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
answer except position
I would be in better position to answer it on Wednesday, ... Except I'm not going to be here.
against athletes bit handled league material matter physical playing position rookie seeing time tough volumes
The tough thing in this league about playing the linebacker position is that as a rookie you are seeing many things for the first time and you are going against athletes that you didn't always play against when you were in college. The physical part of it is tough, but they have handled that beautifully. Then it was just a matter if they could handle the volumes of material that are expanded a little bit when you get into our league.
bit country couple fortunate guys known number players positions pro star team though throughout truest
That team (Green Bay) was a little bit more of a star team. We had more than a couple guys that were really pretty well known at their positions throughout the country and went to Pro Bowls. Our team now, even though we are fortunate to have a number of players go to the Pro Bowl, is really a team in the truest sense of the word.
best league position
He's acknowledged in the league as one of the best position coaches.
absorb attitude good guy next position steps team
But we're in as good a position as any team to absorb that. Our attitude has always been the next guy steps in, and off you go.
career finish position stay
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.
impressed pass year
Where I am impressed even more with him this year is his pass protection,
area asked certainly great
Wow, great story. That's an area we have to look at, but he certainly has done everything we have asked him to do.
answer approach huge numbers passes playing sort start
With the numbers he has put up, I think if you don't approach it at the start that way, you're making a huge mistake. He catches 14 balls, 12 balls, 13 balls, that's a lot of passes in a game. Clearly, they want him to be a big part of what they do. ... You better have some sort of answer for playing them or they can make you look pretty bad.
deal figure receiver strong
We are going to have to figure out how we're going to deal with a real strong receiver like that.
anyone asking calling easy few handle last middle people plate rookie seen
What we're asking him to do is difficult, ... A rookie middle linebacker calling the signals, there's nothing easy about that. His plate is full. But if anyone can handle it, of the young people I've seen in the last few years, he can.
biggest game played
We have played better than we did tonight. Unfortunately, it's the biggest game of the year.
certainly confidence hard played worked
We'll see, ... Joe, of course, has played, and Hackett hasn't played very much so we'll see. He has certainly worked hard to do this, and I have confidence in him. We'll see how it goes.
assuming feels meeting practice ready running saw unless
Our running back is, I think, pretty good. When I saw him at our meeting today, he said he feels good, he's fine, and unless something happens, I'm assuming he'll be ready to practice on Wednesday.