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"Then as it gets closer and closer, you get antsy and want to get something done. They did, too. They wanted to get something done," Zimmer said. "We had some hard negotiations there in some parts of the contract that took a little bit longer than we anticipated.
"But there really wasn't a time I felt like it wasn't going to get done," he added. "I feel like this was going to get done, and it just took a little bit longer based on outside things that happened."
3. Old-school but innovative
Entering the 2020 NFL season, Zimmer is the fourth-oldest head coach behind Pete Carroll (68), Bill Belichick (68) and Bruce Arians (67).
He's often referred to as "old-school" both in demeanor and game plan, and he has continued to see success with his teams during a time it seems younger and younger coaches are entering the league.
Zimmer noted that although he's garnered a certain reputation, he still understands the importance of adapting and evolving every season.
"If you don't adjust and adapt and come up with new ideas and new things, you're never going to make it. Regardless of being 'old-school' or 'he wants to run the ball' and all of these things that people say, if you're not adapting every single day and every single year, you're not going to last very long because that's what everybody does, and that's the same as life," Zimmer said.
"I feel fortunate that I've never been fired, so I take more pride in that than anything else," he continued. "Not very many coaches can say that. I'm hoping that continues, knock on wood, but we're going to continue to adapt and adjust and invent things like we always have. Just like you say with some of these younger coaches that are doing offensive things and RPOs, we've done many innovative things defensively, as well."