Should Al be worried about his future now that he is unemployed and people think he is a terrible coach? I think not.
As has been expected for about 6 years, Al Groh was finally fired from UVA. Like a typical ACC man, Al recited a poem for his last press conference. I think the key phrase from that poem is, “You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years.” Al fooled the local community for years, and sucked more than twenty million dollars out of UVA while coaching to mediocre levels every single year (despite what some may say).
For this firing he got about 4.3 million dollars. He’ll be hanging out with the other UVA coaches that have been bought out in recent years. Millions and millions. I once ran in to one of those coaches at a Starbucks. When I went to grab the newspaper that was at the table next to his he told me to get my hands off his newspaper. Guess that is the overall philosophy of coaches around here.
Get your hands off my money (and everything else)!
If Al was a real man he would take that 4.3 million and donate to a scholarship program that would help students. How many students could be educated? Unfortunately, I don’t think that will happen. More likely is that I’ll run into him at a coffee shop where he’ll be discussing his investment opportunities and tell me not to touch his Wall Street Journal. Education, smeducation…show me the money.
