Notes: Johnson calls loss ‘my fault’
1. Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson held two fingers inches apart.
“We’re about this close to being 4-0 and everybody ranting and raving,” Johnson said Monday. He then spread his arms wide. “But we’re also about this close because we haven’t done the little things to make it happen.”
Following the Yellow Jackets’ practice, Johnson shared his disappointment in his team’s performance in its 42-36 overtime loss to Miami on Saturday and accepted responsibility for the loss. Tech plays Middle Tennessee State Saturday.
“It’s like I told the team [Monday],” he said. “You get beat like that, it’s my fault. I’m ultimately responsible.”
After playing fairly well in the first three games, Johnson said he thought the defense’s giving up 609 yards to Miami was “an aberration” and called the fourth-quarter play more of a concern than any specific defensive shortcomings such as the pass rush or secondary play.
“And I’m also concerned that we didn’t score any points in the fourth quarter,” he said.
Addressing the possibility of fatigue playing a role in the team’s fourth-quarter failures in losses to Utah in the Sun Bowl and this season to Virginia Tech and Miami, Johnson brought up third downs as a contributing factor.
Saturday, Miami converted 11 of 16 third downs. In the second half, the Hurricanes were 8-for-11 overall and 6-for-7 when they needed seven yards or more. Last season, Tech was 83rd in the country in defensive third-down efficiency at 42.4 percent.
“If you can’t stop ’em on third down, your [butt] is going to be on the field for a lot longer,” he said.
As might be expected, the loss did not sit well with Johnson. After the game, he returned home and “replayed the game in my head 40 times” before falling asleep at 4:45 a.m. and getting up 30 minutes later to come to the office.
“You just want to punch somebody or go hang yourself or something,” he said.
2. Punter Sean Poole is out after suffering an injury making a tackle Saturday. Poole was in a sling with ice on his shoulder/collarbone area after the hit. He was replaced by Ryan Rodwell, a true freshman who was the first punter in Johnson’s tenure to come to Tech on scholarship . Rodwell became the third true freshman to play this season, following wide receiver Anthony Autry and defensive lineman Adam Gotsis.
Johnson said he expected cornerback Louis Young, who left the game with an upper-body injury, and guard Will Jackson, who didn’t finish the game after injuring his leg, to play Saturday. Johnson said that safety Fred Holton (foot) ran Monday and is improving, but he wasn’t sure about his availability for Saturday.
3. Wide receiver Jeremy Moore has been reinstated to the team after leaving for personal reasons last Tuesday. Johnson said Moore came to him Thursday and told him that he had made a mistake in leaving and wanted to come back. Johnson left it up to the team’s seniors, who accepted him. Moore practiced Thursday but did not dress for the game. He apologized to the team Monday.
“Young guys, they do rash things sometimes,” Johnson said.
4. Johnson said that there is not a “hard-and-fast rule” regarding the number of audibles that the quarterback can make at the line of scrimmage. Following the game Sunday, quarterback Tevin Washington said he is coached to only make one “check” at the line, which helped lead to a 4th-and-1 play in overtime resulting in no gain. Johnson accepted responsibility, saying that Washington may have misinterpreted being told to not get in “a checking contest.”
5. Defensive end Izaan Cross will wear the No. 40 jersey Saturday in honor of former linebacker and captain Julian Burnett, who suffered a career-ending neck injury in the Sun Bowl. Different seniors have worn it each game. … Tech will play its Oct. 6 game at Clemson at 3:30 p.m. The game will be televised on either ABC, ESPN or ESPN2. Tech’s home game Saturday against Middle Tennessee State will be a noon kickoff and be televised on regional sports networks, including Fox Sports South in the Atlanta market.
In case you missed it…
The meaning of Tech giving up 609 yards
After Miami loss, Tech tries to regroup
Mark Bradley: Johnson’s approach hurting Tech
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GOGROH
September 25th, 2012
6:33 am
to keep his job, johnson needs to dump groh and change to a real offense. this wishbone doesn’t work in big games.
RogersParkRob
September 25th, 2012
6:49 am
Was it me or was CPJ trying to hand his communication equipment to an assistant at the end of regulation… thinking the game was over?
IM Major
September 25th, 2012
6:53 am
You guys can’t see the forest for the trees. Vad will help when he is ready but the overall problem with GT is Recruiting. Overall recruiting. Bottom line. If recruiting does not get better do not expect a better football team. We average in the forties in recruiting rankings under CPJ. Everyone is looking for diamonds in the rough so there are not many and everyone has good coaching so coaching up is limited. The only realistic thing is get better athletes. They don’t miss tackles and they make the first down when you need it to ice a win. How to do this, more majors, a coach who can work tireless at recruiting, support from the Hill and the Board of Regents and support from the Elitist engineering grads who think adding majors ‘hurts their degree’.
Jacket Man
September 25th, 2012
8:04 am
I would much rather have a Head Football Coach not be able to sleep over a game like the one the Jackets had Saturday, and then deflect blame so he can work on things to improve them, than to have a Head Coach who never seems to care about losing, continually makes excuses, or sits on his hands and does nothing to try to correct the problems.
I’ll take Paul Johnson as GA Tech’s Head Coach any day of the week.
Whiskey Breath
September 25th, 2012
8:05 am
Did I just read what I thought I read? We have a coach in the state of Georgia that actually takes
responsibility for a loss? That, you will never hear from Mark Richt. In fact, he doesn’t recognize a loss.
Can’t stand Tech, but you have a good coach.
ramblingbuzz
September 25th, 2012
8:14 am
First time I’ve heard CPJ really man-up fter a loss like this and take full responsibility for the the team. His team, his recruits. Maybe this will lead to changes in his approach. As the saying goes……Those who cannot learn from the failures of the past are doomed to repeat them.
kissieo
September 25th, 2012
8:27 am
CPJ or CAG should not be around to coach another loss in a bowl game….not that it matters
Jacket Detective
September 25th, 2012
8:32 am
The worse kind of loss is usually when you think your team is going to win and then somehow blows it by going conservative or predictable.
To do that three times out of five, starting with what should have been CPJ first bowl win as Tech’s head coach. is infuriating.
We are giving of our time and money to feel good after the games, not to see a terrible play over and over again.
Always a Jacket
September 25th, 2012
8:33 am
Tech will not get much better under CPJ. We dont have the athletes on defense. We dont have a QB. STs are still average to bad. It is year 5 of CPJ and I dont see anything to give me hope that we can beat the better teams on our schedule in the next few years. If any of the freshmen were that good, they would be playing. One must assume the underclassmen could not beat out the starters, so not much improvement expected in future. Vad Lee is like a lot of great high school players, he is nothing until he proves it in college. CPJ knows he is on the hot seat and he will play Vad if he thinks Vad gives GT better chance, but apparently, TW is still better which is all we need to know about the future.
Jacket Detective
September 25th, 2012
8:34 am
Perhaps we should have a contest to guess Tech’s home crowd vs MTSU.
Not the paid crowd because many, including me, are saying they will stay home.
Jacket Detective
September 25th, 2012
8:41 am
@Always a Jacket.
I respectfully disagree.
Tevin is a damn good QB.
He is not Nesbit but Nesbit was a crummy passer.
Against Wake Forest in a 2009 home game, even Nesbit failed once on 4th down with the game on the line and was thrown for a loss.
Morgan Thomas saved CPJ and Nesbit from our whinners by sacking the Wake QB and pushing them out of a winning FG range.
I guess everyone has forgotten about that game.
Tevin had us what should have been a 35 all tie at Athens in the 2010 archrival game.
Why didn’t the missed extra point bring the kicker the same grief Tevin gets on here weekly.
You folks who thrown Tevin under the bus every week do not watch the same game I watch.
All three OT losses were the fault of the coaches.
Tevin had won all three before we went conservative in the Utah and Miami losses and failed to make the tackles in the VT loss.
The momentum shifted as a result of letting the other team back into the game.
Animal Control
September 25th, 2012
8:48 am
We look like crap on the field….but hey, atleast the players like their fashionable, non-GT traditional uniforms. As long as they’re happy…
Jacket Detective
September 25th, 2012
8:50 am
I do not respect college coaches who are allowed to tear up the contract if anyone offers them more money. They forget all about the players they recruited and the fans who backed them thinking the coach might like to make a long career at their college.
Yet when they get fired, the contract becomes written in stone and they are paid millions to do nothing, even if they get a higher paying job.
What is Chan Gailey making as the Buffalo Bills coach?
It has to be millions a year yet did he give Tech a break.
Fat chance of that.
I have the same low opinion of both Gailey and Groh because of holding the college to the letter of the contract.
Virginia fans warned us.
On principle Groh should not have been hired but the coaching class thinks it is fine for them to get millions to do nothing and not give the prior college that already paid them millions a break.
Tommy
September 25th, 2012
8:55 am
Yes. PJ is the HC and ultimately responsible for everything. That being said, he had better address the job that his defensive coordinator ( AG) has done and make some major changes immediately or his days are numbered.
Technically Correct
September 25th, 2012
9:00 am
I still haven’t heard Coach Johnson say the words I want to hear before I come back to Bobby Dodd Stadium, “Vad Lee will be starting at quarterback this week…”
Go Jackets
September 25th, 2012
9:01 am
A realistic goal at this point is to win out except for Clemson and Ga (ouch) and win a bowl game finally. 4 loss season aint bad……but we fired the last guy for the type of record johnson is compiling over the last 4 years. We cant beat the big boys….4-17 gainst VT,Miami,Ga and bowl games.
DOC 51
September 25th, 2012
9:06 am
CPJ will cry all the way to the bank.Don’t kid yourself,he isn’t worried about losses to VT,MU,UGA,& BOWLS(SOON TO BE (4-17) AFTER LOSSES TO CLEMSON & UGA).CAG looked plain foolish the way he coached the second half.TW can’t handle the pressure,and he doesn’t look fluid on the option.If you old timers remember JACK MILDREN @ OU ,HE RAN THE OPTION TO PERFECTION.You can’t make TW run the option smoothly.Ater 21/2 yrs. it’s not going to happen.It’s just like 4 yrs.didn’t make REGGIE BALL a good decision maker.Watch out for MTSU because they are a hungry team.
Poor Recruiting IS ALSO HIS FAULT
September 25th, 2012
9:07 am
We all know that the U is a low level ACC team. Period. They do have a few 4 and 5 star kids from the greater Miami area and that IS the difference maker. GT does not have talent to play with kids like this.
I watched the abbreviated version of the game on CSS last night and Tech was suffering form fatigue. Miami has superior skill athletes and they had a superior QB with a nice throwing arm and receivers were superior. Line play on both sides of the ball by the U, was superior.
Poor recruiting did Tech in and poor coaching. Paul Johnson is vastly over rated. Tech vs any decent teams will fade badly in the late 3rd and 4th qtrs.
DOC 51
September 25th, 2012
9:15 am
The attendance for GT/MTSU will be 20,000-25,000.CPJ wants a packed house to watch his HS team play.He really doesn’t get it that DEFENSE wins CHAMPIONSHIPS.
gt4ever
September 25th, 2012
9:15 am
Win out except for Clemson and UGA… Hmmmmmm, well that is exactly what he is going to do… Hell, we can schedule more cream puffs so these morons can slobber all over themselves about how GREAT this offense is ranked sooooo High… Simply PATHETIC football! My dad is rolling over in his grave… GT football has really become such a DAMN embarrassment!
DOC 51
September 25th, 2012
9:20 am
CPJ would not win a NC even if every player on the roster was a (4-star).There is more to a team than running 3 basic offensive plays.
TNJacket
September 25th, 2012
9:26 am
Paul Johnson claims to accept that the loss is his fault, but he does it like it is expected for him to say the words, but he really doesn’t think it’s true.
WELL IT IS!
Washington didn’t misunderstand anything. Johnson calls every play, doesn’t use a playbook, doesn’t need an Offensive Coordinator, and until this year didn’t need a Special Teams coach. All because he thinks he is smarter than everyone else.
Well, Paul Johnson is NOT is smartest guy on the sidelines as Coaches Richt, Beamer, Shannon, Muschamp and every bowl opponent continue to prove.
Johnson handpicks all his coaches, makes all player decisions, supervises recruiting, runs every practice, supervises scouting, and calls every play.
It is not a matter of he SHOULD be responsible, he IS responsible!
Jacket Detective
September 25th, 2012
9:38 am
@TNJacket.
Agreed.
Tech has a number of old fans who struggle every home game to get to their seats.
I feel for those folks more than I do for myself.
Another point I am making is we should have a contract that prohibits hiring any coach “owed” money by another college. How many millions has Groh soaked Virginia for to do absolutely nothing.
We have a couple of those ourselves.
The coaches tear up contracts when anyone offers them more money.
Responsibilty for the players they recruited to the past college be damned.
ADs should be able to do the same when they fire a coach.
DOC 51
September 25th, 2012
9:43 am
Watch CPJ on the sideline late in fourth quarter of close games.NO CONFIDENCE!!! He can’t close games,and his players are just like him.
Jacket Detective
September 25th, 2012
9:44 am
How do u score 36 unanswered points and lose?
And after 36 such points, how can anyone blame the QB?
Al Groh must go.
This time when he gets fired the college firing him (us) will not be required to pay him millions to do nothing.
BTW Tevin is probably jealous as heck of the pass protection the Miami QB gets.
How many times did we blitz?
Did not seem like many.
Jacket Detective
September 25th, 2012
9:48 am
@DOC 51.
It looks like the age of footbal story of going conservative.
Tevin played good enough to provide leads in all three OT loss games that should have been sufficient to win.
Here is what I see happening to Vad at Death Valley if he starts.
He gets the butt whipping CPJ and CAG should get.
Clemson fans want revenge for last year. (not to mention)
That stadium will be twice as loud as ours.
If u can’t beat the arch-rival but one out of 11, u lose fans.
That’s in the Bible somewhere I’m sure.
Jacket Detective
September 25th, 2012
9:53 am
Jamea Thomas (number 14) impresses me with his pick vs Clemson last year in the end zone and this year vs Miami.
They were not of the easy tipped ball variety.
They were of the very skilled corner variety of covering his man, looking back and finding the ball, then making the play.
Well done both times dude.
old dog
September 25th, 2012
10:03 am
Pure and simple….y’all gotta play defense! You DO NOT hve the defensive players to dominate. I hate it, ‘coz I want y’all to win (except against us.)
GTBob
September 25th, 2012
10:22 am
Paul Johnson claims to accept that the loss is his fault, but he does it like it is expected for him to say the words, but he really doesn’t think it’s true.
Do we have mind readers on the AJC blogs now? The bashing of Johnson is starting to get a little old. If you hate him so much then find another team until he is gone.
George Bartenfeld
September 25th, 2012
10:29 am
Maybe the problem is not Coach Johnson,could be the Coach that coach’s DEFENCE., Al Groh was no good at his former School
Cant figure iyt why he was hired in the first place
Supersize that order, mutt
September 25th, 2012
10:32 am
@ GTBob…..thanks for your 10:22 post. I agree completely.
I have a friend who was on the sideline during the game. This is some of what he emailed me regarding the way things played out in the 4th quarter.
I can’t see blaming Coach Johnson. As for not using Vad Lee. I don’t know what happened, but after Lee came in for Tevin when Tevin’s helmet was ripped off early in the game, Lee was not available anymore. He stood on the sidelines with his helmet off and a baseball cap on his head – I didn’t understand that nor did I hear of any injuries or problems – that is something that I can’t explain and don’t know the answer to, but I’m sure there is a good reason because Coach Johnson does not allow players who are capable of playing to take their helmets off and stand there with baseball caps on just watching the game.
You asked about using “The Pistol” late in the game. They did run it, but Tevin didn’t execute (I hate to put the weight on him, but as the quarterback, he is ultimately responsible – especially in that offense – it all starts with the play and the decision-making of the quarterback). In the fourth quarter, they ran a pass play from The Pistol on third and seven or eight from their own 38 and Tevin stood in the backfield with Orwin Smith swinging out along the left sidelines. Tevin then rolled left, hesitated – instead of pumping and forcing Smith’s defender to make a move – and then, just before the pass rush got to him, he one-hoped the ball to an open Smith 12 yards down field that could have been a first down and kept the drive and the clock moving. It all came down to execution on offense and defense with poor officiating and nasty Miami play.
As much as the loss hurts, (And, Coach Johnson was hurt because he knows what was happening and he couldn’t do anything about it) it is better to lose with class than to win the way Miami did. I saw the hurt in all the coaches, but I’m proud of them and the players – they played a clean, fair game and they deserve our respect and support. They played it “The Tech Way”. Coach Johnson will not allow his players to play the other way and takes action against them when he sees them retaliate. Miami players taunted and pushed things to the limits trying to get Tech players to throw a punch and draw the foul – it was a pitiful excuse for a major college football team. Fans need to realize, Miami is supposed to be under NCAA investigations for so many violations that it boggles the mind, but no NCAA actions. They have even more from last year, and still no actions or penalties and they can compete for the conference title and bowl games. Yet, Tech is hit with the loss of the ACC crown for one minor problem – even when they followed NCAA and ACC rules and regulations in investigating and taking action on the issue. It’s all about the money!!!!!!
Too Easy
September 25th, 2012
10:36 am
Interesting how DOC 51, gt4ever, and TNJacket all use the same CAPITALIZATION IN THEIR POSTS, HUH?
I smell dwag squeeze. Careful not to step in it Tech fans.
Billy
September 25th, 2012
10:46 am
I was at the game my seats are in section 222 I can’t remember 1 pitch play after we scored our 36th point in the third till over time the plays that should have been run on third and fourth down pitch right or quarterback around the right end, with that being said on third and fourth down were horrible spots third down play was definitely first down the ref on that side made some bad calls all day.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 25th, 2012
10:53 am
@ Billy…..is section 222 in the upper east deck? I am in section 225, along with 1 4 GT.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 25th, 2012
10:54 am
Apparently all the refs made bad calls all day
Al Bundy
September 25th, 2012
11:07 am
Analyze all you want but it doesn’t change the fact that we’ve lost 7 out of the last 11 games! OUR defense isn’t working! These coaches are paid a ton of money to figure things out and so far our defense is STILL a huge problem. The coaching staff isn’t doing their jobs! If they can’t fix it, find someone who can!
Al Groh
September 25th, 2012
11:17 am
Now I have two fan bases that hate me.
Isn’t that special?
Old Dog
September 25th, 2012
11:21 am
To Hell with Tek, today,tomorrow and the next day,too.
Rick James
September 25th, 2012
11:22 am
@Whiskey Breath
Did I just read what I thought I read? We have a coach in the state of Georgia that actually takes
responsibility for a loss? That, you will never hear from Mark Richt. In fact, he doesn’t recognize a loss.
Can’t stand Tech, but you have a good coach
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Perhaps you’d like for Georgia to hire him as OC when Tech fires him..You should not be that drunk at 8 am
LSU Tiger
September 25th, 2012
11:29 am
Offense is ok. Defense is and has been weak for past 4 years at least. Got to have a great defense in order to win on a consistent basis. Ask Les Miles and Nick Saban. No defense, no wins of any importance. You will always lose the big games, with a few exceptions. If you can’t win with 24+ points then there is no real hope and you are just a tease to your fans.
GT08EE
September 25th, 2012
11:35 am
CPJ can make all the excuses he wants, and all the “what ifs” he wants, but the bottom line is he loses. He made a poor choice in choosing Groh and it’s showing. We need to start all over with a new head coach and let him choose a new D coordinator. CPJ doesn’t even look like he wants to be on the sidelines sometimes and certainly hates the press conferences. I have never seen any other college that seems to find a way to lose as Tech does. Even when we have a lead, we are holding our breath knowing something bad will happen.
tedgtfan
September 25th, 2012
11:49 am
Read my post on page 4. Guys you don’t understand, This was just an ABERRATION not a problem.
Bobo
September 25th, 2012
11:50 am
How to retrieve this season
1) Start Vad Lee and be willing to go 6-6 or 7-5 while he learns. It’s much easier to accept losses when guys are improving than when they continue to show their limitations.
2) Expand the pistol and hybridize it with the flexbone attack we already have. Get your young receivers touches from West Coast passes and set up runs for our small speedy A backs. Let Laskey win the B-back job outright and gain experience.
3) Plan for Groh’s exit. I’ve said it a million times. You have to have incredible defenders on the line to play the 3-4 well and we don’t. Also, we don’t have the dominating middle linebacker that you need. Days, Drummond, and Nealy are good, but would be better in the 4-3.
4) Put jobs up for grabs. Benching Tevin will send a message to the rest of the team.
5) Get off your butt and recruit something beyond 3 star guys. Stars don’t mean everything, but they do mean something. You can’t compete without a few 4 and 5 star talents as strong points.
ignition
September 25th, 2012
11:53 am
GT will be fine they have to get the players.. And they coming. (Vad Lee, Justin Thomas, Francis Kallen, Pat Gamble, Hunt Days, ect..
We all know Tevin’s limitations but I Johnson needs to be benched ..
I don’t know if he is getting coached up enough or what but the constant missed tackles, blown assignments, and poor execution.. It has cost GT against VT, Utah, and this one with Miami..
JoeFan
September 25th, 2012
11:55 am
Very good of CPJ to shoulder the blame for the lost but he is the CEO of the GT football probram and every win or lost is on his doorstep. His responsibility, for $2.5 million per year, is to put a consistently top 20-25 program on the field. Given GT’s investment and the team’s average performance over five years would get most CEOs fired. Tech needs to decide now not in 2-3 years whether CPJ can get this program to and maintain the program at a higher level.
Bobo
September 25th, 2012
11:58 am
Also….for those of you who bash Johnson about his attitude or inflexibility, please face the reality that Tech is probably only about the 40th or so most desirable coaching position in the country. As an alumnus, I can’t see any place to hide a dumb athlete at Tech (not counting the one and done NBA guys). Johnson has to overcome recruiting limitations (which admittedly he hasn’t done a good enough job with) and find ways to be creative with a one-deep roster. Tell me who would be a better coach that would actually come to Tech for less than $3 million a season (which is against the academics first philosophy of GT)? The other guys who candidated with Johnson have been stink bombs. Randy Edsall has been terrible at Maryland, Tom O’Brien has been very average at NC State, and so on. Unless a young Saban disciple would be willing to come here (which carries its own risks), then who else? David Shaw would work here, but why leave Stanford? Chip Kelly would work here, but there’s no way he’s ever leaving Oregon. We just can’t land that kind of talent without selling something out.
Also, I can’t believe people fault Johnson for being terse with the media. That makes me respect him MORE because he’s a real person, not a walking sound bite like Mack Brown or Urban Meyer or a dozen other complete phonies. The media, by-and-large, are complete idiots and PJ calls a spade a spade in that respect.
DOC 51
September 25th, 2012
12:06 pm
CPJ plays not to lose in the fourth quarter.You have to have a greater will to win than the player across from you.Our intensity and stamina are lacking in the fourth quarter.If games were decided after (3-quarters) GT would be (TOP-5) IN THE COUNTRY.
GT Joe
September 25th, 2012
12:08 pm
GT loses because of Tevin Washington. He can’t pass. He can’t run. He makes game-ending mistakes in OT. He can’t be relied upon for making a play. He can’t keep the defense off the field by getting some first downs.
Last 25 minutes of the game, up 17 points, is NOT enough when you only get 4 1st downs. Not enough.
GT Joe
September 25th, 2012
12:10 pm
Doc: plays not to lose? Let’s see. 3rd down, Tevin washington back to pass, SACKED. Another 3rd down, TW back to pass, incomplete. We ran b-back dives because laskey was the best RB we had going. TW was 3-8 in the game for goodness sake, you go with what works, and laskey was working.
Conservative? Hardly.
tedgtfan
September 25th, 2012
12:12 pm
This one statement pretty much sums it up
“Johnson said he thought the defense’s giving up 609 yards to Miami was “an aberration” and called the fourth-quarter play more of a concern than any specific defensive shortcomings such as the pass rush or secondary play.”
Definition of aberration:4. mental irregularity or disorder, especially of a minor or temporary nature; lapse from a sound mental state.
Wtf? Are you telling me that you are not really concerned with the defensive play the whole game in comparison to One QTR> of play by the offense? That it was just a minor miscue for the defense. Oh it was just a shortcoming that we didn’t have a pass rush or that the secondary got stomped upon all day. My Bad I didn’t know it was just a mistake. WAKE UP PEOPLE
Tech fans your eyes are getting heavier and heavier. When I count to 3 and snap my finger you will awaken and not remember anything that happened Saturday. You will only remember that the Triple option is the greatest and that the defensive side of the ball doesn’t matter.