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
great grow helped level plus terms
He's been a great plus for our young receivers. He's helped them grow and kind of take things to another level in terms of their preparation.
help
I think Derrick's really going to help us - on all downs,
couple excited helped morning plan plays plot ran tried
This morning he went out and ran and was excited about the way he felt. We tried to plot a plan on how we'd use him. That's what we did. ... He made a couple of big plays that helped us.
extremely great help obviously pleased randy team tried work
I just think that we've been extremely pleased with Randy as a person and a player. He has a great work ethic. He obviously has great ability. He's come in here and tried to help this team in every way that he can.
competition deal helps motivational played rich starting won
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.
great guy help knows practice steps
He's a guy that's going to help our young guys. He's been great with our young guys. ... When he steps on the practice field, (he) knows how to go, how to work.
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,