Great communicator, which at the end of the day, one of our top priorities is to be a great teacher. "These defenses are very complicated, but at the same time, he was really good at explaining it not only to coach [Brian] Schottenheimer and to [vice president of player personnel Will McClay], but to Jerry [Jones] and myself that you want to make complicated things seem easy so players can use their athletic ability and play fast and do the things you want them to do, have the identity you want them to have on that side of the ball. He was just outstanding.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Long-snapper JJ Jansen not only is the longest-tenured member of the Carolina Panthers with 17 seasons under his belt, he's also arguably the most insightful. So when he saw second-year coach Dave Canales sitting in the back of the special teams room earlier this season, listening to their discussion, taking notes and having conversations with coordinator Tracy Smith, it made an impression because that's not something he saw from Canales last season.
Matos became Swansea's fifth new manager in five seasons when he was confirmed as Alan Sheehan's replacement on Monday. It is the 37-year-old's first frontline job in British football and comes after only five months as a manager with Portuguese second-tier side Maritimo. But behind that is a two-decade journey to this point, starting at Porto and including becoming a key background figure for Liverpool through the Klopp era.
Coming back to Toronto, you know this Leafs team very well. What do you expect out of them? Lambert: They're a dynamic hockey team with tremendous individual skill. They don't need a lot of opportunities to put the puck in the net. They're dangerous. Watching them play the Rangers, they played fast. They're just a good hockey team that is solid top to bottom. They've got a defense core and good goaltending. Good team.
They say champions are made in the offseason, in the quiet moments when nobody's watching. For rookie Lakers coach JJ Redick, the offseason is for yucking it up with ChatGPT. In a pre-season press conference held on Thursday, Lakers President of Basketball Operations Rob Pelinka made the surprise announcement that Redick had locked down a contract extension. But Redick had an announcement of his own: he considers ChatGPT a "friend."