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
issue knowing opposed ride riding stomach
I think there's a little issue of you have to get the butterflies in your stomach when you ride in on the bus, as opposed to riding in knowing you're going to be a spectator.
boston deal difference great particular positive shown themselves
That's a very positive thing for Boston College, too. I'd like to be able to say the same things about our circumstances every year, but in this particular case, because they have all shown themselves to be effective, it really doesn't make a great deal of difference who plays.
gets good opponents solid team week
gets a lot of attention, but what's really important in being a solid team week in and week out is being able to keep your opponents down, and they're really good at that.
calls continue effort
It'll continue to be as things have been. It's always been a collaborative effort here. Eventually, all the calls go through me.
camp days forth goes gone good quite strain training wear
It's kind of gone back and forth a little bit. As the wear and strain of training camp goes on, there have been real good days for him, and there have been other days when he hasn't been quite as comfortable with circumstances.
carry pick scramble team tremendous
Marques was pretty spectacular out there today. He can just pick up the team and carry us. That scramble at the end was just a tremendous play.
ankles breaks certainly feet good hear indicate instead longer period rehab
Certainly the period of rehab would indicate that. Sometimes, these sprains of ankles and feet take longer than breaks do. When you hear that a guy's got a sprain instead of a break, that's not necessarily good news.
analyzed includes shoes systems top
I analyzed everything from the top down. This includes me, the systems and all the way down to the shoes we wore.
incidents national relative television viewed
The thing has to be viewed ... relative to other incidents that did not get national television exposure.
elsewhere far football looking minds players positive programs state understand
Sometimes it's a little challenging to understand what was on the minds of some of the players. Between the two state schools, there's been a lot of positive things going on with the football programs here. I have to wonder, why players would have to look so far elsewhere to find what they're looking for?
difficulty five four plays three tried
They had two or three plays that we had difficulty with all day. We tried four or five different solutions.
finesse game soul tough transition
He's a very gentle, compassionate soul off the field. But his game is a tough and tumble game. It's not a finesse game by any means. That's the transition he makes.
chase discipline essential guarantees talent team within
I think it's essential that internally or leadership-wise, I think it's essential that we have discipline within our organization that guarantees that things are done the right way and not just to chase talent for talent's sake. That's how you put a team together, and so that's what we're doing.
academics field goals good holding nice people playing sounds understand whether
He's doing a nice job. It sounds like an over-simplification, but people who know him will understand that he's just being Vic. He's doing well because he's Vic Hall. Whether it's academics or holding on field goals for the first time, or playing on the corner, he's got a real good sense of competition.