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From Tony Barnhart:
The Georgia Tech coach got the predictable question: Won’t opposing defenses be better prepared for his offense in year two than they were in year one? In other words, is this the year that opponents figure it out?
Most guys would utter some kind of coach-speak non-answer. But you could hear Johnson smiling through the phone. In 12 seasons as a head coach, he had heard the question more than once.
“When we were at Georgia Southern we played the same teams every year,” said Johnson, implying that things turned out okay in Statesboro, where he won five straight Southern Conference championships and a pair of national championships. Johnson pointed out that those kinds of questions don’t come up when teams run a traditional pro style offense from year to year.
“Whenever you have something different people always have some questions,” he said. In fact, Johnson told me in a previous meeting, he knows what is coming next if Tech is successful again in 2009. “Then they will say that you can’t recruit to it,” he said.
Then came the kicker. “People may get better at defending it but we’ll get better at running it, too” Johnson said. “That much I do know.”
The Georgia Tech coach got the predictable question: Won’t opposing defenses be better prepared for his offense in year two than they were in year one? In other words, is this the year that opponents figure it out?
Most guys would utter some kind of coach-speak non-answer. But you could hear Johnson smiling through the phone. In 12 seasons as a head coach, he had heard the question more than once.
“When we were at Georgia Southern we played the same teams every year,” said Johnson, implying that things turned out okay in Statesboro, where he won five straight Southern Conference championships and a pair of national championships. Johnson pointed out that those kinds of questions don’t come up when teams run a traditional pro style offense from year to year.
“Whenever you have something different people always have some questions,” he said. In fact, Johnson told me in a previous meeting, he knows what is coming next if Tech is successful again in 2009. “Then they will say that you can’t recruit to it,” he said.
Then came the kicker. “People may get better at defending it but we’ll get better at running it, too” Johnson said. “That much I do know.”
