Coach Paul Johnson



When you have to repeat yourself about how and why öööö goes bad, you and your staff suck.
 
ElCidBUZZingFAN said:


When you have to repeat yourself about how and why öööö goes bad, you and your staff suck.
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Watching that, I wonder if CPJ will stick around if we have another losing season. He may take the $1mil retirement option and get out of here, saving Stansbury from having to make any kind of decision. Every time we have one of these crappy losses, you can see as clear as day that he's as miserable as we are.
 
18in32 said:
Watching that, I wonder if CPJ will stick around if we have another losing season. He may take the $1mil retirement option and get out of here, saving Stansbury from having to make any kind of decision. Every time we have one of these crappy losses, you can see as clear as day that he's as miserable as we are.
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I agree with that. It also shows how much the offensive philosophy sits on a razor's edge. They coach, teach, prep all week for a certain look or front. Some dude makes the wrong option call on the OL and the entire play is just blow to bits.
 
ElCidBUZZingFAN said:
I agree with that. It also shows how much the offensive philosophy sits on a razor's edge. They coach, teach, prep all week for a certain look or front. Some dude makes the wrong option call on the OL and the entire play is just blow to bits.
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It seems like pretty much every week CPJ says he can't understand why the kids made this or that wrong call. Now and then I would like some follow up on that. Let's find out why the kid made that mistake, whether he understand why it was a mistake, and *how* he was taught not to make it again. Is this something where somebody just needs something drilled into them through repetition? Or do they not understand the concepts underlying the call? Or do we need fewer players who are book smart and more players who are football smart? I've heard many times that the best students academically are frequently not the ones who understand the playbook the best, oddly.
 
18in32 said:
It seems like pretty much every week CPJ says he can't understand why the kids made this or that wrong call. Now and then I would like some follow up on that. Let's find out why the kid made that mistake, whether he understand why it was a mistake, and *how* he was taught not to make it again. Is this something where somebody just needs something drilled into them through repetition? Or do they not understand the concepts underlying the call? Or do we need fewer players who are book smart and more players who are football smart? I've heard many times that the best students academically are frequently not the ones who understand the playbook the best, oddly.
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I also want to know why he allows the OL to make a call like that which can't be communicated to the Backs or WR.

Most everywhere else I can imagine that's the QB's job.
 
ElCidBUZZingFAN said:
I also want to know why he allows the OL to make a call like that which can't be communicated to the Backs or WR.

Most everywhere else I can imagine that's the QB's job.
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Yeah, I'm unclear on that, too. This past week several players emphasized that the BG/Louisville success was predicated on better communication among the players. My first thought when I heard that was, 'What? We don't have systems in place to ensure good pre-snap communication? How is that possible?' After today, my thought is, 'Why'd you stop whatever good communication techniques you learned the past two weeks?' It doesn't make any sense to me.
 
18in32 said:
Watching that, I wonder if CPJ will stick around if we have another losing season. He may take the $1mil retirement option and get out of here, saving Stansbury from having to make any kind of decision. Every time we have one of these crappy losses, you can see as clear as day that he's as miserable as we are.
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Please let this happen. CPJ has made what, $30+M in his career. After taxes and living expenses he has to be worth at least $25M if he has any decent investments. He has, I believe, one daughter. CPJ, it’s time to go play golf and maybe, commentate a little bit on TV.
 
BackstreetBuzz said:
Please let this happen. CPJ has made what, $30+M in his career. After taxes and living expenses he has to be worth at least $25M if he has any decent investments. He has, I believe, one daughter. CPJ, it’s time to go play golf and maybe, commentate a little bit on TV.
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I think CPJ's worth something in the neighborhood of $14 mil. For most people at his level of career success, it's less about another big paycheck and more about the accomplishment and pride of achieving something. It's not like he has a lot of free time to spend the money he earns. It's an incredibly demanding and stressful job. You wouldn't keep doing it as his age unless you loved winning. There's a bunch of coaches/people like that.
 
BackstreetBuzz said:
Please let this happen. CPJ has made what, $30+M in his career. After taxes and living expenses he has to be worth at least $25M if he has any decent investments. He has, I believe, one daughter. CPJ, it’s time to go play golf and maybe, commentate a little bit on TV.
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He did well on his investments before he came to Tech, too. Quite well.
 
ElCidBUZZingFAN said:
I also want to know why he allows the OL to make a call like that which can't be communicated to the Backs or WR.

Most everywhere else I can imagine that's the QB's job.
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There are line calls on every level of football. Usually your center makes the call but it varies from team to team. This isn't some new concept.
 
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18in32 said:
It seems like pretty much every week CPJ says he can't understand why the kids made this or that wrong call. Now and then I would like some follow up on that. Let's find out why the kid made that mistake, whether he understand why it was a mistake, and *how* he was taught not to make it again. Is this something where somebody just needs something drilled into them through repetition? Or do they not understand the concepts underlying the call? Or do we need fewer players who are book smart and more players who are football smart? I've heard many times that the best students academically are frequently not the ones who understand the playbook the best, oddly.
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This is an interesting point. I grew up hearing that Coach Dodd's teams won because they where smarter than their opponents. I thought that the ability to execute more intricate schemes was an inherent advantage for us.
 
ramblinwreck24 said:
Their are line calls on every level of football. Usually your center makes the call but it varies from team to team. This isn't some new concept.
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Sure but most teams and systems (as I understand it) have the QB do it. And if I understood what Johnson was saying that, based on the line call, the WRs and Backs then too have a different responsibility in our offense then it's simply moronic to allow the OL to make the call. Otherwise, how else are the backs and receivers supposed to change it up?
 
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