(Monroe) wants to be coached. He wants to be very good. |
[Franklin] seemed very comfortable there from the start, ... The first day he was there, it was amazing to see how quickly he acted right at home – making calls, knowing how he fit into the coverage after pattern reads. |
[Groh confessed to some fleeting thoughts about returning Franklin to corner,] but we'll have to see if fleeting turns into non-fleeting, ... Certainly, that would have to be something that you would quickly think of, but we have to make sure we don't weaken another spot. |
[No. 24 Virginia heads for North Carolina on Saturday.] That was a job well done, but there's another job that awaits us, ... It's not that big a deal if you don't follow up on it. |
[Some ACC coaches dismiss the rigors of a road stadium.] When you play at home, it's loud, too, ... You have to deal with noise at each particular place. |
A great majority of the runs came off of about two or three different plays and we tried four or five solutions to them. In the long run, no matter what the call or the adjustment was, too many guys got blocked. You've got to beat blocks. If you don't beat blocks, you are going to give up some yardage. |
A lot of Marques' runs came on plays that, had a quarterback not had that ability to create, the ball probably would have been thrown to the check down receiver. |
A lot of people are interested in the incident, as am I. I did not see it on the field. And, until 25 minutes ago, I had not seen it myself. It does not show up on the coaches' copy. All it does is show up on the television copy. |
A lot of the calls that control the blocking scheme are made by the center upon the assessment of the defense, |
Actually, we've started most springs consistent with the idea that there's competition for every position every day. What a player did for us last year, however proficient it might have been, that was great, we really appreciated it, [but] that was last year and this is a new year and positions have to be won and I guess you could say stripes have to be re-earned. |
Al Golden is a very engaging, energetic coach. He has contributed a great deal to our program which hopefully gives him a good model on how to do things right. His coming to Temple is a real plus for the Owl program. |
All of those guys were good high school basketball players. They are big guys with soft feet and athletic ability. |
And I expect that's the way it's going to be till January. |
Andrew gets open, and when the quarterbacks see him, they fire the ball to him. Ogletree has a little bit of that ability. Both of them have some of the better skills that we have. Both of them had one of those days today where they had plays of significance and plays that they could have made. |
Another typical Marques play, ... Obviously, he made some plays that not too many quarterbacks but Marques can make. |