Brian Billick
Brian Billick
Brian Harold Billickis a former National Football League coach and commentator. Billick spent nine seasons as head coach of the Baltimore Ravens from January 19, 1999 to December 31, 2007; he led the Ravens to a 34–7 victory over the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV, the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance. He was also notable for being the offensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikingswhen they broke the then scoring record in the 1998 season...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 February 1954
CityFairborn, OH
ahead brought changes credit deserve forward good jim needed work
Jim was brought in to make the changes that needed to be made schematically, emotionally, strategically and fundamentally for us to go forward in conjunction with some very good coaches. They collectively and Jim individually deserve all the credit for the improvements that we've seen. We've got a lot of work ahead of us.
injury since surgery viable
He's been told that there's a possibility of surgery since the injury happened. There was always that possibility. I don't know if it's any more viable now than it was before.
early plenty
He's here plenty early to make an impact.
wants
He's got to look at what he wants to do.
addition great joy love
He's been a joy to have, a great addition to this club. We'd love to have him back.
ball equally focused happen letting run sure tennessee
Hopefully, we can run the ball equally as well, ... I'm sure Tennessee is focused on not letting that happen again.
allowed command good pocket throws
He did some very good things. It showed he was in command of the game. He was much more fundamentally sound, calmer in the pocket that allowed him to make the better throws that he made.
beat bit calm darn key league maybe mechanics point
He has to calm his mechanics down. When he does, he's pretty darn good. Maybe if we can play enough games, the league will beat it out of him to the point where, out of necessity, he slows down a little bit in some of the key fundamentals.
accuracy tends throwing
He has the size, the accuracy and the throwing action. He's a spectacular talent, but he doesn't look like anybody. So that tends to make us all nervous.
defense
He is about defense . . . he is about passion, he is about winning,
continue expect level looked next push
He looked fresh, which you'd expect after not being here for the first week, ... We'll continue to push him through it and put him through his paces and see if we can get him through that next level of conditioning.
expect looked
He looked fresh, which is what you would expect after not being here for the first week.
calms certain effect expect knew lack lost order plays urgency veteran
He never lost his cool. He knew he had to make certain plays in order for us to keep going. He was everything you'd expect out of a veteran quarterback. He just calms me. His effect on me is calming. He did that for me in 1998, and he's done that here as well. There's always that sense of, 'You know what? We're OK. We're going to be OK.' It's not a lack of urgency by any stretch. It's just a calmness.
control emotion intensity
Passion, emotion and intensity are good, but they've always got to be under control.