Lovie Smith
Lovie Smith
Lovie Lee Smithis the head football coach at the University of Illinois. He was previously the head coach of the Chicago Bears from 2004 to 2012, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2014 to 2015. Smith has been to the Super Bowl twice, as the defensive coordinator for the 2001 St. Louis Rams and as the head coach for the Bears in 2006...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth8 May 1958
CityGladewater, TX
coming gets guys pick run running slack stretch trying until
We have a stretch run that we're coming up on and we need all of our guns, really, for that. And Cedric is a big part of what we're trying to do running the football. Other guys will have to pick up the slack until he gets back.
carried defense strength supposed
When you say the defense has carried us, that's what they're supposed to do. That's the strength of our team.
brought good mindset supposed understood
We brought in good players, why should we be bad? We never understood that. We had the mindset that we were supposed to be good right away.
behind thomas
In time, all of them will contribute. As (it) happens, Cedric is behind Thomas Jones, who is having an outstanding year.
came charles early eventually football good huge players spell tough
Charles has been through a lot this year. He had a tough spell early in the season. He came back after that. Good football players eventually play that way. That's just a huge play.
game great hump next win
How about those Bears! What a great game! To get over the hump and get to the next level, you have to win a game like this on the road.
few guys injury quick quite rush soon
He's a quick healer, as he has let me know quite a few times. We don't want to rush him, but we would like to get him out there as soon as possible. We have a long injury list, but we're getting guys back.
changed definitely documented last offense since
We'd definitely take that. It's documented what our offense did last year. A lot has changed since then.
chance help kyle learn older
This will give Kyle a chance to learn from two older quarterbacks, which should only help his play as a quarterback.
finish
We let one get away from us today. We have to find a way to finish the game.
feeling minus players sorry step
We're not feeling sorry for ourselves. We're minus one of our players but we have a lot of other players who will step up to the plate.
offer
If someone makes us an offer you can't refuse, you have to listen, and that's what we're doing.
contact football head looking
He will be contacted, I'm sure. If you're looking for a head football (coach) right now, wouldn't you want to contact him?
backing continue guy rotation starter
We don't have a two-back rotation or anything like that. There's a starter and there's a guy who's backing him up who we would like to get plays. It will continue like this. We're going to go with our starter and we're going to try to get our backups in place.