John Shaw
John Shaw
blame create draft mode people picking player tend tends three took
And when that happens, the first thing people tend to do is blame the coach, or blame the people that are picking players. And once you get into a finger-pointing mode of who took that first-round draft pick, or why did you let this player go, it tends to create divisiveness between those three people.
bias defensive hire initial
Our initial bias was to hire a defensive coach.
basically hired introduce modern
I was basically hired to introduce what was called modern math, in 1964.
contend past six worked
But I contend that it has worked very well for us over the past six years,
coaching head indefinite perform period result unable
As a result of his condition, he will be unable to perform his head coaching responsibilities for an indefinite period of time.
coach current decided draft hiring point
At some point after the hiring of Coach Linehan, we all decided to go through the current draft and then re-evaluate.
close demands expected higher
Their demands have always been considerably higher than what we expected and we just never really got close to them.
agree based coaches extension felt performance prove respect response themselves view
Mike's response was that he didn't really have to prove himself, ... So he wouldn't agree on an extension based on a performance level. And I respect his view that he felt he didn't have to prove himself. But there's also a view that coaches have to prove themselves every year.
belief clearly coach defined department director head position process scouting setup time
There was a belief at that time that we didn't need the (pro personnel) process so defined, or that position so defined ... that our head coach and our scouting department would be more involved. I think now there's kind of a belief that we should have a more traditional setup where there is a director of pro personnel. And it's more clearly defined.
clear coach louis next
After all of these interviews, it was clear to us that coach Linehan should be the next coach of the St. Louis Rams.
assume business coaching head hiring
Everything in our business is competitive. I assume the hiring on our head coaching will be competitive.
fairly open range view wide
I have a fairly open view about this. There's a wide range of candidates.
financial front issues office remaining stays talking terms ultimately
I think financial terms ... and who's remaining in the front office. Who stays with the organization or doesn't stay with the organization. I think all those things, at least in talking to his agent, will ultimately be issues with him.
call either game head impression input outside prior though tough week whatever
I didn't want a live outside line, even though it was the head coach, ... It's tough enough to call games, and I was under the impression that whatever Mike's input would be he would do that either prior to the game or during the week or at halftime.