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<blockquote data-quote="lv20gt" data-source="post: 755444" data-attributes="member: 2299"><p>I'll address this on its own because I still think Johnson was 100% the right decision when we hired him. The biggest reason for this is that Johnson was great at developing an offense by combining aspects of other offenses in different ways. Ultimately that was my biggest issue with Johnson. The offense seemed to stagnate, not in a during the game sense, but in an adapting to the changing landscape of college football sense. I think he recognized the need for that which is why we tried a little with Vad Lee to change some, but for whatever reason it seemed Johnson was just not comfortable with that and abandoned it early to go back to what he was more comfortable with. To me, that was the time where the biggest advantage Johnson had left because while the option was a good enough designed system, what made it special was his ability to adapt it. </p><p></p><p>I don't think it was a bad decision as I think it was logical. It could have worked. Same reason I have no problem with the Pastner hire in basketball even if ultimately it doesn't turn out well. I think there was logic in both cases. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It was both. When we hired Johnson we knew there were risks of a bad transition, both initially and on the back end if we decided later to go in a different direction. But we still had the chance to continue going with the option and decided instead to try go all in on improving recruiting. We decided to turn left 13 years ago and the pull a u turn 2 years ago. Both are decisions and both have effects on today. </p><p></p><p>Regardless though, my main point was that a lot of the issues we are going through now don't rest at either Johnson's or Collins' feet. You don't hire Johnson unless you want him to run the option and you don't hire Collins if you expect him to continue to do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lv20gt, post: 755444, member: 2299"] I'll address this on its own because I still think Johnson was 100% the right decision when we hired him. The biggest reason for this is that Johnson was great at developing an offense by combining aspects of other offenses in different ways. Ultimately that was my biggest issue with Johnson. The offense seemed to stagnate, not in a during the game sense, but in an adapting to the changing landscape of college football sense. I think he recognized the need for that which is why we tried a little with Vad Lee to change some, but for whatever reason it seemed Johnson was just not comfortable with that and abandoned it early to go back to what he was more comfortable with. To me, that was the time where the biggest advantage Johnson had left because while the option was a good enough designed system, what made it special was his ability to adapt it. I don't think it was a bad decision as I think it was logical. It could have worked. Same reason I have no problem with the Pastner hire in basketball even if ultimately it doesn't turn out well. I think there was logic in both cases. It was both. When we hired Johnson we knew there were risks of a bad transition, both initially and on the back end if we decided later to go in a different direction. But we still had the chance to continue going with the option and decided instead to try go all in on improving recruiting. We decided to turn left 13 years ago and the pull a u turn 2 years ago. Both are decisions and both have effects on today. Regardless though, my main point was that a lot of the issues we are going through now don't rest at either Johnson's or Collins' feet. You don't hire Johnson unless you want him to run the option and you don't hire Collins if you expect him to continue to do it. [/QUOTE]
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