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
allow ball catch fair guy opportunity signals
They were right. If the guy signals for a fair catch you have to allow him the opportunity to catch the ball even if it bounces off (him).
came gave joey lead porter team
They wanted Jerome to lead the team out. They wanted him to come out first, so they gave him his time, and then we all came out as a team. Joey Porter thought that was important and he told the team that's what we were going to do.
football people taken team
That football team is well run. The people who have taken over were in that system,
ball definitely run successful
It's definitely a concern, something we need to do better in. You have to run the ball to be successful in this league.
case practiced somebody
It's case by case. Obviously, if you have somebody who hasn't practiced all week, you have to take that into account. We are just going to look at all the circumstances and go from there.
fast normal tempo wednesday
It'll be a normal Wednesday practice, fast tempo and just a normal practice.
bad looked saw
It looked bad from what I saw up on the screen.
defending hard short
It's hard enough defending this quarterback (Tom Brady) on a long field, ... When you have to defend him on a short field, it makes it even more difficult.
chance field goals holding rather win
It's a first. But we were holding them to field goals rather than touchdowns and got a chance to win it in the end.
bit expectation level revealed saw
I told him he revealed another gear. I saw something where now I can set another level of expectation that's a little bit higher.
complete resilient team void
It really does complete a void that's been there. This team has been real resilient all year.
against broke buffalo chance defense football national near ran rested team top week willie yards
It's all speed; that's the one thing you see in Willie Parker. Willie made our football team because he flashed and he got a chance to play in Week 16 against Buffalo and showed something. We had rested some linemen and he ran against a defense that that was near the top of the National Football League. He got over 100 yards and broke a run.
decision game gotten half last legitimate overtime second series wish
It's a legitimate question, ... As the second half unfolded, unfortunately we did not have Jerome in the game. I wish I would have gotten him in. He was not in the game in the last series of overtime because he had not been in the game in the second half. That's a decision that I am responsible for.
age mature
We have a young quarterback who didn't play young today. . . . He's much more mature than his age would indicate.