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It is being reported that Paul Johnson will be the next head coach at GT with a deal estimated in the range of $14MM for 6 years (about $2.3MM per year). Quite a bounty if you ask me, but that's in the range of the going rate for BCS coaches these days. If GT wanted him, then by all rights they should not have let $500k get in the way of it happening - although I still believe we should never have to outbid SMU to get a guy we want. Having said that, I think it was clear that SMU was willing to up the ante to whatever number it was going to take.
Of course that means he's make more money or about the same as Richt, Rodriguez, Beamer, Tressel and Miles before his recent extension.
Expectations are going to be high - as they should be.
Now the 2nd layer of questions - what will happen to Jon Tenuta? You know, his defense could be great with an offense that runs the ball a lot and stays on the field. You hear me JT?
What will happen to Giff Smith? The best thing that happened in our recruiting in years and where will he fit in ....... if at all.
Who will his assistants be? That is almost as important as the head guy. Johnson's defenses were never known to be that stout, but my guess is that his deal protected his current guys.
Stay tuned.......
Friday, December 07, 2007
Paul Johnson is the man
Posted by Scott at Friday, December 07, 2007
Labels: CoachingRumors, Football
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I'll be very pleased with Johnson. He's done a fantastic job wherever he's gone and I'm sure he'll do the same at GT. All of the Navy players have always loved him and he gets along great with Media. He's not the energetic young face that we may have thought we were going to get when Radakovich started this search, but I think he'll do really well. I also hope he can talk Chris Hatcher into being his O-coord. WOW!
I am suprised at per year amount, but overall I am happy with the hire. I was apprehensive at first to PJ because of his history with the triple option, but I started to like him as I found out more about his past experiences running other offenses. I think he will develop a nice offense to suit the talent for our players.
do you really think we can afford to keep Tenuta after giving PJ this much money?
Let's hope things go through. PJ is the man...bring it on!!!
Jacket Fans,
Revel in this great news! The wine will be flowing tonight in Fairfax, VA tonight.
GREAT hire D-Rad. I love it.
Mike Murphy
pj is ok but i think ch made way more cents.
i sure hope he has incentives in his contract so that we dont get hung out to dry if he fails aka chan.
for my money i would have tried ch at less than a million a year.
ch certainly generates way more ecitement than pj does in my book.
maybe ch could be lured away to be our oc?
Was anyone suprised at all that Ken Whisenhunt was never mentioned. I know he just got to AZ, and is doing a good job out there. He may be the man after Johnson, which I hope is 10 years and a couple of BCS bowls away.
My Navy buddies are weeping, but I couldn't be happier with this choice!
Paul Johnson is a winner, and he does it with integrity.
I agree with Scott, that I'm sorry we had to outbid SMU, but PJ had a great situation at Navy, with a top salary, housing for him and his staff and an adoring fan base. I'm not surprised it took a lot to bring him to Tech. I hope Navy takes a good look at Hatcher. He's a winner too.
Best Tech news I've heard in forever!
PN
Then of course, there's the wild-card. PJ has a 14 year old daughter. That's a really tough age to have to go and start over with a new school and new friends.
It would take a hell of a lot for me to do that to my family, so I can't really fault the guy for holding out for a deal like this.
PN
PJ calls his own plays you idiot
Good hire by Tech. I'm a UGA grad/fan, and it scares me that y'all will have Paul Johnson on the flats. I think Hatcher is a good up-and-coming coach, but Tech needed a proven D-1 head coach. Hatcher will be good, but he's got just one year under his belt at 1-AA.
I have no idea whether Tenuta will stay, but I'd be shocked if Giff Smith left. He played for Erk Russell at Georgia Southern, and he was a freshman in 1986 when they won the 1-AA national championship, a team for which Paul Johnson was offensive coordinator. That's 20 years worth of ties between the two, plus I'm sure PJ would want to keep him as a recruiter.
As much as it pains me to say it, this may well mark the beginning of an end to the losing streak against UGA.
Sweet. Just sweet.
we could have belicheck coaching and nothing matters till we get a qb
Speak for yourself Reginald. I can run me some flexbone
Now is the time for all good Tech fans to get behind the program. Thanks DRAD. Welcome PJ - Lets go bag some Doggies. Go Jackets!
nothin like pc bravdo. i guarantee you would never call me or anybody else an idiot if we were face to face.
we still may need and oc. duh. AND we will need a qb coach. duh. hatcher is one of the best. duh.
last time i looked... when we had a hc try to do too many things we were mediocre. duh.
so now who is the idiot?
you have to be a young boy.
Ease up cowboys,
We all should be happy right now. We have a new coach and a new beginning before us :)
As a Michigan fan having to suffer through that debacle, a congratulations goes out to the staff in charge of finding, offering, and hiring Johnson. He was the candidate that I most wanted here. Dweyer + Nesbitt + Flexbone could be nice.
Alert to all NCCA teams with Tech on thier schedule. LOOK OUT for the flexbone, spread, and 'run n gun'. Great hire D-RAD! Josh Nesbitt and Jonathan Dwyer have to be smiling from ear to ear right now.
Go Jackets!!!
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