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...
front playing scheme seven solid tackling understand
We've been playing better defense. We understand the scheme better, we're pretty solid in the front seven and we're tackling better.
came defense plus red side
We came out on the plus side on all of them, ... The defense did give up the touchdown in the red zone, and that's something we'll have to correct.
inside last stronger
we're stronger inside than we ever were last year.
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Tony has shown he as the capability of being an impact player this year. He'll be solid.
develop games good mental mentally practices tough win
We've got to develop some mental toughness. It's why we don't have back-to-back good practices and why we can't win two games in a row. Right now, we're just not mentally tough enough. I'm disappointed because after a good day, we'll have a lackadaisical practice.
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What's that Visa commercial? Priceless. Every single day, Coach Bryant and my dad, I think about them a couple of times a day because they are the two men that impacted my life more than anyone else and there isn't a day that goes by when I don't think about them.
came today
Today was disappointing. We wanted to see how (the players) would focus, and we came out here with no concentration.
downright good last
We were horrible. It was downright awful. I don't know how good we are, but we're a whole lot better than we were last year.
downright good last
We were horrible. It was downright awful. I don't know how good we are, but we're a whole lot better than we were last year.
indicate record satisfying
We've come a long way, ... Our record doesn't indicate it, and it's probably not satisfying to a lot of people, but it's going to take a while.
asset great last player
We thought (Johnson) was an outstanding player in last year's class. He will be a great asset to us in the secondary.
duty green knows together
We had curfew duty together in Green Bay. He's not going to play tricks. He knows my philosophy, and I know his.
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We are a football team, and we will play as a football team this year. I'm not going to make any predictions, but we go into the season this year feeling like we can play with anybody on our schedule and have a chance to win.
bad defense felt half
To play as bad as we did in the first half and only going in (down) 14-0, I felt like if our defense could come back and make plays, we had a chance.