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
evaluation good judgment process smart
That's good judgment. If you're a rookie, I can sense if you use good judgment or not. So, I can tell how smart he is. It's a good evaluation process for me.
dependable good guys talk tough
You talk about guys who are unselfish, who are tough, and he exemplifies that. He's a tough player, a dependable player, and he's a really good player. I like tough players.
adding atmosphere drafting free goes good guys keeping key positive selling signing understood
You're not going to be able to keep everyone, and we've understood that as part of this system. I think a lot of it goes with keeping a good nucleus, drafting well and adding some key free agents, signing some of these guys back and selling them on the atmosphere we have. It's a very positive one.
looking
You're looking at 10 to 14 days. Then we'll see how he is, and we'll go from there,
bit bounce coaching front stability
You're going to have go through a little bit of that down cycle. I think when you have some stability with the coaching staff, you have some stability with the front office, I think you're able to bounce back quicker.
asking game patient stand
You're asking them to stand up for the first time. They look around and, after about a year, they see the game differently. You have to be patient with them.
again might until
You might not see him again until Tennessee.
plays running unfold
You don't see us running a lot of different plays with Willie. They're the same plays, they just may unfold differently.
blessing brings class great means
This means so much to the team. This is a blessing because Jerome is such a great guy. He brings so much class and professionalism to our team.
fine
There was nothing really there. Now he'll feel better. He'll be fine by Sunday.
challenge excitement game playoff
There will be a lot of excitement in that stadium, their first playoff game in a long time. It's a big, big challenge for us.
base direct football good maybe players science
There's a lot of good football players out there. There's no direct science to this. You try to base it on an interaction of maybe 15 minutes, so you never know.
couple hit
This may not hit me for a couple of days.
defensive deny dominated front offense
They pretty much dominated us, ... Our offense to their defense, they were pretty smothering out there, and we really couldn't get anything going. Their offense and their defensive front pretty much dominated tonight, and you can't deny that.