Chuck Amato
Chuck Amato
Charles "Chuck the Chest" Amatois an American football coach and former player. He is the defensive coordinator for the Akron Zips football team. He served as the head football at North Carolina State University from 2000 to 2006, compiling a record of 49–37. On January 17, 2007, Amato returned to Florida State, where he had coached as assistant for nearly two decades before moving to NC State, as executive associate head coach and linebackers coach, a position he held for...
hard time waking
We have a hard time waking up everybody.
concerned players
I was more concerned about my players than me. All they did was just go out there and give everything they had.
practicing whether
We've been getting them up early. We've been practicing early. It don't know if that has any consequence. Whether that makes a difference, I don't know.
best dominate fought front game hard looks running
We fought hard and that was Jay's best game yet. He really commanded our team. Our running game looks good, but we need to dominate more up front on defense.
played totally
I was just totally disappointed with the way we played defensively.
penalty possessed took
I was just possessed to do it, I couldn't wait. We actually took that 5-yard penalty intentionally.
best felt
Jay's been so good. He really has. But he didn't have his best game. I felt we had to make a change.
enjoy laugh month saw
I saw it about a month ago, I laughed. You know me, you know I like to have fun, I like to enjoy life. If you're going to laugh at other people, you have to be able to laugh at yourself.
defensive looks walks
When he walks into a room, you say that's what (a defensive end) looks like.
crazy everybody fans game georgia home imagine last played week win won
We've got to win, period. Home or away. But we do have to win a game here for everybody involved. Could you imagine this place if that game (last week at Georgia Tech) was played here, won here, how crazy the fans and everything would have been on that last play.
ran scares standing
He ran by us like we were standing still. That scares me.
attention pay win
I don't pay any attention to that. They only thing you pay attention to is when you win or lose. But it's nice.
expect good help man quite stepped week
You know, Sterling is a young man that really has stepped up. He got dinged a week ago, but we expect Sterling to help us quite a bit. He's having a good camp.
I did 730 of them. And I did them the right way.