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Sicilian_Summers · 12-09-2006, 05:39 PM

[quote="Chronic Diarrhea":45793]Paul Johnson or Steve Kragthorpe may be excellent coaches. I don't know much about either guy though, but the problem with Kragthorpe in particular is he isn't a "proven winner." Yes, he has done a good job turning around the Tulsa program, but that doesn't mean you can hack it in the SEC. The SEC is a cutthroat conference. Recruiting is tough for any school here. I don't know if Paul Johnson or Kragthorpe would be ready for this kind of job and be successful. Paul Johnson hasn't needed to recruit @ Navy because military academies aren't allowed to recruit.[/quote:45793]

I think most recruiting is done by assistant coaches. The head coach is usually a "closer." A proven winner like Johnson combined with the excellent facilities, tradition, and support of a program like Alabama should be "good enough" at worst.

[quote:45793]Either way, both of those guys would be miles better than Shula. Nobody knows about it, but the discipline issues that were going on was one of the key reasons Shula was fired. Some of the things that were going on would be disgusting to any Bama fan.[/quote:45793]

Not to mention all the on the field personal fouls...

[quote:45793]Does anybody know a lot about Paul Johnson (as he seems to be the lead guy now)? What are his coaching philosophies like? I know he runs the piss out of the ball @ Navy, but that's Navy and that's what they're known for.[/quote:45793]

I don't know too much beyond his biography and other tidbits I've read about him during his few years at Navy. Apparently he's an offensive guru and his biggest strength when it comes to X's and O's is the flexibility of his system and his ability to gameplan around his team's strengths. Right now at Navy he's pounding the piss out of the ball like you said, but at Hawaii, when he had the quarterback and recievers to do it, he ran a wide open run and shoot type offense that was very successful. JPW is a moderately mobile quarterback, but he's really not suited to run a triple option attack, so I'd expect the Tide to run the Run and Shoot offense Johson coached at Hawaii.

The bottom line is, Paul Johnson wins games whever he's coaching. It's important to remember that while the competition he's playing may be subpar, but so are the teams he is coaching (talent wise). Alabama has the athletes to be on par with other teams in the SEC (aside from their god foresaken right tackle - why the hell didn't Shula try someone else?) and I think Johnson would do well there.

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Sicilian_Summers is Offline Senior Member Posts: 2,041 Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Boston, MA	12-09-2006, 05:39 PM [quote="Chronic Diarrhea":45793]Paul Johnson or Steve Kragthorpe may be excellent coaches. I don't know much about either guy though, but the problem with Kragthorpe in particular is he isn't a "proven winner." Yes, he has done a good job turning around the Tulsa program, but that doesn't mean you can hack it in the SEC. The SEC is a cutthroat conference. Recruiting is tough for any school here. I don't know if Paul Johnson or Kragthorpe would be ready for this kind of job and be successful. Paul Johnson hasn't needed to recruit @ Navy because military academies aren't allowed to recruit.[/quote:45793] I think most recruiting is done by assistant coaches. The head coach is usually a "closer." A proven winner like Johnson combined with the excellent facilities, tradition, and support of a program like Alabama should be "good enough" at worst. [quote:45793]Either way, both of those guys would be miles better than Shula. Nobody knows about it, but the discipline issues that were going on was one of the key reasons Shula was fired. Some of the things that were going on would be disgusting to any Bama fan.[/quote:45793] Not to mention all the on the field personal fouls... [quote:45793]Does anybody know a lot about Paul Johnson (as he seems to be the lead guy now)? What are his coaching philosophies like? I know he runs the piss out of the ball @ Navy, but that's Navy and that's what they're known for.[/quote:45793] I don't know too much beyond his biography and other tidbits I've read about him during his few years at Navy. Apparently he's an offensive guru and his biggest strength when it comes to X's and O's is the flexibility of his system and his ability to gameplan around his team's strengths. Right now at Navy he's pounding the piss out of the ball like you said, but at Hawaii, when he had the quarterback and recievers to do it, he ran a wide open run and shoot type offense that was very successful. JPW is a moderately mobile quarterback, but he's really not suited to run a triple option attack, so I'd expect the Tide to run the Run and Shoot offense Johson coached at Hawaii. The bottom line is, Paul Johnson wins games whever he's coaching. It's important to remember that while the competition he's playing may be subpar, but so are the teams he is coaching (talent wise). Alabama has the athletes to be on par with other teams in the SEC (aside from their god foresaken right tackle - why the hell didn't Shula try someone else?) and I think Johnson would do well there.