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Hall of Fame
On opening the season 1-2:
Well, I think that weve showed a lot of good things that we were expecting. Then weve failed to execute at times when I wouldve expected that that would not happen. But its all about execution. Weve got the players. Weve got the schemes and Im not concerned about that. The coaches are working hard and weve just got to get the players to execute. Theyre the ones that are out on the field and theyre the ones that have to do it, and they know what theyre supposed to do. Weve got a few young guys, new guys in there. Were going to give them a shot and I think theyre going to play well.
On if its frustrating not getting better results on defense:
Yeah, its frustrating. Its frustrating for the players and coaches and to see people sometimes make a mistake. Theyve been coached up on it during the week and during the week, they didnt make the mistake and then they got in the game and they did. With young players, is it because its a little stage fright? Inexperience and that sort of thing? Whats the cause of it? Thats what you really bang your head against the wall on. I think that weve got some really bright spots with some players who are playing well and just going to play even better. I think our linebacking core is just a tremendous improvement. Where weve had problems, its basically been one player, just not carrying out his assignment. All he had to do was to do what he had been taught to do. If you have a busted play in this league, one player breaking down makes the whole defense look bad. But the other 10 guys can be playing very well.
On the defense saying that defensive coordinator Frank Bush is putting them in the right place:
Well I think that they have bought into the defense, the schemes. They say that its not a problem with the schemes. Its not a problem with the calls. They just have to execute. In life, if you break it down to its smallest element of the whole universe, everything works well if everybody just does what they should doeach individual. Its not different with a football team. All they have to do is just carry out their assignments. Sometimes, the players will try to do more than that and they just have to believe that all I have to do is do my job. With the talent that we have on this team, were going to win a lot of games, and we will. We will. I think theyre buying into it and they need to be a little more disciplined, and with that discipline, were going to get better ourselves.
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Well, I think that weve showed a lot of good things that we were expecting. Then weve failed to execute at times when I wouldve expected that that would not happen. But its all about execution. Weve got the players. Weve got the schemes and Im not concerned about that. The coaches are working hard and weve just got to get the players to execute. Theyre the ones that are out on the field and theyre the ones that have to do it, and they know what theyre supposed to do. Weve got a few young guys, new guys in there. Were going to give them a shot and I think theyre going to play well.
On if its frustrating not getting better results on defense:
Yeah, its frustrating. Its frustrating for the players and coaches and to see people sometimes make a mistake. Theyve been coached up on it during the week and during the week, they didnt make the mistake and then they got in the game and they did. With young players, is it because its a little stage fright? Inexperience and that sort of thing? Whats the cause of it? Thats what you really bang your head against the wall on. I think that weve got some really bright spots with some players who are playing well and just going to play even better. I think our linebacking core is just a tremendous improvement. Where weve had problems, its basically been one player, just not carrying out his assignment. All he had to do was to do what he had been taught to do. If you have a busted play in this league, one player breaking down makes the whole defense look bad. But the other 10 guys can be playing very well.
On the defense saying that defensive coordinator Frank Bush is putting them in the right place:
Well I think that they have bought into the defense, the schemes. They say that its not a problem with the schemes. Its not a problem with the calls. They just have to execute. In life, if you break it down to its smallest element of the whole universe, everything works well if everybody just does what they should doeach individual. Its not different with a football team. All they have to do is just carry out their assignments. Sometimes, the players will try to do more than that and they just have to believe that all I have to do is do my job. With the talent that we have on this team, were going to win a lot of games, and we will. We will. I think theyre buying into it and they need to be a little more disciplined, and with that discipline, were going to get better ourselves.
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