Bill Cowher
Bill Cowher
William Laird Cowheris a former professional American football coach and player in the National Football League. In Cowher's 15 seasons as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team won eight division titles and made 10 playoff appearances. Cowher led the Steelers to the Super Bowl twice, winning one. He is the second coach in NFL history to reach the playoffs in each of his first six seasons as head coach, a feat previously accomplished by Paul Brown. Cowher resigned...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth8 May 1957
CityCrafton, PA
ahead learn recognize schedule tough week
There are a lot of things we can learn from that game, ... We will. We'll take a week off and recognize that we have a tough schedule ahead of us and we'll just take it one at a time.
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When you game plan, there are certain elements that you prepare for, certain things that you want to do. Certain plays will complement other plays, ... You're always going to have complementary plays that set up other plays. It's a pretty dramatic difference from that point. ... There's a lot more focus on what you're trying to do.
couple guys
There are a couple of guys who haven't worked, but it is more precautionary than anything.
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When you get to this point in the season, there are not a lot of surprises. You have a couple of very good football teams that want to put together their best game plan, and then execute it in detail. There are usually three or four opportunities in any game to make the right play, and have an effect on the outcome. This game probably won't be any different.
gone losing middle proper streak
We've gone through the disappointment, we've gone through the expectations. We've gone through the three-game losing streak in the middle of the season. We've done some things no one has ever done, so I think there is proper perspective.
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With the bye week, we probably lost a little bit of that momentum. We were in one of those zones -- 'Just tell us where we're going next. Just send us off to another team.' I think these guys thrive on this. With all due respect to Heinz Field, we just kept going off. They said, 'You're the home team for the Super Bowl.' No, we're not.
ahead challenge chip lost test
We've got a big test ahead of us with this team, ... They lost and they're going to come in with a big chip on their shoulder. It's going to be a big challenge for us.
We'll kind of go from there, see where he's at. He still doesn't feel real comfortable.
bring building four gratifying pass pittsburgh special tradition trophies
There is a lot of tradition with Pittsburgh and to be a part of that would be really special. We have the four trophies in our building and I pass them every day and to bring another one there would be very gratifying and very special for the whole team.
enjoy special
There is nothing that I'll enjoy more. It's special to have them there with you, and it's more special to be with them, too, when they are competing.
assess next obviously recovery time week
The recovery time right now is he obviously isn't going to play this week and we'll assess next Tuesday, ... We'll see where he is from there....
circumstance defining football moment tested
We will be tested with this set of circumstances. It's going to be a defining moment of this football team.
basics everybody guys
We had to get back to basics and make everybody accountable. We had to look within, and these guys were able to do that.
reflective
This was very reflective of how they feel about their teammates.