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...
calamity crucial good poised special teams
Special teams have been good all the time. We just had a calamity in one game. Like anything else, we just need to be poised in crucial situations.
catch good schemes
They've got good schemes and they're well-coached and they play hard. But some of those little things may catch up with them at some point.
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.
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.
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.
college decisions economical gives good officials pressure tool
I think for college football, it is probably as good as you could come up with, ... It still gives the officials another tool to make good decisions with and it doesn't put a lot of pressure on our coaches. And it's probably the most economical way as well.
acted
He just acted like it wasn't a factor, ... He didn't let it be a factor.
offensive system
The offensive system is what it is, and it is never going to change,
georgia might players sign state tech
They've got so many players in the state of Georgia that Georgia and Georgia Tech can't sign them all. They might as well let us have some.
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.
guns improvement
I thought we got better every day defensively. And we made improvement offensively. We had some big guns out most of the spring.
kicked worried
I'm not worried about him. If he was a freshman, maybe. But he's kicked in games.
competitor goes intense knack mistakes time turning
He is an intense competitor and he has a knack for making plays, even turning his mistakes into positives. I think he'll get even better as time goes on.