Lloyd Carr
Lloyd Carr
Lloyd Henry Carr, Jr.is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Michigan from 1995 through the 2007 season. Under Carr, the Michigan Wolverines compiled a record of 122–40 and won or shared five Big Ten Conference titles. Carr's 1997 team was declared the national champion by the Associated Press. His record coaching against top ten-ranked opponents was 19–8. Carr was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth30 July 1945
We're just not where we need to be,
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The other thing is that they promoted from within. So there are a lot of people who have been affiliated with this program, who have coached here and are coaching here, who are extremely capable. So we'll see what happens.
We have no excuses, ... We never make excuses. But we've had some injuries.
We're still a long way from being where we need to be.
We are all disappointed with that. But I'm not disappointed in our players.
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Whether things are going great or poorly, you have challenges. Challenges when things are going well are a lot more fun, but no less difficult. In our case, there's no question it's not as much fun. But if you have good people and good character like we have, you approach it thinking that together you can get through it. And if you have a good work ethic, you have a chance to fight your way out of it.
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I recommended Bill to Bo as a graduate assistant. Before Bo could make a decision, Bill went to Illinois, and his career took off.
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I'll keep my comments to those players who are here. I assume they'll all come back.
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I'll meet with them when I get back to Ann Arbor toward the end of next week.
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I hope he plays. There's nobody who wants to play more than he does, and the truth is, we're not going to know (if he's ready) until he gets out and practices (today). Then we'll see.
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I hope he plays. Mike has done everything. There's nobody who wants to play more than he does. We'll just have to see where he is.
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His greatest strength is that he's smart, ... The most difficult part about trying to evaluate quarterbacks is determining whether or not they'll be able to embrace the pressure. Matt comes from an excellent background. He's been in a high-school program that had more exposure than any program in the country. He made it very clear he was excited about the challenge of playing in a program like this.
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His father is a New York City policeman. And we had a great visit, and of course his dad told us a lot of stories about 9/11, as you can imagine, with him being there and having a lot of friends involved in that day.
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But I thought we did some good things. No. 1, I thought we really pressured the quarterback and knocked him down a few times. I liked that.