CPJ goes off in macon.com

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I absolutely love this man!

http://www.macon.com/367/story/745147.html

For much of the past year-and-a-half, Paul Johnson has answered all types of questions about his unique option offense.
It is becoming quite clear he’s tired of hearing them.
“It’s hilarious to me (to hear), it really is,” Johnson said earlier this week at the Pigskin Preview at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. “ ‘Oh, they have another year of film now, they’re going to be able to (adjust).’ Man, we’ve been doing it 26 years now, they got 25 years of film, OK? It’s like anything else, if you execute the offense efficiently, you’re going to be good. If you don’t you won’t.”
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“Well, we practice against ourselves every day, and we didn’t get one guy hurt. Not one,” Johnson said. “And everybody cries, ‘Aw, you’re going to get somebody hurt.’ Well, teach them to get their hands down, and they won’t get hurt instead of crying about getting cut. That’s part of the game. Otherwise, let’s just get all 340-pound guys and put them side-by-side and they can just waddle on.”
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I especially liked this bit:

“It doesn’t make any difference what you do,” Johnson said. “There’s no secret, special way you can line up and say, ‘Oh my God, they can’t run it.’ Or, ‘They’ll put nine people in the box.’ Go ahead, you’re not going to line up a special way that we haven’t seen over 26 years. You might beat us, but I highly doubt it’s going to be because of the way your guys line up.”
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That's great!

Thanks for the link. :biggthumpup:
 
Check this comment out from that page:

Clydesdale wrote on 06/12/2009 10:52:28 AM:
This Dawg fan knows Johnson and his system are for real. Back when Georgia had 2 NFL first round d lineman, Adrian Peterson ran for 158 yards for Georgia Southern against us. No other team had a 100 yard rusher including UF, AU, GT, UT etc...Eventually our size and depth beat the smaller school. Tech won't dominate UGA but they will be competitive against us as well as the elite ACC schools for years to come.
 
I also very much like the way in which he never seems to retreat off into cliche ridden "coach speak", but just tells it straight out in his own very simple objective and direct way!
 
I wonder when this referee thing is going to happen. Originally I thought it was just him meeting with the refs to talk about what they considered a chop block. Based off of this it looks like it's going to Coach Johnson doing the teaching. :biggthumpup:
 
The media is going to love this guy more and more when they realize that he's always good for an honest and amusing quote.
 
Allen Koholic said:
The media is going to love this guy more and more when they realize that he's always good for an honest and amusing quote.
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they already do. they already do.
Talk to the folks who covered him while he was in Statesboro. I used to read some of his post practice comments every day on Navy's Web site. That was fun stuff.
Trust me, the media loves PJ's candor and his approach.
 
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