Is Teryl Austin the Next DC??

I thought that is what happened when they let Porter go and demoted Butler to LB coach.

Isn't that when Tomlin took over as DC, and started calling the defense?

 

Wondering who would want to come here and be DC under Tomlin.

Look at the 2 McDaniel/s boys who just received Head coaching jobs; They were not exactly running the teams they were coaching on.

 

Steelers to offer the job to austin.

 

Yep.


Even great teachers need great students. Lots of people know who the legendary Bruce Lee is but not many know of his teacher; Ip Man, Grand Master of Wing Chun. Extreme differing example... but the basics and principles are the same.


Give the man some talent and let him work. Minkah was a fantastic place to start with. Add some more and watch the results continue to develop; all the more reason I really would like Ahkello Witherspoon signed long term.

 

Probably would’ve been just as good of a hire.

 

I looked back at the track record and I'm not impressed.

1 good showing with the lions and that's kinda it.

He helped have a top pass d a few years back in the burgh but this is a hire/promotion that where I'm taking a sure year one but what about year 3 approach. Seems like constant performance may be an issue.

Hoping for the best!

 

Edmunds had his best season in 2021, Sutton also improved under Austin.

 

I'm willing to give the guy a chance, if you guys want to keep crying about it then go ahead.

 

Butler stated Tomlin was calling the defense LeBeau's last two years.

 

Would have been nice if that had translated to the D on the field just a little bit. It's one thing to be liked by the players and another to translate that relationship to the field. This appears a hiring that will allow Tomlin to continue to call the D anytime he wants to and will lead to the same results over time. It's a "safe" hire and one that probably cost the team much less than bringing in another D coordinator

 

We have no choice but to "give the guy a chance" I suppose expressing an opinion here that is not yours can be construed as "crying" I'm just not impressed with the way the Steelers fill these coaching vacancies. Anyway we'll see how he does

 

Teryl Austin brings an 'ok' pedigree that includes a couple of Super Bowls.
His real failures were with the Detroit Lions who were dismal to begin with.

Personally, I think I'd rather them bring in a DC from the outside to inject some new ideas.

I really don't get the banging in Tomlin, he is a Defensive minded Coach, it was what he did.
But when camps open up, this will be something I focus on.

 

nice side step and deflection. I don't think I said anything negative or positive about Austin one way or another, I have only criticized your attempts to inaccurately prove he is a good position coach with things that don't prove it at all and ask for some evidence of your claims. Predictably you started linking other people's thoughts and statements in an attempt to confuse the issue which is that your list of players who played well with Austin here in no way proves or disprove his ability to be a solid DC for the Steelers.

 

Tomlin isn't willing to give the defensive coordinator a chance.

"Let's see how Tomlin does running the defense. It's a big change from Tomlin running the defense. Let's see how it goes."

I don't understand your viewpoint.

 

Excerpt from ESPN article on Austin's firing from the Bengals in 2018:

"The team is on pace to break the 2012 Saints' record for most yards allowed in a season and is also the first team in the Super Bowl era to give up at least 500 yards in three straight games."

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...ngals-fire-defensive-coordinator-teryl-austin

 

Man, he did get blitzed during that stretch. To clarify: "Austin was relieved of his duties as defensive coordinator after the Bengals defense became the first in NFL history to give up 500+ yards in 3 straight games, against the Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and New Orleans Saints, respectively."
Marvin Lewis left after this season as well.. There wasn't much good about that team.

 

Yeah. Injuries and bad personnel contributed. Marvin Lewis as DC gave up 493 yards to the Browns in week 16 (only 26 points though). But Marvin Lewis also was the DC for the 2000 Ravens which is arguably the best defense in the Super Bowl era. Even Warren Sapp said that defense was better than the 2002 Bucs. It just shows how much personnel matters.

 

Keep saying that nabbing a BUCK 'Backer will assist far more than others know. A BUCK prospect like Tremaine Edmunds is not available in this class; said player in it of himself is rare anyhow for he is classified as a unicorn. Darrian Beavers, Damone Clark and Christian Harris. Those three are more or less of what this draft has in terms of immediate plug n play players. Brandon Smith would be considered here but to me, he is more WILL like than a BUCK. Another would be Quay Walker but he is not as refined nor gifted as the first three options.


As asinine as this is going to sound, I would rather off have the team address this in Round 2 rather than wait. This CB class is stacked and will definitely see considerable value later on; WRs the same. Linebackers, namely Bucks??.... not so much.

 

I was in Washington when they hired Marvin Lewis. Talk about a debacle, Steve Spurrier was the head coach. Lewis was probably, in my opinion, the only guy on the entire staff that knew anything about football. I was shocked the Bengals hired him.

It is hard to read a Coordinators job, unless you know the play breakdown, the game plan (which is to attack the weakness and take away the strengths) and can access the execution.

Sometimes you can just watch the pre-snap alignments and see the confusion by the DB's... that's never a good sign.
It doesn't matter if they are in Quarters, cover 2/3, single, mixed, zone, smoke, etc...

 

Spillane's mentality is ideally suited for the role. Everything else though... just is not. Buddy Johnson is an interesting case for certain. Has he bulked up enough? The site lists him at 229 though I doubt he is listed that now.