Mike Holmgren
Mike Holmgren
Michael George Holmgrenis a former American football coach and executive, most recently serving as president of the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. Holmgren began his NFL career as a quarterbacks' coach and later as an offensive coordinator with the San Francisco 49ers, where they won Super Bowl XXIII and XXIV. He served as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1992 to 1998, appearing in two Super Bowls, and of the Seattle Seahawks from 1999 to...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth15 June 1948
CitySan Francisco, CA
Patience. I thanked Paul for being patient with me in a rather volatile business, to allow your coaches to build something and to believe in them. You don't always see it as much as you should in this business, and he has been great for me. With the patience Mr. Allen has shown me, he gave me a chance to stand on the podium.
This happened every year I've coached in this game. By Thursday or Friday they get a little cranky and stuff happens.
He's doing good. But heck, he was the former head coach (in Green Bay) and he doesn't need to go to this game. (He's) doing OK. Healing up.
No one wants a disruptive situation on his roster. There is too much at stake. Without naming names, we've seen too much of it recently. Teams are getting tired of it.
Anything I say sounds like an excuse. We had our chances.
I tried everything. I tried being nice. I tried kicking them in the rear end. ... Hopefully, I learned from that game.
Next season, I would expect more from him. I'm always going to push the envelope a little bit, and I think he would expect more from himself.
I grabbed him and now I'm mad at him for walking away and he's mad at me for grabbing him.
He's coming back a little at a time. We're going per doctors orders on this. If they say 'No, he can't be there,' he's not there.
I think we have to wait on that. Let's just wait on that to make sure that what is written and what is said is correct.
He wants to be far enough away that he can't grab a player and start coaching.
It happens, because now you're down to one game, and anything can happen in any one game. But I think if you look over percentages over the last however many years, most of the times the guys that are playing at home have the advantage. So we're choosing to look at it that way.
I would think I should be able to give some sort of answer in a couple, three weeks. I want to be fair, and I don't think there's any need to rush. That's why I think I'm being kind of diligent.
He did exactly what he was supposed to do, and we blocked it well.