Mike Tice Quotes (68 Quotes)


    We obviously put ourselves in too deep of a hole early on.

    Right after the first Green Bay game, (a 34-31, Nov. 14 Vikings loss), I made us take everything out,

    He didn't look like he needed water. He looked good on film, too. He had a fantastic practice. He was sharp. He was crisp. He got all his blocks.

    He's not very happy. Would you be You're in a heated battle to win a starting job. You get told by your head coach in the morning that you're going to be a backup. I thought he played well Friday night, but this gives us the best chance to be successful. As a team player I am sure he is accepting it. I'm certainly sure he doesn't like it.

    When you're trying to win a playoff-caliber football game, you need to have all three parts play at that level. Not only the level of play-making ability, but also the level of poise and the level of intelligence or smartness.


    You sit there and say, So-and-so didn't do this and so-and-so didn't do that,' ... There wasn't much there. Anything that they were going to make yesterday, they were going to make on their own.

    I thought last week's game was ugly and this was even uglier.

    We had a plan where we were going to bait him into calling certain things and then move. When we did that, we had to be where we were supposed to be when the ball was snapped. And we've had a problem with that this year. But we didn't seem to have too many problems with that today.

    Potentially, yes, because we have so many young stallions. And now we have some guys who can teach them how to be pros. That's the key. We've got plenty of young stallions, I promise you. Look at our roster. But we needed some veterans to show them how to be good pros. We've got some of those guys now.

    That'll give us all a good taste in our mouths when we leave the building on Monday afternoon.

    I can still blow that whistle with one knee or two knees, and I can still yell with one knee or two knees. So my knee has no significance or bearing on us playing Green Bay or beating Green Bay or practicing. So that's a non-issue.

    The players right now, like the coaches, are searching for an identity, ... With new players on defense, they are trying to find a balance of what we want to do and what the players do best. I think that is still, unfortunately, a work in progress and will be for a number of weeks.

    I don't have any doubt that he will play. What level and how long will he be able to play Come out for a couple plays, let it settle down and then go back in

    We thought we had the ball. I guess we didn't have the ball. That was just a myth.

    Yes, I think it's a good thing. If what we think about the heat is true, we're very on top of it. ... Certainly we want to make sure that we monitor it every step of the way.

    It doesn't make things any simpler, ... and quite frankly I'm not happy about it.

    It's a shame anyone had to lose that. What a great rivalry.

    Marcus Johnson is our guy. We all have to understand, as coaches, ownership, personnel department, fans, media is that when we put a young guy in there he is going to have some moments where he struggles.

    We'll have to wait a couple of weeks for the swelling to go down and get prepared for surgery in the next few weeks. It's discouraging to us based on everything that has transpired to this point in the season. This is just another hurdle we have to overcome as a football team.

    This game at Baltimore is going to be the same as this week's - the same thing. Whether they have Ray Lewis in there or not, they still have an excellent defense. They still have another couple players that can play. It doesn't make it any easier, obviously, but what we have to worry about is Baltimore and getting that ninth victory.

    It came evident to me as a veteran player that he was going to get caught up in the numbers. We have a number of bright, young prospects who are ahead of him on the depth chart, not only as far as defense is concerned, linebacker, but as far as play-making is concerned on special teams.

    I've never felt this good about our depth at cornerback.

    Vikings head coach Mike Tice made his most telling comment yet regarding his inclination to remain with Minnesota. This is my team, ... We've got a mission, and we're going to stay on our paths.

    Steve had an excellent preseason, and I think he has really improved over the last year. It was a tough cut, but we have a draft pick in defensive tackle C.J. Mosley, who has shown some flashes and seems to be getting better. The future is not just today.

    I think the guys on the football team like each other. I think that's important. We have good chemistry right now and a lot of guys are pulling for each other to be successful.

    I will go out in the morning and visit with everybody, answer the questions that I am asked. Maybe give a state of the team address if they ask, proceed from there and go back to work.

    Redemption is good. All of us by nature have tremendous pride in what we do. We not only have Ted and Sam wanting to prove themselves, we have some other guys who want to prove themselves.

    I think early on he was getting some pressure in his face up the middle. I think that got him a little off rhythm.

    If it was a concern, I wouldn't have shown up. What's wrong with a little competition All I asked for was an opportunity to put myself and my program in front of them.

    He's very highly thought of in kicking circles, ... But he is a rookie.

    He looks to me to be in better rhythm than he was earlier in his career. That's part of the growth. He seems to have a grasp of the offense.

    Aaron seems to have settled down. This year, he'd miss a kick, he goes back and hits the next kick. That's a sign of maturity.

    I was a little annoyed, ... The tone was stern, stern. I didn't throw anything, but I talked negatively for the first time in two years.

    I sold some of my tickets this year. I did. I told the league that and I told team owner Red McCombs that. I'm not going to lie. But if I'm going to be thrown out this year for selling tickets, then I'm a scapegoat. If I'm guilty of anything, I'm guilty of selling some of my tickets. I am not guilty of buying any player tickets since I've been made the head coach in January 2002.

    I told him, 'Pass your conditioning test, and tomorrow you can go on the field,

    Any sucker can pilot the ship when everything's smooth and the sun's out and you've got a pia colada in your hand with sunglasses and a Cuban (cigar),

    The indications are what he's communicated to you (media) people that he's going to make the decision after the season. Hopefully, it's sooner than later because of the nature of the beast.

    Chris was a good player for us for a number of years,

    Let's talk about Chicago. It's Friday. It's been a long week, very emotionally drained. I hope you can appreciate that.

    I was like, 'I guess that means everything's OK, ... And I'll tell you as a coach, when your kicker clanks the field goal, walks up and winks at you, you feel pretty good about it. I really like Paul. I think he is doing a great job.

    We're certainly not going to get any worse.

    The story got in the paper, then it got on the web, then it went worldwide, ... Then our phones started ringing and people started asking about Moss so we had a meeting and said, 'Since these calls are coming, what is the value of Moss' We said it was three No. 1s because we knew no one in his right mind would ever give up three No. 1s.

    I still remember Marcus running down the left sideline to beat us one time at Soldier Field, ... Having him on the No. 1 offense in the NFL in 2003 gives us an opportunity to really stretch the field and take pressure off of Randy.

    It's all just paper. Consistency is what it's all about. We have enough talent, but are we consistent If we are, then, yeah, we're going to have some fun.

    I'm not going to keep him from being a great player. If I told him to stay in the pocket and not make plays with his legs, he wouldn't be the same player. I don't want some stiff in the pocket.

    This is an insignificant injury. You can't keep me off the sideline. MCL, PCL, ACL, cartilage, I don't really care. I don't have to tackle or block or do any of those things. I just walk up and down, talk in the headphones.

    I talked to Brian about three weeks ago to see how he was doing. I know he was under a little bit of heat. Of course, I know what that is like, so I figured I'd see how he was doing, since normally, five or six times a year, he calls me to see how I'm doing when I'm under heat.

    Unfortunately this season so far there have been more times when I have looked in the mirror ... and feel like I can put on the uniform and feel like I can do a little better job than some of the guys that are out on the field. And then I come back to reality and realize I'm 46.

    I think this year that I proved that I worked hard for four years to earn my stripes, and hopefully there will be other organizations around the league that will see it that way. I love to teach. I love to teach.

    He's looked better in practice this week than at any point since training camp started.


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