Monty Montezuma wrote on Jul 6, 2007 8:10 AM:Steve: Once again you have lost touch with reality. This was a carefully orchestrated move by Tom Craft to gain revenge on San Diego State for firing him. Chuck Long should have known this the minute Craft was hired at Mt. SAC. For him to think otherwise is either naive or stupid. I'm not sure which. As for Craft was making progress with his program, get real. How many bowl games did he go to? How many league games did he win? If that program was making progress, then it should have gone to a bowl game last year. A good coach would have improved that team but that's another topic entirely, isn't it?

AztecDaddy wrote on Jul 6, 2007 8:16 AM:Craft was a JC coach for a reason. The fact that you still support him after his 4 terrible seasons shows that you will support anything 'North County' to keep your readers happy.

Don wrote on Jul 6, 2007 8:38 AM:"Despite wonderful facilities, the Aztecs have not been able to recruit successfully against Pac-10 schools and conference foes Brigham Young and Utah." SDSU football recruiting, year in and year out, is ranked in the top 3 in the MWC. Recruiting isn't the problem. Coaching is. SDSU should consider dropping Division 1 ( D1-AA is still Division 1) football because they underachieve? 4 years of that can be put on Coach Craft's shoulders. Coach Long needs time to reverse the culture surrounding SDSU football. He will get it done. It will just take time to repair the damage of years of losing.

Cory wrote on Jul 6, 2007 9:02 AM:Might want to check your facts about the Great West..Northern CO is in the Big Sky...not the Great West

El_Chup wrote on Jul 6, 2007 10:57 AM:Craft Sr. and Craft Jr. were the worst couple of father son tandem ever at SDSU. Steve, why do you blame SDSU for Craft's failures? He could not coach or recruit. I don't blame Craft Jr. at all. However, I do not like the fact that he stuck around and used up valuable practice time and denying snaps from the "loyal" SDSU backup quarterbacks. Craft Jr. should have let the "real" coach (Long) know in advance about his transfer plan after the previous season. Hmmm... This scumbag move was planned by the father and son combo. Craft SR. is still as vindictive as ever. GOOD RIDDANCE!

Spud wrote on Jul 6, 2007 1:29 PM:Steve is exactly what is (or more correctly WHAT WAS) wrong with our football program...defeatest attitudes. Yeah, lets just fold up shop because your favorite coach is no longer there. That'll solve the problem. Well Steve, you got what I guess you wanted...controversy surrounding your article...and that supposedly sells papers. It was too bad that SDSU had to hire a JC coach, and I blame the admin's at State for perpetuating the loosing atmosphere at State. But by hiring a coach from a big time program, they may have finally got their act together...how Coach Long will get over a lifetime of loosing and turn things around, I'll never know. But I'm behind him 100%.

Jer wrote on Jul 6, 2007 2:39 PM:If they do turn things around at SDSU, make sure that you crawl under a rock forever. Don't pull the "I'm actually happy to admit I was wrong" thing, and then become buddies with the program. Criticism is one thing. When you wrote, "the more I think the Aztecs should think seriously about dropping Division 1 football", you have stated your opinion. Make sure you stick to that opinion.

Dave wrote on Jul 6, 2007 3:20 PM:This is why you write for a lower tire level newspaper. Steve "Craft" whatever-your-last-name is.

Bubba wrote on Jul 6, 2007 3:50 PM:At virtually any D-1 school you make progress in year two or three. Craft did not do it in four and the sorry state he left in terms of talent is not Long's fault. Starting over will take time, but Long is on the right track. Brian Sipe certainly knows more about football than you or me and he feels Long is the long-term answer to the Aztecs becoming winners again.

bairdo wrote on Jul 6, 2007 5:31 PM:Do you really get paid for writing such nonsense? No question the program is a major underachiever. To say Craft was making progress makes you look foolish or terribly uninformed- or both. Tom had his shot! He left the program desperately wanting in talent which certainly is not progress. What Jr. owed the program was an honest, and early, notice of his pending departure. Instead, he back doored them with no chance to recruit a good JC backup. Real class act by father and son.

Gnu wrote on Jul 10, 2007 8:29 PM:I like the reasoning for SDSU to go to Division I - AA. It's the same reasoning why this author should continue writing for the NCT.