John Shaw
John Shaw
clear coach control evaluation everyday executive football indicate influence jay might personnel running subject talent title veto whatever
We use that title (general manager) to indicate that there's a person running our personnel side, or talent evaluation side, subject to whatever influence or control the coach might have on that, ... But it's clear that Jay is the everyday football executive with the most authority, subject only to a veto by myself or owners.
amount coach influence
We're one of those organizations where the coach has a significant amount of influence over personnel,
ended flat maybe played players ready younger
We started flat, we played flat and we ended flat. I don't know why, but maybe my younger players just weren't ready for it.
team time
We know where the team was at the time he left,
sit throw
We did our job. Now we have to sit back and see what they throw at us.
advised coaching condition consulting head indefinite met perform period physical result today unable
(Martz) advised us today that after he met with his consulting physician, his physical condition has worsened and he will be readmitted to the hospital...As a result of his condition, he will be unable to perform his head coaching responsibilities for an indefinite period of time.
either everybody game input prior whatever
I was under the impression, as was everybody in the organization, that whatever Mike's input would be, he would do that either prior to the game or during the week.
america jobs level might overcome people work
I think in America there's a lot of people that have jobs who might not like the person and the people that they work with, ... I think that they overcome that and work on a professional level and get things accomplished.
concerned gravity letting people
I think he was concerned he was letting down a lot of people but also had concern about the gravity of the situation.
couple felt weeks
I think he felt he was just a couple of weeks away, so I was very surprised,
dictate physically sure terms view wait
I think his anticipation is that he's going to want an extension, and he's going to want to dictate terms of that extension, ... And at this point, I'm not sure that any of that's going to happen. Our view is that we'll have to wait and see. We'll have to wait and see how he is physically and wait and see as to what his expectations are.
candidate consider great job
I think Joe, really under the circumstances, did a great job for us. It's just that we really don't consider him a candidate right now.
offer performance record royal valuable
Our offer is the most valuable and the most straightforward, ... Our record of performance is significantly better than Royal Bank's.
concern contract expect
Our No. 1 concern is his health. He has a contract and we expect him to coach.