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...
defining itself position ways
That position is a ways away from defining itself and will probably be one of the most competitive in (fall) 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.
training week
I would look at this week for us as like a training camp. We're back in camp.
came excited far happy program time year
I would look at anything that came along, but at the same time I'm very happy here. I'm excited about our program - where it is, what we've done so far this year from where we started and where it can go in the future, I think,
happen middle
That doesn't happen a lot. It still doesn't happen a lot in the middle of the season.
closure move ready
It does give me some closure to be out here, but I'm ready to move on.
both came defense efforts good guys halftime offense operating played sides
With everything being done on a first-and-10 basis, we just really wanted to see what guys could do operating in space. I thought there were good efforts on both sides of the football. Our offense started fast, but our defense came out after halftime and played very well.
backs feature good guys nice offense running saw stood tailor
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.
air fit good jonathan ranks rise
He was just a good fit for us. Jonathan has an air about him. We could very well see him rise up through the (coaching) ranks very quickly.
bad competitor paul wants work
He's a competitor and he is going to come back well. He wants it as bad as Paul and you like that. It makes Paul work harder.
confidence good great player playing
He's had a great spring. He's playing well and playing with a lot of confidence right now. It's good to see that out of a good young player like him.
games nice stand
He had a nice day. These are the games you look at for separation, and he did stand out today.
needed practices
We got 29 practices in August, ... and we needed more.
evaluate
We think he's going to be OK, but we'll evaluate him and see.