A plea to Al from a UM fan

[Ibis Wingz]

Al,

In management theory, it is said that performance=ability x motivation. Obviously, if either ability or motivation are zero, then performance will be zero and, if either number is low, the performance will be low. It is obvious, that you are of limited ability as a coach, and you are going through the motions at this point. Ask yourself if you are creating value for your employer. The answer is clearly and emphatically "no!" Do the honorable thing and work out a buyout with UM and move on to the broadcast booth. You are tailor made for broadcasting. After a couple of years of bullshyt from the broadcast booth, you might be able to get back into coaching like Bob Davie did.

 

[Gatorhater]

Nicely reasoned out. Unfortunately Al is run by his pride of being the smartest person in the room. He does nothing wrong, how can he he is perfect. Anything that happens is someone else's fault. Once fired he will for the rest of his life believe that he only needed more time, more by in, more we players, more weigh gain ..... Never will he think HE needed to change.

 

[frostycane]

Actually, if he is so prideful. He will forever try to right his wrongs. He will try to figure out where things went wrong. He will learn from it and he will improve. That is what I do not think will happen. Its art of the Al Groh tree. That guy never learned and he never really improved which is why he disappeared into oblivion. I am not sure what the future will hold for AG. He surely has lost the ship here. He absolutely needs to be replaced. He needs to go and learn a new defensive scheme before he returns to coaching. At this point his system, kind of like Paul Johnsons, but actually less successful, has its ceiling and his is 9-3 at a mid-major. I can respect his attention to detail in the way he CEO's the canes, but it the implementation, pig headedness and lack of feel for calling a game that he is completely terrible at. Good luck to him when he gets fired. He tried, actually he tried really hard. He did stick with us through a tough time. But in the end he is just not cut out for coaching at the U. But I sure wish he was fired yesterday....