Jim Bates
Jim Bates
Football coach who served as the interim head coach of the NFL's Miami Dolphins in 2014 after a promotion from defensive coordinator.
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth31 May 1946
biggest came darn deserved football fought given good guys offense played players today together wish
It's disappointing. The guys fought their tails off today and deserved better, ... I mean, our players came together and played a darn good football game. I wish we could have given our offense the ball back at the end, that was an important part of the game. That's the biggest disappointment.
biggest coming couple deserved fought good guys last matched offense team
It's disappointing. Guys fought their tails off and deserved better. That's a good offense coming in here, a 2-0 team that had a lot of success, and we matched them. The biggest disappointment was the last couple of series.
moving pace quicker
It's moving at a much quicker pace than it ever has in its history.
both carry field guys high playing practice shown sort
We just have to sort through that and keep improving. They've shown on the practice field they can do it, but have to carry it to the field. We have to sort this out and get both guys playing at high level.
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We're counting on him to do it, ... That was his best game for us by far this season. We need more of that, because it definitely has an influence on how we play defense when he's playing at a high level and making plays in the backfield and getting some push up the middle.
best counting defense definitely far game high influence level playing plays push
We're counting on him to do it. That was his best game for us by far this season. We need more of that, because it definitely has an influence on how we play defense when he's playing at a high level and making plays in the backfield and getting some push up the middle.
best interview process talking time
I'm going to go through the interview process just like everyone else. Me being right here, there's a lot more flexibility. We'll be talking when it's the best time for Ted.
against held last progress run
There was progress made last week. We wouldn't have held up against the run as well as we did against McGahee if we didn't play well inside.
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Our guys at end don't get the big hits. Jason Taylor in Miami played 99% and was (expletive) off if we took him out. We'd still like to have a good rotation going even with those guys.
believe determine next players
Players don't determine who's the next coach. It's always a positive, I think, that the players believe in me.
against fourth front group miss quarter run tremendous
Other than the fourth quarter against Tampa, the group up front has done a tremendous job. If we don't miss those two tackles, we don't have a big run by a back.
best far game
That was by far his best game this season,
guy high liked nice obviously surprised
He's really had a nice camp. I can't say I'm that surprised because obviously we liked the guy a lot to take him as high as we did.
ball caught nfl played
He has caught on surprisingly fast. The one thing he has going for him is he's played in the NFL and started a lot of ball games. So, he understands football.