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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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.
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He really stepped up during playoff time. Good teams have a lot of players that step up at that particular time. And that's as much a characteristic as size and speed is the ability to step up at those moments.
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He practiced well yesterday, ... If he progresses the way that he has and continues to move on, then there's a real good chance of it.
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For the first time, we started to see the player that we saw in training camp. The absence of three or four guys that he got used to running behind last year might be a contributing factor, but I think his injury was it more than anything.
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If he's 1-for-30 and we win, he's happy. That's the great thing about him. He's played for his team at whatever position he's been needed and played with as much heart and unselfishness as anybody.
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He's an equal opportunity disrupter, ... I think he's the most disruptive player we'll play this season, certainly the most dangerous.
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He's a no-maintenance, no-baggage player. On top of that, he's a very skilled player.
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He's a no-maintenance, no-baggage player, on top of being a highly skilled player. That's quite a package for teams.
I'd say your observation is made from some place other than where I'm standing,
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I'm not indulging any questions about Ahmad today, ... So, I thought we would cut the silliness off at the pass.
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I know you want to leave me, but I refuse to let you go.
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If you've seen us play over the past five years, you know that we're pretty tight end-oriented, so we're always looking for opportunities to get the ball there.
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If you watched us over the past five years, you know we're pretty tight end-oriented, so we're always looking for opportunities to get the ball to them. Obviously we had an idea we could catch some, and Marcus did a great job of getting the ball to them in those spots.
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I guess we could say that we still consider him a part of the football family and we're glad to see him. Just because he's in a little bit of difficulty, we haven't separated ourselves from him.