"This may be his first time as a coordinator in the NFL, but he has this calm presence about him that he will function as if he did it all his life. He never panics and he's absolutely brilliant."-Bill Curry, Whisenhunt's head coach at Georgia Tech
Quotes from the UNC vs. FSU Game
Here's one of my favorites:
"...He's probably the most discussed player I've ever had and he's just getting better and better. That doesn't mean that he hasn't given me a lot of these grey hairs because he's responsible for a lot of them. In the old days I'd yell and say 'don't do this and don't do that' and there would be no response. Right now, not only does he look at me and say yes or shake his head yes, but he understands it before I yell at him. That's really pleasing"-Roy Williams, discussing Rashad McCants' improvement since the start of the season
Crouch wants one more chance
After two years, Eric Crouch may have finally figured it out. He now wants a chance to be a DB in the NFL. He has already had unsuccessful attempts at WR and KR, so the natural progression (I guess) is to DB. Given his penchant for quitting in the preseason, I guess if he makes to September, it's a victory of sorts. That said, playing DB is not a position one takes up because they can't play WR. DB isn't the little league equivalent of 'right field' in professional football.
His insistence on playing QB the last two seasons has not worked, and maybe if he had accepted that fact he would have been successful in the league. Hines Ward and Antwaan Randle El are two players experiencing a lot of success in the NFL as WR after playing QB in college. I'm guessing Crouch will 'retire' for the third year in a row before the season starts (which raises another question--can you retire from professional football if you've never played?).
