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
He did everything we'd want a quarterback to do.
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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.
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He didn't melt away pounds over the course of the season, like he did in previous years. But he's not a small player.
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He could be pretty hard to handle in there. If he taps into everything he has to bring, he could become a nasty afternoon for some center.
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He just said he felt he'd like to try it down there, ... it would also give him a chance to be in person-to-person communication with the defensive backs for any adjustments that had to be made.
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He kind of looked like one of those balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade,
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He just is really coming on strong, and he has a chance to be one of the better players that we've had since we've been here.
This was one of those keep-turning-over-the-rocks kind of deals,
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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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When he's ready to play we're going to tell everybody.
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Our mentality is that no matter who we're playing, you'd better ready to prove yourself every week. Teams that don't have that mentality usually end up with an unpleasant result.
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His circumstances are very positive. From a layman's point of view, surgery was remarkably successful and he's doing very well with his rehab. The prognosis is positive. I wouldn't say, 'Count him in,' but I wouldn't say, 'Count him out,' either. He's got a great attitude about it.
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It's really still pretty early, ... We're only at the halfway mark. At that stage, I think it's too early to get hyped up about whether you have a great team and it's a little premature to be running around like Chicken Little saying, 'The sky is falling.'
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That's blue-collar work in there. Sometimes that has to be developed, and he's making good progress towards that.