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Thursday Media Transcript: OC Mike Shula

Eric from BBI : Admin : 10/4/2018 1:52 pm
Offensive Coordinator Mike Shula
October 4, 2018
 
Q: How similar is what they’re doing on offense (Carolina) to what you did while you were there last year?
A: I’ve been watching their defense.
 
Q: When you look at their defense, they’re struggling a little against the run. What can you exploit there? 
A: They’re defense is all based on gap control, speed, not giving up big plays. When they have given up (big plays), it’s probably because one or two guys maybe has been out of their gap, which is stuff that all teams work on, but they’re pretty good.
 
Q: (WR) Odell (Beckham Jr.) hasn’t gotten into the end zone in four weeks to start this season. What do you attribute that to, and how do you change that?   
A: I think that just comes in a natural play of the game. I don’t think if we try to start forcing the ball to get anybody touchdowns, I think you run into some risky business, so to speak. I think that he’s very talented. He’s going to get the ball. He’s going to get us in the end zone. He’s going to get in the end zone. More importantly, we need to score more, however we do it. Whether or not it’s Odell, or (RB) Saquon (Barkley), whoever it is. We just need to get down there number one, and finish drives. It’s all about scoring points. On the drives that we’ve been successful, for example, the first drive last week, we really didn’t do anything fancy. Everyone just did their job, and stayed out of the negative plays. I think that’s probably our focal point. In this day and age, we all get it. Everybody wants touchdowns, everybody wants great stats, but our guys do a good job of just realizing what the most important stat is in winning the game. We just got to do a better job of putting ourselves in positions to do that.  
 
Q: (QB) Eli (Manning) is completing over 70 percent of his passes, but is only averaging 6.9 yards per attempt. Why isn’t that consistency translating to bigger plays or more efficient plays? 
A: That’s a good question. I think that we’re close. It hasn’t been good enough yet. I know coach has mentioned this, too, I know Eli has mentioned it, we’ve had some plays that have set us back penalty wise, or a negative play that has maybe been one of the reasons why we’ve stalled the drives. The completion percentage is big. Obviously, you want the ball caught every time and thrown to the right guy. A quarterback’s job is to do three things: throw it to the right guy, get the ball there on time, and get the ball there accurately. Whether or not that guy is 20 yards down the field or five yards down the field, just keep the chains moving forward, and then we feel like if we do that and stay on the field, with our athletes, we’re going to get the ball in the end zone. Those are all things that we look at, and not necessarily say oh, we have to get the ball down the field, just are we making good decisions, and are we moving the football.
 
Q: Are you comfortable with his risk-reward ratio with taking more chances down the field?
A: I think just in general, we’re all going to be more comfortable when we get points on the board. We got to finish drives. We got to get the ball in the end zone, however we get it in the end zone.
 
Q: In a tough time for an offense, do you coach an experienced quarterback like Eli a little differently that you would two-year guy, or someone with little experience? Do you leave it more in his hands? Do you coach him as if he were any other quarterback?
A: I think regardless of age, I think you coach everybody differently, so to speak, based on their personality, and based on not whether or not that’s on experience, or make-up. Our job as coaches, as we tell the players, when it’s good enough, make sure our players know it’s good enough, and when it’s not, make sure they know it’s not, and why, and how we can get better. Eli is great, as you guys know. He’s always the same guy, day in and day out, and that’s kind of what you want in your quarterback. He takes a lot of responsibility and a lot of pride in what he’s doing. He leads this team in his own way, as you guys have known him a lot longer than I have, by showing up every day being the same guy and knowing that you can count on him. He’s hungry, we’re all hungry for a win. Just keep doing the things that we’re doing well, continue to do those, and the things we’re not doing well enough, fix them and get them fixed quickly, and get the ball in the end zone.
 
Q: How much does this game mean to you?
A: We need to win, that’s what this game means. We need to win.
Holy crap...  
Dan in the Springs : 10/4/2018 2:32 pm : link
was the transcript broken? How did he get away with the answer to the first question?
RE: Holy crap...  
robbieballs2003 : 10/4/2018 4:13 pm : link
In comment 14106435 Dan in the Springs said:
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was the transcript broken? How did he get away with the answer to the first question?


Huh?
RE: Holy crap...  
jcn56 : 10/4/2018 5:36 pm : link
In comment 14106435 Dan in the Springs said:
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was the transcript broken? How did he get away with the answer to the first question?


He pulled the ole 'broken microphone' routine.
I'm still confused at what the issue is.  
robbieballs2003 : 10/4/2018 5:54 pm : link
Offensive coordinators don't watch other offenses. Defensive coordinators don't watch other defenses. They have enough planning throughout the week with knowing the opponent they will be going up again not the entire team as a whole. He answered the question. It was a dumb question.
RE: I'm still confused at what the issue is.  
Dan in the Springs : 10/4/2018 8:38 pm : link
In comment 14106624 robbieballs2003 said:
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Offensive coordinators don't watch other offenses. Defensive coordinators don't watch other defenses. They have enough planning throughout the week with knowing the opponent they will be going up again not the entire team as a whole. He answered the question. It was a dumb question.



Ahhh... thanks. I guess I was expecting an actual answer, but you're right. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
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