According to reports in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Paul Johnson has agreed to become the next head football coach at Georgia Tech. The AJC's venerable college football insider Tony Barnhart does hedge in his article that there is always a chance that Johnson could change his mind. (And after a week filled with false alarms on the coaching carousel, can you blame Tony for playing a little CYA?)
When Georgia Tech fired Chan Gailey, they gave lip service to finding a coach to excite their fanbase. Johnson is not Mr. Personality but he is a proven winner and winning games fills seats. Outside of his W-L record the two big pluses for Johnson at Georgia Tech are his familiarity with recruiting in the state of Georgia (he was a head coach at Georgia Southern) and his history of recruiting at a school with challenging admission standards.
The only question mark is what sort of offense will he use. He made his name with Navy's triple option, but has plenty of experience with passing oriented schemes. Jacket fans probably won't care if he throws all day or keeps it on the ground. All he needs to do is beat Georgia.
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12-08-2007 @ 12:51PM
curt hingson said...
Well, an interesting new era begins at Tech, and at Navy too. PJ is a difference maker, and now he can prove it at a BCS level school. He leaves a trailing wake of shocked and saddened fans in Annapolis, where such success on the football field (with Johnson) has been rare indeed. We'll see if the ACC is ready for a brand of offense they don't often see.
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12-08-2007 @ 12:51PM
LongTimeTechFan said...
I welcome the new coach. WE can do better.
DOn't worry about the coach running the option, we don't have a passing quarterback anyway.
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12-08-2007 @ 12:48PM
myra said...
What a bummer. It is particularly sad that Johnson left before Navy went to the bowl. Seems unfair to the team. As the saying goes, "It's all about the Benjamins".
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