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Talking to the Assistants Day
Topic Started: May 2 2007, 04:04 PM (89 Views)
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Kiwanuka Switch Among Topics at 'Talk to the Assistants Day'


Today was the Giants' semi-annual Talk to the Assistants Day at Giants Stadium, which sources say may be happening with more frequency in the coming months. It's a great day for hard-core fans, because no one knows more about what's really going on with the team than the assistant coaches. Even the head coach, sometimes, can be more concerned with the overall picture and lose track of the important details. The assistants, though, know their players and systems the best.

The media spent 90 minutes with them today and I'm sure there will be many stories containing their insights over the next few weeks. For now, though, here's a small but interesting sampling of what they said:

New defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo on what his defensive system will look like: "I don't know that the system right now has been completely defined (because) I really haven't had any hands-on work with the guys. Will certainly implement things from down there (in Philadelphia, where he used to work), but in watching the film from the Giants of last year, there were a lot of good things they did here, too. Because the guys are familiar with that, I would hate to abort those kind of things."

Spagnuolo, by the way, said that the idea of switching Mathias Kiwanuka from DE to LB was first mentioned by Tom Coughlin when he interviewed Spagnuolo for his current job. Linebackers coach Bill Sheridan later said that the coaching staff considered the idea late last season. Everyone seemed optimistic that Kiwanuka can make the switch, and Spagnuolo agreed that Kiwanuka's body type makes him potentially similar to Carlos Emmons, who was once an effective strong-side linebacker in Philly: "That's a good analogy. I never even thought of that. But you’re right. Long arms, athletic, good tacklers. Carlos was a very productive linebacker for us in Philadelphia. He was the one guy that you could line up on a tight end and he did some effective things. Hopefully Mathias will do the same."

Sheridan didn't want to say that the position switch for Kiwanuka was an experiment. "It would be a failed experiment if it doesn’t work out, but I don’t anticipate that at all. I think he’s going to be a great NFL linebacker. I really do. And I’m putting pressure on him by saying that. And I told him that, too. I don’t think he’ll just be a ‘good enough to be a starter’ and ‘OK, it worked out all right, he’s going to be in the lineup.’ I think potentially he’s going to be a very, very good NFL linebacker."

Secondary/cornerbacks coach Peter Giunta on why Corey Webster struggled last year, and whether he lost his confidence: "He was playing injured and he didn't let anybody know how serious the injury was until after the season. When he had the surgery on his hip, I didn't know how serious it was. I think that weighed on him tremendously."

Secondary/safeties coach Dave Merritt on the struggles of Will Demps last season: "I would ask him every week about his knee and he would always say 'Coach, I'm fine.' I'll tell you, Will played well from the latter part of the season until the end of the year. We had some communication problems which he fixed up immediately. He had an opportunity to come on strong at the end of the year. Towards the end of the season he became the player we wanted. He reached that level. And he's going to get better."

Merritt on Gibril Wilson, who has never lived up to the promise he showed as a rookie: "Gibril's rookie year, you're talking about a kid who was out there playing loose. There was no thinking involved. He was just playing. Now, the past two years, there's been more thinking on his part. I told him, 'Grab some Ed Reed tape. Grab some Dawkins tape down in Philly. Look at how those guys play. See the quickness.' That was one of the things he wants to get back to -- playing really quick and fast. I said 'Gibril, right now what you need to do is cut all the thinking out.'"

Offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride on Amani Toomer's recovery: "We're hopeful when he comes back that he's going to be the same Amani he was before the injury. Obviously we have concerns because of the age and the significance of the injury, which is a big one. If anybody can come back, it would be him. He's working like schedule. Everything we hear is he's ahead of schedule. But until you see him out on the field it remains to be seen what level he'll come back at."

Gilbride on the decision to cut Luke Petitgout: "Those decisions are made much higher than where I reside, so I didn't have much to say about it."

Quarterbacks coach Chris Palmer on why Eli Manning has been so inconsistent: "I think that falls back into development. I think that falls back into getting into a groove. I think some quarterbacks get into a funk and it's 'How quickly can you get them out of that?' Each guy is different. Sometimes it's one game. Sometimes it's two games. You've got to get them back."

Gilbride on the need for Jeremy Shockey and Plaxico Burress to leave Miami and join Manning when he starts throwing to receivers in the next few weeks: "No question if they were here it would help. They would understand more. Once the season starts you’re so limited in time, that you always get focused on ‘How do you beat that team? How do you beat that one defender?’ So what happens in the games is if you don’t have the foundation as it should be, just the basic understanding of whatever the route is, that when something happens out on the field a little different than what you prepared for, all of a sudden the quarterback and receiver don’t see it the exact same way."


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Good stuff.

Interesting about Webster. Make me happy (that he wasn't just playing like shit 'cause he sucks) and not happy (that 1, he was injured that badly and 2, that he didn't tell anyone, increasing the chance of doing worse damage).
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"I don't know that the system right now has been completely defined

Does this bother anybody else.....?? Couldn't he have said I have an idea of how I want it to look....or something like that.... :huh:
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Monkey Boy
May 2 2007, 05:47 PM
"I don't know that the system right now has been completely defined

Does this bother anybody else.....?? Couldn't he have said I have an idea of how I want it to look....or something like that.... :huh:

Me too ,are we waiting for camp to start before we figure out what D we're running? :doh: :pray:
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It's called active adaptation. Spag will create a defense that best uses the players that are there, rather than having the players force themselves into a pre-set system. Ingenuitive, I like it.
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Monkey Boy
May 2 2007, 05:47 PM
"I don't know that the system right now has been completely defined

Does this bother anybody else.....?? Couldn't he have said I have an idea of how I want it to look....or something like that.... :huh:

I don't know if you watched his whole interview. IMO, he just seemed like a straight shooter. Part of what he said was that he's discussed concepts with guys, but you don't get a chance to see how well they can do things or pick things up until OTAs.

I'm comfortable with it for now. There's plenty of time for him to figure it out in the OTAs regroup and implement things in training camp.
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May 2 2007, 11:09 PM
It's called active adaptation. Spag will create a defense that best uses the players that are there, rather than having the players force themselves into a pre-set system. Ingenuitive, I like it.

Once again, wise beyond your years.

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May 3 2007, 08:24 AM
Halfmoon
May 2 2007, 11:09 PM
It's called active adaptation. Spag will create a defense that best uses the players that are there, rather than having the players force themselves into a pre-set system. Ingenuitive, I like it.

Once again, wise beyond your years.

:yay:
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May 2 2007, 11:09 PM
It's called active adaptation. Spag will create a defense that best uses the players that are there, rather than having the players force themselves into a pre-set system. Ingenuitive, I like it.

:blink: :wacko: :doh: .......we are so screwed!
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May 3 2007, 03:25 PM
Halfmoon
May 2 2007, 11:09 PM
It's called active adaptation. Spag will create a defense that best uses the players that are there, rather than having the players force themselves into a pre-set system. Ingenuitive, I like it.

:blink: :wacko: :doh: .......we are so screwed!

Well it's been a while for me so I am all for getting screwed...... :59: :59:
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May 3 2007, 07:25 PM
Giantone
May 3 2007, 03:25 PM
Halfmoon
May 2 2007, 11:09 PM
It's called active adaptation. Spag will create a defense that best uses the players that are there, rather than having the players force themselves into a pre-set system. Ingenuitive, I like it.

:blink: :wacko: :doh: .......we are so screwed!

Well it's been a while for me so I am all for getting screwed...... :59: :59:

:doh: ...............................What color is the sky were you come from? :wacko:



:rofl:
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Giantone
May 4 2007, 02:34 PM
Monkey Boy
May 3 2007, 07:25 PM
Giantone
May 3 2007, 03:25 PM
Halfmoon
May 2 2007, 11:09 PM
It's called active adaptation. Spag will create a defense that best uses the players that are there, rather than having the players force themselves into a pre-set system. Ingenuitive, I like it.

:blink: :wacko: :doh: .......we are so screwed!

Well it's been a while for me so I am all for getting screwed...... :59: :59:

:doh: ...............................What color is the sky were you come from? :wacko:



:rofl:

It's dark all the time............... :(
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