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Super Bowl Coaching Matchup Will Be a Hot Topic This Year

 
Mike Tomlin and Ken Whisenhunt will have on lot on their minds as they prepare themselves for Superbowl XL III. Primarily because of the fact that they both are one win away from living every NFL coach's dream, winning the Super Bowl. Even though Tomlin's Steelers (14-4) are seven-point favorites in Vegas, if anyone has a chance at stopping the Steelers, it has to be Ken Whisenhunt, who coached Pittsburgh's offense from 2004-2006 helping them win Super Bowl XL and is now the Arizona Cardinals head coach. When Whisenhunt left Pittsburgh to become Arizona's head coach, he brought along with him some of it's coaching staff, along with Russ Grimm who served as Bill Cowher's assistant coach during some of his tenure with the Steelers.  Along the way, Whisenhunt signed four former Steelers, all were on the 2005 Super Bowl team, to help bring a taste of Pittsburgh along with him.  Ken has led his Cardinals (12-7) through adversity all season. The Patriots,who ... (link)

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