Now that several members of his coaching staff are already hired, how does Dan Quinn approach this 2024 offseason?
Quinn was a guest on the Chris Russell Show (The Team 980) Thursday. Here is part one of his dialog, discussing leadership.
Now for part two.
When Russell asked Quinn what he thought went wrong with last season’s team, Quinn avoided (perhaps wisely) talking about last year’s team. He simply responded that he has begun working for this year’s team.
“It starts now for me,” Quinn responded. We made individual cut-ups of every player on the team, including the practice squad, to make sure if they didn’t have game reps, we could see what unique skills that person has and how we fit those into our system.”
“Getting to learn about the players, that is how the 2024 season begins. We look at our roster and then how do we put them in the right spots to say these are the things you do exceptionally well. Yes, you have to work on their weaknesses, but I would much rather feature a player on the things they do well.”
“Can this person change positions? Can we put him in this technique? That is what it is all about, finding the unique traits these players have. Then we are going to work our a—s off to make sure we develop them…”
“We will be adding guys that push one another, that push the standard. We want to make it the most competitive environment we can, the most competitive environment they’ve been in.”
“They will be uncomfortable at times, but it will be a lot of fun. Those are the moments that I think you grow. Then it becomes a new standard of how you get it on.”
“I wasn’t here (last season), so I am not going to have any bias about anything. I want to make sure we are all starting this off-season program together. It’s going to be hard, it’s going to be tough. But it’s going to be exactly the things you need to do to play excellent (football), but we are also going to have a hell of a time doing it.”
“It’s not a job where you do the same things for the next two years. There are always things you keep developing, keep pushing…keep digging, keep finding that little edge. Sometimes, the margins to go from one spot to another are very small. But you have to nail those if you are going to be really good.”
