On top of his game

You just have to love Mike Tomlin.

Bright. Organized. Driven.

His response to the question of whether the Steelers would repeat as Super Bowl champs was brilliant.

“We’re not attempting to repeat,” he said, going on to explain, “That special group of men in that locker room after the game last night is gone forever: it will be a new 53 men. A lot of the faces will be the same, but nothing stays the same in this game. The roles will change. Some will ascend, some will descend.”

By his comments, Tomlin immediately did two things: He took pressure of his next team to “repeat;” he also told his next team there’s no resting on the Super Bowl laurels of the 2008 team.

The Pittsburgh coach is young — 36 — but he is One Smart Cookie.