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
best last played sure team time
I'm not sure we were the best team last year. I think we played the best at the right time of year.
good guys hand offense starting
I like to think we are getting better ? and we need to. We are starting to get back. Our quarterback is starting to look like he is in rhythm. In practice, he overthrew some guys and I thought this was good because ... his hand is starting to feel pretty good. We got the offense going.
large pick
If there's one and there's a large discrepancy, I'll just pick one guy, ... If it's close, I'll pick two.
journey love recognize separate seven straight won
They love you because you just won seven straight games. It's important that you separate the two, and recognize where you are and the journey that you had, because we're not done with that journey.
lost remember super teams won
They'll never remember the teams that lost the Super Bowl. But they'll remember who won it.
matter
It was just a matter of what play we would call.
due guys kept respect send thrived
It was 'Just tell us where we're going next, just send us off to another team. I think the guys thrived on that. With all due respect to Heinz Field, we just kept going off (on the road).
far good leaves mad offer somewhere wrong
Nothing went wrong with Plax in Pittsburgh. He just got a good offer to play somewhere else. We weren't mad at him, and I think he leaves on very good terms, at least as far as we're concerned.
deal demands guys
Not just Jerome , but all of these guys will have to deal with demands on their time. I tell them, 'Getting here is one thing, but don't get out of your routine.
football guy hand hard satisfying trophy
If you look at our ownership, Mr. Rooney is a football guy and he understands how hard it is to do this. Nothing would be more satisfying to me than to hand him the Vince Lombardi trophy in two weeks.
came coming good last tennessee tough whipped year
If you look at us two years ago, we were 6-10 and probably a lot like Tennessee, where the year before we were in the playoffs. Tennessee is coming off a tough year last year. As I told the team, two years ago they were 12-4 and came up here and whipped our tails pretty good in this stadium.
days game late lost remember
If you go in as late as we're going in, I don't think it will have as big effect. When we had to go in two days before, as we did in Albuquerque, we lost the game -- the fumble, if you remember the fumble drive.
beat biggest concern continue himself pressure timing trying
He's still a young quarterback, ... He's going to continue to grow. He's probably going to have setbacks. That's part of the process. We're trying to get the timing down. But my biggest concern with him is that he doesn't put the pressure on himself, doesn't beat himself up too much.
emotional football leader
He's the emotional leader for our football team.