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
Now our second season starts. Fortunately we have a first-round bye, so we can heal up a little bit and get ready to play in the playoffs.
There are times when I become frustrated when we get second (down) and nine, ... (But) I was bound and determined today to stay with it.
On the second (run) we did not block very well. I tried to get more (yards). But I tried to get it with the run.
It was a nice second half. The team played very, very well, especially in the second half.
Our depth in the secondary was not good last year.
Darrell had to go for a second opinion, so he's in Florida. And Bobby, he was getting treatment today and he can't move very well.
It was good that they had to pass the ball a lot in the second half. He didn't have to get up in there too much.
I was afraid I was going to break furniture and throw the monitor out the window. It's just hard because we had our chances and we didn't capitalize.
I think we made a little mistake last year not throwing him in there sooner. He would have struggled a little bit, but when he did play, he was very good.
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.
I think that can be overstated just a little bit. If you have a very untalented guy who is a high-effort guy, you are going to lose every week. You like them like that, but the better player is going to win more games for you. The trick is finding those guys that are really fine football players and really don't think they are that great; they are always trying to get better.
I think it was necessary, and now in retrospect, I'm glad I did it.
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 thanked him for allowing the coaches to build something. In such a volatile industry, you don't always get that.