Dom Capers
Dom Capers
Ernest Dominic Capersis an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. Capers served as the head coach for the NFL's Carolina Panthers from 1995 and 1998 and for the Houston Texans from 2002 to 2005. He is the only person to serve two different NFL expansion teams as their inaugural head coach...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth7 August 1950
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I understand the job as the head football coach is to win games. But when you put your heart and soul into something and it doesn't work the way you want it or anticipate it to, it's disappointing.
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Well this obviously has been a long, tough year. I'm disappointed that things had to end this way. I understand this business and I understand your job as a head football coach is to win games. Obviously when you put your heart and soul into something and it doesn't work out the way that you wanted and anticipated, then you're disappointed.
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It all begins with the takeaway/giveaway. Anytime you go four games and don't get a takeaway and you're minus-8, it really doesn't make a whole lot of difference what else you do. Statistics prove that it's awful hard to win when you don't get a takeaway.
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We've got to go back to work and become a more disciplined and smarter team and do all the things it takes to win games. We have a lot of work to do because our opener is right around the corner. I'm convinced that we can get to where we need to be.
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Today was certainly a positive step in the right direction. I am proud of the way our team has hung together and continued to battle. We now have to take this win and build on it.
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We can't be a sloppy team and expect to play winning football. We have to be an efficient team with an eye to detail to win games.
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Overall, we improved as a football team yesterday. We did more of the things it takes to go in and compete and win a game.
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Our responsibility was to win football games, and we made good strides the first three seasons, but we didn't get it done this year. I'm disappointed that things had to end this way.
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You put yourself in such a hole and give up that much hidden yardage. You can't do that and expect to win in the NFL.
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We're obviously still a work in progress in terms of our pass protection. But I've seen us, at times, do the things that you have to do to win football games on offence. We just have to do it more consistently with our execution.
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I can't be worried about that, because we're trying to win games. They didn't play the way we expect or they expect, but Jason and Phillip will still contribute. This can change from week to week.
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We have to do a better job of taking care of the ball. We know the Steelers do a great job of it and they do not turn it over much. We cannot turn it over.
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Quite frankly, I'm glad we have a bye week this week. It gives us a chance to do a lot of self evaluation. We have got to find some way to bounce back.
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We had our opportunities and were close on a few, but we didn't make the plays it takes to beat a good football team.