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
games great magnitude performance quality today
He's had some great games for us. The stage, the magnitude of the game, the quality of the opposition, his performance today should squelch any criticism. I thought he was fantastic.
watch watched
He would not watch one kick, ... And he watched me to see if Vitaly made it.
caught foot playing
He was really playing well and was cranked for this game. He got his foot caught in the turf.
badly earned field game plays spot starting supposed wants
He wants to be on the field so badly and earned the starting spot and just doesn't want to give it up. (He) plays the game the way it's supposed to be played.
moves weigh
He can move. He's very athletic. I don't even know what he weighs. I don't care. ... If he moves well enough, he can weigh 400. He is a giant, though. He makes Kemp look like a little guy.
appreciate athlete effort gifted guys looking message pride send special strong takes team type
(Hampton) isn't the most gifted athlete that we have, yet he takes so much pride in how he plays, he's on every special team and I just thought it would send a strong message to our special-team guys that we appreciate them and that's the type of effort and that's the type of play that we're looking for.
gives
He gives us a lot of versatility. He's not a decoy.
exactly great guys kick
He made a great kick - that's exactly what you want and we had our guys sprinting after it.
decisions department difficult early issues middle million small start title
When he was here, this was small time. We had to go through some very, very difficult times early on. When I first started, the department was over $2 million in debt, there was no one in the (football) stadium, we had issues with Title IX. We had to start from scratch, and there were some very difficult decisions made. Joel was in the middle of that.
appears players system understand week
What I see is a system that's being implemented and every week it appears that players understand it a little more and they play a little faster,
game guys keeping means score sure
Sure it's significant. We're keeping score so the game means something. We're here representing our league, our school. I want our guys to play well.
changes knows recognize
Someone knows it's not right, or someone doesn't recognize it, a linebacker doesn't recognize a shift, changes it to another formation and then they get confused.
difficult hard pressure quick scheme shotgun
But he's in the shotgun and a lot of it is quick releases. A lot of it is sprint-outs, where it's hard to get to him anyhow. They've devised a scheme where it's difficult to really pressure him. You're not going to get many sacks.
determine field special teams third
That's a third of the game, ... And special teams determine field position.