Our best choice besides Johnson (and maybe even better than Johnson) is Troy Calhoun. The guy will run the spread here and Grobe proved it can work in a BCS conference. Plus, we could get him for a lot less money than Johnson. I think he's only getting $600,000 a year now.

If we secure the services of Mr. Johnson, and out-play both Duke, Georgia Tech and any offer Navy makes, what kind of statement does it make to the college football world? Looking for some thoughts here.

It probably tells the college football world that Georgia Tech wasn't really interested in ...

When PJ left GSU for Navy, he announced before the IAA Championship game that GSU was playing in.

The Poinsettia Bowl is not the reason for the delay.

He's gone about as far as he can go at Navy. He knows it. He's relatively young. (They all are compared to Paterno and Bowden) He will not make the mistake of staying. He'll be at another school before long.

Johnson has said before that if you're not undefeated, you always have something to ...

how much are we supposedly able to offer? i've heard 1.5-2/yr?

Johnson's salary was raised to ~1.8 mil last year.

For example, Navy coach Paul Johnson, who was a candidate this week to take over at North Carolina State before the school settled on Boston College coach Tom Oâ€â†...

re:Get real


Who knows.....
maybe he hates his boss
maybe his wife is not happy there
maybe his kids are not happy there
maybe he needs a change of scenery
maybe he likes warmer weather
maybe he wants a big new challenge
maybe he "clicks" with Orsini
maybe he loves being the "hero" & wants to do ...

re:Get real


Who knows.....
maybe he hates his boss
maybe his wife is not happy there
maybe his kids are not happy there
maybe he needs a change of scenery
maybe he likes warmer weather
maybe he wants a big new challenge
maybe he "clicks" with Orsini
maybe he loves being the "hero" & wants to do ...

Umm, more $$$$ and hotter co-eds.

Are you dense enough to think that is what he has in mind when he says a deal has to be really "special" for him to leave his current diggs? Special = a few more bucks (they'll match our offer anyway) and hot chicks (he's 50, married with a daughter in high ...

I don't know why we all assume PJ is so likely to leave Navy. Has it ever occurred to you that he may just stay where he is? He makes nearly 2 mil a year, 11 of their 12 games were televised nationally (1 on NBC, 1 on CBS, 3 on the ESPN Network,6 on CSTV), he gets to meet the POTUS every year in the ...

I just got off the phone with a friend who is very big booster and highly influential in the Mustang Club. He tells me that the "surprise" new hire will be Jason Garrett. I told him no way. He told me he was dead serious.

Why wouldn't SMU have contacted the Navy AD by this afternoon?

Not if his agent says he isn't interested.

he wouldnt be interested in a pay raise?


Turns out he won't be getting much of a pay raise here anyway. The dude is reportedly making 1.8 mil at Navy already

For example, Navy ...

whatever happened with the "Ticket reporting that SMU has hired Johnson..."?

They can report it all they want, but it doesn't sound like Johnson will make a final decision until next week. Odds are that he will go to Georgia Tech because of the BCS connection unless he stays at Navy, which may be ...

Or, maybe he stays put and continues to do God's work for the Navy and the nation!

The NCAA limits the number of scholarships a football team can issue to players. Apparently, that doesn't slow the Academies cause they give zero scholarships...the place is free to everybody!