Comments on: UVa Insider, The Column

By: Al

Al — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:04:47 +0000

You hit on a key concept..."winning tradition". Winning is something that begins inside the head first. Virginia players and fans too in my view, play and watch just waiting for it all to fall apart. And their expectations are always realized. In a game, or a season. The greatest athletic underachievers on the planet as far as I'm concerned. As to Terry, well yes maybe the record stood taller but let's face it. With a player like Sampson he could not even win an ACC tournament championship. And just ask yourself if Ralphie would have went to a school like Duke or UNC, what do you think their record would have looked like while he was there? And maybe more importantly, how would Ralphie done once he turned pro? His pro career was a reflection of the UVA program. Great potential gone bust. Personally, I never liked DL but he is only a small part of the problem.

By: Eb

Eb — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:42:50 +0000

Al, cosider Wake Forest.They have 3600 students, very high academic standards, and their administration, students,alum, and community CARE about them. We would have the same at UVa when we develope a winning tradition. Terry did a fine job in B-Ball, George in Football, and the fans were high on the teams.....Maybe the "higher ups" (alumni big hitters) need to prod our ADMINISTRATION for a little support of our athletic programs.

By: Al

Al — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:50:24 +0000

Bob: I don't think I can speak to the matter of academic standards in football specifically and singularily but I think it's the attitude that prevails in the UVA athletic program overall and I reject it completely. Virginia is going to need to quit making excuses for the failures of their major programs singing the "academic standards" song. Too many schools win both on and off the playing fields. It can be done but my take is that neither the administration, students, or alum really care about it enough.
"We are UVA and we are better that the rest of the world". Keep thinking that way and just keep the record of failure going. The ACC has some extrodinarily fine academic schools...including UVA...but the others also tend to have winning athletic programs. It can be done if you want it badly enough.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:11:50 +0000

Copper is one of my favorite UVa players. We need more players like him, even if they have to come here as walk-ons! Great guy and a good player!

By: Bob Leasure

Bob Leasure — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:25:14 +0000

In defense of Al Groh, Littlepage shoulders a lot of the blame for our football program as well as recruiting. We will never have the team that everyone wants due to the demands for academic excellence. We all know that the best players in the country are not the most intelectual and unless we lower the standards, other schools like Tech, FSU, & others will continue to get the best ball players. You can't have it both ways. Al Groh could win at FSU, Tech and schools like UT.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:43:24 +0000

Groh has lost an average of 5 games-a-year for his 8 years here.

Is he a poor recruiter? UVa never has recruiting classes rated near the very top of the ACC.

Or is he a good recruiter who is too conservative to get the most out of his talent? Judging from the hype his players get as far as their NFL-related publicity goes, it seems that he has plenty of players in the NFL.

It seems to me that he's in the middle. He's an average recruiter who gets an average amount of performance out of the players he has.

So he's done an average job at UVa.

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