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...
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.
defense expect forcing great job practice year
I expect us to get more opportunities offensively this year because our defense is going to give us the football. They do a great job of forcing turnovers. And we practice those things.
enjoys ethic fun practice work
His work ethic is tremendous, ... He comes to practice every day to compete. He enjoys it. He has fun at what he's doing. And as a coach, you really like to see that in a player.
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.
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.
forward move reason
I think everything was done properly. I see no reason why we can't move forward from here.
depth objective primary running wide
Our primary objective was to get some wide receivers in here and get some depth at running back, and we did that.
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.
believe catch offense people run
We are going to run it. We are going to get people in here who can run it. We are going to get protection. We are going to get receivers in here who can catch the football. We are going to run that offense. It is the offense I believe in, and it is an offense that I know works.
field guys hurricane katrina step thinking white
When we step between those white lines, the guys out there on the field are not going to be thinking about Hurricane Katrina or anything else.
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.
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.
defense effort great loose plays sloppy
We were sloppy today. We got another great effort out of our defense. They're making plays and getting turnovers. Loose balls, tipped balls, they're making plays.
came today
Today was disappointing. We wanted to see how (the players) would focus, and we came out here with no concentration.