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
cerebral freedom good line offense studies
He is a very cerebral player. He studies offense and has a good feel for the game. We give him a lot of freedom to kind of line up in a lot of different places.
feed frame gaining good mind
He is making good decisions. He is gaining confidence, and we feed off him. I like the frame of mind he is in.
high performed stepped
He has stepped in and performed at a very high level,
came expect halftime hurting looked team
He gutted it out (Monday) night. He was hurting. He came in and we looked at it at halftime and taped it up. He said before we went out there that I'm going to give it a shot, but if I feel like I am hurting this team I am going to take myself out and I want you to know that. I told him I expect you to do that. Only you know where you are at with it.
gives life looking type
He gives us what we're looking for. He's excited. This is a new lease on life type of thing for him.
came felt good hopeful opening took
He felt good about what took place when he came out. We're hopeful to have him by the opening of the season.
camp coming guys knee major miss practice says surgery took training year
He never took a day off, either. Those are two guys that are coming off major knee surgery a year ago and to get through a training camp and not miss practice says a lot.
expect
We expect to have him for the opener.
choices deal dealt decisions mindset talking thinking time waste whatever
Whatever happens, and you kind of deal with the circumstances that you are dealt with. I think, at this point, that is the mindset that we have to have and we will deal with whatever decisions or other choices we have at that time. I am not going to waste any time thinking about that or talking about that.
ourselves since underdogs week
We've been underdogs pretty much every week since we got into this thing. We don't take ourselves too seriously.
niche proud teams
We're proud of the teams of the 1970s. But we have our own niche right now.
found liked people remind seven weeks
Remind them where they were seven weeks ago, that's the thing in my mind. Seven weeks ago you found that people liked you because it was unconditional.
entire game passing
Our passing game has not been in sync, really, this entire preseason and it showed very evidently tonight.
patience
Patience is a virtue. If you have the right people.