Known for his elusiveness during his Hall of Fame career, Troy Polamalu showed those characteristics once again this past weekend.

Despite the Steelers' best efforts, Polamalu was not present for the team's 10-year anniversary celebration of the 2005 Steelers, showing that some wounds still haven't healed upon Polamalu's retirement back in April.

Polamalu, one of the franchise's most popular players, was noticeably absent on a weekend where Pittsburgh's improbable run to a victory in Super Bowl XL was celebrated throughout the weekend. Many of the team's stars from that season, including Jerome Bettis, Willie Parker and Antwaan Randel El, accepted raucous cheers from a sellout crowd at Heinz Field during halftime of Sunday's game. But Polamalu, arguably the team's best player during its most recent Super Bowl era, did not.

According to Colin Dunlap of CBS Sports, not only did Polamalu decline the Steelers' invitation, but that he "wanted no parts" of the weekend's festivities honoring he and his team's accomplishments that season.

Here's what Dulap had to say about the apparent rift between Polamalu and the Steelers, which is centered around how the team handled Polamalu's final months with the team:

"Make no mistake, (Polamalu has) distanced himself from the organization from which he was tied so deeply to and retired from in April. I’m told the eight-time Pro Bowler and one of the most dominant safeties in the history of the National Football League still hasn’t come to terms with how it all ended with the Pittsburgh Steelers. With two seasons left on a contract, Polamalu decided to retire at 34 rather than go through what looked to be the inevitability of the Steelers releasing one of their legends. "Long story short: Polamalu felt he had more football left; the Steelers disagreed — and therein lies the crux of the standoff at this point."

The Steelers made a concerted effort to start over last season by parting ways with several of the cogs that helped them win two Super Bowls from 2005-08. The team let longtime defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau depart for Tennessee, while releasing 13-year veteran Brett Keisel. Ike Taylor, the team's cornerback from 2003-14, retired, as the Steelers' defense officially made the transition away from their great defensive players of the 2000s.

Polamalu was apart of that transition, and now, it seems like it wasn't as seamless as many people thought it was when Polamalu announced his retirement. And instead of being the second coming of Franco Harris-who played one season in Seattle before retiring in 1984-Polamalu decided to retire a Steeler rather than catch on with another team to keep his career alive.

It's never easy saying goodbye to iconic players, players that left indelible marks on a team and a city that will never forget their contributions, both on and off the field. Polamalu was certainly one of those players, and hopefully, he and the Steelers can reconcile their differences soon, so that Polamalu can be on the field for the team's next 10-year reunion, in 2018, to celebrate another championship that can't truly be celebrated without Troy Polamalu.