Mike Shula
Mike Shula
Mike Shulais an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. Shula has been with the Panthers since 2011, when he was hired as their quarterbacks coach. He was promoted to offensive coordinator after Rob Chudzinski was hired to be the head coach of the Cleveland Browns. Shula served as the head football coach at the University of Alabama, his alma mater, for four seasons, from 2003 to 2006...
happen might realize start
You want their motors going because you want them to start fast. It's a concern. You just want them to realize things happen so fast, you might just have one opportunity.
april character evaluate guys held leave lined progress spend spring tape three trying weeks
You spend three weeks in April getting yourself lined up for spring recruiting. You're trying to evaluate as much tape as you can. If you don't know who you want by this time, you're way behind. Character is more important too. We're being held accountable if guys leave with the new (Academic Progress Report).
chance family gives spend sunday time
You really don't see your family from Sunday to Thursday, so this gives us a chance to spend some time together,
asked decisions efficient good passing
They are so efficient with their passing game. With a quarterback that makes good decisions and is comfortable with what he is doing and what he is being asked to do.
against best scheme scout speed spend team teams time tried
There is no way to simulate what they do by any means. You just try to give them the best look that you can with our scout team offense. We have tried to spend a little more time going against ourselves, our first teams going against each other. Not necessarily scheme wise, but just to keep up with the speed of the game.
anytime ball empties happens hopefully impact open players touch
Anytime it happens to any of your players it empties your stomach. Hopefully he'll make a speedy recovery. He had an impact on every game, even when he doesn't touch the ball a lot. He can open things up for the other guys.
creates defense offense wins
Offense is what creates excitement. Defense just wins games.
enthusiasm faster guys nine playing positions reacting tempo
I thought the tempo and enthusiasm from our guys was real good. We have a lot of positions that are open, nine positions specifically. We have to get used to reacting faster and playing better as a group.
caught exciting explosive good hard liked night training worked
Keith worked really hard this summer. He had a good training camp. He's an explosive receiver. He's exciting to see because he's so fast. What I liked about (Saturday) night is once he caught the ball, he was going north.
bit guys halftime job nervous panic realized though veteran
I was a little nervous at halftime just because I couldn't tell where we were as a team, if we were a little bit down or flat, ... What I realized is we've got some veteran guys who weren't necessarily going to panic even though we didn't play as well as we thought we could in the first half. They just went out there and did their job better.
decisions good smart
He's a smart guy, he's very mature, he's got good hands, and I think he's going to make good decisions back there.
feels fought great guy looks quicker seems
He's been a guy that's fought through a lot of injuries. He's much more experienced now. He feels more comfortable in what he's doing. He looks quicker and just seems to be more aware, which is what we're all going to have to have come Monday, defensively, especially, just great awareness.
knows
He's doing OK. He knows it's going to be a long haul, and he's ready.
certain coaches couple felt good looks runs
Our coaches felt like we could make a couple of little adjustments and get some good looks for certain runs and boy, they were good looks,