Stony Brook Hosts Brown on Saturday
Stony Brook, N.Y. - As the head coach of the Stony Brook University football program, the game last week at Colgate was one that does not sit well. We let an opportunity get away from us. We do not take anything away from Colgate, which is a very good program. As a team we just did not bring our "A"-game with us.
Offensively we did not react very well on the field to some of the things that Colgate did defensively. Certainly they were manageable things as a football staff. I think we are a good football team, but as a team, the ability to react to those things is what separates good teams, from teams that are not as good. What separates good teams from great teams is the ability to adjust during the game to change. That is where we lie right now. We need to be able to make those adjustments. It's not a talent issue. We have players that can play and be successful against our opponents.
But as they say, on Saturday half of the teams win and half of them lose. So you have to get up and play the next week. We are not going to dwell on Colgate.
We were pleased with the play of Dominick Reyes '13 (Hesperia, Calif.) and Benji Clements '10 (Glen Burnie, Md.), both of whom started the game in the secondary in the place of a pair of injured starters, Cory Giddings '10 (Ocean, N.J.) and Dayton Guillory '10 (Bossier City, La.), and played very, very well. Freshman Kenny Tuiloma '13 (Long Beach, Calif.) came in when Julian Glenn '10 (Uniondale, N.Y.) was injured and played well in his first real game opportunity. Overall, we have continued to maintain a decent focus on the defensive side of the ball.
Offensively some of our inexperience up front did hurt us this past week, but our performance at some positions was better. Our running backs really came and played on Saturday, so I think we will be fine in the backfield.
This week in practice our goals are simply to prepare for Brown and put our game plan in place. We have to take care of the things that gave us difficulties during the Colgate game. We need to react to actions on both sides of the football and make adjustments as needed. We have to eliminate the big plays
If you had told me at the beginning of the season that we would allow only 34 points defensively in the first two games, I would have told you we would probably be 2-0. Right now we have to increase our production offensively and maintain our base defensively. Our special teams have been solid through the first two games. We had one bad snap, but our coverage teams and our ability to make field goals have been solid.
Brown is coming in Saturday as the reigning Ivy League champion and is a program that has had tremendous success. We are excited about our home opener. LaValle Stadium is one of the finest venues in the northeast and has provided a definite home field advantage for us during my tenure at Stony Brook. We are looking forward to a great crowd of students, community members and of course the Stony Brook Marching Band! We need everyone's support! Saturday is an important game for our football program. We hope to see everyone in LaValle Stadium on Saturday at 6:00 p.m. As always, wear RED and Go Seawolves!
Offensively we did not react very well on the field to some of the things that Colgate did defensively. Certainly they were manageable things as a football staff. I think we are a good football team, but as a team, the ability to react to those things is what separates good teams, from teams that are not as good. What separates good teams from great teams is the ability to adjust during the game to change. That is where we lie right now. We need to be able to make those adjustments. It's not a talent issue. We have players that can play and be successful against our opponents.
But as they say, on Saturday half of the teams win and half of them lose. So you have to get up and play the next week. We are not going to dwell on Colgate.
We were pleased with the play of Dominick Reyes '13 (Hesperia, Calif.) and Benji Clements '10 (Glen Burnie, Md.), both of whom started the game in the secondary in the place of a pair of injured starters, Cory Giddings '10 (Ocean, N.J.) and Dayton Guillory '10 (Bossier City, La.), and played very, very well. Freshman Kenny Tuiloma '13 (Long Beach, Calif.) came in when Julian Glenn '10 (Uniondale, N.Y.) was injured and played well in his first real game opportunity. Overall, we have continued to maintain a decent focus on the defensive side of the ball.
Offensively some of our inexperience up front did hurt us this past week, but our performance at some positions was better. Our running backs really came and played on Saturday, so I think we will be fine in the backfield.
This week in practice our goals are simply to prepare for Brown and put our game plan in place. We have to take care of the things that gave us difficulties during the Colgate game. We need to react to actions on both sides of the football and make adjustments as needed. We have to eliminate the big plays
If you had told me at the beginning of the season that we would allow only 34 points defensively in the first two games, I would have told you we would probably be 2-0. Right now we have to increase our production offensively and maintain our base defensively. Our special teams have been solid through the first two games. We had one bad snap, but our coverage teams and our ability to make field goals have been solid.
Brown is coming in Saturday as the reigning Ivy League champion and is a program that has had tremendous success. We are excited about our home opener. LaValle Stadium is one of the finest venues in the northeast and has provided a definite home field advantage for us during my tenure at Stony Brook. We are looking forward to a great crowd of students, community members and of course the Stony Brook Marching Band! We need everyone's support! Saturday is an important game for our football program. We hope to see everyone in LaValle Stadium on Saturday at 6:00 p.m. As always, wear RED and Go Seawolves!
