Jim Haslett
Jim Haslett
James Donald Haslettis an American football coach and former linebacker, who is currently the linebackers coach for the Cincinnati Bengals. Previously, he served as the head coach for the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League, and the New Orleans Saints and St. Louis Rams in the National Football League...
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That's up to Scott and the way he wants to go. I know he'd like to have a younger guy. But John's a good football coach. He's probably one of the best defensive line coaches I've been around. But that's really Scott's call.
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That's the only reason to do it. Everybody's looking for a competitive edge.
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That's been part of our problem on defense the last couple years that we've had so many changes in personnel that no one has ever gotten comfortable with anybody,
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I was proud of the team in the way they came back from last week, and we played well in a lot of areas.
I would like to know something before the end of the season, but again, that's up to him.
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I won't tolerate guys walking to the football. Everybody runs to the football. We're going to get a group of smart players who are going to do things right.
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I think quarterbacks go through phases like that. He has never, ever struggled against us, and that's the key to us. We've got to make sure we don't get fooled by a couple of bad games because he is capable of doing big things.
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It doesn't get any worse than that, ... We were just bad today. We just self-destructed. We were awful.
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I think he's really matured this year, compared to his first couple years. We drafted him when he was a junior. People forget that he was (21) years old. I think he's really matured the last couple years, but this year it's evident by his play and taking care of himself and understanding that, in order for him to be a good football player, he has to take care of himself on and off the field.
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We put in new guys last year. We tried to simplify some things. Hopefully this defense can pick up where it ended last year.
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We put everybody back in pads to get them acclimated,
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We went with the quarterback sneak, we just ran it out of a different formation, and we didn't get it, ... We panicked and didn't execute well enough.
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I think it will be an easy transition, because Rick and Willy both know the defense I ran in Pittsburgh.
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I think the team will rally around Todd. This was the time to see if Todd could handle the situation.