Dick Vermeil
Dick Vermeil
Richard Albert "Dick" Vermeilis a former American head coach for the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Ramsand Kansas City Chiefs. He is in the Sid Gillman coaching tree and has coached at every level; Vermeil owns the distinction of being named “Coach of the Year” on four levels: High School, Junior College, NCAA Division I and Professional Football...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 October 1936
CityCalistoga, CA
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You can see why they were in the Super Bowl last year. We played with them a long time, but not long enough.
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He wants to play. I trust him because I know how unselfish he is. If he didn't think he could step in and run our game plan, he would tell me. As you saw on the practice field today, he's very sharp. He knows what he's doing.
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There are a lot of votes in this building. There are a lot of opinions.
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If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.
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When you believe in yourself and the people you surround yourself with, you will win something really big someday.
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My hobby is my work. I love it so much, it is not work.
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It's better to be cautious and play it safe than regret pushing him too hard. We're supposed to get another read on it soon.
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We all want to fix the defense. Sometimes it's not that easy.
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We didn't work any harder or any different. As we said all along, that one game that we broke down last week was a tribute to the New York Giants, but that was not us when you've gone 20 games in a row without giving up a 100-yard rusher. The 20 was a lot better reflection than the one as far as the kind of defensive football team you are.
The other thing is to keep their quarterback struggling,
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We're going to miss him. He's more than a football player for this organization.
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We did know he started getting what we call 'burners' once in a while - a tingling in his fingers from some hits - which are very, very common,
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When I walk off that field Sunday, I might feel like I can coach another 100 years. They just won't guarantee me that feeling every Sunday. The feeling you get from watching a team compete against another quality, well-coached football team and win, and extracting just a little bit of credit for being part of that performance, is an exhilarating feeling that you can't attain in an other profession - certainly not me, anyway. There'll be a right time, and it'll be clear in my mind exactly what it is.
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When I'm ready I'll let everybody know because I want to reserve the right to change my mind. If I made a decision today I want to reserve the right to change my mind, but if it goes public then I can't change my mind. I'm just hanging on to my last week here and having fun with it.