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...
backs feature good guys nice offense running saw stood tailor
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.
training week
I would look at this week for us as like a training camp. We're back in camp.
came excited far happy program time year
I would look at anything that came along, but at the same time I'm very happy here. I'm excited about our program - where it is, what we've done so far this year from where we started and where it can go in the future, I think,
anybody change excellent football gives improvement pace until
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.
anybody change excellent football gives great
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.
coach determine figure later
Coach Elliott and I will figure that out. We'll determine that at a later time.
excellent listen opportunity
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.
along comfort front good happens kansas known level past weighs work
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.
anyone competing fall front guys push strongly summer talk training unless
I told all of (the coaches), unless someone is really out in front at all positions, let's see if we can push everything into the fall and keep guys competing over the summer and into training camp. But if there's anyone they feel strongly about, we'll talk about it and go from there.
far pleased
As far as we're concerned, we're very pleased with the arrangement.
defining itself position ways
That position is a ways away from defining itself and will probably be one of the most competitive in (fall) camp.
defense emphasized great ground job offense practice scoring twice
The offense put it on the ground twice and we can't have that, but the defense did a great job of scooping and scoring when they did, which is big for us. That's something we've emphasized in practice every day.
thankful
I've always been very thankful that they did take a chance,
guys slice starting
You can slice it every way you want, but we're young and starting over. I thought these guys had a little growth.