Even Paul Johnson reads Ponyfans!!!
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:38 amNavy's Johnson is hot name for teams in need of coaching change
Mids coach says speculation is 'old news'
By Sandra McKee | Baltimore Sun reporter
4:58 PM EST, November 7, 2007
The rumor mill surrounding Navy football coach Paul Johnson's future recently was churning at Nebraska and Southern Methodist. Now that Navy has beaten Notre Dame for the first time in 43 years, even the Gomidshipmen.com Web site is asking pointed questions:
What's left for Navy head coach Paul Johnson to do in Annapolis? How hard will it be to keep Johnson at Navy?
Two weeks ago fan sites at Nebraska and SMU were suggesting Johnson and his experience at running the triple option offense would be good fits at those schools.
At the time, Johnson's agent Jack Reale declined to comment on the rumors.
"I don't deal with hypotheticals," said Reale. "He's happy at Navy. I know it [speculation] goes on all the time, but it's really not productive."
But the rumors perked up again this week with Nebraska's 76-39 loss to Kansas and Navy's 46-44 triple overtime win at Notre Dame.
With the win over the Fighting Irish, Johnson has done nearly everything a Navy coach can dream of in his six years at the Academy -- gone 10-1 vs. Army and Air Force, won five consecutive Commander-in-Chief's trophies (including this year's thanks to Saturday's Air Force victory over Army), and gone to four straight bowl games (winning two).
After practice earlier this week, Johnson was so comfortable in his Navy jacket and knit hat as the cold wind blew in from the Bay that even he was joking about the rumors.
"Where am I going this week?" he asked a gathering of reporters.
When the names Nebraska and SMU came up, Johnson laughed.
"That's old news," he said. "You need to get to work and come up with something new."
Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk, who watched practice, said such rumors are begun by "people who are desperate for someone to do something" to help their favorite, struggling teams.
"Paul Johnson has the best job in the country," said Gladchuk. "What fans do is speculate on a position in a desperate program. But the fans are the last to know. Any athletic director who has his act together does not share with any one what he's thinking about his next hire."
Mids coach says speculation is 'old news'
By Sandra McKee | Baltimore Sun reporter
4:58 PM EST, November 7, 2007
The rumor mill surrounding Navy football coach Paul Johnson's future recently was churning at Nebraska and Southern Methodist. Now that Navy has beaten Notre Dame for the first time in 43 years, even the Gomidshipmen.com Web site is asking pointed questions:
What's left for Navy head coach Paul Johnson to do in Annapolis? How hard will it be to keep Johnson at Navy?
Two weeks ago fan sites at Nebraska and SMU were suggesting Johnson and his experience at running the triple option offense would be good fits at those schools.
At the time, Johnson's agent Jack Reale declined to comment on the rumors.
"I don't deal with hypotheticals," said Reale. "He's happy at Navy. I know it [speculation] goes on all the time, but it's really not productive."
But the rumors perked up again this week with Nebraska's 76-39 loss to Kansas and Navy's 46-44 triple overtime win at Notre Dame.
With the win over the Fighting Irish, Johnson has done nearly everything a Navy coach can dream of in his six years at the Academy -- gone 10-1 vs. Army and Air Force, won five consecutive Commander-in-Chief's trophies (including this year's thanks to Saturday's Air Force victory over Army), and gone to four straight bowl games (winning two).
After practice earlier this week, Johnson was so comfortable in his Navy jacket and knit hat as the cold wind blew in from the Bay that even he was joking about the rumors.
"Where am I going this week?" he asked a gathering of reporters.
When the names Nebraska and SMU came up, Johnson laughed.
"That's old news," he said. "You need to get to work and come up with something new."
Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk, who watched practice, said such rumors are begun by "people who are desperate for someone to do something" to help their favorite, struggling teams.
"Paul Johnson has the best job in the country," said Gladchuk. "What fans do is speculate on a position in a desperate program. But the fans are the last to know. Any athletic director who has his act together does not share with any one what he's thinking about his next hire."
