Marty Schottenheimer
Marty Schottenheimer
Martin Edward Schottenheimeris a former professional American football player and coach. Over his career, he has served as head coach of the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, and San Diego Chargers. He has the most wins of any NFL coach since 1966 to never coach a team in a Super Bowl. He was fired from his head coaching position with the San Diego Chargers in 2007, after leading the Chargers to a 14–2 record but a disappointing second...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 September 1943
CityCanonsburg, PA
exactly good opportunity team
It's always good to have an opportunity to play a real good team and see exactly how good you are.
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He's never been a household name. But I feel quite sure that throughout the course of the last couple of years .Ê.Ê. people in the National Football League recognize what he's done. You get a pretty good feeling for it during the game when you see running plays that maybe get 2 or 3 yards.
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He's spent the last two years preparing himself for this opportunity available to him now. He spent his time well, and we're looking forward to getting started. It's just a matter of giving a young guy an opportunity. You have to have a good supporting cast around him, and we do.
expect good guy knows leverage might
He's making very good progress, as you might well expect from a Northwestern graduate. He understands leverage and knows when he's got a guy off-balance.
believed confident good maybe might season statement
I said, and maybe it was a self-fulfilling prophecy, but I made the statement before our season began, that I believed and was confident we were a better team, but we might not have as good a record. Maybe I shouldn't have said that.
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I think you could make a case that he is as good of a player as there is in football today. And I say that without any reservation. You talk about a complete player that can do everything.
active good progress
He's making very good progress but I still don't know if we'll have him active this week.
good juncture year
At this juncture I don't think that we're punting it as good as we had a year ago.
ball good however outside ways
They are pretty good outside defensively. We need to find ways to get him the ball however we can, and that was just one of the ways.
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First and foremost, Jack is an excellent teacher. He has done a good job of developing young players. He has a strong background in line play and a strong belief in teaching fundamentals first.
stay
Like a lot of their linebackers, you can get on them, but they won't stay blocked.
couple game last played poorly
I don't know that we've played as poorly in a game as we did the game the other day, in the last couple of years.
happens natural panic sets
I think what happens is a sense of panic sets in. It's a natural reaction.
everybody ours understand
I think we all understand that ours is a very difficult, competitive enterprise, and in my opinion, it's important that everybody is aimed in the same direction.