Super Bowl XLVI – Wednesday, February 1, 2012(on the transition from Patriots offensive coordinator to the Penn State head-coaching position during a Super Bowl run) “Bill (Belichick) has been tremendous with his advice to me. He’s been tremendous with his help back in New England assigning a couple of people to help me with Penn State things as they roll through, like emails and phone calls. I said this yesterday, ‘It’s about people at both ends; we’ve got a great staff at Penn State, we’ve got a great staff here.’ In my opinion, that type of question is really overblown. It’s just something that’s been a seamless transition and we’ll start working there full time on Tuesday.”
(on his first National Signing Day as the head coach at Penn State) “This is the first signing day. I would say when the names come in, we’ll be really happy with who we have. We’re fortunate that a lot of those guys stayed committed to us at Penn State. I look forward to coaching them when the list comes in.”
(on his appreciation for the recruits who stuck with their commitment to Penn State) “I really do. I think that means a lot to me and our staff. One thing that I made clear to the administration at Penn State was that whoever had committed to the previous staff, we were going to stand by that commitment because they’re a part of our family. We can’t wait to coach them and watch them grow as men. It’s a testament to them that they stuck with us.”
(on his first day of work at Penn State after the Super Bowl) “I’m going to try to get there Monday night or Tuesday morning. I’ve got a human resources orientation meeting that I’ve got to be at on Tuesday.”
(on the fact he would miss the Patriots victory parade on Tuesday if New England wins the Super Bowl) “We’re just getting ready for the game and trying to put together a good game plan.”
(on whether the fact that the Super Bowl is his final game coaching the Patriots would affect his play calling) “No, no, again it’s a game-plan offense. We’re playing a great football team. Some of you guys might think its cliché to say this, but I’m telling you the more you watch the Giants, it’s just going to be a very difficult game for us. They’ve done a great job. They’re very well coached, have excellent players. Hopefully we have a good enough game plan on Sunday.”
(on the schematics of the Giants pass defense when playing the Patriots) “I would say it’s more of a spin-the-dial (scheme); there is some man, some zone, some man-pressure, zone pressure, split-safety coverage, some post-safety zone coverage. It’s a spin-the-dial mentality and that’s really what’s been pretty effective against us in the past. So it’s hard to lock in and say, ‘This is what they’re going to do.’”
(on the comparison of the Giants defense now to the 2007 version that won the Super Bowl against the Patriots) “(Comparing) to ’07; I was a quality-control guy, so I broke them down. Obviously I have a lot of memories of that. Perry Fewell, the defensive coordinator now, he was at Buffalo at the time. I would say it’s a little bit different, but with similar players, the same skill-set they hand in ’07 and they’re playing really well right now.”
(on what he means by the Giants spin-the-dial defensive play calling) “I would say you have to be ready for everything when you play the New York Giants.”
(on enjoying his last week coaching the Patriots) “I love this staff. When you get a chance to work with guys like Dante (Scarnecchia) and Ivan (Fears) that have been around for a long time, Chad O’Shea, Brian Ferentz, George Godsey and, obviously, Josh McDaniels coming back in; I’m going to miss these guys. We’ve been through a long season; there were a lot of ups and downs. I’ve learned a lot from these guys and how they carry themselves, especially this guy sitting across from me (Scarnecchia) as far as being an NFL football coach. When you sit back and think about it, there is definitely some emotion there. I love the staff. I’m going to miss the players. The players have been great, a lot of fun, great senses of humor, and I’m definitely going to miss that, but when the game’s over, it’s time to move to Penn State.”
(on whether or not National Signing Day is overhyped) “I love that question. I’m telling you; when you work in the NFL, I had this discussion with somebody on the phone a couple weeks ago. As it relates to college football, and I think the recruiting services do a great job supplying information, but as far as four stars and five stars; how many stars do you think Wes Welker had? How many stars did Julian Edelman have coming out of high school? I think you’ve got to look at the recruiting class two years forward, and say to yourself, ‘Did we do a good job recruiting this class? Are they playing now? Are they going to class? Are they doing what we thought they were going to do? Are they contributing to wins on the field? And are they good citizens off the field?’ No one really knows that right now, so whether we’re ranked the 50th recruiting class or the No. 1 recruiting class, I really couldn’t care less, to be honest with you. We feel very good about the players we brought in here. Hopefully they all sign up today. We can’t wait to coach them.”
(on whether or not his mind and heart are in the same place with the Super Bowl and his Penn State tenure looming) “The hat and the heart are in one place and that’s to, along with the offensive staff here, do the best job that we can to put together a great game plan for the Patriots. There’s only one focus that you can have when you’re in a game like this. We’ve got a great staff back at Penn State that’s in charge of what’s going on there right now. I’ll start there early next week.”
(on calling the screen pass less often this year than in previous seasons) “It’s probably something we could’ve used more. I think it’s been a staple of the Patriots offense for a lot of years. We changed things up a little bit. We went to the tight ends more. We did some different things. Probably, with hindsight being 20-20, we could’ve used it a little more.”
(on the creation of the Patriots’ two-tight end, three-receiver formation) “When we get together on Monday, actually Tuesday morning in getting ready for the next team, we all come in together and everybody has somewhat of an idea as to how we should attack that team. So it starts with personnel. You look at your own personnel and you look at the personnel you’re going against. So we have a very, very bright group of guys that just came together and said, ‘This is a personnel group we should look at and here are some thing we can do out of it.’ From there we all kind of got together and it’s a brain-storm session. Like I’ve always said, ‘I’m just really the organizer of the scripts and the papers.’ We all work very, very well together to come up with the themes and personnel groupings for the games.”
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