Update on former Warrior QB Greg Alexander

PPD = Petaluma Press-Democrat


About the role that a QB has on a football team, Greg Alexander said:
"You have to be part of the team, and yet you have to be above the team. You can go out with the guys, but you have to leave by 10 to get your rest. You can watch game film and everyone can see who made the mistake, but you can't say anything. If you do, you'll lose everyone in the room. The absolute worst thing a quarterback can do in the huddle is mumble when he calls a play." (PPD)


PPD Note: "Someone like Alexander, the former Piner quarterback, the SRJC quarterback who set a national junior college career record with 71 touchdown passes, who at Hawaii led the nation in total offense after three games in 2009 (446 yards a game) and was second in passing (411.3 yards per game)."


PPD Note: "This Thursday at Stanford Alexander, 6-foot-5, 240 pounds, will undergo his 10th operation on that knee. Alexander isn't sure exactly what the surgeons will find. Neither are the docs. Bone spurs appear to be in there. It should take six to eight months to completely rehab."


About how they still don't know how to fix his knee after 10 operations, Alexander said:
"It could turn into reconstruction." (PPD)


About how things feel when they are going well on the field, Alexander said:
"Everything slows down. You are hitting guys in stride. Every time you touch the ball you know you're going to score." (PPD)


PPD Note: "He said he'll try pro football next year, if his knee responds. If it doesn't, he'll try landing a graduate assistant coaching job at an university and go from there."


About his love for football, Alexander said:
"You never want to get off the field." (PPD)

http://www.petaluma360.com/article/20110418/COMMUNITY/110419444/1371/COMMUNITY02?Title=Catching-up-with-Greg-Alexander