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
defensive good offensive player
We signed, arguably, as good an offensive and defensive player as there was in New York.
believed game players
I've always believed this: The game comes down to the players executing,
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If we ever get in a situation where we can play younger players at any position we would, but right now it's just focusing on whatever we have to try and do to get a win.
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The biggest adjustment is the time-management part, the limited amount of time you have with the kids as opposed to the pros, ... Every week it's a new challenge. It doesn't make any difference how much knowledge I might have about the defense ... it comes down to what our players can practice and comprehend. Finding that happy medium has been a little bit different.
defensive execute facing jason players taylor
We'd like to do some things, but I don't think we've got a Jason Taylor (Dolphins defensive end) on our team. And (Weis) will be facing the same thing. ... There are things we know about each other and what we'd like to try to do. Can the players go out and execute it? We'll see.
game player ricky team took win
We're going to do what we have to do to try and win the game. Ricky wanted to go in at the end of (Sunday's) game to get 100 yards. I took him out. He's a competitor. ... There's not a player on our team who says, 'You try and win it, I'll watch.' That doesn't compute.
game player ricky team took win
We're going to do what we have to do to try and win the game, ... Ricky wanted to go in at the end of (Sunday's) game to get 100 yards. I took him out. He's a competitor. ... There's not a player on our team who says, 'You try and win it, I'll watch.' That doesn't compute.
best built few foundation next players program team
That's what the foundation of this program is going to be built on and the next few years that's what this team is going to be built on -- players we can trust, players that are going to be accountable and players who want to be the best -- not just OK, the best.
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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.
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Joe's a good player for us and Joe will continue to be a good player for us, but we need to threaten people,
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Recruiting is exciting right now. I think we're close right now to adding a couple more players here in the near future to our outstanding class coming in already.
bobby knight love players plays
I love that expression, I think Bobby Knight said it: It's not how many plays you can run. It's how well do your players play. That's about where we're at right now.
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I'll follow those guys. They're the best. Guys like Zach and Jason, that's the reason you coach. Players that work like that and who are committed like that -- people that you can trust, week in and week out. That's what makes it fun.
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If you turn the football over, you turn them over for touchdowns or turn them over in the red zone, you're not going to beat anyone, ... Tyler is our leader. He's one of the best players we have on this team. He's won an awful lot of games around here and he'll continue to win an awful lot of games.