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, what’s going on?
K: Not much, how you doing?
G: I’m doing all right.
K: You got time to talk?
G: You’re darn right. Let me pull over to the side of the road here.
K: OK, good. Did you end up getting a ticket last week when we were talking?
G: No, I hung up and the sheriff pulled over on an off-ramp.
K: OK, good timing then. I would have felt bad if I had gotten you a ticket. If you got one I guess we would have expensed it.
G: You gonna take it off of my record and everything?
K: I don’t know about that. I don’t have that much pull. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in NFL, Jeff Garcia, 49ers, Raiders, Tampa Bay, Dallas Cowboys, Tony Romo, JaMarcus Russell, Mike Singletary, Terrell Owens, Tim Tebow, Tom Cable, Michael Turner, Atlanta Falcons, San Jose SaberCats, Sam Bradford, Colt McCoy, College Football, Vernon Davis, Miami Dolphins, Joey Porter, Ann Killion by Josh Koehn on December 16th, 2008
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 from the Dispatch.
Garcia: Oh, I’m on my way home. What’s going on Josher?
K: Not much. How you doing?
G: I’m doing good, man. I’ve been up in Tahoe.
K: Oh yeah. Why did you go up there this weekend?
G: I gave my sister away. She got married.
K: Congratulations.
G: Well, thank you. Yeah, so we just got out of there. We got up there Friday and you could see no snow. And, boy, I tell you what, it came down the last couple days.
K: It’s been snowing a lot, huh?
G: A lot. I tell you what, man, those snowplows have been out and it took us forever to get from Tahoe to Placerville.
K: Where you at right now?
G: I’m approaching Stockton.
K: OK, so it’s good you got out of there then.
G: Oh, I know it. Did we have pretty good rain at home this weekend?
K: It was dumping, really coming down. Very cold too.
G: Too bad it didn’t dump in Atlanta. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in NFL, Jeff Garcia, 49ers, Mike Martz, Mike Nolan, Raiders, Detroit Lions, Tampa Bay, Jon Gruden, JaMarcus Russell, Mike Singletary, Shaun Hill, Carolina, Terrell Owens, Tim Tebow, Tom Cable, San Diego Chargers, Norv Turner, San Jose State by Josh Koehn on December 9th, 2008
Editor’s Note: Below are excerpts from 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. A longer version of the discussion will be posted to our sports blog, GarlicSports.com. This week the column is broken in to two parts. Part I was conducted before Monday Night Football’s game between Tampa Bay and Carolina, which Carolina won 38-23. Part II came after the game.
Koehn: Bobby, it’s Josh Koehn.
Garcia: Hey Josher, what’s happening?
K: You ready for tonight’s game (between Tampa Bay and Carolina on Monday Night Football)?
G: We’re getting ready for the battle. We’re getting ready for the war.
K: I bet. It’s going to be a big one.
G: It’ll be, hey, best team wins.
K: That’s true. You having a lot of people over?
G: No, no. Just my wife and my daughter and basically myself. I don’t have people over because they talk to much during the game.
K: I bet. You gotta be focused.
G: There’s no talking. Hey, all we do is watch.
K: Did you talk to Jeff before the game?
G: Yeah, I talked to him earlier, a little while ago.
K: How’s he feeling?
G: He’s ready. He said the team is ready. The weather is 30-something degrees, crisp. No wind. Beautiful football weather.
K: Real good. Well, I was going to see if I could call you after the game tonight.
G: Sure. Sure.
K: OK, well let’s talk about some of the games from this past weekend.
G: Sure. Lets talk!
K: Is Tim Tebow the baddest guy on the planet? Or at least in college football?
G: Oh, he is, the guy’s unbelievable. How big is he too? I mean, he’s a big ol’ horse. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in GHS Sports, NFL, Jeff Garcia, 49ers, Raiders, Tampa Bay, Jon Gruden, Dallas Cowboys, Mike Singletary, Carolina, Muhsin Muhammad, Buffalo, Rian Lindell, Scott Norwood, Steve Smith, DeAngelo Williams, New Orleans, San Jose Mercury News, Sean Payton, Mike Vanderjagt, New York Giants, BCS by Josh Koehn on December 2nd, 2008
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!
Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in GHS Sports, Football, NFL, Jeff Garcia, 49ers, Detroit Lions, Tampa Bay, Jon Gruden, Rich Hammond, Jamie Jensen, Barnstormers, Cleveland Browns by Josh Koehn on November 25th, 2008
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: I figure I gotta take my lumps because Jeff definitely pulled it out and gave my team, Detroit, an 11th straight loss.
Garcia: I know it. I tell you what, though, that first quarter was like, ‘What in the hell is happening here?’
K: I saw the score online, 17-7, and I was like, ‘Wow, this is great. I better get down to Stubby’s.’ But within less than a 10-minute drive, the Lions were down 21-17.
G: They really came back fast. There was a punt return and interception and took it right down for scores.
K: They definitely proved to be the better team and showed a lot of heart doing that. Did you talk to Jeff after the game?
G: Yeah. He said, ‘I don’t know what is about Detroit, dad. We come down here the last two years and it’s like were walking into a doom house.’ Instead of really getting excited about playing a football game, you’re playing a team that hasn’t won anything. It’s like, if we don’t get fired (we’re in trouble). … He was like, ‘I’m glad we’re getting the hell out of Detroit because, you know, it was a tough battle.’
K: I think every single person that has ever played in Detroit has said the exact same thing. Read the rest of this entry »
