John Shaw
John Shaw
address almost beginning bob felt mike talked time training
Bob told me he felt it would be better to address it after the season, ... By the time Mike talked about it, we were almost beginning training camp.
couple felt weeks
I think he felt he was just a couple of weeks away, so I was very surprised,
agree based coaches extension felt performance prove respect response themselves view
Mike's response was that he didn't really have to prove himself, ... So he wouldn't agree on an extension based on a performance level. And I respect his view that he felt he didn't have to prove himself. But there's also a view that coaches have to prove themselves every year.
battered felt tough
It's been a tough time, just brutal. We've all felt battered in some way.
brought candidates felt three unique
I think we felt that all three candidates brought something unique to the table.
coming couple expecting felt four hours last met mike time tuesday weeks
I met with Mike last Tuesday for about four hours at his house. I felt at that time that he thought he was coming back after the bye. I think he felt that he was just a couple weeks away. So I was kind of expecting him to come back after the bye.
deal everybody hard hours spent
I spent a lot of hours on it. It's hard to make a deal that makes everybody happy.
blame create draft mode people picking player tend tends three took
And when that happens, the first thing people tend to do is blame the coach, or blame the people that are picking players. And once you get into a finger-pointing mode of who took that first-round draft pick, or why did you let this player go, it tends to create divisiveness between those three people.
belief clearly coach defined department director head position process scouting setup time
There was a belief at that time that we didn't need the (pro personnel) process so defined, or that position so defined ... that our head coach and our scouting department would be more involved. I think now there's kind of a belief that we should have a more traditional setup where there is a director of pro personnel. And it's more clearly defined.
coach coaching field identified improve list number product quite suits team wide
We want a coach that we think will improve our product and put a more competitive team on the field right now. We have identified a list of candidates. It's quite a wide list. We will do this immediately, but diligently. I know there will be a number of coaching vacancies, but we will do it in a way that suits us.
assume business coaching head hiring
Everything in our business is competitive. I assume the hiring on our head coaching will be competitive.
coach expect fully mike next speak
As I speak to you today, I fully expect that Mike will be our coach next year.
basketball full played team total
That was a total team effort. And finally, we played our kind of basketball for a full game.
basically hired introduce modern
I was basically hired to introduce what was called modern math, in 1964.