Tom Craft

Tom Craft
Tom Craftis the head football coach at Riverside Community College in Riverside, CA, and was the head football coach at San Diego State Universityfrom 2002-2005 and at Palomar College in San Marcos, CA from 1983-2000. Craft has also been the associate head coach and offensive coordinator at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, CA...
further gets holes rhythm sees
He'll get better and better as he sees the holes and gets into a rhythm as we get further into the season.
against philosophy playing recruit
My philosophy is we're going to recruit against them but we shouldn't be playing them all the time.
bring concerned gotten healthy sure swing
I'm concerned about (Hamilton). He had just gotten back into the swing of things and now he's had a setback. We want to make sure he's healthy and not try to bring him back too soon.
along great individual players three
They've got some great individual players -- and not just one, two or three of them. They've got them along the line, they've got them at linebacker and they've got them in the secondary.
contracts figure focus hard level opportunity playing record stuck time week
It's not a hard thing to figure out. This (schedule) is something that we got stuck with because of contracts that were done a long time ago. Right now, it's important for us not to focus on what the record is, but to focus on how we can get better each week so that when we have an opportunity on a level playing field, we can come out on top.
athlete
He's the better athlete of the two quarterbacks.
coming learning level outside starter
He's only been a starter at this level for (six games) and he's going to go through some learning experiences in the coming weeks. Outside of the two interceptions, I thought he had an outstanding game.
hard
He's really a hard worker, on and off the field,
ball presence ran
He really ran the ball tough. I think his presence is real obvious.
behind definitely guy players respect speak word yell
He's not a guy that's going to yell and holler out here. But behind the scenes, he'll definitely speak his word and it's powerful. I know the players respect him for it.
playing ruling teams types
I'm not ruling out playing those types of teams in the future,
chance match measure ourselves playing ruling team teams
I'm not ruling out playing a team that we can measure ourselves against, but let's get some teams that we can match up with, that we have a chance against,
block challenge guys line major primary protect
The major challenge will be to protect the punter because they go all out. That's one of their primary focuses. They'll try to get 10 guys on the line of scrimmage and try to block the punt.
anticipate available improvement injury needs point
The injury has tightened up to the point now where I don't anticipate him making the improvement he needs to make to be available for Saturday, ... doubtful.