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...
ball good hit max offense pass protection shots
One of the things we have to be able to do in this offense is to have some shots and be able to hit those shots. We have to be good at pass protection and max protection, so we can get the ball downfield.
both came defense efforts good guys halftime offense operating played sides
With everything being done on a first-and-10 basis, we just really wanted to see what guys could do operating in space. I thought there were good efforts on both sides of the football. Our offense started fast, but our defense came out after halftime and played very well.
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.
alignment ball both care created execution few good improvement last looking overall penalties plus sides
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.
confidence good great player playing
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.
air fit good jonathan ranks rise
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.
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.
evaluate
We think he's going to be OK, but we'll evaluate him and see.
thankful
I've always been very thankful that they did take a chance,
coaching game saying staff
At the time, the coaching staff had to be saying to each other, 'this is our game to win.'
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,
closure move ready
It does give me some closure to be out here, but I'm ready to move on.
bad competitor paul wants work
He's a competitor and he is going to come back well. He wants it as bad as Paul and you like that. It makes Paul work harder.