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...
front passing punish
We wanted to keep everything in front of us in the passing game, which we did, and punish the receivers.
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I thought we were a little hesitant (on defense) through the whole first half. Considering the poor field position we had, I thought we did a little better job in the second half. (But) we need to communicate better, too.
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Jeff is a great receiver in a league where there are probably half a dozen great receivers,
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Our players finally got rewarded for their hard work. We had three strong quarters against San Jose State. Overall, it was a good win for us.
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John Beck doesn't have a good arm, he's got a great arm, one of the strongest in college football. He's very accurate, has an extremely quick release. He's one of the best I've ever seen.
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You keep looking at the overall record, but let's be realistic about it,
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I still have reservations about West Los Angeles, ... I keep saying, don't tie us to the hip with West Los Angeles. Give us an out.
eight happen nine plays running saturday
We had about eight or nine (deep) plays called Saturday and Kevin's running for his life, ... That's going to happen sometimes.
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When you spend a lot of time on turf, it's hard on ankles, knees and hips. It does wear on you over the course of the season.
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Three years ago when they came in and played us, it was a mismatch,
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When you've had a group like we've had, you can kind of have some liberty about adjusting quickly and knowing that it's going to be done with discipline,
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He'll get better and better as he sees the holes and gets into a rhythm as we get further into the season.
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We've got to worry about ourselves, not our opponents. I don't buy into that letdown thing.
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So I think we've learned our lesson. Unfortunately, here at San Diego State, it took us longer than that because we overscheduled, and we've locked into these games years in advance where we couldn't get out of them. That's what I realized when I came here, is that we couldn't get out of them. And now we've got to live with the results. And it hasn't been fair.