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...
maybe tough toughest
We know we're in for a tough one, maybe the toughest one all year.
biggest cards course defense hard holding last lined plays practice quickly showing since talked training worked
The biggest thing on the no huddle is you've got to get lined up quickly and you've got to communicate, ... It's hard to simulate that during the course of practice when you're holding up cards and still showing them plays but our defense has talked about it since day one of training camp. We've worked on it hard for the last 10 days.
aches football heart left tough
It's a tough one to swallow. My heart aches for our football team, especially our seniors. We left everything out there on the field, but we didn't play well enough to win.
imagined nor sure understand winning
No, I couldn't have imagined that. Nor do I understand completely how it works. I'm not sure I'll ever be able to or ever want to. It's something you can't control, other than by winning each and every week.
caught exciting explosive good hard liked night training worked
Keith worked really hard this summer. He had a good training camp. He's an explosive receiver. He's exciting to see because he's so fast. What I liked about (Saturday) night is once he caught the ball, he was going north.
enthusiasm faster guys nine playing positions reacting tempo
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.
buys good guy job moves run
Their guy does a good job and makes good decisions. He moves around and buys time. He can run with it.
ourselves start worrying
If we let ourselves start worrying about this and that, that's the quickest way to get yourself beat.
decisions good smart
He's a smart guy, he's very mature, he's got good hands, and I think he's going to make good decisions back there.
feels fought great guy looks quicker seems
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.
balance believes hard improving obviously running work
He believes in running the football, and they're going to work as hard as they can on improving in that area. He obviously understands how important that balance is.
coach depth everybody great seniors tough
I feel better about our depth this year, and everybody who's been through tough times are seniors now. They're experienced and better players, and also better leaders, because of it. It makes you feel great as a coach to be around them.
answer sails took wind
To be able to answer is big. It took the wind out of their sails after they had some.
compared front last talk
There is a lot of talk about where we are compared to where Auburn was last year, but we think everything is right in front of us,