Dick Vermeil
Dick Vermeil
Richard Albert "Dick" Vermeilis a former American head coach for the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Ramsand Kansas City Chiefs. He is in the Sid Gillman coaching tree and has coached at every level; Vermeil owns the distinction of being named “Coach of the Year” on four levels: High School, Junior College, NCAA Division I and Professional Football...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 October 1936
CityCalistoga, CA
backward game hit
We scaled things down as the game went on because (quarterback) Trent (Green) was getting hit back there. We went backward in what we could call.
hit throws
We had pass-protection problems, ... He was getting hit a lot, and that throws you off a little.
call fingers hits
We did know he started getting what we call 'burners' once in a while - a tingling in his fingers from some hits - which are very, very common,
ballgame coming hard hit hold knew onto pass problems solved time
We knew we were going to have some problems with pass protection. We knew that coming in. But, obviously, we didn't get it solved during the ballgame and Trent got hit too many times. We had a hard time getting the ball downfield because he couldn't hold onto the ball long enough.
football great hit knock though
We couldn't knock McNabb down even though we hit him. What a great football player.
football great hit knock though
We couldn't knock McNabb down even though we hit him, ... What a great football player!
bolt credit guys hit lightning line side wearing
They hit him too many times, ... and that's a credit to those guys over on the other side of the line of scrimmage wearing that lightning bolt on their helmet. We just have to get better.
bolt credit field guys hit lightning side wearing
They hit (Green) too many times, and that's a credit to the guys on the other side of the field wearing that lightning bolt on their helmet.
opinions votes
There are a lot of votes in this building. There are a lot of opinions.
assume gained plan player prepare scenario sudden
We always prepare for the worst. You can't assume somebody's going to be there, then all of a sudden he's not. You plan for this and for that. We'll prepare for the worst-case scenario and if it doesn't go that way, then we've gained a player or two.
along spite win
(There are quarterbacks) you win because of, ones you win along with and ones you win in spite of. If you've got one you have to win in spite of, he's usually not the quarterback very long.
deserve dominated raiders
The Raiders deserve to be world champions. They dominated us.
bench maybe opportunity priest talent wear
To have that kind of talent on the bench and not give him an opportunity to use it, and maybe wear out Priest a little more, that was the whole thing I was thinking,
believe learned lesson situation turn walk
Believe me, if the situation comes up again, the lesson he learned from there will be to turn around and walk away.