Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson is retiring

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[89Horn 1495]

Ok.

[texifornia 56568]

Godspeed to him. Always a great source for Every Day Should Be Saturday content if you're a fan of the site:

https://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2016/8/9/12415374/paul-johnson-is-your-new-athletic-director

https://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2010/9/22/1703954/paul-johnson

https://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2014/10/9/6953441/paul-johnsons-almanac

https://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2011/10/4/2469053/georgia-tech-students-cannot-hide-from-paul-johnson

https://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2015/6/4/8728359/the-mc-lets-paul-johnson-announce-a-game-in-ireland

[Beau Vine 54018]

Will miss him, especially if they don't bring in another option coach.

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Georgia Southern guy, come on down

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Brian Bohannon at Kennesaw State is another option.

[staboner 4959]

Beau beat me to my giffage

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Ken Whisenhunt and Tony Elliott, apparently.

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Just now, Machinator said:

Ken Whisenhunt and Tony Elliott, apparently.

Do they really think moving away from the option is the way they need to go? That's a brutal school to recruit to - a lot of the difficulties Stanford has, but without the elite name recognition.

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[Sgt Hulk 13648]

i love thier offense, what a shame to see him go.  something amgical about watching the option 

[formermav43 4599]

Whisenhunt? Lol

If they were smart, they’d hire Jeff Monken.

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3 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

Will miss him, especially if they don't bring in another option coach.

I love this gif because without the field background  it looks a hell of a lot like a drunk getting hauled out of a bar   

[crimsonlonghorn 2306]

Must be scared of now having to play Mack every year. 

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[Rockwell Torrey 1277]

The guy is brilliant.  Faced with superior competition, he gave a number of schools a model to win.  He singlehandedly changed the way service academies compete in modern college football and led USNA to our first victory over Notre Dame in 42 years.  Sorry to see him go.  I would not be surprised if he popped up somewhere else after a couple years.

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2 hours ago, Sgt Hulk said:

i love thier offense, what a shame to see him go.  something amgical about watching the option 

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[Buzzrock 14880]

I’m in a glass case of emotion. I’ll be really sad to see him go, and I love the Triple Option when it’s humming. The Louisville game this year was great.

I don’t like Whisenhunt. Feels like Chan Gailey part 2. I’d love Leach but I don’t see that happening.

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5 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

I’m in a glass case of emotion. I’ll be really sad to see him go, and I love the Triple Option when it’s humming. The Louisville game this year was great.

I don’t like Whisenhunt. Feels like Chan Gailey part 2. I’d love Leach but I don’t see that happening.

No it won’t, but it should. Georgia Tech is far to conservative of an institution to allow his antics. But, the amount of talent in the state of Georgia that either gets overlooked. Or can’t find a home at one the local blue bloods forcing them far out of state. Would provide him enough talent that in a very short time his system would cause the competition a lot of problems. 

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17 hours ago, texifornia said:

Do they really think moving away from the option is the way they need to go? That's a brutal school to recruit to - a lot of the difficulties Stanford has, but without the elite name recognition.

GT is a lot better of a job than many think. They definitely have serious obstacles with academic restrictions and being surrounded by heavy hitters in recruiting, but GT also has history and a great location to sell. They can sell the education angle as well. With the right coach, I think GT can build something. 

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They also have that really overrated hamburger restaurant that will sell you a tiny burger and scream at you while they do it. 

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17 hours ago, Sgt Hulk said:

i love thier offense, what a shame to see him go.  something amgical about watching the option 

 

14 hours ago, Underdog said:

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20 hours ago, texifornia said:

Do they really think moving away from the option is the way they need to go? That's a brutal school to recruit to - a lot of the difficulties Stanford has, but without the elite name recognition.

 

2 hours ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

GT is a lot better of a job than many think. They definitely have serious obstacles with academic restrictions and being surrounded by heavy hitters in recruiting, but GT also has history and a great location to sell. They can sell the education angle as well. With the right coach, I think GT can build something. 

You hear about academics and Georgia Tech quite often but I have had college coaches, high school coaches and a couple of players tell me that Tech can, and will, admit just about anyone they can for football.

 

edit: That being said I will miss watching that offense. That is, if they go another way with the new coach. When Johnson’s offense was on it was quite beautiful to watch in its simplicity and brutality.

Edited November 29, 2018 by PittsburghTiger

[taybo20 2815]

3 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

 

You hear about academics and Georgia Tech quite often but I have had college coaches, high school coaches and a couple of players tell me that Tech can, and will, admit just about anyone they can for football.

GT’s biggest problem isn’t academics. It’s the fact that a hard 10 at GT is a 5 at UGA, and there’s probably only a couple to begin with. The talent just isn’t there. Not to mention the 2 to 1 male to female ratio.

Edited November 29, 2018 by taybo20

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[Buzzrock 14880]

Everyone has to pass calculus. That’s hard to recruit around and we’ve gotten in trouble in the past for trying to circumvent that. That’s why Johnson’s strategy was a good one: recruit the best athletes you can find and then teach them the system.

We’re never going to get the big uglies on the line because they can’t pass calculus and there are plenty of nearby big programs that have Underwater Basket Weaving majors to hide their players in. The Hill has absolutely zero appetite for providing any easier majors, and a lot of the alumni support them because of the perception of cheapening their degrees.

And there are a helluva lot more good looking girls there than when I was there in the early 90s. And Atlanta is right outside campus.

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[ztejas 43287]

Thought he had been there awhile.

Will be interesting to see if someone can breathe some life into that program. They used to be great.

[ztejas 43287]

On 11/29/2018 at 5:16 PM, Buzzrock said:

Everyone has to pass calculus. That’s hard to recruit around and we’ve gotten in trouble in the past for trying to circumvent that.

So you're saying it's a big part of the equation?

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4 minutes ago, ztejas said:

So you're saying it's a big part of the equation?

/cosine

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On 11/29/2018 at 3:16 PM, Buzzrock said:

And there are a helluva lot more good looking girls there than when I was there in the early 90s

So the square root of -1?

[miguelito 11220]

Guys, don't go off on a tangent.

[ztejas 43287]

2 minutes ago, miguelito said:

Guys, don't go off on a tangent.

Seriously. It's hard to find a good pun these days that isn't derivative.

[Bozo_Casanova 26336]

I always dreamed of what Paul Johnson 

On 11/29/2018 at 5:16 PM, Buzzrock said:

Everyone has to pass calculus. That’s hard to recruit around and we’ve gotten in trouble in the past for trying to circumvent that. That’s why Johnson’s strategy was a good one: recruit the best athletes you can find and then teach them the system.

We’re never going to get the big uglies on the line because they can’t pass calculus and there are plenty of nearby big programs that have Underwater Basket Weaving majors to hide their players in. The Hill has absolutely zero appetite for providing any easier majors, and a lot of the alumni support them because of the perception of cheapening their degrees.

And there are a helluva lot more good looking girls there than when I was there in the early 90s. And Atlanta is right outside campus.

He apparently had interest in the Texas job after Mack left. I think he could have one a championship here. 

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