Chuck Long
Chuck Long
Charles Franklin "Chuck" Long, Jr.is an American football coach. He played quarterback in college at Iowa for Hayden Fry and professionally with the Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Rams. He is an inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame. In the January 2008 issue of San Diego Magazine he was chosen as one of the "50 People to Watch in 2008". He was fired by San Diego State University as its head football coach on November 23, 2008...
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We want to tailor our offense to our personnel. We have good running backs, and we want to feature those guys, as you saw today. I thought those guys stood out. The running backs did a nice job.
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That position is a ways away from defining itself and will probably be one of the most competitive in (fall) camp.
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As far as we're concerned, we're very pleased with the arrangement.
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Coach Elliott and I will figure that out. We'll determine that at a later time.
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I thought overall the execution was good on both sides of the football. I was looking for a few things. I was looking for an improvement on penalties over last week, which we did, and better alignment on assignment, which we did. We still need to take care of the ball better, but defensively we created some turnovers, which was plus for them.
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He's had a great spring. He's playing well and playing with a lot of confidence right now. It's good to see that out of a good young player like him.
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He had a nice day. These are the games you look at for separation, and he did stand out today.
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He was just a good fit for us. Jonathan has an air about him. We could very well see him rise up through the (coaching) ranks very quickly.
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That doesn't happen a lot. It still doesn't happen a lot in the middle of the season.
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Being in the same conference, you know their work up front and what they've done in the past weighs heavily with me. I've known them and I'm comfortable with them. To me, there's a comfort level and a fit, along with the experience. It just so happens that they are from Kansas State, but they're all good fits.
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He's an excellent ballplayer. From Day One until now, he's made as much improvement as anybody on our football team. He gives you that change of pace when you're going from a one-back set.
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He's an excellent ballplayer. From Day One to now, he's made great improvement, as much as anybody on the football team. What he gives you is that change of pace.
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You can slice it every way you want, but we're young and starting over. I thought these guys had a little growth.
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I haven't thought about any of that. It's so sudden, ... I would listen to different things and different opportunities, of course. That's an excellent opportunity for somebody, but right now I haven't thought about that.