Mike Shanahan
Mike Shanahan
Michael Edward Shanahanis a former American football coach who has been the head coach of the Los Angeles Raiders, Denver Broncos, and Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He led the Broncos to back-to-back Super Bowl victories in 1998 and 1999...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth24 August 1952
CityOak Park, IL
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In the heat of battle, some things are going to be said by the coaching staff or from players. What it is is the heat of battle. That's just part of the game, and you have to live with those things.
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In my years as a head coach and as a coordinator, I don't know if I've ever been with an offense that put as much pressure on a defense as we did in that game. We didn't get anything going.
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It's really dealing with the pain, ... It was quite sore during the game. That will be determined later.
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I don't think along those terms until it happens. You've got an off-season to go through at the end of the season and you've got a procedure you go through every year. It's always nice to have a couple extra draft picks, and you're hoping when it's time, you get a couple good players out of it.
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It's all about making decisions. We can't keep everybody . . . so you like to see how they react in a game situation, when the lights are on. The goal is that they make it hard.
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The minute he walked into that room, he got a standing ovation. Every player and coach was on his feet. I didn't expect that, but it was just one of those moments that you cherish. Then Jerry spoke to the team for 10 minutes. It just showed the respect that he has earned.
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Everybody wants difference makers and everybody wants great players. Sometimes, you get a great player that's not a team player and then you have a great player on your team and he might not help you win games.
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Everybody wants difference makers and everybody wants great players.
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They controlled the tempo of the game. They just played better and coached better than we did.
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I was in denial at that time. I read the quote the next day and I thought I might have been pushing a little bit.
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Darrent was in the end zone. For them to call it back was disappointing. I probably just cost myself $5,000.
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He's feeling pretty good, so we'll decide at game time exactly what direction we're going to go,
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Any time you get a veteran player who has proven he can play in the National Football League, he's going to have a chance,
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Coming out of college he was a zone running back. That was his style and we run a system very similar to the one he ran at Wisconsin. I think he fits our system a little better than the other system.