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Just to say first, I am a 100% RR supporter. I want him to succeed, but more importantly I want Michigan Football to be successful. But my question is, was Paul Johnson ever on UM's radar? And how would people feel if he was here at UM? His first year at GT, he brought in a whole new system and was successful.
Mod Edit: I had no problem with the previous title, but to avoid more comments about the title than the post, it was changed.
What is GA?
Gray Area, I just wanted to label it because it really wasn't UM related, sorry if it was unnecessary
I thought you meant Georgia.
Grad Assistant?
If it's Grab-Ass, then Rivals has taken over the MGoBoard.
Nm
also one of my favorite posts ever on rivals was the picture of topic view versus thread view. It still makes me laugh when I think about it
Now that's just taking it too far. We're in topic view land.
Johnson signed with Georgia Tech when we were after Greg Schiano.
I don't think there was a huge buzz, but there was enough for Brian to do a profile in heroism: paul johnson
Chopping that wood. Man, those were some good times on haloscan.
I just noticed what a point whore you are. I don't know whether to congratulate, or bitch slap you.
Yeah, I gained 330 points on Monday of this week. I don't even know how that happened. I tried to get negbanged by being a douche on Tuesday to make up for it, got upvoted anyways, got another +200 points. It's been a ridiculous last month.
FWIW, I started picking up posting again around the same time mommatheregoesthatman joined the board. He's skyrocketed right along with me. When it comes to points/day on the board, his are astronomical.
I bet he is on the short list for the ND job when Charlie gets the axe.
I'll go on the record and say that I'm very happy with Rich Rodriguez and his staff. Enough said.
...that Schiano turned us down.
Watching his inept team get shellacked by Cincinnati was something to behold.
That "Chop Wood" stuff looks rather dated right about now.
I was shocked at the beat down by Cincy. I figured Schiano for the PSU job when JoePa retires but now I don't think so. They have fallen off a cliff.
Paul Johnson was easily my second choice behind Rich Rodriguez. I am a pretty sizable Navy football fan, and have been since I was a kid, so I've always enjoyed Paul Johnson for really bringing Navy back to respectability without compromising the impeccable integrity and discipline of Navy. In fact, I think that his trick offense was only run so successfully at Navy because his players were disciplined and practiced relentlessly.
Plus that triple option is really, really entertaining to watch.
Also, when Navy beat Notre Dame maybe ten minutes after our come from behind win in East Lansing in 2007 it was perhaps the greatest half hour of football in my life.
So yeah, I love Paul Johnson.
Trick offense? It's been around so long that it is all but completely scouted (if that's even possible).
Ok, fair enough point. I guess it's just so out of use that it has actually come back around to being a more gimmicky offense.
Either way, it's still awesome.
I personally think that Johnson would have led Michigan to a better record last year, not because he is a better coach, but because his triple-option offense was better suited to the players already on the team. That said, I remain unconvinced that the triple-option can be used at an elite level, particularly in the Big Ten, where running the ball 80% of the time (I mean this literally, Georgia Tech ran the ball 640 times last year and passed the ball only 165 times), would be very effective. I think that Rodriguez's offense will be much better in the future.
Also, a thought on Paul Johnson's success. His only really impressive win was against Georgia. The ACC wasn't that difficult a conference last year and GT got pummeled by LSU in their bowl game. Thanks to the weakness in the ACC this year, however, GT should compete for the conference title (although the top of the conference may have actually improved).
I suppose that I just think that Rodriguez is the better choice, FWIW.
EDIT: I just read my post over and I want to clarify something. I do not think Michigan had the players necessary to immediately and successfully implement Johnson's offense. I just think that the players on the team were somewhat better suited to Johnson's offense, rather than Rodriguez's because that way, the running backs would at least be moving downfield by the time the line died and the defense was in our backfield.
As long as Threet/Sheridan were our QBs, I think we were screwed regardless.
GT is choking the game away right now.
Any time the phrase "coaching search" is used in a threadline, I'm like a moth to a flame. How can such a dark, dark period in my life still grab my attention every time?
I DONT CARE HOW GASSED YOU ARE. DO NOT PASS THE BALL!
The triple Option is SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEET
*Troption. It's easier and much more fun to say.
It's not about not supporting Rich Rodriguez...
I look at it like dis: A mediocre LSU team completely destroyed Georgia Tech in their bowl game.
If the spread was a hard sell at Michigan, imagine saying, "Well, we lookin' for the next Rick Leach, and THEN we'll be really good again!"
Thank you, NO.
I'm fairly certain some of the blue hairs who sit in my section would start dry-humping themselves if Michigan came out in a double tight end, wishbone formation.
I would have been extremely pissed off if UM had hired Johnson, because he obviously has listened to too many 1960's-70's interviews about how three things can happen if you pass and two are bad. UM sorely needed to be brought into the current millenium, and Johnson would have been a terrible step backward.
I really, really wanted Urban Meyer or Chris Peterson. RR was actually my "dark-horse" choice, but I thought there was no way he would ever leave his "dream job" at WVU. I guess you just never know.
At any rate, I am glad RR is at UM, and still think he will deliver an elusive NC or two in the next ten years.
