Barry Alvarez
Barry Alvarez
Barry Lee Alvarezis a former American football coach who is currently the athletic director at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He served as the head football coach at Wisconsin for 16 seasons, from 1990 to 2005, compiling a career college football record of 118–73–4. He has the longest head coaching tenure and the most wins in Wisconsin Badgers football history. Alvarez stepped down as head coach after the 2005 season, remaining as athletics director...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 December 1946
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We just weren't the same in the second half without him. No one is playing as well as he is.
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You have to correct mistakes and just show where we had breakdowns. A lot of it was communication. That's something that we'll have to correct and go back to fundamentals. You've got a totally different game plan this week and a different type of team that you're defending.
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We are sincerely apologetic for the traffic flow problems that fans encountered Saturday on the lower west concourse. The safety of our customers and providing good customer service is our No. 1 priority.
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There can be a lot of distractions during a bowl game. The team that can stay focused can win. I think that's one reason you see a lot of upsets.
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Joe is really an analytical guy. He does all the little things. It's really important to him. It's fun to have someone like him.
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Joe is an analytical guy. He is very bright kid. Joe will study the angle he has to take to get to a linebacker. He tries to do all the little things.
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John has practiced very well. He has thrown the ball extremely well through practice. You always like to see it carried over to the game. That's exactly what I saw - what I was expecting to see.
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J.P. didn't have the luxury of rolling them today,
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I think it is as simple, just a simple fact that they're pretty good and always have (been). I think if you take a look at every other team in the league, there has been some slipping. Some teams have slipped and had years when they've had down years, but I can't remember a year when Michigan has been down. Their down years are pretty good years.
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I think young players, in particular, see that, recognize, 'This is what the coaches want,' because we recognize that. This is what the game's all about, this is how you go about the game. This is how you're supposed to play.
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Hayden came back and said, 'Listen, I just listened to all of those guys and if we're just sound in everything we do, if we're sound on offense, we're sound on defense and we're sound in the kicking game, we'll win at least four (Big Ten) games,'
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He runs through a lot of tackles. He's a very strong runner. You're not going to arm-tackle him. You'd better be ready to gang-tackle him.
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He's a tough little guy. He's only 175 pounds, but he's a tough guy.
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Frankly, there are not too many guys in my business who can do it.