特里尔·奥斯汀 (Teryl Austin) 会在 2025 年回归担任钢人队防守协调员吗？

马克·卡博利（Mark Kaboly）在权衡奥斯汀 2025 年回归的可能性时，不确定奥斯汀的命运。 “这是一件困难的事，因为他的合同还没有结束，”卡博利在周三发布的《麦克和卡博利》播客上说道。

Defensive coordinator Teryl Austin's future with the Steelers is up in the air following another disappointing defensive season.

在经历了又一个令人失望的防守赛季后，防守协调员特里尔·奥斯汀在钢人队的未来仍悬而未决。

One beat writer believes the answer could go either way.

一位节拍作家认为，答案可能是任意一种。

Weighing in on the odds of Austin returning for 2025, Mark Kaboly is unsure of Austin's fate.

马克·卡博利 (Mark Kaboly) 权衡奥斯汀于 2025 年回归的可能性，他不确定奥斯汀的命运。

“It’s a difficult one because his contract does not end,” Kaboly said on the Mack and Kaboly podcast released Wednesday. “It’s extended through next year, so you’re gonna have to eat some cash. But I mean, if you look at it, I wouldn’t be surprised if he comes back. But I also wouldn’t be surprised if he is the sacrificial lamb here of bringing somebody else in.”

“这是一件困难的事，因为他的合同还没有结束，”卡博利在周三发布的《麦克和卡博利》播客中说道。 “它会延长到明年，所以你必须吃一些现金。但我的意思是，如果你看一下，如果他回来我不会感到惊讶。但如果他是这里带其他人进来的牺牲品，我也不会感到惊讶。”

In the business, we call that hedging your bets. But it seems there's no consensus on what coaching changes the Steelers plan to make following another failed season capped by a historic collapse.

在商业上，我们称之为对冲你的赌注。但在钢人队又经历了一个失败的赛季并遭遇历史性的崩溃之后，对于教练计划如何改变，似乎还没有达成共识。

While there's a belief changes will be made, with the PPG's Ray Fittipaldo indicating multiple assistants including Austin could go, there's not a strong feeling over who will be swapped out.

虽然人们相信将会做出改变，PPG 的雷·菲蒂帕尔多表示包括奥斯汀在内的多名助教可能会离开，但对于谁会被换掉并没有强烈的感觉。

Austin has served as defensive coordinator since 2022 when he replaced the retiring Keith Butler. Media reports, including from Kaboly, indicate he signed a contract extension last year that runs through next year.

奥斯汀自2022年接替退役的基思·巴特勒以来一直担任防守协调员。包括卡博利在内的媒体报道表明，他去年签署了一份续约合同，该合同将持续到明年。

It's uncommon for Pittsburgh to fire coaches mid-contract, preferring to allow them to expire and simply not renew than eating a year's salary for them to coach elsewhere or sit on the couch at home.

匹兹堡在合同中期解雇教练的情况并不常见，他们宁愿让他们到期而不续约，也不愿吃掉他们一年的薪水去其他地方执教或坐在家里的沙发上。

But after another difficult year that saw the defense completely flame out, there's reason to make exceptions. Still, replacing Austin with some equivalent option might not produce greater results. Not when the defensive-minded Mike Tomlin controls the defense even if the particulars are still unclear; who calls the defense, for example, seems to be debatable. Hiring a marquee defensive coordinator to play second rung to Tomlin is a tough sell and hiring some “average” coordinator to fill the gap isn't going to move the needle.

但在经历了又一个艰难的一年，防守完全失效之后，我们有理由做出例外。尽管如此，用一些同等的选择取代奥斯汀可能不会产生更好的结果。当具有防守意识的迈克·汤姆林（Mike Tomlin）控制防守时，即使细节仍不清楚，情况也不会如此；例如，谁宣布防守似乎是有争议的。雇用一名大牌防守协调员担任汤姆林的第二梯队是一个艰难的推销，雇用一些“普通”协调员来填补空缺也不会起到任何作用。

Kaboly thinks other defensive changes are less likely.

卡博利认为其他防守变化的可能性较小。

“I mean, the cornerback coach is considered one of the up-and-comers. [Karl] Dunbar, they love him, the defensive line [coach]. [Aaron] Curry was just promoted.”

“我的意思是，角卫教练被认为是后起之秀之一。 [卡尔]邓巴，他们爱他，防守线[教练]。 [亚伦]库里刚刚晋升。”

That's DBs Coach Grady Brown who seemed like a riser with a stint as the Senior Bowl defensive coordinator and a legitimately strong hire from the college ranks. And DL Coach Karl Dunbar is one of the Steelers' longest-tenured coaches, tabbed to replace John Mitchell. But after the run defense fell apart, it's fair to wonder if a change is needed. Aaron Curry figures to be safe at inside linebacker and if there was going to be an internal promotion at defensive coordinator, he'd likely lead the list.

那是DBs教练格雷迪·布朗（Grady Brown），他看起来像是一个后起之秀，曾担任过高级碗防守协调员，并且是从大学队伍中合法聘请的强力球员。 DL 教练卡尔·邓巴 (Karl Dunbar) 是钢人队任期最长的教练之一，有望接替约翰·米切尔 (John Mitchell)。但在跑动防守崩溃之后，我们有理由怀疑是否需要做出改变。亚伦·库里（Aaron Curry）认为内线卫是安全的，如果防守协调员的内部晋升，他很可能会领先。

Pittsburgh usually makes its coaching changes known about one week after its season ends before the group travels to Mobile, Ala., for the Senior Bowl.

匹兹堡通常会在赛季结束后一周左右公布教练变动，然后球队前往阿拉巴马州莫比尔参加高级碗比赛。

Contractually, the Steelers have reason to keep the status quo. But in play, they have reason to make some moves.

从合同上看，钢人队有理由维持现状。但在比赛中，他们有理由做出一些动作。