Bill Walsh
Bill Walsh
William Ernest Walshwas the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and the Stanford Cardinal football team, during which time he popularized the West Coast offense. After retiring from the 49ers, Walsh worked as a sports broadcaster for several years and then returned as head coach at Stanford for three seasons...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 November 1931
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
We had an excellent coaching staff, a great attitude among the players and that youthful enthusiasm, It was a team that really shouldn't have been where we were.
I thought it was timely. He wanted to play one more year, and he did everything he could possibly do to make it happen. It didn't work out, but that's OK. I think Mike Shanahan handled it beautifully, and I think Jerry moves on with his health and as probably the greatest player of his era and certainly the greatest player ever at his position.
If I have any talent, it's in the artistic end of football. The variation of movement of 11 players and the orchestration of that facet of football is beautiful to me.
We have a lot of players in their first year. Some of them are also in their last year.
Consistent motivation usually comes from a consuming desire to be able to perform at your best under pressure, namely, the pressure produced by tough competition. If a player needed me to light a fire under him by turning the other team into a demon, he was lacking something I couldn't give him.
If you see players who hate practice, their coach isn't doing a very good job.
The Steelers had the best grouping of players in the history of the game. No question about it.
Once a Marine, always a Marine. The challenge and the camaraderie with players and coaches, no one experiences anything like that but in team sports, especially football. It's almost like a chemical dependency. Whereas losses used to destroy them, now they have the wisdom to be able to move on easier.
It's desperation, really, when you see players try to coach a rookie quarterback. It only adds to the confusion.
I thought somebody was trying to put me on. Someone trying to poke fun at me. I'll tell you what, I didn't fall for it, though.
Jim's a dynamic man with incredible determination, willpower and energy. He's the ultimate in a driven person who has high expectations. The people around him respond. He's on the cutting edge with an outstanding football mind.
I'm here, I've been here for a year, I'm of course familiar with the university, ... I know lot of the people. It could be I was needed. It appears, and most people agree, I would be the logical person.
I would say that we made a lot of good trades, but that may have been the best.
Joe might have been more active and quicker on his feet,