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
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We aren't doing anything he hasn't done before within the offense. Now, he might not have done it the last two or three weeks or four weeks or whatever,
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It's hard to single out one game as more important especially within the division, ... This is an important game for us because it's a home game - it's a division game.
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We've still got a ways to go. Obviously, (the new players) have made a contribution. Sometimes they make a contribution with their presence as well as their performance because they motivate other guys and they make other people fight a little stronger for their position within the roster.
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He's gaining confidence and a better understanding in what's happening within the running game. How to read the blocks, a little more patience getting to the line of scrimmage and more explosive when he gets there. ... Pulling through tackles with powerful legs and speed around the corner.
It was the right thing for us to do. And it made me look smart.
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I've been with him through the lowest time of his career. I've helped him come off the field with a terrible injury and I've watched him battle back to the point where you're willing to give up a first-round pick to watch him play again.
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Conversely, when you lose a football game and you fly home and look at it, it's not as bad as you thought it was. We know we aren't there yet. But we all feel we have the talent here to continue to get better.
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Early in the week (Green) had a numbness develop in his calf that went down into his toe. He could play, but after the second series, because it was bothering him, we just took him out. It comes and goes.
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Every time we got something going, we had penalties. You can overcome the five-yard penalties. But personal fouls and holding penalties?
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We had pass-protection problems, ... He was getting hit a lot, and that throws you off a little.
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Believe me, if the situation comes up again, the lesson he learned from there will be to turn around and walk away.
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I've always followed it, ... At one time, I thought I was going to be a driver, not a football coach.
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Sometimes they don't know what they don't know. You put yourself in a position to appease a group that doesn't know what they don't know.
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Some people see Priest going out there on Saturday for the first time and say, 'What's he doing?' ... He's poised to have a great season.