Paul Johnson's Bad-Assery

By now many of you have probably read The Birddog's post about how we beat Georgie in November. But have you read everything else the man has written? CPJ was at Navy for long enough for The Birddog to understand a lot more about his offense than many of us and every Tech fan should use his posts as an excellent resource. I have read all these links at least 3 times each, always trying to find something new to look for and pick up on. We'll start from the earliest entry.

• Five Myths about Paul Johnson's Offense (One of my favorites)
  
• Reading is Fundamental
• The Science and The Art
  
• Georgia Tech: Friend or Foe?
• Other People's Rivalries and the Futility of Defending the Wishbone

But wait! There's more! SmartFootball dove into CPJ Bad-Assery today as well

• Why you can't play "Assignment Football" against the Flexbone
• Paul Johnson describes his offense
• The Flexbone Run meets the Run-and-Shoot
  
• Paul Johnson Smart Notes

And Orson at EDSBS gets sexy with the NCAA 2010 Flexbone

This should hopefully hold everyone over for a while. So sit down and get ready to LEARN.

Edit: Found a good article of 11 meanest dudes in CFB history. Pat Swilling made the cut.

Know Your Head Coach Analysis

Paul Hewitt filled out a survey for ramblinwreck.com. He was asked mostly about his favorite foods, sports teams, etc.. Here're the highlights with commentary...

Birthdate: May 4, 1963 -- Coach Paul is 46 years old
College attended: St. John Fisher
What I watch on TV: MSNBC, Fox, CNN, ESPN, State of the Union with John King, O'Reilly Factor, Keith Olbermann, Anderson Cooper 360 -- Coach Paul is a Centrist

What music I listen to: Earl Klugh, David Sanborn, India.arie -- Coach is all about that smooth jazz/R&B

What I drive: Ford Explorer -- Way to support Detroit and America Coach Paul


Superstitions: picking up head-up pennies -- I've got this conspiracy that the government uses coin collectors as a sneaky form of deflation.


On my office walls: Ernie Barnes painting (shirts and skins), John Holston painting, family photos and basketball memorabilia


The one person I'd love to trade places with for a day: Tiger Woods, just to see what it's like to hit the golf ball like he can


My first job: Burger King on Westbury, Long Island. It lasted 13 minutes because I showed up late from basketball practice. He fired me on the spot. -- I tried to google maps this location...location not found.


My favorite meal: Lasagna or curried goat -- Curried goat looks more disgusting than it sounds. It must be a Caribbean thing.


Favorite sports team growing up: New York Yankees, New York Knicks -- I think I've always had a strong dispassion for Northern teams growing up. The Knicks, Yankees, Boston, etc.. Can't stand any of 'em. George Can't-stand-ja.


My bucket list: 1. Visit every major league baseball park, 2. Attend Wimbledon -- 3. Win a NCAA Title at Georgia Tech...at least that should be on this list.

Around Tech Campus (Recession Anarchy)

A parking deck collapsed right across from the Cheetah. It's not the Tech deck but the one adjacent to Tech Square and Centergy. Pretty nuts. No real information yet on injuries or number of cars smashed but the pictures are pretty intense.

Twelve People have been mugged/robbed/assaulted since February around Tech campus. Ten of them were Tech students. What doesn't surprise me is that all of the stories have the same info. Late at night, student is walking alone. Think man, you're gonna get mugged if you're in any city alone. Now is not the time to tempt fate. Walk home with your study buddies, avoid shadows, and don't live in Home Park - For the Love of God.

Seriously, all of this bad news AND Billy Mays passed away...

Around the ACC

NC State
-Linebacker Nate Irving apparently fell asleep at the wheel. He suffered a broken leg and collapsed lung. That sucks.

Duke
-Coach K is the highest paid employee at Duke. Does this really surprise anyone? I figured the Department Head of Foreign Lit would be making $2.5 mil easy.
-Duke guard Elliot Williams is transferring to Memphis.

UNC
-Good read by Yahoos!/Rivals about the importance of college seniors in the NBA.

NCAA 2010 Ridiculousness

The Yellow Jacket Marching Band



Edited and embedded by Winfield

NBA Draft Recap

The NBA Draft was last night but no one gave a crap because the King of Pop passed away. Talk about terrible timing for a league trying to rejuvenate its depleted fan base.

A quick conference recap shows us what conferences won in the Draft and which conferences didn't show up. The first round featured the traditional three basketball conferences leading the way with six picks (ACC, Big East, and Pac 10). 5 dudes were taken in the first that didn't go to school at all. An interesting note concerning BCS vs. Midmajor was that 21 of 30 first rounders and 17 of the 30 second rounders came from BCS schools. The Midmajors only accounted for 12 of the 60 draft picks.

Because I like to dog the SEC's complete futility outside of baseball/football/women's gymnastics, I will point out that the SEC was tied for 5th most picks with only 3 alongside the likes of the West Coast Conference, Conference USA, and the Big 12.

UNC, of course, had the most picks with 4 followed by UConn with 3, 11 schools had 2 picks, and 21 other schools were represented by at least 1 draft pick. The most represented conference was the Big East with 7 schools having at least one player drafted. The most represented conference by percentage was the Pac 10, which had 5 schools represented in the Draft or 50% of the conference.

Here's a more statistical breakdown in the following format - Rank. Conference Total Picks (First Rounders):

1. Big East - 12 Picks (6)
2. ACC - 9 Picks (6)
2. Pac 10 - 9 Picks (6)
4. Atlantic 10 - 4 Picks (0)
5. Big 12 - 3 Picks (1)
5. SEC - 3 Picks (1)
5. West Coast - 3 Picks
5. Conference USA - 3 Picks (1)
9. Big 10 - 2 Picks (1)
10. SoConn - 1 Pick (1)
10. Colonial Athletic - 1 Pick (1)

No College - 10 Picks (5)

The Big 10 IS TERRIBLE. Good God. Wanna know why they can't win the Big 10-ACC Challenge. Look at the NBA Draft. Talent is not everything but it sure doesn't hurt in hoops.

Any thoughts or chunks of info you'd like to spew at us? Michael Jackson fans may or may not be welcome depending on which era they're a fan of: 1) Rhinestone-studded-glove Thriller Era fans welcome 2) Baby swingin', Mask Wearin' Era fans not really welcome.

Sorry Heather, you've lost me

Edit:

Really, Heather? Really? Spiller? We have to wait for Dwyer to prove he is consistent, while Spiller has proved to be consistently worse every year? Give me a break.



=======

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/acc/0-6-240/Counting-down-the-ACC-s-top-30-players--No--2.html

"First, let's see Dwyer sustain his success now that defensive coordinators have had an off-season to really key in on him and Georgia Tech's offensive scheme. Dwyer is a more complete pure runner than No. 1, but he's not as versatile."


If she puts Tyrod Taylor there... I don't know what to say. I think she's wrong, but it will be easily remedied once we win the Coastal title this year.

However, her comments make me believe that she is going to name an overrated running back, whose offensive output has declined every year he has played, to the #1 spot.

But who knows, she may end up putting Nesbitt... maybe? Maybe? Maybe she can redeem herself still.