Mike Holmgren
Mike Holmgren
Michael George Holmgrenis a former American football coach and executive, most recently serving as president of the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. Holmgren began his NFL career as a quarterbacks' coach and later as an offensive coordinator with the San Francisco 49ers, where they won Super Bowl XXIII and XXIV. He served as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1992 to 1998, appearing in two Super Bowls, and of the Seattle Seahawks from 1999 to...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth15 June 1948
CitySan Francisco, CA
This is a tough pill to swallow. We accomplished a lot this year. While you don't have a great feeling after a game like this, I want them to remember this feeling, so they can build on it.
It's a tough pill to swallow, but we can build on it. We accomplished a lot this year.
I thanked him for allowing the coaches to build something. In such a volatile industry, you don't always get that.
Patience. I thanked Paul for being patient with me in a rather volatile business, to allow your coaches to build something and to believe in them. You don't always see it as much as you should in this business, and he has been great for me. With the patience Mr. Allen has shown me, he gave me a chance to stand on the podium.
We established something great here in Seattle and we can build on it. But it's a tough, tough pill to swallow.
In Green Bay it was quite different than the situation in Seattle because they had a wonderful tradition.
I know they're not OK with it. I wanted them to keep their heads up. There's no need to apologize for anything. We lost the football game and we lost it because of the reasons you lose most games ... mistakes.
I know the club's position is we would like him to stay in Seattle. I think he should finish his career as a Seahawk.
I know that he's a better player than he performed on Sunday. And now, if he gets a chance to be the guy and start, I think you'll see the player that has done very well for us since he's been here.
I'm kicking it to our medical staff. If they say, 'No, he can't be there,' he's not there.
Steve Smith, for his size, is very, very strong -- physically a strong guy, has strong hands.
That happens on occasion. You'll get a team signing somebody that skews, that's like Alex Rodriguez signing with Texas.
They have you outnumbered just a little bit. Now it is safer, I suppose, than throwing a pass, but you can't worry too much about that.
They know what's at stake. And so you don't have to talk too much about that. I have to be coaching the same way.