Zitat des Tages von Jeff Fisher:
I've been a Rams fan for so long.
We have rules in the rule book that are very specific. If the quarterback is in a throwing position, he gets protection. But in the event that the ball is handed off, at that instant, there's no telling whether or not he is a runner or not, so he loses that protection.
We have to sell a gameplan, and you have to be enthusiastic, and you have to have energy come Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
There was something missing. But in my world, there is never time to figure out what is, in fact, missing.
Having grown up there, my dad in 1967 took me to the Rams-Eagles game, and I've been a Rams fan since I was a kid.
Chris Johnson was outstanding early.
To survive in the NFC West, we have to win in the trenches.
Your receivers have to catch it, not drop it.
I've always liked to run. I did it from a conditioning standpoint, you know. I really enjoyed running, and I do it to stay in shape.
You need continuity. You need a commitment and continuity.
When you have trust, it gives you a better chance to be successful.
There's a general feeling if you take the cut block out of the game, then you're going to significantly impact the run game.
It's my personal opinion, and I firmly believe, that it's important that I keep sports and politics separate.
Typically, there's about 20, 25 percent turnover every year. So, every three or four years with the exception of, as is the case with the Patriots and the quarterback, you have a roster turnover.
There's going to be different kinds of challenges on a yearly basis. You're going to have to overcome injuries, or you overcome a playoff loss or what have you. So there's always challenges in this business.
From our perspective, the most important thing is what you do with the players, how you handle them, your ability to communicate with them.
Player safety has been an essential focus for us for a number of years.
Our philosophy here, guys, is we're going to work as long as we have to to get the work done. I'm not one that wants the coaches to compete to see who can get in the earliest, who stays the latest, who passes themselves on the way into work in the morning.
I had this moment in church, which I think really turned me off. I was 7 or 8 years old and I was sitting at church, and we happened to be playing with the sunlight that was coming down from the stained glass window, and the monsignor came down to the pew and grabbed us by our neck collars and said, 'I'll deal with you.'
You can't put a running back in there and have him not know who to pick up. You can't get your quarterback hit.
We're gonna play fast, we're gonna play physical, we're gonna play furious, and we're gonna play contact football.
You address the respect issue in a team-meeting environment. With respect to its application, it's not just locker room. It's practice field. It's on and off the field. It's on Sunday, and it's on game days.
Michael Sam will help us, and we'll give him every chance to succeed, and you know what? It's gonna be pretty cool.
I guess it's sad that anybody, regardless of profession, that they're in this country, would take a shot at our military.
I'm really excited that the Rams are the best fit for me.
Some of the decisions that you make are not permanent.
Every week, as a staff, you put a plan together and put your players in position to make plays.
There's obviously a push to protect the quarterback, but you have to give the defensive players a chance. All of the quarterback has to do is pull the ball, and he's a runner. How's the defender going to know if the ball is pulled or not?