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New Orleans Saints Defensive Coordinator Gregg Williams
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Friday, October 28, 2011

What do you think the Rams could gain from knowing who calls the offensive plays for the Saints?
“There’s a DNA. We do a very aggressive tracking of (offensive) coordinators. There a are DNAs, there are rhythms, tendencies, all kinds of stuff. We spend a lot of time in the offseason doing those types of things. When you have coached as long as some of us have coached, I do it day by day in practices. Some of the most fun times I’ve had since I’ve been here because I have so much respect for Sean Payton is when we have those periods in practice when it’s mano a mano. I don’t know what they’re going to do and they don’t know what I’m going to do. So consequently when it’s a situational thing, there’s no such thing as a straight comment. Something will be said or something will happen there and I’ll put it over in my Sean Payton file. People I’ve been on the same staff with, at some point in time you’re going to go against them and if you can process it or remember it, it will help you.”

With a guy like Steve Spagnuolo, how tough is it to go from working all the time with the defense as a defensive coordinator to being a head coach and having less time to spend with the defense because you have to worry about other things?
“I don’t know exactly. I haven’t studied the dynamics with what’s going on there in that respect. I will tell you that you learn from every experience that you’re in. If I ever (become head coach) again, I will do what Sean does and just call one side of the ball. I’m one of the few guys along with Bill Belichick that in our coaching careers have been offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, and special teams coordinator. My son’s playing for Frank Beamer right now who was special teams coordinator at Virginia Tech. You get a chance to sit in that head coaching chair because you’re a pretty good coach and then all of a sudden, you don’t do that when you become the head coach. I was guilty of that because there was so much upheaval and turnover with the Bills when I first went there to help in all other areas and turn the other stuff over to staff members is not the fun part of coaching. I’ll always stay involved with that. I’m assuming that Steve is. I stayed involved with the defense but I didn’t call the game and that kind of stuff. I would say the head coaches I see in my personal opinion that stay involved with their expertise, I think they’ve been a little more successful than the ones that back away completely.”

Full interview below.
Coordinators Carmichael and Williams Meet the Press