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<blockquote data-quote="Skeptic" data-source="post: 498390" data-attributes="member: 2175"><p>I am inclined, still, toward the firing route. But regardless, your point about "having fun" is well-taken. Well, I mean, it is Paul Johnson and outwardly fun is relative. But I think certainly his demeanor was changed. Always short-wired and thin-skinned, this season he came over several times as just a jerk. Whether he is getting asked repeated or stupid questions or not, the AD does not want the head ball coach, the school's most visible representative, going bad-*** all the time. Just no excuse for it. That Johnson was not at all reticent about doing it means to me either his plans were in place or the AD, after a solid endorsement a year ago -- the peel of death tolling in the distance maybe -- and another mediocre mark finished by another rivalry blowout, and as much as the board hates Georgia, I think Smart could have named his score, and pulled the plug. That we lost ground in the ACC is not even arguable, but using just two programs tells the story: Clemson and Georgia, 2009 until 2018. Competitive and whipping Clemson, competitive and beating Georgia three times ... and then two final years of blowaways by both. Add in the shock of starting to lose regularly to UNC and Duke when both were average programs, and it will sober you up. (We will never be in the Clemson-Georgia class and I don't advocate for it. Just noting we are not even competitive any more, and the athletes there are so much better that the offensive scheme that once shielded us is not even a factor now. Good athletes defeat good schemes.</p><p></p><p>Which leaves us, of course, with that "good athlete" recruiting problem, because that "$60,000 average starting salary" ain't fooling nobody; even football players know $90,000 and a $30,000 will get you to the "average", and $30k is barely livable. Regardless, I am sorry to see him go, and I am not going to forget three wins over Georgia or the ACC championship or that dazzling runnerup to FSU and then the Orange Bowl win over an SEC power ... or the blocked kick TD miracle against FSU, or the late 4th and 15 hookup of Tbomas-Smelter against VT, or ... whine all we want, he brought us some good memories, and if he was tough on players, they graduated. (Hint on next coach maybe? What other school in the ACC with a possible HC candidate has a similar graduation mark? That would be Clemson. It would be for three, maybe two, years at the max, but ...)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Skeptic, post: 498390, member: 2175"] I am inclined, still, toward the firing route. But regardless, your point about "having fun" is well-taken. Well, I mean, it is Paul Johnson and outwardly fun is relative. But I think certainly his demeanor was changed. Always short-wired and thin-skinned, this season he came over several times as just a jerk. Whether he is getting asked repeated or stupid questions or not, the AD does not want the head ball coach, the school's most visible representative, going bad-*** all the time. Just no excuse for it. That Johnson was not at all reticent about doing it means to me either his plans were in place or the AD, after a solid endorsement a year ago -- the peel of death tolling in the distance maybe -- and another mediocre mark finished by another rivalry blowout, and as much as the board hates Georgia, I think Smart could have named his score, and pulled the plug. That we lost ground in the ACC is not even arguable, but using just two programs tells the story: Clemson and Georgia, 2009 until 2018. Competitive and whipping Clemson, competitive and beating Georgia three times ... and then two final years of blowaways by both. Add in the shock of starting to lose regularly to UNC and Duke when both were average programs, and it will sober you up. (We will never be in the Clemson-Georgia class and I don't advocate for it. Just noting we are not even competitive any more, and the athletes there are so much better that the offensive scheme that once shielded us is not even a factor now. Good athletes defeat good schemes. Which leaves us, of course, with that "good athlete" recruiting problem, because that "$60,000 average starting salary" ain't fooling nobody; even football players know $90,000 and a $30,000 will get you to the "average", and $30k is barely livable. Regardless, I am sorry to see him go, and I am not going to forget three wins over Georgia or the ACC championship or that dazzling runnerup to FSU and then the Orange Bowl win over an SEC power ... or the blocked kick TD miracle against FSU, or the late 4th and 15 hookup of Tbomas-Smelter against VT, or ... whine all we want, he brought us some good memories, and if he was tough on players, they graduated. (Hint on next coach maybe? What other school in the ACC with a possible HC candidate has a similar graduation mark? That would be Clemson. It would be for three, maybe two, years at the max, but ...) [/QUOTE]
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