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...
based felt fit running side worked
We really felt like he would be a better fit on that side of the ball, ... based on evaluating who we had over there and based on our running back situation. It's really worked out well.
adjusting group knowing liberty quickly
When you've had a group like we've had, you can kind of have some liberty about adjusting quickly and knowing that it's going to be done with discipline,
came played three
Three years ago when they came in and played us, it was a mismatch,
attention changes means needs players special starting zero
We're going to zero in on some changes (on special teams). That needs to have some attention put to it, but I think it's something that we can fix. We should have done a better job. We have a lot of options. If it means that we've got to play more starting players (on special teams), then we've got to do it.
against couple defense exposed felt offense
We really felt the matchups their defense against our offense was going to be a big challenge. We got exposed in a couple of areas.
against finally good hard players quarters rewarded san strong three win
Our players finally got rewarded for their hard work. We had three strong quarters against San Jose State. Overall, it was a good win for us.
hip los tie west
I still have reservations about West Los Angeles, ... I keep saying, don't tie us to the hip with West Los Angeles. Give us an out.
I think he's back to normal, I really do,
against philosophy playing recruit
My philosophy is we're going to recruit against them but we shouldn't be playing them all the time.
field hesitant job poor position second
I thought we were a little hesitant (on defense) through the whole first half. Considering the poor field position we had, I thought we did a little better job in the second half. (But) we need to communicate better, too.
dozen great half jeff league receiver
Jeff is a great receiver in a league where there are probably half a dozen great receivers,
looking overall realistic
You keep looking at the overall record, but let's be realistic about it,
front passing punish
We wanted to keep everything in front of us in the passing game, which we did, and punish the receivers.
course hard knees spend time wear
When you spend a lot of time on turf, it's hard on ankles, knees and hips. It does wear on you over the course of the season.