迈克·汤姆林深知如何在NFL取得胜利，因为他在担任匹兹堡钢人队主教练的19个赛季里从未遭遇过一个失利赛季。作为NBC《周日橄榄夜》赛前节目的电视分析师，他同样风生水起。
Mike Tomlin knows how to win in the NFL because he never suffered a losing season in any of his 19 years as the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach. He's also winning as a TV analyst on NBC's Sunday Night Football pregame show.
而且很有可能正是因为他在电视荧幕上如此成功，他正利用后者的平台来为重返前者做准备。
And it could be he's winning so much that he's using the latter to return to the former.
周日晚间，汤姆林做了一件大多数除了雷克斯·瑞安之外、由前教练转行而成的解说员极少做的事：他公开批评了一位现任教练。
Tomlin on Sunday night did something most former-coaches-turned-broadcasters not named Rex Ryan rarely do: He criticized a current coach.
超级碗冠军教练迈克·汤姆林加盟NBC“美式橄榄球之夜”节目担任解说 汤姆林对巴尔的摩乌鸦队以34比31击败达拉斯牛仔队的比赛尾声进行了剖析，并将这场失利的责任归咎于教练组，而教练组显然由主教练布赖恩·肖滕海默领衔。说得客气点，里约那场比赛结束时达拉斯牛仔队的战术安排简直有些失职，”汤姆林说道。
SUPER BOWL-WINNING COACH MIKE TOMLIN LANDS NBC ROLE ON 'FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA' BROADCAST Tomlin analyzed the end of the Baltimore Ravens 34-31 victory over the Dallas Cowboys and laid the loss at the feet of the coaching staff, which obviously is led by head coach Brian Schottenheimer. "The sequence played by the Dallas Cowboys at the end of the game in Rio was somewhat negligent, to be quite honest with you," Tomlin said.
汤姆林解释说，一场在常规时间还剩七秒时战成31平的比赛，本不该以失利告终，直到“在战术上，达拉斯在这种情况下帮了[巴尔的摩]大忙”。如何帮的？牛仔队的灾难始于他们的开球直接飞进端区形成回攻触地（Touchback），而不是留在场内，那样宝贵的秒数就能从时钟里流逝了。
Tomlin explained how a game that was tied at 31 with seven seconds remaining in regulation should not have turned into a loss until "strategically, Dallas helped [Baltimore] in that circumstance." How? The Cowboys' disaster began with the fact their kickoff went into the end zone for a touchback rather than remaining on the field, where precious seconds would have ticked off the clock.
“巴尔的摩在35码线得到球权，他们通过中路对阵他们的头号接球手扎伊·弗劳尔斯完成了一次非常关键的推进，”汤姆林说。“但让我们花一分钟真正剖析一下。天哪，达拉斯牛仔队当时打的是外侧施压的盯人防守。”
"Baltimore gets the ball on the 35-yard-line, and they had this really significant play down the middle of the field to their No. 1 receiver, Zay Flowers," Tomlin said. "But let's really analyze it for a minute. Man, the Dallas Cowboys are playing outside leverage man-to-man.
“他们陷入了一些一对一的防守对位，扎伊·弗劳尔斯赢了，他们把对手送到了能踢进绝杀任意球的位置。”防守端最终采用何种覆盖战术，以及如何避免采用不合逻辑的防守，最终责任都在于肖滕海默。前钢人队教练迈克·汤姆林在NBC的首秀亮点频出比赛失利后，达拉斯牛仔队老板杰里·琼斯要求（近乎命令？）教练解释清楚他当时究竟是怎么想的。琼斯对得到的解释满意吗？
"They got caught in some one-on-ones, Zay Flowers won, and they put them in position to kick that game-winning field goal." The ultimate decision on what coverage the defense plays and whether to avoid coverage that doesn't make sense, falls on Schottenheimer. DEBUT OF FORMER STEELERS COACH MIKE TOMLIN ON NBC HAD HIGHLIGHT MOMENTS Following the loss, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones requested (demanded?) an explanation of what exactly his coach was thinking. Is Jones satisfied with the explanation he got? "Well, there is no explanation you're satisfied with," Jones said during his regular Tuesday appearance on 105.3 The Fan in the Metroplex. "None. Let's be sure that we all understand that." Uh-oh. "They don't have one that they're satisfied with.
“无论怎样，你都不会满意，”琼斯每周二在达拉斯都会区的105.3 The Fan电台固定节目中说，“一种解释都不会。我们最好都明白这一点。”这下可不妙。
We made mistakes during that time. There's no question about it.
“他们没有一种令自己满意的解释。那段时间里，我们犯了错误，这一点毫无疑问。所以根本没有什么解释……”就在此时，汤姆林在电视上最受欢迎的每周节目中，当着数百万观众的面指出 fellow 教练的失误，这反而可能让他显得不错。因为他能够解释本该发生什么，就等于向外界传递了一个信息：如果他是牛仔队教练，他就会那样处理。
So there is no explanation..." This is where the possibility that Tomlin highlighting his fellow coach's mistake to millions of people on TV's most popular weekly broadcast makes him look good. Because being able to explain what should have happened, sends the message that's how he would have handled it as the Cowboys coach.
我们并不是说汤姆林正一心想把自己摆到下一任牛仔队教练的位置上。不过，如果这真是他的目的，这次节目segments确实没有帮倒忙。
We are not reporting that Tomlin is focused on putting himself in position to be the next Cowboys coach. But he surely didn't hurt himself with this segment, if that is his intent.
汤姆林 hasn't 说他明年想重返教练岗位。不过话说回来，他也没有说自己不想。
Tomlin hasn't said he wants to get back into coaching next year. Then again, he hasn't said he doesn't.
但如果他最终确实想复出执教，那么有一个办法可以助他一臂之力：强调他不会输掉另一名令老板不满的教练刚刚输掉的那场比赛。
But if he does eventually want a coaching comeback, one way to help, is by highlighting that he wouldn't lose a game another coach, who displeased ownership, just lost.
任何读到这篇文章的人都可能怀疑，一名前教练会利用自己担任评论员的机会，帮助自己获得渴望的职位。但这种情况以前确实发生过。
Anyone reading this might doubt a former coach would use his position as a broadcaster to help himself land a job he covets. Except, it has happened before.
1995年，前牛仔队教练吉米·约翰逊经常在福克斯赛前节目中评论迈阿密海豚队天赋多么出色，以及他们本应取得更好的表现、赢得更多比赛。
In 1995, former Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson would often comment on the Fox pregame show about how talented the Miami Dolphins were and how they should be performing better and winning more.
其中不言而喻的是，当时的主教练唐·舒拉本该取得比最终从球队身上硬挤出来的9胜5负更好的战绩。
The obvious implication was that then-coach Don Shula should be doing better than the 9-5 record he eventually milked out of his team.
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迈阿密人看穿了这一点。他们明白，曾在迈阿密大学执教、后来又住在基韦斯特的约翰逊，很想重返教练岗位执教海豚队。
People in Miami saw through it. They understood Johnson, who had coached at the University of Miami and lived in Key West, liked the idea of returning to coaching with the Dolphins.
事实证明，这一策略奏效了。约翰逊在电视上的工作为一场公关宣传活动推波助澜，而这场宣传把他塑造成了更理想的人选。舒拉最终于1996年1月被迫下课，一周后，约翰逊获聘接任。舒拉认为是约翰逊在暗中拆他的台，因此始终没有原谅他。
And it worked. Johnson's work on TV fed a public relations campaign that painted him as an upgrade. Shula was ultimately forced out in January 1996 and Johnson was hired one week later. Shula, believing he had been undermined, never forgave Johnson.
现在的问题是，汤姆林是否会继续批评肖滕海默及其教练组，而这将让外界的猜测更加甚嚣尘上：他觊觎的是他们的帅位。
The question now is whether Tomlin will continue to critique Schottenheimer and his staff, adding to more speculation that he's focused on their job.
这会让他成为一位更有看点的分析师，甚至可能成为下一任达拉斯牛仔队主教练。
That would make him a more interesting analyst and maybe even the next Dallas Cowboys coach.