Sylvester Croom

Sylvester Croom
Sylvester Croom, Jr.is an American football coach. He is currently the running backs coach for the NFL's Tennessee Titans. He was the head coach at Mississippi State University from 2004 to 2008, and the first African American head football coach in the Southeastern Conference. His father, Sylvester Croom, Sr., was himself an All-American football player at Alabama A&M, later the team chaplain at the University of Alabama, and has been recognized by that school as one of the state's 40...
came defense plus red side
We came out on the plus side on all of them, ... The defense did give up the touchdown in the red zone, and that's something we'll have to correct.
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What's that Visa commercial? Priceless. Every single day, Coach Bryant and my dad, I think about them a couple of times a day because they are the two men that impacted my life more than anyone else and there isn't a day that goes by when I don't think about them.
grown guys understand
We understand our schemes. We've been in it for two years now, and the young guys have grown up in our system.
penalties
Sometimes we didn't play smart, and we had penalties. Sometimes we got penalties after the play was over. I have to get that corrected; that's on me.
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There's not a day where he just comes out to punch a clock.
college nobody
There's nobody around (in college football) like that now,
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There's nothing normal about this situation, so it's not going to be business as usual,
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I think for college football, it is probably as good as you could come up with, ... It still gives the officials another tool to make good decisions with and it doesn't put a lot of pressure on our coaches. And it's probably the most economical way as well.
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We had curfew duty together in Green Bay. He's not going to play tricks. He knows my philosophy, and I know his.
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We were sloppy today. We got another great effort out of our defense. They're making plays and getting turnovers. Loose balls, tipped balls, they're making plays.
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Today was disappointing. We wanted to see how (the players) would focus, and we came out here with no concentration.
Yeah, we're making plays. Our receivers are better.
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From what I've seen, he's a phenomenal player. He didn't miss any assignments. It's obvious he's been paying attention at meetings and through the course of practices.
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If a kid doesn't get that degree, it's going to affect him, his family, the kids he's going to have. That's a heavy burden to have. I agonized over that decision for a week.