Fire the coach!

I wanted to be the first to say it, but it's probably too late.  Already there are "dead coach walking" lists all over the internet.

Al Groh of UVA seems to be at the top of most lists.  0-2 after losing to Texas Christian today, William & Mary last week. By most objective criteria, Groh has not achieved a great deal in Charlottesville.

Well, except he has a great deal.  In Charlottesville.

Roughly $1.7 million a season through 2011.

And there's the rub.  How do you fire a coach who is into you for that much money, the year after UVA spent $2.1 million to part ways with basketball coach Dave Leitao?

Firing Groh would be the responsibility of Athletic Director Craig Littlepage.  Which would force Littlepage to walk that long last mile to tell