Chris Scelfo
Chris Scelfo
Chris Scelfois an American football coach, who most recently served as the tight ends coach for the Atlanta Falcons. He served as head coach at Tulane from 1998 to 2006, including in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and amassed a 37–57 record. Scelfo is the only Tulane head coach to have won two bowl games. He previously held assistant coaching positions at Marshall and Georgia...
football homeless reason succeed team
We're not going to use being a homeless football team as a reason to not try to succeed on the field.
chance continue help hope turn
I just hope they (the Mustangs) are still sympathetic to us. I hope they continue to help us out and turn it over a lot and give us a chance to win.
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In the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States, you've got to stoop pretty low to do that. You're lower than dirt. I'm not going to tolerate that. There's people in our business that don't belong in our business.
absolutely fortunate groups lucky people reached
We were very lucky to be able to get out of there. We were one of the most fortunate groups in the city. And it's just been absolutely heartwarming the way people have reached out to us.
next policy
We have a policy here: When you cramp, you're going to take the next day off.
character control group ready special team
Our team is going to be ready to play. You are going to be amazed. It is a special group with character and pride. We are going to control what we can control.
amount biggest challenge hard parents players worked year
I think the biggest challenge we had this year was getting players to come down and take a look. We had the most amount of parents we ever had come with them, and that was very encouraging. We worked very hard to get that done.
guys work
Joe, we could have put him in (Monday). We've got other guys who need more work than he does.
believe experience grow lose talent torn
He has torn ligaments in there. At receiver, I feel like we're going to lose a lot of experience, but I really believe we have the talent there. We just have to grow up faster.
guarantee lost matters parking
What matters is we're playing. We'll play in the parking lot at Popeye's. I guarantee you I'll play in the parking lot at Wal-Mart if that's where they tell us to play. That's all we have is football. We've lost everything else.
knows opener season slow taking treating
He is still day-to-day. We're really taking it slow with him. He's a fifth-year senior. We're treating him like a veteran. He knows what he can do and what he can't do. He's going to play (in the season opener Sept. 4).
everybody felt future great heart playing quit sad
He left. He quit because he felt he was playing for everybody else. His heart wasn't in it. That's sad because we felt he had a great future here.
bad comprehend ground guys happened unless
I still think our guys don't know how bad it is. From what I've heard, unless you're on the ground in New Orleans, you can't comprehend what has happened there.
loss winning reality
Wins and losses right now are important, but in reality it's the least of my concerns. My concern is to make sure than we give hope to anyone watching us. I am not going to judge this season on wins and losses.