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...
calling coach guys kentucky met played respected
I'll tell you what. I have met old guys who played for him at Kentucky and I never met them before and let me tell you something, it's a calling card. If someone played for Coach Bryant, you immediately respected the guy.
above bowl far football good practiced scouts senior several
I had several scouts say to me at the Senior Bowl (in Mobile, Ala.) that the way he practiced is far above some of the other guys. That's what made him a good football player, and that's what is going to make him a good pro.
determine money round taken worried
I'm not worried about him making it and doing well. It's just what round is he going to be taken in that's going to determine how much he's going to get paid. I want him to make as much money as possible.
kicked worried
I'm not worried about him. If he was a freshman, maybe. But he's kicked in games.
ability ball fast figured grabbing holding line sure trying
(His ability) is no secret, ... (Georgia) figured that out the other night, holding him, grabbing him by the face-guard, making sure he didn't get off the line of scrimmage. They figured out real fast we're trying to get him the ball. We're always trying to get him the ball in a lot of different ways.
alabama class played teams
I didn't think they played with as much class as Alabama teams usually do,
adulthood either good hopeful judgment learn lessons mature men move players situation themselves walk
I'm disappointed that the players have put themselves in a very embarrassing situation and did not use good judgment. I'm just hopeful that lessons have been learned. As these young men move into mature adulthood ... they must learn to either defuse the situation or walk away from it.
plays
How much he plays is still in question.
next step
The next step is, you don't play. It's going to end one way or another.
offensive system
The offensive system is what it is, and it is never going to change,
anderson brian college gets gotten ground guard hamilton improvement moved offense offensive solid
The offense has made up a lot of ground this spring. We're better off there than we've been at any time. We've gotten a lot of improvement on the offensive line. We've moved Brian Anderson back to right guard and when (junior college transfer) J.D. Hamilton gets here, we should be solid at offensive tackle.
beginning seniors
I told our seniors this was not the end of their career. This was the beginning of our championship run.
halfway increases pass run rush speed
It really increases our speed in the pass rush and still allows us to play the run halfway decent.
It's nothing that's going to keep him from playing.