Al Groh
Al Groh
Al Grohis an American football analyst and former player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University from 1981 to 1986 and at the University of Virginia from 2001 to 2009, compiling a career college football coaching record of 85–92. Groh was also the head coach for the New York Jets of the National Football Leaguefor one season, in 2000, tallying a mark of 9–7. He last coached as the defensive coordinator for Georgia Tech...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth13 July 1944
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He was a great inspiration to the players and coaches, ... On those days when he had to take chemo and radiation, he was at practice that day and sometimes the cumulative effects would cause him to miss the next day, but the time when he wasn't active in the program was minimal.
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He seems to have been very comfortable back there from the start. It's pretty amazing his first day back there how quickly he acted right at home as far as making the calls.
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In games like this, if your guy makes a play, you win. If their guy makes a play, they win. You've got to step up and make those type of plays. That fell into the category of finding a way to win.
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If you're not happy with this win, fellows, you got a problem with your ego, ... I'm happy to win. It's been nine months since we won a game. I'm real happy to win. I told the players that . . . We won. That's a pretty good feeling. Now we got one more win than Oklahoma's got, and that feels pretty good, too.
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Football is the most intense and physical of all games. Because it is so, all of us who have the privilege to participate should have the utmost respect for the game itself and for fellow players and coaches. On Saturday, Brad crossed the line in adhering to that standard, and for that he must take accountability.
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It's not for sure, but I'd say it's probably moving in that direction, ... Some of it's moving in that direction; some of it's not going as fast. There's no sense speculating. Who we talk about now might not be there Saturday; who's not in the mix right now might be there Saturday.
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Our last message at halftime was something that we had said early in training camp. We just reminded the players that battles are not won by digging in. If you dig in, you just become a target. Battles are won by attacking. The players did a very good job of that, and they can be proud of themselves.
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The big issue with running plays are offside linemen cut-blocks, ... Cut-blocks, if done within the context of the move, are legal.
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When you have to make a game plan based on 'will he or won't he,' or 'when will we know,' that's just another thing to add to your list of concerns. ... The list of things that concern me on an ongoing basis is getting quite long.
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We try to get everybody involved with every prospect. Players had relationships with most of the coaches on our staff.
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We had emphasized all week long that it was everybody's job in this game to find a way to win. What we put into it is for moments like this -- the satisfaction from accomplishment.
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The other thing that we had emphasized all week long was that it was everybody's job in this game to find a way to win. A lot of players had to step up individually and do that. Obviously the heart and the energy ? as well as the production ? that Marques provided us was just a tremendous punctuation point to the career that he's had at Virginia. He's been a special player for us in the things he's been able to do and how he's been able to energize this team.
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We've got a significant rebuilding job in front of us. We've got pretty huge losses in four areas.
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When he's ready to play we're going to tell everybody.