Mike McCarthy
Mike McCarthy
NFL head coach who led the Green Bay Packers to a Super Bowl Championship in 2010.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth10 November 1963
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
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I've never been on a team that had four halfbacks and two fullback who I felt confident with to go out and play a full game with any combination you want. We're taking advantage of it and playing to the individual guys' strengths.
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I understand how success is judged and calculated in the coaching profession. That's really all I care about. You go about this business a certain way. Everybody has a certain style and opportunities that are presented to them during your career. When it's over, I'll be judged by that. I care more about the people I work with.
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Eric and Shawn are both energetic, up-and-coming coaches who come to the Packers bringing lifelong football family backgrounds. They're ready to take the next step with us here in Green Bay, and have a bright future in the National Football League.
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Preseason football is hard to evaluate. It's never going to be clean for the quarterbacks. You have to overcome the ugly plays and be productive. It's a component of leadership that is necessary. The guys that make it in the league survive that.
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Really, I learned a long time ago that in the National Football League, paper doesn't mean anything. Football teams are created on the football field.
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Big plays are such a huge factor in the outcome of games. It is so difficult to go the distance on a defense.
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The team that gets to play to their plan is usually the team that has the most success.
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The thing that you cannot teach the young quarterback is experience,
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I worked at a place that followed a system where the quarterback was taught to take the sack rather than force the throw. That's kind of an old-school theory, but it has existed in this game.
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I was very sensitive to the fact of going with four coordinators in four years in the past. As the week went on, I was able to watch more and more defensive film with the other candidates and with Bob and it was clearly evident that the defense was growing as the season went on. A foundation was built, you could see the defensive players playing with a lot more confidence and understanding of the scheme, so those were definitely factors in my decision.
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Getting the lights has nothing to do with the city of Mechanicville so we haven't contacted them. Our counsel's review of the matter said we don't have to pay for them. Right now there are differing opinions as to who does. We're working them out.
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Friday is now a huge game for us, and we're desperate to win this competition so we can take something out of this season.
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If this gets swept under the rug, we're not going to learn by the mistakes of the past and we're going to end up recommitting them because nobody ends up facing justice in this country.
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I was impressed with Bob's football knowledge, and, equally, with him as a person and his character.