Chuck Long
Chuck Long
Charles Franklin "Chuck" Long, Jr.is an American football coach. He played quarterback in college at Iowa for Hayden Fry and professionally with the Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Rams. He is an inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame. In the January 2008 issue of San Diego Magazine he was chosen as one of the "50 People to Watch in 2008". He was fired by San Diego State University as its head football coach on November 23, 2008...
along comfort front good happens kansas known level past weighs work
Being in the same conference, you know their work up front and what they've done in the past weighs heavily with me. I've known them and I'm comfortable with them. To me, there's a comfort level and a fit, along with the experience. It just so happens that they are from Kansas State, but they're all good fits.
training week
I would look at this week for us as like a training camp. We're back in camp.
alignment ball both care created execution few good improvement last looking overall penalties plus sides
I thought overall the execution was good on both sides of the football. I was looking for a few things. I was looking for an improvement on penalties over last week, which we did, and better alignment on assignment, which we did. We still need to take care of the ball better, but defensively we created some turnovers, which was plus for them.
excellent listen opportunity
I haven't thought about any of that. It's so sudden, ... I would listen to different things and different opportunities, of course. That's an excellent opportunity for somebody, but right now I haven't thought about that.
thankful
I've always been very thankful that they did take a chance,
happen middle
That doesn't happen a lot. It still doesn't happen a lot in the middle of the season.
evaluate
We think he's going to be OK, but we'll evaluate him and see.
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We want to tailor our offense to our personnel. We have good running backs, and we want to feature those guys, as you saw today. I thought those guys stood out. The running backs did a nice job.