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...
eight happen nine plays running saturday
We had about eight or nine (deep) plays called Saturday and Kevin's running for his life, ... That's going to happen sometimes.
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.
buy worry
We've got to worry about ourselves, not our opponents. I don't buy into that letdown thing.
asked extended game good half lost might period second smart temptation
On Saturday, he wanted to go back into the game, because that's just how he is. But we had to be smart about it. The (injury) tightened up on him as the game went on. We asked him as we went into the second half if it was tightening up, and it was. Had it not been, there might have been a temptation to put him back into the game. As it is now, it's good we didn't, because we could have lost him for an extended period of time.
advance came diego games learned locked longer realized san took
So I think we've learned our lesson. Unfortunately, here at San Diego State, it took us longer than that because we overscheduled, and we've locked into these games years in advance where we couldn't get out of them. That's what I realized when I came here, is that we couldn't get out of them. And now we've got to live with the results. And it hasn't been fair.
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.
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,
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.
against philosophy playing recruit
My philosophy is we're going to recruit against them but we shouldn't be playing them all the time.
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.
dozen great half jeff league receiver
Jeff is a great receiver in a league where there are probably half a dozen great receivers,
I think it's important to have him on the trip,