Dave Wannstedt
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Dave Wannstedt
Dave Wannstedtis an American football coach. He has been the head coach of the Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was also the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh football team from 2005 to 2010. He also was a long-time assistant to Jimmy Johnson with the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Hurricanes, and Oklahoma State Cowboys as well as an associate of Johnson when both were assistants at the University of Pittsburgh in the 1970s...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth21 May 1952
pitching putting ruled
I haven't ruled out putting Dorin back there and pitching him the ball.
protect routes run
He makes the decision, but we have to run better routes and we have to protect him better,
pitt special
That's what makes Pitt a special place in my mind, the tradition. Those names, that's what the tradition's all about.
comprehend execute players time
You can only do what your players can execute ... what your players have time to comprehend and learn.
charlie comprehend defense dolphins execute miami players time
You can only do what your players can execute and have time to comprehend and learn, ... So for me to think we're going to do a lot of the things we're able to do with the Miami Dolphins defense is unrealistic. And it's the same thing Charlie is going through.
builders catch confidence nine
Greg (Lee) will make that catch nine out of 10 times, Erik Gill - that's another touchdown he fumbled out of the end zone. Those things are all confidence builders and something we'll have to correct.
plays
He made a lot of plays up front.
adapted against charles combine defensive dominant helped himself line move nice pro quickly senior step tackle top worked
Charles really helped himself at the Senior Bowl, he was dominant against some of the top defensive line prospects. He's worked out well at every step of the way. He did well at the combine and at our pro day. We had to move him to tackle and he adapted quickly and made the most of it. He's going to have a nice career.
quick screen turn
The big play to turn it around was the quick screen to Greg Lee,
adjust ball few moves quarter second tyler
In the second quarter we were able to adjust and get the ball out quicker. On that screen, Tyler got the ball to Greg, he made a few moves and he was gone.
adding class close coming couple exciting future near players recruiting
Recruiting is exciting right now. I think we're close right now to adding a couple more players here in the near future to our outstanding class coming in already.
defensive execute facing jason players taylor
We'd like to do some things, but I don't think we've got a Jason Taylor (Dolphins defensive end) on our team. And (Weis) will be facing the same thing. ... There are things we know about each other and what we'd like to try to do. Can the players go out and execute it? We'll see.
coaches either good last means sustain turned
What you did last week, good or bad, means nothing ... You're either a 10 or a one. There's no in-between. The coaches that can sustain and find a way to get things turned around are the ones (that are successful).
either fall maybe plays time trap wasting work
There are some things that one does maybe a little better than the other, but we would not fall into that trap of wasting time working on plays that either one couldn't work or run.