Paul Johnson on uniqueness of 2011 offense
Greetings-
A few points from Paul Johnson’s news conference.
1. Johnson said he was thinking this morning about the nature of this year’s offense, and how it’s “kind of unique” because there isn’t a player that needs to have the ball like Jonathan Dwyer or Anthony Allen. The team is more athletic across the board, but Johnson doesn’t feel the need to scheme the offense to get one particular player a lot of touches.
“If they want to take away David Sims, then, O.K., we’ll give it to Orwin Smith,” he said. “If they want to take away Orwin, we’ll do whatever. It isn’t so much tweaking it to get the ball to certain individuals as it is kind of running the system.”
2. Johnson noted that Tony Zenon didn’t get many snaps Saturday against North Carolina, calling it an oversight.
“We need to get him in some,” he said.
3. In response to a question about the Russell Wilson situation over the summer that led him to transfer from N.C. State to Wisconsin, Johnson said he has had players who played for the baseball team (Roddy Jones played for the Tech baseball team in 2010) but never one who wanted to play minor league baseball over the summer. He said he didn’t know what he’d do if the situation arose.
“I’m not touching that one,” he said.
4. Johnson stressed that the team hasn’t accomplished anything yet, a message players I’m guessing players have heard.
“All they have to do is look and see we’ve played a third of the season,” he said. “You’d better have laser vision, tunnel vision, one game at a time. That’s the way you’ve got to play the game.”
5. Johnson said guard Omoregie Uzzi is moving better and is lighter than a year ago, but is also simply stronger, more mature and more knowledgeable in the offense.
6. Jeff Greene, who sat out Saturday’s game with an injury, practiced Monday and will play Saturday. The kickoff specialist spot between Chandler Anderson and Justin Moore will be determined again in practice this week. Johnson wasn’t happy with the kicking game in general, as well as the kickoff return team.
7. Johnson said quarterback Tevin Washington has played well and done a good job of distributing the ball. Johnson said that quarterbacks “very seldom” audible. They occasionally will change the direction of a play and sometimes have an “either-or” call. Said Johnson, “He’s dine a nice job on that.”
Johnson also pointed out that the offense hasn’t run the triple-option play much because defenses are geared to stop it.
Thanks for reading. I’ll post practice notes 9-ish.
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By Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech beat
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Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
3:57 pm
Delbert, 44 degrees in your room???? O M G !!!! I sure hope you had a thick down comforter
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
3:58 pm
Super – Some other places I’ve lived were in the more temperate zones: coastal South Carolina for 2 years, SF Bay area and Napa County for 2 years, Hawaii for a year, and of course 3 stints in Aiken.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
3:59 pm
Delbert, do you go to the games? I am trying to meet as many of us regular bloggers as possible. So far, I have met macrotech, 5150 UOAD, and btgt69
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
4:00 pm
She wouldn’t want to be around a pipe fitter.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:02 pm
LMAO @ GIVE ME……..
I couldn’t stand the woman before she came for that visit. But after that, well, what can I say. The news of that one incident was all over the plant in no time at all, and it’s a BIG BIG plant.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:03 pm
Oh, wait a minute, I had it wrong…..it wasn’t the male to female thing……It was a master – slave robotics thing, and she thought it was racist.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:04 pm
She apparently really blew up about it too.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:05 pm
Delbert D. @ 3:54 – “I stilled “. No, I didn’t do the hard stuff, although some of my relatives in the North Georgia mountains probably did. I was once offered a milk jug of local shine for 50 cents by an old patron at the Dixie Cafe in Dahlonega several decades ago, but I passed on that. I have legally homebrewed beer, but my son picked up that responsibility a few years ago.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
4:05 pm
Watching Tech on CSS.
headley lamar
September 27th, 2011
4:06 pm
The problem with too much time between games is that the offense loses their rhythm. This offense thrives on continuity and too much time off destroys that.
Add another one to the Tech excuse playbook.
Geez.
GT
September 27th, 2011
4:09 pm
Tracy Ham is just now getting into the Georgia Southern Hall of Fame? Who is better?
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:10 pm
headley, why is that an excuse? You already provided an “excuse” by saying that defenses with time to prepare can stop us. I’m saying that’s not the case; it’s the loss of rhythm by the Tech offense.
Add another to your book of stupid comments.
Geez
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:11 pm
Super – “Delbert, do you go to the games?”
The filter ate my response, so i’ll abbreviate it. What is D-Rad’s email? I couldn’t find it on the web.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:12 pm
GIVE ME…… Dammit, why did you have to tell us that the Tech game was on CSS. Now I will be stuck at the TV for the next 2+ hours
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:13 pm
Super – Your post about Secretary O’Leary’s visit did finally make it through last week and I got a huge laugh out of that.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:13 pm
Delbert, what has D-Rad’s email got to do with my question? At any rate, I emailed him a few weeks ago and didn’t even get an acknowledgement, which I have at least received in the past. So I don’t know that I had the right address. What I used though, I got from the ramblinwreck.com website
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:15 pm
Delbert, it did??? It never appeared on my screen. Anyway, did you see my correction above? It wasn’t male to female but master – slave, and she said it was racist.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:16 pm
Super – The “master – slave robotics” robotics is even funnier!
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:17 pm
Delbert, I agree. It’s just hard to believe that someone in a position as (supposedly) important as Secretary of Energy could be so ignorant.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
4:17 pm
DRadakovich@at.gtaa.gatech.edu I e-mailed several times and got replys.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:17 pm
Super – I wanted to give D-Rad some ideas about putting people in seats in these times of tough economics and declining income for us old boys.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:19 pm
Delbert, I tried to do the same thing. I still don’t know if it went through or not
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:19 pm
@ GIVE ME…. Thanks. I don’t think that’s the one I used.
Jack G
September 27th, 2011
4:20 pm
Delbert
I was born and raised in Atlanta in the 20’s on up and some of the houses we lived in had heat in only one room, and that was not the bedroom. 44 degrees would have been welcome.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
4:21 pm
Replies.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:21 pm
IMHO, what has really hurt Tech season ticket sales is that required contribution in order to buy seats. Lots of people disappeared in my section and the one next to it the year he instituted that policy. What they need to realize is that every other school in the country has a similar policy and has had it for years. I don’t like it, but it hasn’t stopped me from buying season tickets.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
4:23 pm
Floor furnace in the hall. Those were the good old days.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:24 pm
Jack G, in the 20’s??? I mean this respectfully and not as disrespectfully as it MIGHT appear…..That would mean you are in your 90s now. WOW!! I am impressed. I bet you have a lot of tales to tell.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:30 pm
Thanks for the address, I just sent an email to him.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:33 pm
Delbert, care to share your thoughts?
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:34 pm
Jack G – When I was young, we had a coal stove in the living room. I used to get irritated with my father for pouring a bucket of coal in the thing just when “Superman” was coming on the TV. We later got an oil heater with the 50-gallon drum out back and finally gas heat in the old house.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:38 pm
Super – Yes; I asked him about some discounts for the Gray areas on the seating chart that never seem to be occupied for older citizens, and perhaps issuing passes that could be exchanged for unclaimed seats at halftime. I’d be willing to wait for that. Not like the old days, when I could get in Georgia games for $1 high school admission (I grew up near Athens). My next door neighbor in high school years was a Tech grad, and I would get to attend a game every year with him.
Paddy
September 27th, 2011
4:40 pm
headley lamar…..I have watched CPJ for years and his play book is not composed of trick plays. Where did you get that idea? he has a very difficult offense to defend but he does not rely on trick plays.
Go Dawgs
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:43 pm
Delbert, I know the mutt trolls thrive on making fun of this, but I wish he would re-institute the “family package” deal. One of my nieces here in Augusta took advantage of that several times in the past; with a family of 4, adding in the expense of driving up from Augusta, it’s just impossible for her, her husband, and their two kids to attend games. They are BIG Tech fans, but that just doesn’t fit into their budget. They did decide to bite the bullet for the UGA game this year though. I ordered them tickets on Sunday—-$324.00 total. I guess I won’t be getting a Christmas present from them this year. LOL
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:45 pm
Paddy – CPJ’s idea of a “trick play” is when he told Embry Peeples on the sideline last season, “Remember that play we ran the last time you were in when you went to block the safety in the middle? Run to the same place, and we’ll throw the ball to you.”
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
4:47 pm
I just wish the band would play something else at half time besides Spiderman. We laugh everytime they play it.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:48 pm
Super – Well, there was the 3-game package for $99 for a seat this year, but I’d have to cancel cable TV/internet for a month. I’d be fine with that, but the rest of the family wouldn’t.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:49 pm
Well, at least they got rid of that TERRIBLE announcer the band has had for years. I HATED hearing him screaming, “the YELLOW JACKETS MAAAAAAAAARCHIIIIIIIIIIIIING BAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDD”
The announcer they have now doesn’t resort to that garbage, and he’s good.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:50 pm
Maybe the new Spiderman movie coming out next year will have different theme music.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
4:52 pm
I also wish they would show more scores and stats during the game.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:52 pm
Delbert, that really is a good deal, but again for a young family of 4 (like my niece’s), that would mean 400 dollars. They were willing to spend almost that much for the UGA game, but that’s sort of different. I am thrilled that their kids (age 16 and 13) are going to get to see that one. I never saw ANY Tech game in person till I was a freshman at Tech.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
4:53 pm
As Tech gets better, I hope they’ll schedule better teams.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:54 pm
They don’t even always show scores at halftime. I don’t understand that. I am in the upper east, and it’s really nice to be able to look across at all the game stats on the front of the upper west stands. Do they have that on the front of the upper east too?
Supersize that order, mutt
September 27th, 2011
4:55 pm
GIVE ME….. with the expansion of the ACC, we will probably start playing FSU every year, although we might lose VT. FSU will sell more tickets than VT does though.
fan of shorter passes & longer runs
September 27th, 2011
4:57 pm
Jack G…did you like that option Sat?
ps..was stationed for a while overseas in an old German POW camp barracks.
Water would freeze at night in a bottle…the boiler was at the other end of the barracks. I knew guys that fought in Korea where it was so cold both sides quit fighting for a while.
Vanilla Rice
September 27th, 2011
4:57 pm
Techs offense looks very impressive. The defense looks very average. If you could give tech Bamas offense they would never get beat.
Vanilla Rice
September 27th, 2011
4:58 pm
correction-Bamas defense not offense
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2011
4:58 pm
Alabama was on the schedule for a home and home, but those games were deferred until later in the decade so ‘Bama could play one of the neutral site season openers.
GIVE ME A BREAK
September 27th, 2011
5:00 pm
Tech needs to work Ga. State in. That would be a nice pay day for them. Ga. Southern would be a fun game. I think.
1 4 GT
September 27th, 2011
5:00 pm
Delbert D. I read your post about ’shine & Dahlonega. Are you from that part of Georgia? My Dad grew up in that area & we would go to “dinner on the grounds” at Liberty Church & he would show us boys our ancestors grave sites & tell us what he knew about them.