fixing our own problems. |
Football coaches are creatures of habit, ... They really don't enjoy the wins and they're miserable with the losses. |
For me personally it's very easy to be patient. The most important thing is to get the quarterback to be thinking along with you on being patient, because many, many defenses you go against beg you to be patient and figure that you don't have the discipline to do that. They say, 'Sooner or later (the offense is) going to mess it up.' The really good teams are going to be the teams that don't take the bait. |
had been hardened and seasoned over the last two years. |
He can continue to rehab. He just can't do things full speed. So he's going through drills, I'd say, about three-quarters. But three-quarters at that position -- where you plant and cut and explode -- just isn't good enough to play. |
He can he do it all. He can run. He's elusive. He's got an arm, he's got touch. He's got a lot going for him. |
He can run. He can catch. He can block. |
He doesn't fumble at all. Even though he's not the biggest person, he runs inside and outside and he has quicks and speed. If you take that combination, that's a lethal combination ? and you take care of the football on top of it. |
He had good composure, ... Now he has plenty of things that he can improve on. It wasn't that he played an error-free game, but he made a number of good plays, a number of good plays in that game. |
He has a lot of the same elements and same components that make a front-line quarterback. It starts with that special something inside that the great ones have and I think (Quinn) has that special something. |
He has a matter that he has to clear up. If and when he clears that up, he'll be playing. |
He is an impressive-looking kid. He handles himself very well and looks pretty good on tape. You don't win the Lombardi Award by not being a good player. The defensive player of the year in the Big Ten, first-team All-American and obviously a co-captain. He is the leader of their defense. He is a really good player. He is physical and can run. He shows up on a whole bunch of plays. |
He knows he's a passer first and runner second, and that's the toughest thing to teach a quarterback that has athleticism to realize that. I think he's learned that, and you can see him evolve from the beginning of the year to the end of the year where he now understands that he'll run when he has to, not when he wants to. |
He lifted my spirits, |
He lifts my spirits, |