Mike Tomlin says he focuses his teams on preparation because he’s not in the hope business “Certain hills I’m going to be willing to die on. I’m going to be light on my feet. You have to be, man. You got to be open to change and doing things differently if you’re going to do something at a high level for a long time.” “But it’s also some things that’s got to be non-negotiable. And for me, the construction of physicality is non-negotiable.” “I’m doing these dudes a disservice if I don’t create an environment where they show that component of their game, or develop that component of their game, or prepare them for what I know is waiting for them in stadiums.” “I’m not in the hope business. I hate hoping. And I think sometimes when you don’t prepare them, you hoping for performance, man. And I got to lay my head down at night.”