Dave Wannstedt
Dave Wannstedt
Dave Wannstedtis an American football coach. He has been the head coach of the Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was also the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh football team from 2005 to 2010. He also was a long-time assistant to Jimmy Johnson with the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Hurricanes, and Oklahoma State Cowboys as well as an associate of Johnson when both were assistants at the University of Pittsburgh in the 1970s...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth21 May 1952
anybody locker mud pads practice room walk
There was no way I was going to have my first practice in pads and walk into that locker room without having anybody with mud on their pants,
hit joe scramble
There was just one of them that he actually made a throw, to Joe DelSardo, where he actually did scramble and hit it,
establish team type work
There's a lot of work to do to establish what type of team we're going to have,
improve
The way you improve is you work, and we're going to work.
chose class expect foundation good pittsburgh players university
This class will be a good foundation for the future. Most of these players had a lot of (other offers). Most of these players chose the University of Pittsburgh because they expect to win.
crossed deal discipline guys help hopefully mature mind possible road standpoint traveling
I told our guys when we went to Tampa, I said, 'This is going to help us down the road from the standpoint of the traveling and possible distractions.' You have to discipline your mind and be mature enough to deal with all of that during the season. And those things are going to come up during the season. Hopefully we've already crossed that bridge.
bus four halfway healthy kidding
I told them the first four off the bus are the starters. I was kidding them but halfway serious. It's all up for grabs in a healthy way.
beginning challenge coming exhibition games guys hard prepared pressure respond season talent time tough training virginia work
There will be a lot of pressure on us to get it right in training camp. We don't have any exhibition games, any 'give-me' games coming out of the blocks. Virginia is a very tough game, especially for an opener. We have young players, but they have talent and we'll work hard to get them ready. These guys will respond to the challenge and we'll be a lot better prepared for the beginning of the season this time through it.
accurate fortunate jay needs obvious three throws weeks
It's obvious that Jay needs a lot of work, ... He's behind, and we're fortunate that we have three weeks before we play (a regular-season game) to get that done?.Jay has just got to get enough work. The throws he made were off. He just wasn't very accurate tonight.
beat confident good mind needed turning
It was really in my mind a turning point, ... We needed to beat a good opponent. We were more confident than we had been in the past.
determine factor game guys happens looking nature react season sorry type
They were like all of us, me included, looking for someone to feel sorry for you. But that's the nature of the game. That game is not going to determine what type of season we have. That game is not going to be the determining factor of what happens in December. How we react to that game is going to determine what type of a season we have. And our guys have responded.
backs backward game good involved last offense played running score spring springs start three throws today
I've been involved in springs where, the last week, you're going backward -- you go out for the spring game and the quarterback throws three interceptions, the running backs fumble and the offense doesn't score a touchdown. Then you start making excuses. But we played well enough today and did enough good things.
challenges defense defensive developing encouraged few guys line looked
As a whole, the defense looked good. A few guys really showed up to play today. Developing the defensive line is one of our challenges and I was encouraged today.
defending defensive gets seen talk team worry
No question, we've seen it all. There's nothing in there we won't have seen. But as a defensive coach, you can't worry about defending ghosts. You can talk all you want about a team and the way they do things, but it comes down to what gets done on the field,