Posted by Spartan Phil on 9/5/2007, 10:48 pm, in reply to "Tomey / WAC Teleconference" --Previous Message--
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The one deep pass last week, had there been a little more air under the ball, it may have been six because the receiver had a step or two on the DB. I would be happy with 10 - 12 yard find the open spot in the zone, stop, turn around and catch the ball. I am growing real tired of the third & 8 or 10 and throwing the ball 4 - 5 yards on a side line pass. These teams know we do that and seem to be right there every time now. Time to try something different. How about that 4 - 5 yard pass or slant across the middle on first down? Also lets mix in a pass to the TE or RB, we have the talent and speed to get away from the LB's. Anyway, I know Tomey, Arroyo and the rest of the staff will come up with something, (I hope).
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: Weekly Football Press Conference Comments
: Courtesy: San Jose State Athletics
: Release: 09/04/2007
:
: Head Coach Dick Tomey's Opening Remarks:
: “Just reflecting back on the Arizona State
: game, we were soundly beaten by a better
: team and a better coached team. So, we’re
: looking forward to getting better against
: Kansas State. We have to (get better),
: because Kansas State, in my mind, is a
: better team than Arizona State.
:
: I have tremendous respect for the way they
: played. They played with such passion and
: had a great chance to win. It’s a tragedy
: for their program that they didn’t win. I
: think Ron Prince is on the right track.
:
: When Bill Snyder was there, he did the best
: job of coaching in the history of college
: football leading Kansas State from a team
: that had no successful history in football
: to one of the top teams in the Big 12. All
: the coaches who worked with Coach Snyder,
: there was a legacy of success. It’s just
: amazing to those who follow Big 12 football.
:
: Our task this week is to get better. We have
: a lot of work to do. There were some bright
: spots in the game. We scrimmaged Sunday.
: There were some bright spots there, but we
: have a lot of people who have to grow
: immensely and give a much better account of
: us.
:
: My biggest thing is we have to compete
: better. We didn’t play as hard as I would
: have liked. The last week, I didn’t think
: our upperclassmen reflected their experience
: in the way they played. Our task is take a
: good look at the tape, which we’ve done, and
: take major strides to be a better football
: team. If we can do that and give ourselves a
: chance to win by creating some mistakes and
: giving them some problems, but we’ll have to
: make major improvements to do that.
:
: We’re excited about the chance to go (to
: Kansas State). I’m really grateful to find
: out about us and play these teams. Had we
: played somebody whom we could do what we did
: and win, it would have been a very
: unrealistic feeling for us. We’re clear now
: about whom we are and we have to continue to
: get better.
:
: Question:
: Is there any carryover by the veterans from
: last year?
:
: Tomey:
: “I don’t know. I know some of our young
: players who were playing for their first
: time or playing as freshmen played
: relatively better than guys who had played
: for years. I don’t know what the cause for
: that was, but I think that’s over. The guys
: saw that and saw that very clearly. We just
: have to pick it up. We needed that. We
: really did.
:
: Sometimes, you need to get spanked and
: understand what you’re doing doesn’t work.
: And, we got spanked. That doesn’t mean it’s
: going to improve dramatically quickly, but
: it’s certainly better than playing somebody
: that we could be who we were, beat and get
: reinforced for the way we were competing.
:
: I think we’ll be better off for the
: experience, but it was a tough lesson.
:
: Question:
: Any personnel moves?
:
: Tomey: “There are going to personnel moves
: every week. That’s business as usual. You
: look at the tape. The tape says you’re
: better than you are and you are out. In some
: cases, we don’t do that. In some cases, the
: player still may be better than what else we
: have. We have to make those judgments. We
: saw in the scrimmage on Sunday Jay Atkins,
: who didn’t play last year and was hurt a
: little bit during camp, stuck out like a
: sore thumb in our scrimmage. He’s going to
: play. Jay’s a linebacker and special teams
: player. He didn’t play in the last game, but
: he’s going to play in this game. He asserted
: himself in the scrimmage. He’s got four
: years of eligibility and I’ll be excited to
: watch him.
:
: Question:
: Talk about San Jose State’s defensive line
: play at Arizona State.
:
: Tomey: “I think we’re going to better in our
: defensive front than we were last year, but
: we didn’t play well on the inside. We lost
: Adonis (Davis) early. He’s our best player.
: We didn’t play well in there. We just got
: handled up front. We’re playing against four
: graduate students. We had three or four
: sophomores up against four graduate students
: with a great running back. That doesn’t
: excuse that, because I expected us to better
: there and we weren’t. It’s important our
: guys see that, because we’ve been competing
: in scrimmages against our offensive line.
: Our offense is not as far along as Arizona
: State’s.
:
: You play against yourself and you kind of
: get used to competing at that level. The
: price of poker went up on Saturday night in
: Tempe. I was disappointed in the defensive
: line. I was disappointed in the offensive
: line maybe with the exception of the true
: freshmen that played. There were some
: encouraging things. They graded better than
: the veterans, which is ridiculous. We used
: four freshmen. (Junior) Jon Moreno (OT) is a
: freshman, because he’s never played college
: football before. Basically, that was the
: first game for five guys (Moreno, Isaac
: Leatiota, Robbie Reed, Fred Koloto and Moa
: Ngatuvai).
:
: Question:
: The stats for the Kansas State quarterback
: Josh Freeman seem very misleading?
:
: Tomey: “He looks like Daunte Culpepper. He’s
: 260 or something and he’s 6-foot-6. He was
: one of the greatest high school quarterbacks
: in the country. Coach Prince recruited him.
: (Freeman) I think he’s outstanding. I think
: the interceptions (he’s thrown) is something
: that will go away this year. I think he’ll
: be much more efficient. He’s a tremendous
: threat, because he is such a good runner.
: He’s so tall, he can see everything and he’s
: tremendously accurate.”
:
: Question:
: What do you think Kansas State will do on
: offense?
:
: Tomey: “I expect them to try and beat our
: brains out like Arizona State did. They’ve
: got to be more balanced to compete in the
: Big 12. You can’t throw the ball every down
: and win in that conference.
:
: Question:
: What about your offense at Arizona State?
:
: Tomey: “We were woeful, because we couldn’t
: run. We couldn’t block them. If you can’t
: block, you have trouble running. We have to
: find a way to get some running attack and
: keep them off the quarterback so we can
: throw it. In fact, the last three games,
: (QB) Adam Tafralis has been our leading
: rusher. That can’t be that way to be a real
: good team. So, we have to find a way to run
: the football.”
:
: Question:
: What happened to (RB) Yonus Davis?
:
: Tomey: “He rolled his ankle on the first
: play of the game. He’s out for this week.
: We’re hopeful he can come back by the time
: we get into conference. We don’t know if it
: can be sooner than that. He and (DT) Adonis
: Davis have similar injuries. They (the
: injuries) just take time. We don’t want them
: to return until they are at full speed. I
: don’t want them to come back, try to limp
: along and play. Yonus needs to be at full
: speed, because his style and magic can make
: you miss and he can accelerate. You can’t do
: that on a bad ankle.
:
: Question:
: Talk about listing Jacob French as a #1
: running back and Dominique Hunsucker.
:
: Tomey: “He’s the most experienced guy at
: this point. We’re moving Dom Hunsucker to
: tailback. We play Dom as much as we can.
: He’s got some background. He’s a smart guy
: and a good player. He’ll be in there some.
: How much depends son what he does. And,
: Jacob can still play wide receiver.
:
: Dom is, naturally, an offensive player. He
: was doing some good things at safety for us.
: It was important for our team last year that
: he played defense to help us. Barring a rash
: of injuries some place, we’re going to leave
: him there (at running back) and see how he
: does. Nothing is forever.
:
: What you have is a valuable guy, because he
: can play tailback. If you lost a bunch of
: safeties in the middle of a game, he could
: go in and play safety or play corner.”
:
: Question:
: What about safety now that Hunsucker is a
: running back?
:
: Tomey: “Duke (Ihenacho) and Drew Ryan will
: be the two guys at safety. Duke is a very,
: very promising player. He made a couple of
: hits on tackles that I loved. At that time
: of the game, I was looking for someone on
: our team to hit somebody.”
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