Wade Phillips

Estuvo con el equipo de los Vaqueros varias temporadas bajo Bill Parcells, pero pues caray, la era Todd Bowles se va a terminar con el equipo de los Bucaneros.

Sí, incluso fue candidato head coach de los Dallas Cowboys cuando nombraron a Wade Phillips entrenador en jefe.

Eh, no, no, yo puse esa cara porque saben que los Cowboys son el único equipo en la NFL que no ha interceptado un solo pase, así que dos intercepciones les vendría bien, como dijo Ámbar, para ganar confianza.

No solamente los jugadores, hasta los coaches en, en la banca.

Everybody hits that where it's just like, all right, which way are you gonna go? Are you gonna fall off or are you gonna find that next way to climb up? I mean, Gary Kubiak back in the early 2010s, he got that opportunity.

It was told to him in no uncertain terms, "You're hiring Wade Phillips, and Wade Phillips is gonna run the defense because you have a blind spot to the defense Keep in mind what's happening up in Green Bay right now.

That's a pretty good offensive mind there.

Wouldn't we agree? Matt LaFleur.

If Matt LaFleur is out there, goodbye Nick Caley.

I don't care how the season finishes, Matt LaFleur, head coaching experience, would be here, and it would be the offensive version of Wade Phillips if that's the case.

So DeMeco's gonna get a chance to be able to reimagine this defense, or just this coaching staff as a whole.

I mean, I remember just like it was yesterday, and Michael, you probably remember it too, Gary Kubiak going to the podium after a very disappointing 2010 season and saying, reading off a card, "We let go of this coach, that coach," and part of that group was Frank Bush, and Robert Saleh was part of that group.

You know, I think by week three our offensive coordinator had gotten fired, and everyone's doors were closed, and here's this little intern trying to find some guidance, and everyone was worried about themselves, which, which is normal.

Um, then Gary Kubiak comes in and he gives me my first contract, and I was there for five years, promoted to assistant linebackers coach before the defense was kind of cleared out to make way for, uh, Wade Phillips and his crew.

But, um, but I'll be honest with you, the, uh, the mo- most of my growth, and I probably took Houston for granted, you know, 'cause it happened so fast in my career, but most of my growth happened when I got to Seattle, and, and who I am today, the, as a father, a friend, a, uh, confidant, a coach, all of it is from my days in Seattle.

Robert, um, the only team to start 0 and 4 and make the playoffs in the NFL were the '92 Chargers.

You know, I think by week three our offensive coordinator had gotten fired, and everyone's doors were closed, and here's this little intern trying to find some guidance, and everyone was worried about themselves, which, which is normal.

Um, then Gary Kubiak comes in and he gives me my first contract, and I was there for five years, promoted to assistant linebackers coach before the defense was kinda cleared out to make way for, uh, Wade Phillips and his crew.

But, um, but I'll be honest with...

The, uh, the mo- most of my growth, and I probably took Houston for granted, you know, 'cause it happened so fast in my career, but most of my growth happened when I got to Seattle.

Okay.

And I think because he reminds me too much of Wade Phillips, that you're buddy-buddy with the players, you're not hard enough on them to get them motivated and kind of keep them disciplined.

And the one thing that they came into this game feeling very loose against a division rival, and it showed immediately on the field.

Second time in a year, by the way.

But you're limited in how much you can reduce it.

Wade Phillips was really good at making it really simple on his side of the ball.

It may look complicated, but it was really a simple defense.

You can do that to a certain extent, particularly with a good play caller.