Mike Shula
Mike Shula
Mike Shulais an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. Shula has been with the Panthers since 2011, when he was hired as their quarterbacks coach. He was promoted to offensive coordinator after Rob Chudzinski was hired to be the head coach of the Cleveland Browns. Shula served as the head football coach at the University of Alabama, his alma mater, for four seasons, from 2003 to 2006...
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I thought the tempo and enthusiasm from our guys was real good. We have a lot of positions that are open, nine positions specifically. We have to get used to reacting faster and playing better as a group.
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(John Parker is) a guy that every once in a while you have to get on a little bit, but he's like a punching bag. That stuff doesn't bother him, which is good. You like that in your quarterback.
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We're going to put importance on the depth chart through the jerseys. We talked to the guys who have the white jerseys on offense and the crimson jerseys on defense about how you have to fight every day to hold on to those jerseys. We want it on their minds. We want to create an atmosphere that we have more competition that we've ever had.
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We felt like if we come out with a great attitude and get after these guys and play physical type football then we could move the ball.
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We've got guys here that enjoy that, ... They want people looking at them and wondering what this team is all about.
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We want guys here we've got guys here who want to have people looking at them and wondering what our football team is about.
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He's been a guy that's fought through a lot of injuries. He's much more experienced now. He feels more comfortable in what he's doing. He looks quicker and just seems to be more aware, which is what we're all going to have to have come Monday, defensively, especially, just great awareness.
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He was very cool for a young guy playing. That was very, very encouraging. I felt very comfortable throughout the year.
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We all hope that Brodie stays healthy because we think he's a guy that can do some great things for us this year,
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We've got a lot of guys coming back, but the guy pulling the trigger is going to be brand new. We have to continue with the improvement on the offensive line and create competition. We're still not there where there's competition at every position which is going to make everybody better.
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You spend three weeks in April getting yourself lined up for spring recruiting. You're trying to evaluate as much tape as you can. If you don't know who you want by this time, you're way behind. Character is more important too. We're being held accountable if guys leave with the new (Academic Progress Report).
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That's really another spot that you'll probably see both guys on the field this week.
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These kids have been through a lot, ... When everything around them was changing, they were the constant. Our guys hung in there again until the end. When everything looked like it was going against us, and when it seemed nothing was going our way, we found a way to make plays.
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The effort was really, really good. I thought we looked real good on defense. We talked about getting to the ball and making plays. Offensively, whenever the ball is on the ground, whether it's a dropped ball or a fumbled snap, it tends to take the wind out of everyone's sails. I think that's what happened. We had a chance to make big plays and didn't do it and guys got frustrated.