Joe Bugel Quotations

Whenever we need it, ... Lefty's coming through.

Free agency is different. The first time we had those kids for 13 years, you know. Same team, same faces, you know. We have some good, young kids. It's just a matter of how fast they develop.

He's been with some really good football people. We've tapped his mind. He's a sharp kid.

He is one of the most enjoyable players to coach because he doesn't mind being criticized. He wants to be told what he's doing wrong. He doesn't want you to be his friend. He wants you to be his coach.

I think the fans had visions of us going to the Super Bowl this year. So I think it's kind of been a lot of disappointment for a lot of people. But we'll see how we pull out of this.

I think part of this size thing happened because of steroids, the need to be bigger and stronger to compete with guys on the stuff,

I tell you, my wife and I can't be happier (to be back). And I know we're going to stay here until we get this program resolved and back to the Super Bowl.

We never want that. You can't afford to let the quarterback get hit in this league anymore. You see how many quarterbacks are down in the league right now. People are losing two at a time like the Jets, so it's a top priority, high priority. If we're not on top of our game, if we're not moving our feet and working our hands, a disaster can happen, because you're going against good players every week.

That was big time there. I thought he got hurt.

We couldn't be any more pleased with his progress, ... When he learns how to bend his knees and do the things that he's doing right now, he'll be perennial all-pro.

We didn't play our best ball, ... but we just played with a lot of heart.

We need to get the ball to Cooley more, ... because he's a big-play receiver, especially down in the red area. But we haven't spent too much time in that area the last couple of weeks. We'd like to get down there more often, because how many 70- and 80-yard touchdowns are you going to throw each week? We'd like to say two or three, but, yeah, we need to get more people involved, especially Cooley.

We're struggling a lot. This is probably the lowest we've ever been as a staff. Our guys practice hard. We just can't make a play. We can't score a touchdown for some reason. We're just inept down there. I think we realize we have work ahead of us.

We gave him probably $5,000 to sign and a couple of roast beef sandwiches.

Believe it or not, he was here seven days a week, ... We'd come in on Sundays, and he'd be on that treadmill. And he'd say, 'I'm going to show you, coach. I deserve that money.'

Bill has come from some great systems. He's been around some really good football people.

Dock's a different man now. He plays at a very high level now. He has bought into everything and he's playing explosively. At 345 pounds, you need to knock people around.

Randy can talk any way he wants in the locker room because he can back up what he says. Randy is very serious on the field. The game's important to him. He's a very focused guy. I love Randy because he wants to be coached hard. Sometimes I'll be all over him like a cheap suit and he begs for more. He's very thick skinned. He wants to be constructively criticized.

You don't want to turn your back on a guy like that. We brought Santana in do to that and he has played so well. We tell Mark, 'You throw him the ball in a one-on-one situation,' because he'll jump out of his shoes to go get it.

As soon as I approached him he said, 'Don't worry, I'll be okay,' ... He didn't want any sympathy. He wants you to think he won't miss a beat. Not many guys would be able to play, let alone practice.

Everyone is crawling underneath the bushes right now looking for people. There's nobody coming out of the cracks.

Oh, I think they expected a whole lot when we came back. It was yesteryear, you know. They had visions of that.

It's time for him to start playing football.

I marvel at the job he is doing,

He's isolated out there, like 'Gilligan' on the island. It's such a grabby game these days, and he can't play it. But I'll say this: I think he's turned into a pretty good double-clubber.

He's a mean dude. He'll attack you. You don't have to worry about him holding the flank and blocking for our receivers. I'll tell you what, he's the best without the football we've had. When he doesn't have the ball, he's a raving maniac, and you don't see that too much in the NFL.

He said: 'Could you kindly sit down for a minute?' ... I said, 'Why, am I sick?' He said, 'You're going to be.'

You know that's always going to be tough, because we're taking a running back and moving him up to a tight end position. He's coming on, but he's still light years away and it's going to be hard work to make it up in the next three weeks.

A lot of times it's appearance, how a guy looks. Is his shirt tucked in, what kind of socks he wears, how he walks. That's very, very important. Because you're being evaluated every minute of the day. Every time you're walking through the lobby, someone is watching you. Because we're talking a lot of money, a very important decision.