When the opportunity came available that Herm Edwards was the guy I could possibly get, that was without question my first choice. Herm knows offense and defense and the entire team, and he's had five years of head-coaching experience. It was an easy decision for me when I could work out compensation with the Jets.
Quotes about head-coaching (5 Quotes)
Some of you may ask 'Why now Why not at the end of the season' ... To me it's simple. We have five games left. We have five games to develop our younger players. We have five games to prove we are what we think we are. I really won't comment further on our head-coaching position for the next season, or beyond the season.
A lot of times in your first head-coaching job, youre starting with a rebuilding program, but this is a different animal. ...Its something that makes my job that much easier. These are the four seniors who started this. They are our four captains.
He knew I had head-coaching aspirations. You can't be the second assistant all your life.
We need to get back to where Marc Crawford had taken us. Head-coaching experience is a plus. We'll make the appropriate search.