29 Quotes by Mike Mularkey

We practice probably more than most teams on our special teams and it shows up on the field. And we do a lot more in the spring with our guys, fundamentals and techniques, and it shows up on the field.

There has been a lot of factors, it hasn't been just Willis, it hasn't just been the offensive line, it's been something somewhere that has not allowed us to continue what we did early in the year.

I've been very up front with them, ... I think I've been myself. I don't even know if I could fake being the other way. They know that I have a passion for the game, and they know that just because I'm a head coach I'm not saying anything different than when I was a coordinator, or a tight ends coach or a quality control guy. I think they respond to the fact that there's nothing phony.

I've taken business as usual like I'm going into the season as head coach. There's more question out there than there was in here, especially with me. I've approached it full speed.

So (opponents) doing some things defensively to stop it - that's had something to do with it. Also we've played some very good teams - the best thing they do is stop the run. That combination is part of it. Willis had a little slow start. This is a team he came back against and had a big game against. . . . There's been a lot of factors.

It will be a consideration, of course, ... But with two weeks to go (before the final cut) there's things that could happen. If it was today we'd have to do that, yeah.

It's a frustrating game. Some of the things, we didn't give ourselves a chance to win. ... We were not coming up with the big plays when we had the chance to make them and I can't tell you why.

It is time for a change in taking another step in a different direction.

It's hard to see him go. But that's the tough part about this business when you want to make a change and, in some instances, a big change at the coordinator's spot. But it was necessary to make the change.