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...
start
It was an electrifying start but I didn't have any follow-up.
start
It (Swain's touchdown) was a pretty electrifying start that didn't have any follow-up.
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.
bit mentally physically proud starters though tough
They've been mentally and physically tough even though they're first-year starters and a little bit undersized, ... I'm proud of that and the way they keep their focus.
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.
front passing punish
We wanted to keep everything in front of us in the passing game, which we did, and punish the receivers.
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,
looking overall realistic
You keep looking at the overall record, but let's be realistic about it,
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.
buy worry
We've got to worry about ourselves, not our opponents. I don't buy into that letdown thing.
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.
arizona colorado develop michigan ohio realistic second state
Then you had Colorado in there, Arizona State, Michigan and now Ohio State for the second time. That's not a realistic way to re-establish and develop your program.