Tom Craft
Tom Craft
Tom Craftis the head football coach at Riverside Community College in Riverside, CA, and was the head football coach at San Diego State Universityfrom 2002-2005 and at Palomar College in San Marcos, CA from 1983-2000. Craft has also been the associate head coach and offensive coordinator at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, CA...
bit mentally physically proud starters though tough
They've been mentally and physically tough even though they're first-year starters and a little bit undersized, ... I'm proud of that and the way they keep their focus.
against couple defense exposed felt offense
We really felt the matchups their defense against our offense was going to be a big challenge. We got exposed in a couple of areas.
based felt fit running side worked
We really felt like he would be a better fit on that side of the ball, ... based on evaluating who we had over there and based on our running back situation. It's really worked out well.
attention changes means needs players special starting zero
We're going to zero in on some changes (on special teams). That needs to have some attention put to it, but I think it's something that we can fix. We should have done a better job. We have a lot of options. If it means that we've got to play more starting players (on special teams), then we've got to do it.
bring concerned gotten healthy sure swing
I'm concerned about (Hamilton). He had just gotten back into the swing of things and now he's had a setback. We want to make sure he's healthy and not try to bring him back too soon.
athlete
He's the better athlete of the two quarterbacks.
coming learning level outside starter
He's only been a starter at this level for (six games) and he's going to go through some learning experiences in the coming weeks. Outside of the two interceptions, I thought he had an outstanding game.
hard
He's really a hard worker, on and off the field,
ball presence ran
He really ran the ball tough. I think his presence is real obvious.
behind definitely guy players respect speak word yell
He's not a guy that's going to yell and holler out here. But behind the scenes, he'll definitely speak his word and it's powerful. I know the players respect him for it.
arizona colorado develop michigan ohio realistic second state
Then you had Colorado in there, Arizona State, Michigan and now Ohio State for the second time. That's not a realistic way to re-establish and develop your program.
closed couple gap impact last
It really made an impact on me about where we were with this program, and I think we've closed the gap over the last couple of years. So it should be an interesting game.
create dozen force game half move rest touches
It's important that we move him around. We'll create half a dozen touches for him, but the rest of it has to come as the game unfolds. We're not going to just try and force it to him.
along great individual players three
They've got some great individual players -- and not just one, two or three of them. They've got them along the line, they've got them at linebacker and they've got them in the secondary.