I can't believe how many uninformed dolts there are when it comes to understanding who Paul Johnson is and what his offense is about. I create a blog devoted to informing people about Paul Johnson and his offense and people just continue to believe whatever they want to. Or continue to make up bizarre tales so they can say "We need Bo because Bo...is a tough guy....and won't run the option." Let's try to clear up a few misconceptions here:
1.) The option is alive and well in college football. Florida, West Virginia, Wake Forest and a myriad of other teams all run some form of the option. Now its not the option that you think of when you think of days gone by but its still an option and is disguised very well. Barry Switzer has been quoted recently as saying if he were to get back into coaching he would run Osborne's offense. But hey, who is Barry Switzer, right? Hell, Texas A&M came in and ran the option right up our asses a week ago. And Tom Osborne appears to be infatuated with what Urban Meyer does at Florida. So you people need to shut your cake holes when it comes to saying the option doesn't exist in college football or wouldn't work anymore.
2.) Paul Johnson has compared his Navy offensive scheme to what Urban Meyer and Rich Rodriguez do at their respective schools, except that they run their QB out of the shotgun. Mike Leach has said what Johnson does is essentially the same that Tech does except Navy runs the ball and TT throws the ball.
3.) Now pay attention very closely to this point. WHO says Paul Johnson would run the same exactly flexbone system he runs at Navy, at a school like say, Nebraska?? Who says that? Where does this come from?? Do you people realize that he does what he does at Navy because of the type of players he has? Doesn't that seem logical for a good head coach to do? Adapt your schemes to the type of players you have. Check his work as OC at Hawaii-he threw the ball all over because he had a QB that could throw. Ya know what though? If he did run his spread option flexbone at NU, I wouldn't be complaining. Its tailor-made to the type of talent he could easily stockpile around here and that talent is still 10x better than what he can get at Navy. And if his current system can rush for 350 yards on Wake Forest and Navy, and 250 on Rutgers, who is to assume with better talent, he couldn't do the same against Kansas, Missouri and even Texas? As Jim Grobe from Wake says:
"You just don't see anybody doing that anymore, so (Navy is) very unique … and they do it better than anyone we've ever seen," Grobe said. "Knowing things you'd like to do to stop the option is one thing. But being able to prepare for it in a week, getting the scout team to perform at the same speed of a game, is quite another.
"There are so many problems that go into preparing for this offense that knowing what to do doesn't always do much for you. You've got to be able to practice it, and nobody can do a very good job of that."
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Now you're the one who needs to do research. Johnson has run the exact same offense everywhere he has been. The only thing that differed at Hawaii was the playcalling. Actually, by the time he left Hawaii he was running the exact same stuff he runs now.
Offensive schemes can be designed to to help counteract a team's lack of size and speed.... that is very difficult to do on defense. How can you pressure the quarterback when you are outweighed on the line by an average of upwards of 35 pounds per man? When you (anonymous) criticize Navy's defense on other posts saying it is worse than even a rebuilding year should be, you don't point out that they have lost three SKILL position players to season-ending injuries. In the first game of the season (yes, I know that is little to judge by) when these players were still in the game, the defense gave up 19. Not horrible. Paul Johnson is a very smart head football coach. His team's are disciplined, he runs effective, disciplined practices and is honest and forthright with the media and fans. He turned Navy into a winner again against some tall odds. He is winning in Annapolis at a school with high academic standards, no athletic scholarships, limited practice time and physical requirements that prohobit large linemen. AND he's doing it during an unpopular war. Talk about a recruiting nightmare! Even the great Bobby Ross couldn't turn Army around with those odds. Look what Charlie Weis has done this year! With NOTRE DAME talent no less.... Wouldn't you think a guy with four super bowl rings would have a better year than that? And yes, it is very likely Notre Dame will beat Navy this year, again. Urban Meyer has three losses this year at Florida, the Old Ball Coach gave up 24 to Tennessee in the Fourth Quarter and Stanford beat USC and Pete Carroll. Think anybody believes these guys can't coach based on these games?
Melinda
Johnson has stated that this is the perfect offense to throw for a zillion yards if he has a pass blocking OL and a QB that can sling it. The facts are, he tailors his offense to the kind of players on his team. That's why his offense is different at GA Southern, Navy and Hawaii.
Don't try to put any common sense to this guy Melinda, it won't work.
Johnson's offense is NOT different between Georgia Southern, Hawaii, and Navy. That is a myth. Do REAL research.
Navy lost only two starters for the season, a linebacker and a safety. Losing two players is no excuse for being probably the worst defense in the country. Giving up 19 points to Temple, the 101st-ranked scoring offense, is not an accomplishment. What you are basically telling me is that Navy's defense has gotten progressively worse as the season has worn on, culminating in giving up almost 60 points to a I-AA team. Paul Johnson is 1-2 versus Delaware while at Navy. This isn't Florida losing to Georgia.
Johnson has the same amount of practice time as everyone else. His defense is NOT disciplined. Navy has had 300-pound linemen. Heck, I think they had one last year. And don't talk about pressuring the quarterback, since Army and Air Force both face the same restrictions as Navy. Army has more than twice as many sacks as Navy this year. Air Force has more than 3x more! This is not the man who will resurrect the Blackshirts.
Johnson turned Navy into a winner by softening the schedule. Compare their 2002 schedule, Johnson's first year, to the garbage on schedules after that. He can do that because Navy is an independent. He won't have that luxury in the Big XII.
Yeah don't let research get in the way.
Jeff Deliz-captain out for the year.
Clint Stovie-out.
Ketric Buffin-broken arm against Pitt-out.
Check out the guys they replaced them with. Freshmen.
Why do you care what Johnson has done against Delaware unless you're stupidly trying to proclaim that he has as much talent as Delaware, a team loaded with D-1 transfers? You aren't, are you??
Navy's offensive line averages 270 lbs because there are weight limits for players that enter the Naval academy you uniformed dolt. Once again, lets not let facts get in the way of making a stupid argument. One player on Navy's offensive line weighs 300 lbs. One. One. One.
http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/navy/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/depth-chart
Funny you should mention Air Force and Army. PJ's team has already whipped Air Force and they will pound Army like they've done every time since PJ arrived. PJ will NOT be the DC at Nebraska. He will hire an elite coach that he can't get at Navy.
As for your scheduling argument-ridiculous. Find me ONE college football analyst in the country that believes PJ isn't overachieving with the team at Navy and the players on his roster. Find me one please. The bottom line is, you can't.
By the way, I see that Temple lost to UCONN 22-17. Same UCONN team that beat mighty South Florida last week. Hmmmmm...
Temple has won three straight games and been respectable in all but one game this season. Case closed, chump!
Cased closed my ass.
Ketric Buffin is out for 2-3 weeks, not for the season. Great research on your part. And he was replaced by a senior, Greg Thrasher. Sovie was replaced by a sophomore.
Delaware is not "loaded" with I-A transfers. They have something like 9, and one of them is from Navy. If Navy ISN'T as talented, whose fault is that?
If I'm an "uninformed dolt," then explain to me why there's even one 300-pounder on the roster if there are weight limits. Army has 6 300-pounders on its team. Six. Six. Six. Do they not have the same weight limits? And Navy did not "whip" Air Force. Air Force outgained Navy 474-381 and shot itself in the foot with turnovers and penalties.
The scheduling argument is not ridiculous. How many teams with a winning record has Navy beaten in 6 years of Paul Johnson? 3? 4? Those same "college football analysts" probably thought Callahan was a good hire. I sure hope you aren't hanging your hat on what those idiots say.
You're talking about how good Temple is to boost up Johnson. Temple. Think about that for a second. And it still doesn't explain why Navy defense gets worse every week. No matter how much talent you think Delaware has, are you seriously telling me that they are so much more talented that they should score almost 60 points on any I-A team???
You take it as an article of faith that Johnson will just go out and hire an "elite coach" for the defense, while he concentrates on the offense. That is unacceptable. Wasn't that the plan with Callahan? How'd that work out? No, no, no. We don't need a coach that values one side of the ball more than the other, and that's what we'll get when Paul Johnson serves as his own offensive coordinator.
Tell me smart guy, who is your choice as head coach?
Once again, you can't find me ONE quote from any college football anaylst anywhere that would say Paul Johnson is an average coach. Trev Alberts? Nope. Pete Fiutak? Nope.
This from Trev Alberts in response to the question, "if you were the one shelling out the money, who would you make the highest paid coach? "
"You could point out Paul Johnson at Navy. The Naval Academy is a legitimate player on the national scene, and Navy is just at a different level than the other two academies right now."
Trev and Pete Fiutak? That's it, I'm sold.
Oh lord please not Paul Johnson...
Let me see if I understand your points here:
1) This offensive scheme works in college football.
2) Other coaches have made this scheme work by tweaking it.
3) Johnson may not even run this scheme at Nebraska.
Umm, what? If #3 is true do #1 & 2 even matter?
Assume #1 & 2 are true and similar schemes are prevalent in college football. Where's NU's recruiting edge? Tommie Frazier came to Nebraska 'cause we'd let him play QB and run the option. If every other school needs an athletic quarterback, how do we get ours? (and don't be confused: TO was his most successful when Turner and Tommie - superior athletes - were running the show)Doesn't doing what everyone else does make it harder, not easier, to recruit to NU?
And as you repeatedly note, Johnson has been unable to recruit top-notch athletes to Navy due to the nature of the institution. He faced similar restrictions at Hawaii. So how do we know Johnson can recruit? Or do you think that doesn't matter 'cause it's all about the offensive system? Gee, who does that sound like...
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