I don’t follow Virginia football as closely as I once did, so I have little idea whether Al Groh is truly “on the hot seat.” Certainly the media and fans say he is.
My feeling now and my feeling when he was hired is that UVa would need to sacrifice something too dear to be a top-notch football program. I think Groh did a fantastic job his first several years. Those nine-win seasons are about all you can ask for — and it’s very, very hard to make the leap beyond that, for any program.
Without a doubt, the past few years have been a step back. I just hate the fact that however it ends, Groh will have spent most of his tenure “on the hot seat” because of fairweather alumni and national media who don’t understand his program — or in the alums’ case, even understand college football very well.
Elsewhere in Hooville, I’m exhausted by the cycle UVa basketball has been going through in the past 10 years, going from former golden boy Jeff Jones to savior Pete Gillen to savior Dave Leitao to now Tony Bennett.
It’s hard to find a championship head coach. Gotta kiss a lot of frogs. And every team can’t win. Someone’s got to lose the games.
I’m just a little tired of UVa fans and media constantly clamoring for the Cavs to move on to the new guy, like he’s going to be so much better.
