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Originally Posted by milkman
And you can post all the bullshit you want.
Al Groh said that Albert was set to start at LT, but an inury to Albert's replacement at LG changed the plan, and Monroe didn't have Albert's mobility to move in space, an attribute his offense needed.
I have no link.
Just an interview I heard.
Them's the facts.
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Al Groh you say?
"We saw Eugene as the natural heir apparent," Groh said. "Behind 'Brick,' he was only going to play so much, but he was going to get a taste of it and be ready to go.
"Then, the second or third day of his first spring practice, he dislocated his knee. So, he missed the whole spring and was severely impeded by it over the course of the next season."
Monroe was so ineffective early in the season that he lost his starting job to Zak Stair, although he got his job back for the last month of the season and started six games overall.
Doctors had cleared Monroe to begin the 2006 season, "but, frankly, if we had a way to look into the future and known how much he was going to be impeded, we probably wouldn't have played him," Groh said.
http://www.roanoke.com/sports/uvafootball/wb/202396
So Monroe played the whole season with an injury. Do you suppose that might have affected his mobility? Fortunately, when he couldn't get it done, Groh was able to turn to his first choice
Branden Albert Zak Stair to start in his place.
THEM'S the facts.