Navy Sports Blog...not good for SMU

[ponyinNC]

http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blog_bwagner.html

OH NO!!!!

Bad news folks. My sources in Atlanta called 15 minutes ago to report that Paul Johnson was returning to Atlanta for a second interview.
This is not good! Basically, this means the two sides are finalizing negotations and there is either going to be a job offer with acceptance or a job offer without acceptance or no formal job offer.
This thing is coming to a head!
I went on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website just now and there is an updated story about this news: http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared ... _inte.html
Bottom line is that it's never, ever good when a candidate makes a second trip to a particular school. I regret to say this, but my gut feeling is that Johnson will be offered the job at Georgia Tech by the end of today and he will probably accept it.

[Peruna8891]

I am normally an opptimist, but I agree. If this is true, it is not good. You don't go visit to tell them no. Having said that, It could be that GT wants PJ to actually visit on their turf to make its offer. Remeber, the first meeting was in Baltimore, by all acounts. Regardless, if true, he hasn't yet acccepted our offer and that's not good.

[davidsmu94]

Ohh The Humanity of it all!............ Seriously you need to get a hobby.

[mrydel]

At last report his agent was in Atlanta.

[ponyinNC]

Ohh The Humanity of it all!............ Seriously you need to get a hobby.

is that aimed at me?

[SMUBaller]

SO he is in Atlanta meeting with his agent and not GT ...hope your right Mydrel

[mrydel]

Just remember that my code name is Sgt. Schultz. I know nothing.

[me@smu]

Everything that has been reported says that he is meeting with GT today. Though there was spec that the salary negotiations was so far off that maybe they are just meeting again to see where they sit.

[PhirePhilBennett]

Johnson or Tenuta for Tech?
By Tony Barnhart | Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 08:15 AM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

If Navy’s Paul Johnson is offered the Georgia Tech head coaching job following his interview today, it’s not a slam dunk that he’ll take it.

This is just one man’s opinion but it’s an informed one. The next 48 hours will determine if the next head football coach at Georgia Tech will be Paul Johnson or Jon Tenuta, the Yellow Jackets’ defensive coordinator.

Johnson, who has had unprecedented success at Navy, interviewed at SMU yesterday and the school rolled out the red carpet. SMU has made it clear that after the death penalty of the 1980s sentenced the school to two decades in the college football wilderness, they are ready to get back in the football business. Some of the big money guys in Dallas have stepped up to the plate. The next coach at SMU will be very well paid and will have the money to hire the staff he wants.

So all this puts the ball squarely in the court of Dan Radakovich, the Georgia Tech athletics director. He made the business decision to pay Chan Gailey $4 million not to be his coach. He needs a coach, in his words, to excite the fan base and rally them and others to support the Tech program.

And based on my contacts around the coaching grapevine, Radakovich is down to Johnson and Tenuta.

— Charlie Strong, Florida’s co-defensive coordinator, interviewed for the job but was told Tuesday that Tech wanted to hire someone with head coaching experience. Give Georgia Tech credit for at least interviewing a minority candidate.

— Will Muschamp, the Auburn defensive coordinator, fit the bill of an energetic young coach. But Muschamp was told that the fact that he is a Georgia graduate was something that could not be overcome.

— Georgia Southern coach Chris Hatcher interviewed last week and has not heard a word from Georgia Tech since. Later today Hatcher may tell his athletics director, Sam Baker, that he is no longer a candidate.

— Rick Neuheisel, the Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator, is probably not going to be an option because he has some baggage. He was fired at Washington for betting in a neighborhood pool for the NCAA basketball tournament. He later sued and won a $4.5 million judgment that essentially cleared him of wrongdoing. But the fact is that he initially lied about his involvement in the pool before admitting it to investigators. He is known for being “aggressiveâ€

[davidsmu94]

Ohh The Humanity of it all!............ Seriously you need to get a hobby.

is that aimed at me?

No not directly, just at the situation. The writer was sooo dramatic

[PhirePhilBennett]

At last report his agent was in Atlanta.

I wonder if there is truth to the idea that Tenuta MUST stay as Dcoordinator...

That coudl be a deal breaker for PJ

[huskerpony]

At last report his agent was in Atlanta.

I wonder if there is truth to the idea that Tenuta MUST stay as Dcoordinator...

That coudl be a deal breaker for PJ

Did you read the GT conspiracy thread????? Maybe it wasn't too far off!