Shane Steichen Drops Surprising Revelations at Combine Press Conference—What It Means for the Season Ahead
What’s the biggest thing for a first time playcaller to get used to?
”That’s a good question. It’s learning your guys. I think when you are a first time coordinator calling plays and going into a new situation it’s really learning your personnel and it’s a big part of it and you want to use those guys. And then from a down and distance point how are you setting up your plays. Area plays, play action plays, when to call certain things.
Some of the guys here (points to the press pool) have grilled me on it, there is an element and feel to calling plays and I think you have your list of plays, you have your third downs, you have your red zone section and sometimes you might be like hey I might be calling this here or first time you get to the red zone and all of a sudden they change personnel on defense and you are like I’m not going to call that play here. You have to be able to adjust on the fly and think fast is a big part of it. Once you get into the flow of it and you start to feel it if guys are good at it and you get personnel to run it, it would be really good.“
On the new group of first time Head Coaches hired this year as former coordinators and the challenges of that transition.
”When you make that transition, it’s a lot more than putting together an offense. You need to put together a whole staff. You got to meet everybody in the building. You got to do a lot of operations stuff that goes into this. You need to manage all of that from making that jump.
Once you make that jump and you get comfortable with that situation and how the operations are flowing then you can dive into the football stuff but you can never lose sight of that stuff. It’s a big part of your job as a head coach to oversee it all. So I think that is the biggest transition for these guys.“
His best advice he received when he made that transition:
”Yeah they always say, yeah you are going to have a lot on your plate when you get hired on but just don’t worry. It’s all going to get done. I do remember those nights when I first got hired where I didn’t leave the office for probably two weeks. I’m here on the phone making calls trying to get coaches hired. Trying to interview and fly guys in and out. My assistant’s doing everything he can to get flights in and out for coaches and interviews are less than 8 hours and then you are bringing in the next guy and then you going “You got the food yet?” And yeah it’s just nonstop. It’s all part of it.
With both of his coordinators interviewing for promotions across the league but coming back what does it mead to keep them in 2026?
”It’s huge. You want continuity on your staff and at the same time I always want to see those guys progress, you know what I mean? Obviously you always want guys on your staff, that’s why you hired them, you want them to get their opportunity to go be head coaches and do that thing. To have them back its a blessing.“
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