Sylvester Croom
Sylvester Croom
Sylvester Croom, Jr.is an American football coach. He is currently the running backs coach for the NFL's Tennessee Titans. He was the head coach at Mississippi State University from 2004 to 2008, and the first African American head football coach in the Southeastern Conference. His father, Sylvester Croom, Sr., was himself an All-American football player at Alabama A&M, later the team chaplain at the University of Alabama, and has been recognized by that school as one of the state's 40...
attention course meetings miss obvious paying phenomenal
From what I've seen, he's a phenomenal player. He didn't miss any assignments. It's obvious he's been paying attention at meetings and through the course of practices.
college nobody
There's nobody around (in college football) like that now,
cal concerned far game good last lost southern team though weakness
As far as I am concerned they are just as good as Southern Cal last year. I don't see a weakness on their team right now even though they lost the game the other night.
avoid coming diffuse happen incident quickly situations took
These things happen, but you can see them coming before they occur. You can avoid these situations or diffuse them as quickly as possible. That's what did not happen and why the incident took place.
deal fear hungry people plays
I want him to make people afraid. I want to put fear into them. If he's hungry and plays with some attitude, ain't too many people who are going to deal with him. ...
guys starting
All of our receivers are starting to look like the guys that you want.
attitude chance change difficult football last order signifies time year
They were already out there throwing. This time last year it was difficult to get (players) to do that. It signifies a change in attitude and realization that a lot has to be done on their own in order for us to have a chance to be a championship football team.
constantly players position puts reminded streak sure
I am sure the players that were part of that streak are going to be constantly reminded of it. It also puts them in a position where they want to get another streak started and we are first up so we have to do our part to make sure that does not happen.
anybody believed chance feeling schedule since time year
I'm not going to make predictions because I've never believed in that. But we'll go into this year feeling like we can play with anybody on our schedule and have a chance to win. That will be the first time since we've been here that has occurred.
basically walked
Basically we should've just walked out there and conceded and come on home.
guys semester senior
I want to see how they do first semester of their senior year. That is huge. We've had guys we really liked, but then we find out mid-semester there's no way they're going to (qualify).
attention continued defense details emphasis finishes grown guys impressive kicking mentally pay physically plays saw spring standpoint team technique tough understand work younger
The most impressive thing about our team right now is that we understand our schemes. We've been in it two years now, and the younger guys have grown up in our systems, and they understand what we're doing from a technique standpoint on offense, defense and in the kicking game. One big emphasis of the spring was that we really wanted to pay attention to details and do the little things right. We continued to work on being physically and mentally tough and on being a team that finishes plays and plays physical football. I think you saw that out there today.
legend ways
In some ways I think his legend is growing, I think it's getting bigger,
legal players system
The legal system has worked, and our players have been penalized by the court.