Impending Colts coach Josh McDaniels says he's grown since Denver
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As the New England Patriots fidgeted during their hour-long media session Monday night ahead of Super Bowl LII  offensive coordinator  Josh McDaniels  was confronted with the inquiry  he  knew full well was coming:
It appears  after his second stint in New England – now in its sixth season – McDaniels is ready to make that move. It will be to Indianapolis  where he and the Colts are expected to consummate a deal to make him Chuck Pagano’s successor after the completion of the Super Bowl. The Colts and  McDaniels  can’t execute a deal until he’s fulfilled his duties with the Patriots.
But it’s coming  and  McDaniels  seemingly has been thinking about this moment for quite a while.  He ’s been entertaining the idea of pursuing another head-coaching gig for some time  but this year  he  finally felt the time was right. For  McDaniels   it was a matter of when  not if.
“That’s been a dream of mine forever ”  he  said. “My dad’s been a football coach all my life. I grew up around the game. I played as long as I could but I wasn’t very big or very fast or very good. So  I knew I was going to end up being a coach somewhere  somehow. I just wanted to try to get better and whatever the cards held for me  that’s great. I’d be OK with that.
“Right now  this week is special for one reason and that’s because we’re here with an opportunity to compete against the Eagles for the Super Bowl championship ”  McDaniels  said  staying on message.
But when the opportunity to be a head coach comes – cough  next week  cough –  McDaniels  clearly plans to do things differently after the apparent personality conflicts  he  left in  his  wake in Denver.
“You have people you learn from every day and you have people that you’re responsible to teach ”  he  said. “And the only way for those two things to work the right way is to have quality relationships. They go both directions. You have to be a good listener and a good teacher. You have to be willing to take advice from somebody else and you have to be willing to give it when it’s your turn.”
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As the New England Patriots fidgeted during their hour-long media session Monday night ahead of Super Bowl LII  offensive coordinator  Josh McDaniels  was confronted with the inquiry  he  knew full well was coming:
It appears  after his second stint in New England – now in its sixth season – McDaniels is ready to make that move. It will be to Indianapolis  where he and the Colts are expected to consummate a deal to make him Chuck Pagano’s successor after the completion of the Super Bowl. The Colts and  McDaniels  can’t execute a deal until he’s fulfilled his duties with the Patriots.
But it’s coming  and  McDaniels  seemingly has been thinking about this moment for quite a while.  He ’s been entertaining the idea of pursuing another head-coaching gig for some time  but this year  he  finally felt the time was right. For  McDaniels   it was a matter of when  not if.
“That’s been a dream of mine forever ”  he  said. “My dad’s been a football coach all my life. I grew up around the game. I played as long as I could but I wasn’t very big or very fast or very good. So  I knew I was going to end up being a coach somewhere  somehow. I just wanted to try to get better and whatever the cards held for me  that’s great. I’d be OK with that.
“Right now  this week is special for one reason and that’s because we’re here with an opportunity to compete against the Eagles for the Super Bowl championship ”  McDaniels  said  staying on message.
But when the opportunity to be a head coach comes – cough  next week  cough –  McDaniels  clearly plans to do things differently after the apparent personality conflicts  he  left in  his  wake in Denver.
“You have people you learn from every day and you have people that you’re responsible to teach ”  he  said. “And the only way for those two things to work the right way is to have quality relationships. They go both directions. You have to be a good listener and a good teacher. You have to be willing to take advice from somebody else and you have to be willing to give it when it’s your turn.”
More about  Josh McDaniels 
Questions  Josh McDaniels  and the Colts still have to answer
Patriots on  Josh McDaniels : Smart. Innovative. Forward-thinking.
Doyel: The Colts are expected to hire  Josh McDaniels  ... why?