26 Quotes by Rod Marinelli

We've been on the same page all the way. We're looking for the same guy.

Every schedule has its challenges, but the bottom line is for us to be ready to play each and every week. It's not about who we play, when we play or where we play. The issue is us -- what we do and how we do it.

At this moment, he's not with us. That's been my decision.

These 15-minute interviews are choreographed. They've already got certain things they're going to tell you. You want to get them off track.

A player can just be so disruptive there. Sometimes, it doesn't show on the stat sheet, but it's knocking down a pulling guard, it's drawing a double-team block, it's knocking a blocker out of the way. You create havoc. You create chaos.

You would think, at this level, that you shouldn't have to coach tackling. No, you do. The people that don't, don't tackle well. You watch games and say, 'Man, that's sloppy tackling.' Well, you have to work on tackles and angles. It's your fundamentals. It's like if you are playing golf, you work on your golf swing even if you played 20 years, right?

It's about how hard the man is willing to play. Then you look at how hard he's willing to be coached. So you've got to find the type of men for whom football is so important that I've got to lock them out of the facility. That's what I'm looking for and that's what I'm going to find.

It's been a very busy and enjoyable six days on the job. I've had a chance to talk to a lot of people so far.

It's just about how hard the man is willing to play. Sometimes you'll see these guys on tape not playing that hard all of the time, and now you have to go research why.