How can anyone develop talent and cohesiveness in one or two years. His offense is so complicated and he still hasn't installed it all according to him. So his expectations for his DC is not the same as it is for the OC? By Paul's own admission he still hasn't installed his entire offense and it's been what 8 years. When is he going to roll out the whole package?
What is his record this season?
It sucked.
Paul's first year at Tech his defense gave up 16.18 points per game. This year Paul's defense gave up 25.75 points per game. Points per game against Tech has gone up every year Paul has been here and yes Tech's points per game has also gone up, but this discussion is about the defense. Those are numbers from a coach that half heartedly cares about defense. The article that has this debate going comes across to me that he was ticked off that author may have said something about his offense, so he blows back about expectations and all that BS. The ending to all this is he is responsible for the whole pie good, bad, indifferent. He needs to own the whole mess not say well if they did or they should have, if expectations were the same. What he's doing is saying the defense is not my fault, I run the offense blame them for that. Obama like, deflection.
I just need a yes or no answer. I am not asking if you read articles that reference them, I am asking if you listen to them personally. Do you listen to his radio shows or weekly press conferences?
What's BS is somebody saying that he only cares half-heartedly about the defense. Hell, the man wants to win. Do you really think he's stupid and doesn't realize that a defense is important too? Like I said, THAT is just pure BS.
No I do not.
I agree and tried to give the benefit of the doubt by asking if he listened to press conferences/radio shows. I have never gotten the notion that Johnson only cares about offense. In fact, when we fired Groh and CPJ said he was going to personally step in to help out, we got better (Kelly might have been the true reason!!, I always loved him!). CPJ may very well suffer from the inability to properly delegate tasks. That is an incredibly tough task and is why CEO's and high level managers get paid the big bucks. but to think CPJ doesn't actually care about defense is laughable. He was (once upon a time) a defensive coach and not exactly bad at it. Maybe Paul is actually such a good coach that he has raised all of our expectations to the point where losing games just isn't acceptable?? I don't know. Saban found a way to not make it to a bowl while at Bama, I think I'll give Johnson some slack.
Thanks! That's fine. No reporter reports when CPJ says "wow we played awful and that is solely on me". I promise he says that after every loss and it is one of the first things he says. We are all disappointed with how the season turned out, and who knows, maybe he isn't right for the job! I can at least say definitively that CPJ takes personal responsibly for the shortcomings of the team. Whether or not he is capable of fixing these apparent short comings in the coming seasons will determine whether or not he remains our coach.
Dude, the defense has gotten worse since he has been here. Explain that. Other coaches at Tech with less support have done much better than what we are seeing. I don't want to hear about defections and academic casualties because that would be against your argument that Tech doesn't have those problems. EIGHT years buddy and this ish is worse than year ONE. Numbers don't lie.
I can buy that.
Chan didn't coach defense, and neither does Johnson. Was Tenuta a better DC than any whom Johnson has hired? Probably, although he sure had his share of screwups too. Chan lucked into having Tenuta, and, in spite of the screwups, his defenses were better, but his success had nothing to do with Chan at all. Johnson took a calculated risk in hiring Groh, and it obviously did not pay off. He then hired Roof, whom frankly I didn't want, but it was a smart, safe hire. Has it paid off? Certainly not in the way anyone hoped, but again, that's not Johnson's fault, anymore than it was Chan's credit for what Tenuta did. Could Johnson have made better hires? Possibly, although with the budget constraints that DRad forced on him, it's doubtful he could have gotten anyone much better. As far as recruiting, that's one positive thing I can say about Roof: he is a good recruiter. Will it pay off with a good defense? Only time will tell, unless he is let go. Johnson as HC MUST bear responsibility for the ENTIRE TEAM, as well as for the recruiting, but, as I said before, to claim that he doesn't care about defense is the ranting of a simple-minded, foolish hater.
So Paul is just unlucky that he can't find a good DC? I am a foolish hater? My friend you are ignorant to who and what I am. For some reason my dislike for Paul just rubs you the wrong way and I am not sorry for that. He is responsible for the success of the entire program. So yes he is responsible for the DC and what transpires on that side of the ball (you admit that). Just like Chan was responsible for starting Reggie Ball for 4 years. Reggie's play wasn't Chan's fault but it got him fired. Whether you agree or not has no baring on who is in charge and what they are expected to do. By admitting he is ultimately responsible for the entire program you are chasing your tail. That is all I've been saying the whole night. Paul is responsible good or bad. Paul has a bigger budget to work with than Chan did, Paul has more support in recruiting than Chan did. Yet his overall record is no better. Who is foolish?
