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
position took
He's a very responsible kid, and he took his position very seriously,
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He's got real focus, but he's always very calm in terms of game circumstances as well as his own personal circumstances. I think he projects that very well, that sense of purpose and focus but calm at the same time to his teammates also.
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Kai has been through two years of playing in a lot of games, he's been to all the stadiums, he's played all the teams, he knows what's out there in front of him, he knows what needs to be done. He's a mature player now and he knows what it takes to be a really, really good player.
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His resolution toward his circumstances was very strong from the outset. His accountability for it was very strong. He was very forthright.
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I wouldn't say count him in, but I wouldn't say count him out either. He's got a great attitude about it. His doctors are very positive about it. It will be some time before we can make a final determination.
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I think it's been a positive spring for Chris, mostly because he's had an increased opportunity to demonstrate his skills now that he's taking the majority of the turns.
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He did a real nice job today, he's proud of his touchdown and I'm sure he wishes he had that holding penalty back. Right, John.
answers execution searching
I think you're searching for too many answers right there, ... I think it's an execution thing.
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I think it's essential that we have the discipline within our organization to do the things that we think are done the right way and not just to take talent for talent's sake.
certainly close hoping
That was pretty close to being a season-ending injury. I'm certainly hoping that this one is not in that category.
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The first thing with corner is raw cover skills. That's what corners have to do. Nobody is as isolated on the field as the corners, other than the guy across the line from them.
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He was pretty spectacular. All the teams that accomplish anything during a season have a quarterback that picks his team up and carries it, and he surely did that.
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His move on this position started back in December when we would segment a certain part of the practice just for developmental purposes. That was a position of attention as we started in the spring, and he's given us some positive feelings about that from the way he performed.
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If the coordinator can be the secondary coach also, then he's working with the position that every coordinator should always give the most attention to, ... Plus, most of the (defensive) adjustments that get made during the course of the game are secondary adjustments.