Somebody will be named heading into camp, but there is always going to be competition. We'll try to name that guy going through the spring, but if we don't, we don't. We hope to have a feeling. |
That's the kind of players we targeted. There's no law that says we can't or won't bring in older players here. But we were looking for guys who, if we're right about them, will be with us for three to five to seven years. |
That's what you fear against a team like that. |
The only thing I will promise is that I will do everything in my power to bring a winning team back to Buffalo. |
The only thing I'll promise to do is everything I can to fulfill my obligation to bring a winning team back to Buffalo. There's a great winning tradition here, we know the fans are very passionate and it's something we're very passionate about. |
The pressure [in the interview process] comes when you have that guy in, and he has a really good interview. And you have other people you might want to interview but you know he's been to two places previously and you know he's been offered at two places. And then he's sitting in your facility and you have to decide. Are you going to let him go out the door? . . . We did not let him go out the door. We liked him that much. |
There are only 32 of these, and it is a position that I love being in. Yes, I would like to be here. |
There's always going to be movement in personnel, so your schemes, whatever they are, have to fit your present people but they also need to fit who's going to come in. They can't be so complicated that you need four years to teach it and three or four years for guys to develop. |
They (Steelers) had everything to play and they performed well. I thought our guys performed well. I thought our guys fought hard. We had the same kind of mistakes that set us back all year. |
This is his third year and the third year is kind of a critical one for a young guy. We need to keep advancing and keep going forward. |
This was a long day. It started from the opening kickoff. All the things we didn't want to have happen -- they happened out there. |
We are just trying to see if we can jump start and get a win somehow. |
We are not going to install much here in a five-week period. We can lean in one direction or another for what is already in, but in a five-week season, which is essentially what we are looking at, you are not going to significantly change anything and hope that they can function. Our practice time is limited. |
We gave them a game, gave them a little scare, but it wasn't enough. |
We have to look out for each other. We're all we got. |