11th within the “Endangered Champions” category, that includes Sean Payton, Mike McCarthy and himse
“These coaches reached the mountaintop years ago, and they may still guide playoff appearances with regularity, but they’ve recently struggled to convert postseason entries into ultimate glory.” Benjamin wrote about the “Endangered Champions” category.
Citing the playoff win drought since the 2017 AFC Wild Card, Benjamin put tomlin at the top of his category, sitting just behind Zac Taylor. Taylor was put in front of him due to a 71% winning percentage, but the sample size of just 7 appearances makes Taylor hard to judge.
“Tomlin is unique in that he’s both 1.) already entrenched as an all-timer, and 2.) still widely respected as one of the game’s best motivators. Even so, his Steelers have proven more scrappy than special for a long time now. Since an AFC title-game bid in 2017, he’s gone 0-4 in playoff games over the last six years.” Benjamin wrote.
Many fans see the upcoming season as a pivotal year for Tomlin’s career and future with the team. Much of the blame was placed on Matt Canada and the quarterbacks last season, and the front office seems to have made a decent amount of moves in the right direction. With the fan base hoping to regain a sense of consistent playoff success going forward, the expectations are quite high.
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An Allegheny County park with 200-year-old trees has been added to a growing network of protected and publicly accessible old-growth forests.
Local leaders announced on Tuesday that Hartwood Acres is now part of the Old-Growth Forest Network, which consists of over 340 forests, though this is Allegheny County’s first.
The 692-acre property features a Tudor mansion built in 1929, and while about a quarter of the park is maintained, the other 75% is forested. Some of the oldest trees include a black oak that’s over 200 years old, and a sugar maple and red oak that are nearing 200 years old.
“Hartwood Acres is one of Allegheny County’s greatest natural treasures, and this designation recognizes both the ecological value of these forests and the generations of stewardship that have protected them,” Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato said in a press release. “As we work to build an Allegheny County where everyone can thrive, that includes ensuring residents have access to clean air, green spaces, and the opportunity to connect with nature close to home.”
The Old-Growth Forest Network, founded in 2012, aims to create a national network of protected, mature and native forests that are accessible to the public. The goal is to preserve at least one forest in every U.S. county that can sustain a forest.
“The importance of the preservation of these rare forests cannot be overemphasized,” said Brian Kane, the Mid-Atlantic regional manager with the Old-Growth Forest Network. “As seen at Hartwood Acres, forests perform critical environmental services that benefit communities, such as storing carbon, providing wildlife habitat, and retaining stormwater. OGFN is grateful that Allegheny County values its old-growth forests and will enable its residents and visitors to marvel at these old hardwoods far into the future as they grow even more mature and majestic.”
An overturned truck spilled hazardous materials onto the 62nd Street Bridge late Monday night and crews spent several hours working to contain the spill.
The Cherry City Volunteer Fire Company said it was assistant on a “large scale hazmat incident” along with crews from Allegheny County Emergency Services and the city of Pittsburgh’s Bureau of Fire.
A truck turned onto its side on the Sharpsburg side of the Senator Robert D. Fleming Bridge, also known as the 62nd Street Bridge, late Monday night and the fire company said crews were working to contain the leak.
An aerial view from the KDKA Drone Team around 3 a.m. Tuesday showed the large response from crews working at the scene of the crash.
A first responder told KDKA’s news crew at the scene that the chemical that was spilled was peroxide and the fire company said crews were working to keep the material from entering drainage systems.
Around 4 a.m. Tuesday, the fire company provided an update and said that all “hazardous materials have been mitigated,” but that the bridge is expected to remain closed for an extended period of time.
Drivers are being urged to use alternate routes for the morning commute.
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