Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak had his introductory press convention at crew headquarters in Renton on Tuesday. He’s Seattle’s third OC in as many seasons following the respective departures of Shane Waldron and Ryan Grubb. For good measure, Kubiak additionally introduced over his New Orleans Saints assistants John Benton and Andrew Janocko to teach the offensive line and quarterbacks, respectively.
Kubiak stated quite a bit over the span of the 30-minute presser, however I’ll spotlight probably the most notable quotes and pass over as a lot coachspeak as I can. For example, Kubiak preached the worth of steadiness on offense and needing to win a couple of manner. You’ve heard that quote 10,000 occasions from many various coaches and coordinators. Listed here are the nuggets which can be both new bits of knowledge or one thing you’ll be able to interpret slightly bit extra deeply.
All quotes are courtesy of Seahawks media, which gives these transcripts.
Why the Seahawks job was so enticing to Kubiak
“Primary was having an opportunity to teach with Mike (Macdonald). To be on a crew that’s coached with a dang good protection as a result of you understand how highly effective that’s. We wish to have the ability to contribute to that and play complementary soccer with them. Geno Smith, DK Metcalf, Jaxon (Smith-Njigba), Charles Cross, the listing goes on. There are numerous actually dang good soccer gamers on this roster that I’d love to teach. I need to be part of serving to their careers and serving to them so we are able to win as a crew. I believe the personnel, the teaching workers right here, John Schneider, the fame the Seattle Seahawks have as a first-class group. That’s simply widespread information across the NFL.”
Fullbacks are again on the menu in Seattle
“[I] actually love enjoying with a fullback like being in 21 and 12 personnel. Once more, that’s going to come back all the way down to the power of our gamers who now we have on our roster and let’s use the very best 11 on the market, let’s get the 5 greatest eligible deployed out into the route scheme. So these are issues we’re engaged on proper now, who that’s going to be, however we’ve received to adapt as coaches to our greatest gamers on the roster.”
“We’re going by that course of now with John (Schneider) and Mike (Macdonald), however I believe we’re going to try all these issues. I’m excited concerning the guys we do have on the roster, we are going to play tight ends within the fullback place for positive, however that’s a course of proper now.”
Why he introduced in Andrew Janocko as quarterbacks coach and John Benton as offensive line coach
“I’ll begin with coach (John) Benton. If our id goes to be a working soccer crew, it begins with coach Benton and his method. Simply actually impressed along with his capacity as a trainer, primary. He’s a superb trainer. The best way he runs the room, holds his guys accountable. I’ve simply seen the way in which he leads males and his schemes are wonderful. Andrew Janocko, I’ve been with him at two totally different stops, one other good trainer. These are the issues we’re searching for in our teaching staffs, nice academics and guys that may encourage. Andrew Janocko is a very good trainer. I’ve seen him do it with Kirk Cousins, with Derek Carr, and seen him relate to the youthful gamers like Spencer Rattler and develop these guys. I’m actually grateful for Mike (Macdonald) and John (Schneider) for letting us deliver these guys right here and to get us began faster.”
The important thing to being good within the pink zone, an space the Seahawks have struggled below Geno Smith
“I believe you’ve received to be wonderful on first and second down. Third down, third and eight from the pink zone isn’t an actual excessive proportion for lots of groups, so that you need to be aggressive to attain on these base downs. After which when you get to the third down, you’ve received to have a quarterback that’s an elite choice maker and an elite scramble drill participant, that all the time helps. So I believe we’ll emphasize many issues and the drive in your base downs is all the time a great place to begin.”
How Kubiak views Geno Smith as a quarterback
“I believe Geno’s (Smith) robust as nails. I believe you have a look at the man within the fourth quarter and he goes and wins soccer video games. In order that excites me. That fires me up. I’ve watched his profession, learning him extra now than I ever have earlier than. However you concentrate on a man that’s been by numerous adversity, the man that’s been knocked off the excessive horse and needed to claw his manner again into the starter’s position after which he comes again the final two years and wins extra video games within the fourth quarter than anyone within the NFL. That’s a man that I need to coach.”
How he believes he’s advanced his offensive scheme
“I can simply say that studying it from my dad and attending to be part of that offensive workers in 2016. After which being round guys like Kyle Shanahan, being in Denver with Justin Outten working an identical scheme, comparable verbiage. Yearly you’ve received to maintain evolving and learning the league and altering your ideas up slightly bit, however the fundamentals, they’re not going to vary. I believe that’s the factor that now we have to harp on the gamers is being basically sound, and all of the bells and whistles will come. However, an important factor is that we get good on the basic stuff, throwing and catching and blocking. It doesn’t matter what we do schematically, it all the time comes all the way down to that and being good at that.”
How he plans to adapt his scheme to the Seahawks offense
“I believe it’s essential to determine a manner of doing enterprise right here. We’re going to begin with that being an outdoor zone, however clearly we’re going to include hole schemes, inside zones, pin and pull. We’ve received to do what our gamers do greatest. So, now we have a philosophy that we imagine in, a mode that we imagine in, however you’ve received to have the ability to win a couple of manner, like we stated. So, we’ll begin with the basics working off the ball, after which we’ll get to know our guys. We higher do what they do greatest, or else we’re not going to love the outcomes.”
Watch the entire press convention replay within the video under:
