Jim Fassel Quotations

We're not going to panic here, ... You keep trying, you just have to keep adjusting little things until we can get 'em going. There's no magic fix. I try little different things, but it still comes down to we have to go out and play and execute.

I have high expectations for Kyle. One reason I believe in him a lot is last year when everybody was down on him and wrote him off he handled it so well. When he really started to do some things, not once did he say, 'I told you so.' He was the same guy and that showed me he has the mental capabilities and toughness to do it.

I couldn't, ... It was the hole in our lives.

I am raising the stakes right now, ... If this is a poker game, I am shoving my chips right in the middle of the table. I am raising the ante. Anybody who wants out, can get out. This team is going to the playoffs. OK? This team is going to the playoffs.

I feel very lucky to have gotten them all. Replacing special teams isn't like replacing a lineman, where you hope the group comes together. On their own, those guys are all difference-makers. And you know what? I think they came here because each one looked at us and thought, Hey, those guys have a chance to win it all.

He has worked hard. He wants to be good. His fundamentals are so much better. He is smooth, he is crisp, and he just looks comfortable out there now.

He doesn't do stupid things with the ball. Mike's system is pretty sound. They'll throw the ball fairly quick. They don't drop back with a lot of looks. He'll have a plan that will be very basic and his priority will be the quarterback. I think he'll handle the 3-4 pretty well. I really do.

Kerry is evolving into an elite quarterback in this league. One of the top guys who is going to play this game. And as he goes on, there's no limit to him right now. He's come so far and handled himself so well. There's no limit. He's got tremendous talent.

I would say that whatever our numbers are, they're probably pretty much league-wide and probably pretty much society-wide. I don't think our team is any different from any other team or society as a whole. I don't think those numbers are out of whack. The hard thing is we hold these players to different standards. That's going to be the difficult part, figuring out how we are going to bridge that gap if these guys can't be within these normal societal numbers.

I think we have higher expectations and desires than a lot of people think, or that we're capable of. Our guys weren't going to stop unless they were going to win.

I thought Jesse did all right, considering some things. We had some routes that weren't where they were supposed to be and protection problems.

We never lost that will to win -- the guys just kept on fighting.

Those are the decisions you make, ... I made a lot of them. You can second-guess every damn one if you want.

When you start looking at the coaching standpoint with OT, you're throwing a lot of what ifs in there,

We didn't play real well all season and realistically, we should have beaten them twice. They didn't hammer us. We should have beaten them twice. I think Seattle's a pretty hard-nosed, athletic group of guys that will match up pretty well.

When we walk out of the meeting, and it's all drawn up on the piece of paper, you don't run routes as a stick man. You run routes with a feel. You know when to sit. You know when to slide. You know when to change directions. That stuff.

We changed up his fundamentals last season and it really kicked in towards the end of the season,

There have been a lot of questions: 'Can Kerry step forward and carry this team?'

The most incredible thing, ... is here I sit, and I've got four granddaughters now. Unbelievable! So much about it is really overwhelming. Imagine you've tried to keep an important secret over the years. What would be the worst thing? That it'd end up on the front page of the New York Times . But then it did, and what a wonderful story it is -- for everyone.

Deep inside, I know we can fix this thing and get going, ... Now, the clock is running.

That's hard to do, because we don't control these guys' lives. But we don't want them going to any outside doctor. That way we can monitor what they're taking and we don't have any trip-ups. You really have to close up the circle.

For both of us. But I never questioned it, even over the years. It was the right thing to do. There are times in your life you have to make the tough decision, and this was one of those times. You know that (Giants co-owner) Wellington Mara is a strong anti-abortion guy. He told me this is one of the reasons why there shouldn't be abortions, that there are good homes for these children.

Does Ron need to help us do better? Yes, he can do better. Do we need to get him more involved? Yes, we do.

It just shows the vulnerability of every franchise. I mean, one day you've got who you think is a franchise quarterback. And the next day, you're in a scramble to get one and solve the cap problems created by the guy getting hurt.

It takes a little while to build, ... It doesn't happen overnight, but I didn't think we'd struggle this badly now.

They wait for you to make a mistake and eventually that's what happens. I don't see that changing, even with everything that's happened to them.

It's not a stimulant that's just in a few areas. It's in a lot of stuff. It's in cough medicine and some inhalants. I'm sure there are going to be trip-ups, because it's really hard to give a guy a list of all the stuff that it's in. That list would cover a lot of stuff. They just have to be diligent.

It's not a stimulant that's just in a few areas, ... It's in a lot of stuff. It's in cough medicine and some inhalants. I'm sure there are going to be trip-ups, because it's really hard to give a guy a list of all the stuff that it's in. That list would cover a lot of stuff. They just have to be diligent.

I'm trying to tweak things, ... because we've got to get our running game going. It's the foundation for us.

If you don't have a lot of time to prepare, it can really be a problem with all their dogs and blitzes. They give you a lot of looks; it all can be very disruptive. It forces you to be very solid in your protections.

I remember telling our guys this. 'They're going to have some things they hit us with when their timing is right and they've got us in the wrong protection. Just minimize it. Instead of a 10-yard sack, make it a three-yard sack. And for God's sake don't throw it up for grabs.

I just keep trying a different key in that lock to see what can get us unlocked and going,

I don't know. I can answer that maybe when I get looking at the tape and see if his reads and stuff were right. But he was one of many at the beginning of the game who weren't playing well. Dropping passes and fumbling the ball, that type of thing. Guys get so many opportunities to prove themselves.

I can't describe what an asset it is. You want a receiver that doesn't make movements that confuse you about where he's going -- that's kind of like trying to hit a gnat. You want a guy who's smooth. You want a guy who you understand where he's going, you kind of got his body language, and a veteran guy where you know that if you throw it, he can make a play.