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
coach continue eliminate game
There are some (penalties) that are going to be called every game and there are some that can be avoided. We have to continue to coach it and eliminate those situations.
based competition game good jumping people start
We've got good competition, ... I think, based on a game or a half, some people start jumping to conclusions, but I think that is one of our most competitive positions.
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We've used it in practice and we'll use it some the next couple of days.
blitz couple coverage early found good hit hot played plays turned
They hit a couple of those plays early when we were in blitz coverage and we turned it back up and played zone. They're good at what they do. They found seams and Plummer, obviously, was very hot in the first half.
randy
Randy made some big plays. He competed awfully well.
affecting good grown handle kids washington
As with any professional job, there is good and bad. I think at times, particularly in Washington when my kids were young, that you see it affecting them. But they have grown up with it and I think they handle it pretty well.
handled situations
In the Philadelphia game, we had 10 third-and-8-plus (downs), ... But we've also been in situations that are in your favor. Some of them we've handled real well, some of them we've struggled.
learned looking quick sure
The No. 1 thing I've learned in this league, and what everyone's looking for, is the quick fix. I'm not sure there's such a thing.
answering cannot focus goes job questions spend standpoint talking time types
From a standpoint of doing this job, you focus on the football. You keep working with the coaches, with your players, to see how you can get yourself better. How you cannot have to spend a lot of time talking about it. But part of the job is answering the types of questions you have to answer. That goes with the territory.
short sore tender
It's very, very tender and sore right now. We'll see where he's at the end of the week. It's a short week. I think we'll know Thursday. He's just not much better than he was.
late number terms year
And, number two, he's a year late in terms of, we've got a lot better team.
gives physical presence
He gives us a physical presence we like,
assistant coach dynamic half involved time work
There's no dynamic involved - I work for Mike. I've been an assistant coach for over half the time that I've been in this league. I know my role.
calls close coaching couple terms understand
keep coaching it. We had a couple of calls that were real close in terms of the 5-yard (chuck) rule. It's right at 41/2 or 5 yards. We just have to understand it is going to be called right close there, and if you are in a collision with a guy, you've got to get off him.