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Doug Pederson
American
Coach
Born:
Jan 31
,
1968
Coaches
Football
Me
Players
Time
You
I'm sort of a father figure to a lot of these players.
Doug Pederson
Father
Father Figure
Sort
Lot
Figure
Players
And I get asked all the time about my career, growing up as an athlete, as kind of an underdog type of player. I thought, what better to get your message out than to do a book?
Doug Pederson
Time
Book
Better
Thought
Type
Out
Kind
Athlete
About
Underdog
Message
Up
Than
Get
Asked
Your
Growing
Growing Up
Player
Career
Don't misunderstand,' he said, 'there's pressure with every football game… Sometimes players, coaches, teams put pressure on themselves when they don't have to.
Doug Pederson
Game
Sometimes
Pressure
Every
Football
He
Put
Football Game
Misunderstand
Said
Themselves
Coaches
Teams
Players
Our players are not immune to the things that are going on in society.
Doug Pederson
Society
Our
Immune
Going
Things
Players
Everybody is going to have a bad game. One game does not decide somebody's season.
Doug Pederson
Game
Somebody
Everybody
Bad
Bad Game
Does
Going
Decide
Season
For me it was just about staying the course, staying true to who I believe that I am, being open, being honest, being transparent with the players, being firm with the players but at the same time listening to the players.
Doug Pederson
Time
Me
I Am
Listening
Believe
I Believe
I Believe That
Staying
About
Open
Firm
True
Course
Am
Same
Just
Same Time
Being
Being Honest
Transparent
Who
Players
Honest
With the quarterback position, because you're touching the ball every single snap, you want to make a play and you just have to guard against that. It's about making the plays that come to you, not necessarily chasing after plays.
Doug Pederson
You
Chasing
Single
Every
Guard
About
Touching
Come
Make
Because
Ball
Making
Quarterback
Snap
Just
Want
After
Against
Play
Necessarily
Plays
Position
In order to be the champion, you've got to play the best, you've got to beat the best.
Doug Pederson
Best
You
Champion
Beat
Got
Order
Play
Football is a physical strenuous sport. These guys are running all of the time.
Doug Pederson
Time
Running
Physical
Guys
Football
Sport
Strenuous
I want to hire guys that fit that mold; I want guys where it's about the Philadelphia Eagles first, that check their egos at the door.
Doug Pederson
First
About
Guys
Check
Hire
Fit
Egos
Where
Want
Door
Mold
Eagles
Philadelphia
It's easy to sit in the press box and say, ‘Hey, they should run the ball.' Come down and stand on the sideline with me and make decisions. You should run it here, you should pass it here, let's throw a screen here, let's get the quarterback out of the pocket right here.
Doug Pederson
Me
You
Sit
Down
Sideline
Hey
Say
Press
Out
Run
Easy
Pocket
Throw
Come
Make
Box
Ball
Pass
Quarterback
Get
Screen
Decisions
Should
Stand
Right
Here
I tell the players all the time: ‘There is no magic play.' Players make the plays.
Doug Pederson
Time
Tell
Magic
Make
Play
Players
Plays
I don't want to put my game plan out there for everybody to see it and read it and teams can scheme. It just doesn't make a lot of sense.
Doug Pederson
Game
Sense
Everybody
Out
See
Scheme
Put
Make
Read
Lot
Just
Want
Plan
Game Plan
Teams
No… I don't coach to be average, I'll tell you that.
Doug Pederson
You
Tell
Average
Coach
An individual can make a difference, but a team can make a miracle.
Doug Pederson
Miracle
Individual
Make
Make A Difference
Difference
Team
You acquire all this new talent through the draft, through free agency, always having roster moves. And so being able to bring all of that together through training camp... you keep asking yourself that question of just how well can they join together and play together, and you don't know until you start playing in July and August.
Doug Pederson
You
Together
Yourself
Training
Free
Able
Free Agency
Having
Join
Through
New
Talent
Know
Until
Well
Always
How
August
Question
Camp
July
Just
Being
Moves
Acquire
Agency
Asking
Keep
Play
Start
Bring
Draft
Playing