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...
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.
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.
needed practices
We got 29 practices in August, ... and we needed more.
evaluate
We think he's going to be OK, but we'll evaluate him and see.
coaching game saying staff
At the time, the coaching staff had to be saying to each other, 'this is our game to win.'
beat growing guys hard pains roll sleeves stay tape together tomorrow watch worked
We all worked hard in camp, but when you get in games, it's a little different. We're not going to beat our guys up. We were all part of this deal. We'll watch tape tomorrow (Sunday) and see what happens. The big thing we told the guys was they had to stay together ... we're just going to roll our sleeves up and work. We have some growing pains right now.
fall fighting kinds positions
There could be some possibilities, but (potential candidates) are really fighting for other positions right now. Those kinds of things will get ironed out more in the fall than they will in the spring.
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.
closure move ready
It does give me some closure to be out here, but I'm ready to move on.
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.
happen middle
That doesn't happen a lot. It still doesn't happen a lot in the middle of the season.
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.
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.
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.