Brian Johnson New OC at Utah???

[gregbroncs]

Wow I hope Whit knows what he is doing. This to me is a big risk for him.

Either it works out and he is seen as a bit of a genius. Or it backfires and Brian is not ready and it costs Whit his job. I hope it is a raving success. I'm afraid it may backfire on him.

 

[Bronco70]

Wow I hope Whit knows what he is doing. This to me is a big risk for him.

Either it works out and he is seen as a bit of a genius. Or it backfires and Brian is not ready and it costs Whit his job. I hope it is a raving success. I'm afraid it may backfire on him.

I don't see Kyle losing his job over it, regardless of how bad Johnson does.

 

[Scat]

Ew, give Utah credit. They are not BYU.

Do you need to explain this post as well?

 

[TroutBum]

It wasn't Crowton, but I'm O.K. with this. *thumbs up*

 

[Jazz Spazz]

I'm still laughing... harder than ever after the "Bryan Johnson did better in the games where he called his own plays" talk.
That's almost word for word what BYU fans were talking about with Doman, that he did well his senior year when he ignored Crowton's calls and audibled about every play. The irony is giving me fits.

Ok, carry on........ again.

 

[7StraightIsGreat]

I'm still laughing... harder than ever after the "Bryan Johnson did better in the games where he called his own plays" talk.
That's almost word for word what BYU fans were talking about with Doman, that he did well his senior year when he ignored Crowton's calls and audibled about every play. The irony is giving me fits.

Ok, carry on........ again.

What I find funny is that you're in here complaining, yet we actually have some Ute fans in here questioning this hire. Seems like last year when Doman was promoted, most BYU fans in here were tripping over themselves to edited for making such a great hire.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

What I find funny is that you're in here complaining, yet we actually have some Ute fans in here questioning this hire. Seems like last year when Doman was promoted, most BYU fans in here were tripping over themselves to edited for making such a great hire.

Interesting choice of words.
I find that people choose their wording in some instances based on personal experiences.
Exchange one word, Bronco for Whit, and do you now see yourself in this picture?

Anywhoo, if you will take a moment away from your Whit adoration, let's get back to the point.
I don't care if you do complain about it..... I don't know how many times I heard "my team would never do something that stupid" in reference to a Doman like promotion. "We have the best HC and AD in the history of the universe, and we are in the PAC12, and PAC12 schools don't do stupid things like that" is another one.

I am just gleefully enjoying the craw shoved in "some" Ute fans mouths after those comments.

This is not a personal attack against you jazzman12, but feel free to take it as such.
If you take it as such, it must be true.... eh?

D) <-- smiley face to make it seem like I am kidding about something.

 

[CONAN]

What I find funny is that you're in here complaining, yet we actually have some Ute fans in here questioning this hire. Seems like last year when Doman was promoted, most BYU fans in here were tripping over themselves to edited for making such a great hire.

How many other schools were after Brian Johnson to be their OC? Any at all?

 

[7StraightIsGreat]

How many other schools were after Brian Johnson to be their OC? Any at all?

I would have to guess a big, fat, zero.

How many were after Doman last offseason? As hard as it may be to believe, that's not sarastic question. I don't remember Doman having any actual offers to be an OC elsewhere, but I didn't follow it that closely.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

It was my understanding they made the Doman move sooner than they wanted to because if they didn't he was going somewhere else.
I don't know if there were any official offers on the table, but there could have been.

 

[7StraightIsGreat]

Interesting choice of words.
I find that people choose their wording in some instances based on personal experiences.
Exchange one word, Bronco for Whit, and do you now see yourself in this picture?

Anywhoo, if you will take a moment away from your Whit adoration, let's get back to the point.
I don't care if you do complain about it..... I don't know how many times I heard "my team would never do something that stupid" in reference to a Doman like promotion. "We have the best HC and AD in the history of the universe, and we are in the PAC12, and PAC12 schools don't do stupid things like that" is another one.

I am just gleefully enjoying the craw shoved in "some" Ute fans mouths after those comments.

This is not a personal attack against you jazzman12, but feel free to take it as such.
If you take it as such, it must be true.... eh?

D) <-- smiley face to make it seem like I am kidding about something.

A little off topic, but you strike me as such a dork. Are you a Trekkie, Star Wars fanboy, Harry Potter enthusiast or anything else like that? Not that there's anything wrong with that stuff, I just want to see if you fit the stereotype that I've subconciously assigned to you.

Back on topic, believe it or not, I cringe everytime I see a Ute fan make a comment like "We're not BYU" in regards to stuff like the Doman hiring. While I think the timing of the Doman hire was questionable, I realize that every program makes hires like that from time to time. Not suprised at all to see comments like that coming back and biting some Ute fans in the ***.

Suprisingly, I feel very similar about the Doman/BJ hires. I think both are great young coahes that are eventually going to be very good at what they do. I just think both schools took risks in promoting them so early. Hell, IMO Utah took an even bigger risk because I think that BJ is an even greater unkown than Doman was at the time. At least Doman spent some time in the NFL and had a few more years coaching under his belt before BYU promoted him.

I think it's hard to disagree with the fact that BYU paid a price for Doman's growing pains last season. That doesn't mean it wasn't worth it, and it doesn't mean that Doman won't turn out ot be a good OC (I think he will). It just means that I thought BYU promoted a guy that wasn't going to hit the ground running. He needed time to grow into his job, and he still may need more time. For Utah fans touting the BJ hire, I would warn them of the exact same thing. Even if BJ turns out to be the correct hire, Ute fans better be ready for some rough patches ahead as far as the offense is concerned.

I think making things worse for Doman was the fact that the Heaps/Nelson issue was present at the time of his hiring. I still strongly believe that Bronco mismanaged Jake Heaps since the day he set foot in Provo. That made things harder for Doman. I do think that BJ starts of his OC tenure at Utah in a better position due to the fact that there's not a brewing QB controversy.

 

[NUMBERICA]

This screams as a settling move or that they had no other options they liked. There's nothing to do but hope, but Johnson was a magical player in that he didn't have phenomenal physical talent but was particularly intelligent on the field. Hopefully that translates.