Paul Johnson, who was already a proven winner, agreed to come and coach at Georgia Tech even though he was offered more money by other schools, including Duke and SMU. Then, for anyone who doubted whether he could make it in a BCS league, he almost won the conference in his first season, won 9 or 10 games, broke our losing streak against UGA the year UGA was ranked #1 in the preseason and went 6-2 in the SEC, had a team that produced 400+ rushing yards against Miami and Georgia, and won or competed for various Coach of the Year honors, all in a season in which many experts predicted we would not be bowl eligible. On top of all that, he's very charismatic, very quotable, very enjoyable and likable, is the mastermind and playcaller of his offense, and is a great representative of Georgia Tech.
And now, people around here are upset because Tech wants to pay him what he has proven he can get in the market. They compare him to a cubicled employee of some mega-office and dismiss his success by saying "he's just doing his job" and they suggest that he'd be a bad person for even considering accepting employment from someone willing to pay his market value.
What am I missing?
I'm going to go watch the 3rd quarter again. I wonder who out there could've come back from 28-12 on a day where Stafford and Massaquoi were playing like Steve Young and Jerry Rice. I wonder if anyone else on Planet Earth could have, with this team of ours, after one year of teaching them a new offense (not to mention defense).
"Well," some idiot is thinking, "he's just doing his job."
