Norv Turner
Norv Turner
Norval Eugene Turneris an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. Turner has also served as offensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns and the Dallas Cowboys, where he won two Super Bowls. He has served as head coach of the Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders, and San Diego Chargers. He is the older brother of Ron Turner, the former head coach at the...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 May 1952
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They've had a long time to prepare for this game. We'll get a look they haven't shown. One of the things that seems to steady anyone down is obviously if you can run the football. If you can run the football, you don't see quite as many looks.
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I'm absolutely concerned about the amount of penalties. You can't play and have success with that many penalties.
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The disappointing thing for me is to be in a game where you look up and you say, 'Hey, we're playing pretty good with these guys, we know it's a good team, we know they've got things they can do,' and bang, we give up a 95-yard run. In each game you can point to a play or two like that and you look and say, 'God, how'd that happen?
appreciate opportunity
I wanted to be here and appreciate the opportunity.
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I wanted to be here and appreciate the opportunity. I understand the nature of this business. I wish nothing but the best for the Raider organization.
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New England does a great job jamming receivers and rerouting you. With their coverage, they make you hold the ball longer than other teams would.
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He's a complete runner, he's got great vision, good change of direction and he's very powerful. When you get that, it's contagious for everyone and guys finish blocks, guys stay alive. . . . It opens up things for everyone else.
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It's always a concern as a rookie, ... It's usually based on the individual. Kirk's got a lot of energy, so I just like the way he's going now.
based concern
It's always a concern as a rookie. It's usually based on the individual. Kirk's got a lot of energy, so I just like the way he's going now.
chance entire great missed player
I missed out on a chance to be with a great person, a great player for an entire year. That's a regret.
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It wasn't as bad as they thought, and it is not going to be as long as we thought. At some same point we thought it might be six to eight weeks.
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Competition makes you better. Rich is our starting quarterback. When you have someone there who has played and won it's a motivational deal and it helps you play better.
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I think Doug did some good things. I think there's some things he could do better.
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Young guys have to learn how to handle the tempo in practice,