Karl Dorrell
Karl Dorrell
Karl Dorrellis an American football coach, former player and the current Wide Receiver coach for the New York Jets. He most recently served as the offensive coordinator at Vanderbilt University, a position he assumed in January 2014 until December 1, 2014. Dorrell served as the head football coach of the University of California, Los Angelesfrom 2003 to 2007, compiling a record of 35–27. He led the UCLA Bruins to five bowl appearance in five seasons, but did not coach in...
composure early good kept reduce thinking tried
We still kept our composure and we just tried to reduce our thinking early in the game. Initially, we just wanted to get one good series. Then it was just one good play.
reduce thinking tried
We just tried to reduce our thinking before that first touchdown, let's just get one series.
allowed ball bit coming drew line offensive played pressure protected quite room running saw threw tried
They tried pressuring us quite a bit in the first half, and Drew saw most of the pressure that was coming and threw the ball to the right person, ... He played well. Our offensive line has played well and protected him well and has allowed some running room for our running backs.
anticipate contain defensive hands necessary plays sound tackle
We're going to have to play with some sound defensive fundamentals, we're going to have to tackle and do what?s necessary for us to contain their offense. Our hands are full, but we anticipate for us to make some plays when we need to.
challenge good great players ready
We're getting our players ready to play a good Northwestern team. It's going to be a great challenge for our program.
needed stepped whenever
Whenever we needed a play made, he stepped up and made a play.
care continue envisioned improve ourselves position
We're in a position that we envisioned ourselves being at this time. Now we've got to take care of business, continue to improve and do the things that got us to this point.
affect dynamite healthy hoping kinds pad runners shoulder step throw
When you try to arm-tackle runners like him or even throw a shoulder pad on them, it doesn't affect those kinds of guys. He's a dynamite player. We're just hoping to keep him healthy every step of the way.
buzz click felt good great playing point ran saw time week
We ran into a buzz saw. We had a great week of preparation and felt good about ourselves. It was just a point in time in the season, probably, that things weren't going to click for us as well as in the past. We saw some things that were uncharacteristic of how we've been playing all season.
anxious dust pants time
We're anxious to get off the ground, dust our pants off and find another time to fight.
facilities grass practice wind
The facilities here are nice. We wanted to practice on grass and we wanted to get acclimated to the climate. There's some wind here and other things that we're not used to at home.
against good hands move success team teams ten
Our team can move the football. We've done it against some very good teams in our conference. We also know how good the Big Ten is. For them to have success in the Big Ten, we know our hands are full.
biggest control issue line maintain starts
Our biggest issue is to maintain some control of the line of scrimmage. It starts up front. That's where we think we're a little better than we've been in the past.
biggest control issue line maintain starts
Our biggest issue is to maintain some control of the line of scrimmage, ... It starts up front. That's where we think we're a little better than we've been in the past.