Quotes and info from Gase, Ross, T-Baum and others

[Nawledge]

[h=3]Steve Ross: "Adam Gase puts us in the best position to win Super Bowls. What I was looking for was the most intelligent person I could find with the greatest amount of passion, great energy, who will become a great leader.... We really have turned this franchise around.... No big prediction here. It will take time. I'm excited to have him. For a Michigan guy to hire a Michigan State guy to lead the organization, that tells you that you found the right guy.[/h] "I talked to a lot of people who had familiarity with him. Heard a recurring theme: one of the brightest young guys out there. Adam's name always surfaced in the top of that. Hearing how the players who played under him felt about him and really felt this guy would be a great head coach and is ready. When you hire someone who's 37, people kind of question you. I'm a builder. Having young people with a passion; Adam in the long term was the best thing for the Miami Dolphins.... A lot of people hate change. I love change."


[h=3]Tannenbaum said Gase will have control over the 53-man roster.[/h] [h=3]Tannenbaum and GM Chris Grier will make offseason personnel moves, and Gase will have input, naturally.[/h]
[h=3]Gase will call the plays. "I really enjoy it. As far as right now, I will be the play caller."[/h] [h=3]He said he will hire an offensive coordinator to do that, down the line, if he feels it's necessary.[/h][h=3]Gase, on his offense: "We've run multiple things. We're a fluid offense. On defense, we'll wait to see what we decide to do as far as a staff there."[/h]
[h=3]Gase: "Never want to make predictions. We're going to focus on one day at a time. It's going to start with the right people. It starts with the players. We're looking for guys that want to invest in winning. We're looking for competitors every day we step into the building.[/h] [h=3]"I've been in this profession since I was 18. The last three years, being a coordinator for the Broncos and the Bears, it's been accelerated. The last three years have really prepared me for this moment."[/h]
[h=3]Gase on Ryan Tannehill: "He needs a guy who will have his back. I will be working directly with him. When we put a staff together, we're all going to help him get a little bit better. With Ryan, I've seen him play very minimal games. I've seen him play live once. I know he had a pretty good game that day. We are going to evaluate everything from the quarterback on down, as far as offensive personnel."[/h]
Gase: "I was lucky to start off under Nick Saban as a graduate assistant. Being able to go with him from Michigan State to LSU, I am pretty sure I was the only one. Between John Fox, Nick Saban, Mike Martz, I've been around some of the best. Jon Kitna told me players don't care what you've done in the past. It's how you can make them a better player, how you can get them paid. Guys can respect that."

[h=3]Ross said it's Gase's call on whether to keep Dan Campbell.[/h]
[h=3]Gase told the team's flagship station (WINZ) that he liked: "the opportunity to work with Ryan. Just knowing there is a nucleus here with this roster.... I do remember taking a peek at Ryan [before the draft]. He was a unique player coming out because of position flexibility. What he's accomplished --- he had a lot of improvement from the beginning of his career until before this last season. Last year, he didn't go as smooth as he would have liked it. Now it's going back to the drawing board, starting over. We're going to figure out a way to build our offense around our players....[/h]
[h=3]Gase said: "I like that attacking type of offense, with a little bit of a swagger."[/h]
[h=3]Ross told WINZ: "I didn't really go with my instincts. This time I said, it don't care what it is, I'm going to go with my instincts. That's one of the areas I've been successful, hiring people."[/h]
[h=3]Ross pointed to the Seattle Seahawks and their cohesion as model: "[Pete Carroll] said the organization has to speak as one voice, work together. That wasn't happening in the past. We have it together now like we've never had it before."[/h]
[h=3]Ross said his team is closer than 6-10 indicates: "We have one of the youngest rosters, a lot of weapons. I was really disappointed. I thought we would make the playoffs. We underperformed. Everybody I spoke with really believes the Miami Dolphins have a lot of great players. It's just a question of putting it together, working together. That's what Adam will do."[/h] ### Ross said Tannehill was "thrilled" with the hire.


Peyton Manning called him "smartest guy I know. Adam is a lot like me in that he's always thinking of how we can do something better or different — or both. And he has an almost photographic memory. He can recall a defensive scheme we saw from eight games back and remember our exact formation and the play called." (Manning's offense set an NFL record for points with Gase calling the plays in 2013.)


Broncos executive John Elway: "I wish I could have played for him. I think that he's so bright and he's working with Peyton and having been here with Josh (McDaniels) before that -- who is a very bright, young offensive mind -- he has just used all of that and learned from all that. With (Mike) McCoy here, then Peyton here and now him on his own, he's been able to put them all together and mold it as his personality and I think he's done a tremendous job. That shows up in the numbers we've put up."


Nick Saban: When Saban left Michigan State for LSU in 2000, Gase was the only assistant coach that he brought with him. “It was a conceptual thing with Adam, he just understood how things worked and he was willing to work and start from ground zero,” Saban told The New York Times.


Saban said Gase "learned rapidly, knew a lot of football beyond his years. So interested, learned so quick, didn't surprise me he developed so quick. "It was easy to tell right off the bat that he had the right stuff to be a good coach. Worked hard, got along great with the players, very bright, had sort of a natural instinct for football, picking up on things. Those kinds of guys you grow & develop. They see big picture more than some guys who have to grind to know it & memorize things."


Bears coach John Fox, who had Gase as his coordinator in Denver and Chicago: Gase has “all the things you look for. I think he’s smart and he’s good under pressure. Meaning he’s a good play-caller. I think he’s creative. Very, very hard worker. He prepares his staff and the players very well. … He is our offensive coordinator. But I also think he’s a tremendous coach.”


Former NFL coach Mike Martz: "He was like 25, Here's this kid who didn't play football. I was overwhelmed by his knowledge and passion for the game, how smart he was. I trusted him completely with quarterbacks even though he was with me just a year. You just don't do that. I've never done that before with anyone."


Bears QB Jay Cutler on Gase's presence this season: "It makes a difference. He gets you through the game, he talks to you. It's an enjoyable experience."

And Cutler told the Bears' web site today: “His work with quarterbacks is well documented and I know firsthand how good he is. He will now continue to have success in this league as a head coach. I thank him for all his hard work and look forward to following this next step in his career.”"


Broncos backup QB Brock Osweiler: "He’s a coach you want to play hard for, treats you with respect. Makes it fun coming to work and he’s brilliant at what he does.”

some more at the link

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/spor...ler-discuss-new-dolphins-coach-adam-gase.html

 

[Rev Kev]

Tannenbaum - "Oh yah did I fail to mention I am a snake"

You missed that quote...

 

[mrbunglez]

I want to hear what Saban really thinks of the guy.

 

[LANGER72]

A Michigan guy hiring a Michigan guy? That was all there was to it? Wow!

 

[Nawledge]

"I don't think you need me to sit up here and campaign for him, I guess,'' Manning said last January when Gase was interviewing for coaching jobs. "Last year I talked to a couple teams on the behalf of him that reached out to me. That may happen again, so I'm certainly glad to share my thoughts, I mean it's pretty well documented my thoughts on him because I don't think he needs me to stand up here and campaign for him. I'm excited he has the opportunity he's going to have this week. He deserves it, I think teams that he talks to will be impressed. ...

"[These are] opportunities he deserves,'' Manning continued. "... Adam's always had his priorities in the right order ... He deserves it.''

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25443424/dolphins-hire-adam-gase-as-new-head-coach

 

[whizafriz]

A Michigan guy hiring a Michigan guy? That was all there was to it? Wow!

Michigan St*
He's saying the opposite, that for him to hire a guy from MSU, he had to be the right guy, since they're rivals.

I think. lol.

 

[Nawledge]

ay Cutler This Season

In his lone season with the Bears, offensive coordinator Adam Gase helped Jay Cutler post one of his best seasons.
2015 Career Rank
TD/Int 1.9 1st
Comp. pct .64.4 2nd
Total QBR 60.7 3rd
Source: ESPN Stats & Information
Peyton Manning With Adam Gase

In his three seasons with Adam Gase in Denver, Peyton Manning's numbers were far better than his production in his final three seasons with the Colts.
2008-10 2012-14*
Total QBR 77.8 80.0
Comp. pct. 75.0 79.2
Pass YPG 275 310
TD/Int. 2.1 3.6
TD 93 131

---------- Post added at 04:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:36 PM ----------

Gase is the NFL’s youngest head coach: Gase began working in football as an 18-year old college student at Michigan State. He helped cut up film for former Spartans head coach Nick Saban and has been on the fast track ever since. The 37-year-old just became the NFL’s youngest head coach. He joined the Lions in 2003 as a scouting assistant and later became an offensive assistant and quarterbacks coach. He also has worked for the 49ers.

 

[Spesh]

Steve Ross: "Adam Gase puts us in the best position to win Super Bowls. What I was looking for was the most intelligent person I could find with the greatest amount of passion, great energy, who will become a great leader.... We really have turned this franchise around.... No big prediction here. It will take time. I'm excited to have him. For a Michigan guy to hire a Michigan State guy to lead the organization, that tells you that you found the right guy.

I legitimately thought this was satire.

 

[Nawledge]

He started as receivers coach for Josh McDaniels in 2009-10. He then became John Fox's quarterbacks coach from 2011-12, when he helped teach first Tim Tebow to a magical playoff run and then Peyton Manning through his exciting comeback season.

And then in 2013-14,Gase was the Broncos' record-setting offensive coordinator.

After a one-year detour to Chicago, where he helped Jay Cutler post a career-best 92.3 passer rating, Gase officially named Saturday as head coach of the Miami Dolphins. Manning started working on his statement about Gase at 6 a.m. Saturday. In 2013, Manning and Gase became the most prolific offensive duo in NFL history. Manning threw for a single-season record 55 touchdowns and 5,477 passing yards and the Broncos scored a record 606 points -- 37.9 points per game.

Can we say that again: 37.9 points per game.

"I'm very happy for Adam," Manning said. "Adam had a great impact on me during our years together here in Denver as my quarterbacks coach and then as offensive coordinator. He's an extremely hard worker -- a grinder. He's extremely bright on all things football, an excellent communicator and always eager to learn more. He asks a lot of questions and writes everything down. I've always been impressed with his work ethic and his eagerness to learn more.

"He'll be an excellent coach without a doubt. He is ready for this for sure.''

Notice how Manning hammered home Gase's work ethic? Some statements are more sincere than others. Broncos receiver Emmanuel Sanders wasn't here in the Broncos' record-setting season of 2013, but he had his best production in 2014 when he had 101 catches for 1,404 yards.

"I know Jarvis Landry is over there jumping up and down,'' Sanders said of the Dolphins' top receiver. "Adam is a players' coach. He's inheriting a solid team, a team that has a lot of athletes. I think he's going to do a good job. The only thing is he's in the same division with the Patriots.''

http://www.9news.com/story/sports/n...dam-gase-mike-klis-emmanuel-sanders/78556578/

 

[jvw]

Considering I missed the press conference, thanks for posing this....

Ross is calling all the shots, Tanne job is to fulfill Ross's wishes, he did that well by getting the guy Ross wanted for HC, the kid is eager and I think he knows the offensive side of the ball well, hopefully he can put together a good staff.....I get nervous when I hear some of the same things said about Gase as was said about Lazor, after his first yr most on this board was ready to turn the team over to him, he never finished his 2nd yr....

 

[jvw]

I legitimately thought this was satire.

Agree, my favorite part is him saying he will become a great leader.....you are a great leader or you are not...I hope he already is a great leader

 

[Nawledge]

Considering I missed the press conference, thanks for posing this....

Ross is calling all the shots, Tanne job is to fulfill Ross's wishes, he did that well by getting the guy Ross wanted for HC, the kid is eager and I think he knows the offensive side of the ball well, hopefully he can put together a good staff.....I get nervous when I hear some of the same things said about Gase as was said about Lazor, after his first yr most on this board was ready to turn the team over to him, he never finished his 2nd yr....

To me the thing that gets me the most excited is the way Peyton Manning talks about him...

 

[z926538]

To me the thing that gets me the most excited is the way Peyton Manning talks about him...

Last time I checked Peyton Manning is not our QB. I'll get excited about what Peyton Manning says about him when Peyton Manning is the QB of the fins.

Aaron Rogers had nice things to say about Joe Philbin. How did that turn out?

 

[truedolfan57]

Nothing from our General Manager.

 

[phinasota]

Stephen ross looks like droopy the dog. Mike tannebaum has the most ****ed up deviated septum on earth, and gase has a face I can tell I'm going to hate as much as Philbins face. Ross said hes a builder.... he hasn't built **** here except for the world's biggest garbage pile. I'm so sick of ross it's pathetic. Just get your dumb ass nose out of the football hiring process. I can't stand tannebaum but since he ai t going anywhere, let him build it and go back to NY you ****ing under cover jets fan. **** you ross... turned over every rock??? You didn't even cross paths with every rock you dumb ****. How stupid do you think we are?