Mike Martz Quotes (139 Quotes)


    He's got a long ways to go to learn how to play. When he gets to the point where he can play, and he's ready to play, then we'll make a decision on what he does.

    Cam's a very good player. I'd love to have him back on this team. I know what he can do. He can make a lot of plays for us.

    It's news to me. I've never talked to them. I don't know anything about it.

    We've kept the standards up pretty high. I think everybody goes through the personnel changes that are fairly dramatic and can affect your team. We've been able to fight through that and still win our share. We've tried to adhere to that standard that was established in the first few years. We're still trying to live up to that.

    It's kind of exciting to see a lot of new faces as head coaches, and it's probably good for coaching to have turnover like that. But when you're one of those guys trying to get one of those jobs it's not exciting.


    It was distressing for us because we spent so much time on it. We're going to have to shake some of the personnel up and get a little more experience in there at some positions. Hopefully we've been able to resolve that.

    It's just time to let things settle. I think eventually it will work out. But I'm in no hurry.

    I was very, very angry to say the least. I don't understand why that happened, what the whole thought process was. And if they had an issue with that why didn't they tell me ahead of time.

    We'll alternate days with Adam until he gets into the point where the next day it (his foot) is not as sore. It's not as sore today as it was last time so we'll just keeping working him into it and eventually he'll be back. Hopefully, this is over in a week or 10 days.

    We're going to move Adam back to strong safety. When it's all said and done, Adam's probably better down inside than back - particularly in our nickel package. He's such an instinctive and quick read guy in the running game. We miss him being up there.

    I could tell by his voice it wasn't easy.

    We've got to fix what we're not doing well and move on. I wish I could tell you I haven't been here before, but I have, many times in my life, in my career. But we'll respond and we'll come back. This is a good football team.

    I think that Brandon Green is someone who has surprised all of us. I think that's a very pleasant surprise.

    He's having the best camp of all the corners, by far. He just has been a standout all through camp. We look at him as a starter when we talk about personnel.

    Darn it ... That's another coach in the league who can coach figure eights around me. But that's okay. There's still plenty of people in this organization on whom to blame defeats. Hey, you Boy who holds the cords to my headset It's your fault.

    It's all about the ability to block. It's about who the best hammer is. We've got to have a guy who can knock them out of there.

    At this point, what difference does it make in terms of this season

    It's hard to know how to evaluate Faulk because we didn't give him the ball enough. I don't think I did a good job of getting him the ball. We just didn't do a good job of calling plays today.

    Marshall assured me he'll be all right, and when Marshall says that, he'll be OK, ... I'm not going to worry about it until he tells me I should worry.

    For me to have one foot in and one foot out is not fair to the organization. Like I said, I'm out of here. I'm their biggest fan right now.

    The Seahawks did a nice job offensively keeping us off balance, ... I asked our defense to put in a new coverage, and (the Seahawks) scored two touchdowns on that coverage. So, that's my fault.

    You try to take advantage of whatever your strengths are. We've retooled our offensive line, and I'd love to give that ball to Steven and pound it in there and pound it in there and take our shots downfield when we feel like it. That's fun football. That means we've got control of the game.

    No. As long as Kurt's ready to play. ... If Warner looks like he looked when he was going good, it'll be him. I don't know how else to put it. If he's making the throws that he's always made and his accuracy and his arm strength are sharp, then he's ready to go.

    These fans are our customers. They come out here expecting to see a longer practice and more stuff, and the last thing we want to do is disappoint them. Our players know it's a good idea to make sure the fans go home happy.

    He's obviously trained very well and prepared himself to come to camp. Watching him in practice he's a little rusty with some things, but he's a pretty unique individual.

    We thought his foot was out when he touched the ball and that would have given us a first down at the 40.

    It's a huge difference. By the time he came to camp, we had already installed our offense. He can't go back and get that same type of teaching. He's trying to catch up.

    Being here was better than I thought it would be. It went very smooth.

    The best chance for a full recovery, which I will have a full recovery, is to stay away. For me to have one foot in and one foot out is not fair to the organization, it's not fair to the coaches and these players. So the best thing I can do is take care of my health.

    You'd like to take two years and school him. Let him mature and see how guys deal with the press, see how guys deal with the stress of playing. See how guys prepare, first and foremost. To me that's the way to let a top-notch player develop at that position.

    The reason we put him at free safety is related to his back. But he got through this (game) fine. So as long as he's OK with it, I'd like to make that move. ... And I think he really kind of wants to be back down there in the action so to speak instead of in the back.

    Guys were weighing 330 pounds, wearing wide receiver shoes with no width. Guys wanted to feel lighter, like 2 ounces will make a difference.

    Marshall said to me privately, 'It's time, I think.' I said, 'Time for what' And he said, 'He needs to be the featured guy. And whatever role you want me to do, I'd be happy to do it. It's going to be tough, but I think I can really help him and still have some value for this team.' I couldn't believe it, ... But that's Marshall. So I got to thinking about it more and more, and I said, 'We're going to do this.'

    This is very difficult for me. But I know this is the right thing to do health-wise.

    She laid it out pretty good this morning. I was a little stunned.

    Jeff was a very integral part when we had those good runs here,

    Martz said Bruce's availability might not be determined until Sunday morning. The capsule (on his left big toe) was not torn it's just swollen, ... If Isaac's ready to go, he'll be ready to go. But we'll talk to him every day and just see how it is.

    What we did with him retarded his growth as a tight end, ... We understood that at the time, but we had no choice. We didn't have a fullback. Brandon's best when he's at the point of attack and blocking defensive ends at the line of scrimmage.

    We have to address the problems, no question about it, ... We have to find out who our best players are back there and who can make things happen.

    You are never going to fool Peter. There is nobody in the league that does his homework better than Peter does. He will know everything about you. Whether you sneeze, whether you wheeze, whatever you do. He is going to know everything. Probably as good of film guy as there is in the league on defense. Obviously he plays like that he just doesn't make any mistakes.

    We're playing fast. If you play fast on defense and chase that ballcarrier and get more than one or two guys on the pile, something good is going to always happen.

    I think he's probably pretty close to where he was when last season ended, to be honest with you. He's really playing at a high level.

    I'm very excited. This was really the only coordinator's job out there that I thought would be very exciting for me. It'll be fun to see what we can do.

    I think they gave all those receivers a little extra attention. Once you get that lead, they know you're in a position where you need to throw that ball. They weren't so concerned about the pressure, they were just making sure they had guys covered.

    At that point in time we were in those, I guess you call them, high pay bands. We just didn't have the money to keep him.

    It's a very severe injury. The biggest concern at the time was the vessels in the leg, that there's no damage there. They checked him out last night and made sure that that was OK. He'll have to have a major repair of the knee. He's done for the season.

    Obviously, I wasn't what Mickey was looking for. I thought it was a terrific situation. I was very impressed with their front office and how they do things. And I think (the interview) went very well.

    It's time to evaluate some personnel, ... It's more finding out who can handle the pressure of playing in the NFL.

    Matt was exceptional today, best I've ever seen him play. He's playing remarkable football. He's completely given himself over to that coaching staff.

    Oh yeah, Alex will play this weekend. Absolutely. He needs to play now. He'll have plenty of time to get himself ready.


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