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Coach’s Corner: It looks like Philly and Pittsburgh

Editor’s Note: Below is a questions and answers column running each Tuesday called “Coach’s Corner.” Sports editor Josh Koehn and former Gavilan football coach Bob Garcia, father of Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jeff Garcia, will talk about all things football.
Koehn: Bobby, it’s Josh Koehn.
Garcia: Hey, Josh. How you doing?
K: I’m doing good. How are you?
G: Well, I’m out trying to do a job, but I’ve broken all my hoses and I can’t find anybody to fix them. So, it’s kind of a crappy day.
K: You doing some work in the backyard?
G: Yeah, I’m doing some work up in the hills.
K: Well, you got a quick second to talk?
G: Yeah.
K: Well, let’s talk some playoff football. What did you think of the games this weekend?
G: Well, I tell you what, my Steelers are still going.
K: There you have a team that’s definitely looking good.
G: I tell you what, the surprising one is Arizona. They’re really playing well. They really took it to Carolina.
K: I did not see that one coming at all.
G: I didn’t either. Especially the quarterback, Jake Delhomme, what in the heck was he thinking? He wasn’t seeing anything. (more…)

Coach’s Corner: Bucs running game still running on empty

Editor’s Note: Below is a questions and answers column running each Tuesday called “Coach’s Corner.” Sports editor Josh Koehn and former Gavilan football coach Bob Garcia, father of Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jeff Garcia, will talk about all things football. Check in each Tuesday throughout the football season to read Garcia’s thoughts and feel free to comment or ask a question that can be answered in future articles.
Koehn:
Hey, Bobby.
Garcia:
Hey, Mr. Josher. Did you read the Mercury [Monday] ?
K: I sure did. You’re getting some publicity. (Editor’s Note: Page 2 in the sports section of the San Jose Mercury News Monday had a small blurb that mentioned the Gilroy Dispatch and Bob Garcia’s column criticizing Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden)
G: Hey, have I been knocking Gruden this year?
K: Yeah, I think you have been knocking Gruden this year.
G: Well, hey, knock him in his (expletive) head and tell him to start running different formations. Their offense is a piece of crap.
K: Hahahaha!
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