Jim Fassel
Jim Fassel
James Edward "Jim" Fasselis the former head coach of the NFL's New York Giants. He has also served as offensive coordinator of several other NFL teams, and as the head coach, general manager, and president of the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth31 August 1949
dogs forces problem solid time
If you don't have a lot of time to prepare, it can really be a problem with all their dogs and blitzes. They give you a lot of looks; it all can be very disruptive. It forces you to be very solid in your protections.
foundation game running trying tweak
I'm trying to tweak things, ... because we've got to get our running game going. It's the foundation for us.
cough cover few guy hard list medicine stuff sure
It's not a stimulant that's just in a few areas. It's in a lot of stuff. It's in cough medicine and some inhalants. I'm sure there are going to be trip-ups, because it's really hard to give a guy a list of all the stuff that it's in. That list would cover a lot of stuff. They just have to be diligent.
cough cover few guy hard list medicine stuff sure
It's not a stimulant that's just in a few areas, ... It's in a lot of stuff. It's in cough medicine and some inhalants. I'm sure there are going to be trip-ups, because it's really hard to give a guy a list of all the stuff that it's in. That list would cover a lot of stuff. They just have to be diligent.
cap created franchise guy next problems scramble shows solve
It just shows the vulnerability of every franchise. I mean, one day you've got who you think is a franchise quarterback. And the next day, you're in a scramble to get one and solve the cap problems created by the guy getting hurt.
badly happen struggle takes
It takes a little while to build, ... It doesn't happen overnight, but I didn't think we'd struggle this badly now.
eventually happened mistake wait
They wait for you to make a mistake and eventually that's what happens. I don't see that changing, even with everything that's happened to them.
changed kicked last season towards
We changed up his fundamentals last season and it really kicked in towards the end of the season,
carry forward kerry step
There have been a lot of questions: 'Can Kerry step forward and carry this team?'
four front imagine incredible page secret tried wonderful worst york
The most incredible thing, ... is here I sit, and I've got four granddaughters now. Unbelievable! So much about it is really overwhelming. Imagine you've tried to keep an important secret over the years. What would be the worst thing? That it'd end up on the front page of the New York Times . But then it did, and what a wonderful story it is -- for everyone.
clock deep fix
Deep inside, I know we can fix this thing and get going, ... Now, the clock is running.
close control hard monitor outside taking
That's hard to do, because we don't control these guys' lives. But we don't want them going to any outside doctor. That way we can monitor what they're taking and we don't have any trip-ups. You really have to close up the circle.
believe everybody guy handled high last mental reason toughness wrote year
I have high expectations for Kyle. One reason I believe in him a lot is last year when everybody was down on him and wrote him off he handled it so well. When he really started to do some things, not once did he say, 'I told you so.' He was the same guy and that showed me he has the mental capabilities and toughness to do it.
hole
I couldn't, ... It was the hole in our lives.