{"id":853582,"date":"2026-06-08T21:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/853582\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T21:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:03:14","slug":"its-completely-different-dulac-contrasts-mccarthy-and-tomlins-styles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/853582\/","title":{"rendered":"‘It’s Completely Different:’ Dulac Contrasts McCarthy And Tomlin’s Styles"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time in two decades, the Pittsburgh Steelers have someone different leading offseason workouts. The Steelers hired Mike McCarthy as their new head coach following Mike Tomlin stepping down just after the team lost to the Houston Texans in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

With the new coach comes change. OLB T.J. Watt, who only played under Tomlin, says that learning everything has \u201cbeen a lot\u201d<\/a>. He\u2019s not the only one seeing differences. Everyone, from players to media, notices the changes, especially through the lens of Steelers offseason practices.<\/p>\n

That includes insider Gerry Dulac.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrganizationally, it\u2019s completely different, right down to this OTA session and the way he does things,\u201d Dulac said Monday on the DVE Morning Show<\/a>. \u201cI think the big thing with Mike is, without making a comparison, is how detailed he is with everything he does with practice. You can see it\u2019s more, and again, this is no criticism of Mike Tomlin; I\u2019m not saying one way\u2019s right or one way\u2019s wrong. But [McCarthy]\u2019s extremely organized and detailed in everything he does with practice to set up, right down to the coaches not being allowed on the field during warm-ups until they say, \u2018Okay, the coaches go onto the field.\u2019 I haven\u2019t seen anything like that since high school. It\u2019s kind of strange, but that\u2019s the way he runs things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dulac did not go in-depth on how Tomlin ran his OTAs during the offseason so we can only assume that things were not as detailed as what McCarthy is doing right now. Watt even shared one difference that he\u2019s seen on the practice field: \u201cYou don\u2019t see benches out here anymore.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

It certainly sounds like Mike Tomlin ran a fairly relaxed operation during OTAs. However, it\u2019s hard to compare Year 19 with the same head coach to Year 1 with a new head coach. Dulac was quite careful to not come across like he was taking shots at Tomlin. He\u2019s simply observing how things appear right now compared to this time last year.<\/p>\n

Remember, Mike McCarthy and his coaching staff are installing a new offense and a new defense. That means every moment of classroom instruction and practice time is crucial. So, it makes all the sense in the world that McCarthy would have everything hyper-detailed and organized.<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see how the team responds to a regimented structure for practices. We can assume it will continue in Latrobe after the Steelers convene for training camp. So, will the Steelers look ready come Week 1 when they host the Atlanta Falcons? It certainly sounds like Mike McCarthy and his staff are doing everything they can to make sure they are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the first time in two decades, the Pittsburgh Steelers have someone different leading offseason workouts. The Steelers…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":853583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[39],"tags":[76835,24895,139638,1232,1545,62,939,67,132,68,348582],"class_list":["post-853582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-102-5-wdve","tag-gerry-dulac","tag-mike-mccarthy","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-sports","tag-trending","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-wdve-morning-show"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116716516821533972","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/853583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}