Back when Bill Cowher was the head coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers, he had a system for Steel City gas stations. Win on Sunday, and he could stop for fuel and chat with fans at any time of the day. Lose, and he would wait until 10:30 P.M., slip in under darkness, and avoid the armchair coordinators who’d corner him at the pump. Those same fans are now screaming for head coach Mike Tomlin’s head. And Cowher? He’s not having it.

“Fire Tomlin” chants rattled Acrisure Stadium during Week 13’s 26-7 defeat at the hands of the Buffalo Bills . The boos were loud enough to drown out “Renegade,” and the chants were hard to ignore by Coach Tomlin himself. But Cowher didn’t flinch.

“Well, they’re very passionate fans,” Cowher said on the Dan Patrick Show. “The fact of the mat

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