Good CPJ Quote from Tuesday re: Jacksonville State preparation

On going to the Alabama vs. Virginia Tech game Saturday night
"It is illegal, can't do it. The NCAA will no let you go see any team you will play in person. To answer your question, I would not have gone anyway."
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Anyone else find this completely asinine?
 
TechGator1066 said:
It's the AJC man. What do you expect? Unless you're referring to the rule, which I can see why it exists.
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The rule. It's just plain stupid. It's not like Paul Johnson can't A) watch the game on TV or B) send someone else to video tape the game from the stands.

Although, I'm glad that our coach seems to have a grasp on what the NCAA rules are, because most coaches don't any more.
 
Thanks for the post. I found this quote from the Coach insightful:

"Starting about Thursday I will be in knots on the inside but I do not show it on the outside because I want to give the players an air of confidence. On the inside I will be churning and if not you should get out of the business. I think we will be better but I do not know. We will see. That is why we play the games.
We could be better and not show it in the game, that is why I am not going to make any snap judgments based on one or two series. I want to see the thing it play out a little bit.”
 
Also on academics...

On the biggest surprise coming from Navy to Tech
“Probably the biggest surprise was we might catch a break schedule
wise and academically coming from an academy. It might have been easier
at times at Navy. There are not a lot of classes offered here in the
morning; most of the classes are in the afternoon. Trying to schedule
around the labs is the biggest surprise to me. When I was at other state
schools it was pretty easy to have everyone finish classes by one
o’clock. Here it is tough. We miss guys in meetings everyday due to
academics.”
 
I have never read or heard Coach Johnson say anything that made me think, "Nope, he's wrong," or "Why in the Hell did he say that?" His tone is perfect, his attitude is ideal, he's witty, he seems at all times to know what he is doing. Man it's nice. Here's to the Coach.
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On Jacksonville State
“Jacksonville State returns 16 or 17 starters. They are ranked in the
preseason in their division. They list three transfers from FBS schools
that I know of because one of those guys (Greg Smith) transferred from
here. They have two defensive tackles; one played in the national title
game with Florida and the other played some with Southern Miss. They
will have some good players. It will be a question of us going out and
playing the way Georgia Tech can play as opposed to finding the
match-ups with Jacksonville State. That is how we do it no matter who we
play. We are going about this like we would play anyone on our
schedule.”
 
On the amount of the offensive playbook installed this season
“We ran a lot of the offense last season. There are a couple of
things we did not have last year. We couldn’t run all the wrinkles and
the adjustments, but to the common eye it will look the same. Hopefully
it will just look faster.”
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:wow::greenclap:
 
I love the quote referring to whether or not players will be pulled. He says he may pull players if they are up by a lot or down by a lot. I love how this guy seems to not take anything for granted. To even have the "down by a lot" idea in your head approaching a game against Jax St. is great. None of us expect it to happen, but you have to prepare for anything.
 
Everybody has made such a deal about the quarterback situation. We are
probably better off than we were a year ago. Last season, we were going
in with Josh [Nesbitt], who was still feeling his way around, and you
had Jaybo [Shaw], a true freshman who was coming straight out of high
school. This year, we have an experienced quarterback (Nesbitt). We have
Tevin [Washington], who is a redshirt with two camps and a spring
practice under his belt. We also have Quentin [Sims] who has been here
the same amount of time and even though he has not been playing
quarterback, he did in high school and looks good out there. If need be,
we have freshmen quarterbacks that were recruited to this system. Jaybo
[Shaw] should be back after three to four games. I think we are better
off than we were a year ago. Now if two guys go down, will it hurt you,
sure it will. If two guys go down anywhere it will hurt. There is not a
team in the country that would not be hurt by losing its top two
quarterbacks. We have more depth there than we did a year ago.”

Gee, I don't know.....Don't think Paul Johnson is looking to "wait 'til next year".....what do you think, Jimbo..??
 
AFF said:
Everybody has made such a deal about the quarterback situation. We are
probably better off than we were a year ago. Last season, we were going
in with Josh [Nesbitt], who was still feeling his way around, and you
had Jaybo [Shaw], a true freshman who was coming straight out of high
school. This year, we have an experienced quarterback (Nesbitt). We have
Tevin [Washington], who is a redshirt with two camps and a spring
practice under his belt. We also have Quentin [Sims] who has been here
the same amount of time and even though he has not been playing
quarterback, he did in high school and looks good out there. If need be,
we have freshmen quarterbacks that were recruited to this system. Jaybo
[Shaw] should be back after three to four games. I think we are better
off than we were a year ago. Now if two guys go down, will it hurt you,
sure it will. If two guys go down anywhere it will hurt. There is not a
team in the country that would not be hurt by losing its top two
quarterbacks. We have more depth there than we did a year ago.”

Gee, I don't know.....Don't think Paul Johnson is looking to "wait 'til next year".....what do you think, Jimbo..??
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Wow, I love CPJ. The guy is f-ing brilliant. He calls 'em like he sees 'em.
 
cajunjacket said:
Wow, I love CPJ. The guy is f-ing brilliant. He calls 'em like he sees 'em.
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If I was in a foxhole, I'd want to be in one with Paul Johnson....

If I was on trial, guilty or innocent, I'd want Paul Johnson on the jury....
 
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