It's Football Season!

I know many of us college and high school students are major procrastinators and wait until the last minute to do a homework assignment. Like today, I am starting my blog that is due tonight, which is no big deal because I do not have anything else to do today. As I started my other blog about getting mail, I realized that I was not going to be able to get a 1,000 words out of it, so I started thinking about things that I could possibly write about.
Last night, I would take a guess that almost every single television in Blacksburg, and the surrounding areas had the Virginia Tech vs. Alabama game on. I had it on and while watching it, I knew UVA was playing William and Mary. I have friends who go to both schools and almost everyone here hates UVA, which is normal to me, since I grew up so close to Tech and almost everyone loves the Hokies.
Out of curiosity I was wondering what the score of the UVA vs. William and Mary games was and decided to look online. Come to find out that William and Mary had beaten UVA!! I was very surprised by this as was almost everyone that I had talked to. As soon as I heard the score, I decided to call my parents and talk to them about it since we all like college football. While I was talking with them, we got on the subject of the coach, Al Groh. We were talking about if he would still be the head coach the rest of the season or if the University would fire him because of the past few years and how UVA keeps losing to just about everyone. I do not really have an opinion of what UVA should do about the coach, but many people that I know that are big UVA fans have different viewpoints which makes me think about the program as whole together.
Some fans would argue that Coach Groh has signed a contract and the university should not break it, but others say he has not done anything with the program and they need to find a new coach. I agree with both of these points, but the thing I think we all need to remember is that this is his job and I am sure he loves it, or he would not be coaching. If the school just fired him tomorrow, I do not know how I would feel because he has been doing this a long time (plus it means Virginia Tech will probably beat them J ). One reason I would say the University would keep him for this season, is if the team is responding to the changes he is making on and off the field. None of us will ever know what he is doing to try and improve the program, but in the end it will all come down to money. Money is the key for everything that happens. The school and athletic department want a team that is going to sell out the stadium for every home game, conference championship and bowl games, like Virginia Tech does just about every game. It’s sad to say that our world has come to this, but it is very true. I have friends that are season ticket holders at UVA, and they are dedicated fans, but even now they are talking about how much longer Groh is going to be coach. Every coach is going to have their ups and downs in a program, but sometimes it is just best to cut their losses, quit and move on. I know that most coaches would not want to do that, but sometimes it’s for the best of the program.
Now that I go to Virginia Tech, I really do not care what UVA does with their football team, I just think it is a sad situation for the coaches and players, because everybody is constantly putting pressure on them, it is not just at Virginia, but every single athletic program in the country. Most people want to criticize and fire people after one game, or one day on the job, but when you think about it we just need to relax, take time to stop and think what the other person is going through and how they are trying to fix their mistakes and improve on their job. In the end we all need to support each other and not jump off of a cliff after one day on the job or one loss in the season.