Brian Johnson on campus

[Big4Dawg]

According to someone on 247

http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/johnson_brian00.html

[mjh94]

Would be an awesome hire. His recruiting territory is New Orleans already, he'd fit right in and bring in some more young fire to the coaching staff.

[solodawg]

This would be a great hire and it would certainly help with all the talent coming out of La..

[Goat Holder]

No doubt, I absolutely love that aspect fo sho

[Coach34]

He's been recruiting La and Texas

[preachermatt83]

I would love this hire. It would allow mullen to continue to call plays while having a proven QB coach and recruiter on staff. I like it . Maybe it will work out!

[Madkinmecrazy]

Saw this thread and immediately though of Brian Johnson, the mid-2000s State basketball player.

Needless to say, I was confused for a moment why he was on campus.

[defiantdog]

Would've really loved a special teams coordinator honestly

Would it be a lateral move? Co-coordinator?

[preachermatt83]

Would've really loved a special teams coordinator honestly

Would it be a lateral move? Co-coordinator?

He is making in the range of 250-280k right now so I would assume we would have to pay him atleast 350k to get him which should be very doable.

[Dawg61]

I'd love this hire.

[TexasDawg]

This would be a great hire. Now we need to find a good college kicker who couldn't make it to the next level and give him a GA job or something along those lines

[msstate7]

So are Johnson and the wake coach interviewing for the same position?

[AFDawg]

I hope he brings Angus as ST coordinator.

http://youtu.be/1xD5dHC2jgw

[sleepy dawg]

Saw this thread and immediately though of Brian Johnson, the mid-2000s State basketball player.

Needless to say, I was confused for a moment why he was on campus.

ditto

[deltadawg99]

Utah already has a 3* WR commit from Lousiana. Pretty impressive offer list including MSU.

[godlluB]

Saw this thread and immediately though of Brian Johnson, the mid-2000s State basketball player.

Needless to say, I was confused for a moment why he was on campus.

My first thought was, "working double time on the seduction line, she's one of a kind, she's just mine, all mine." I was confused too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Johnson

[deltadawg99]

This may be why he could potentially want out of Utah:
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/12/20/5230358/dave-christensen-hired-utah-offensive-coordinator

[engie]

I wouldn't think it's a foregone conclusion that we won't make two hires. After all, we rotated Sallach off staff last year -- no reason to think we couldn't/wouldn't do that again if the right opportunity arose... Need a ST specialist in that position for sure.

[Todd4State]

I'm OK with hiring Johnson. But if we do so, I'll be upset if we don't promote Gonzalez to special teams coach.

I'm OK with hiring Johnson and Lobo as well so long as again, we promote Gonzalez to special teams coach. Of course, that would mean Sallach to the desk.

I would prefer that we just hire an awesome special teams coach and then win 10 games.

I know that this is getting into dead horse territory, but one of the main reason why Dan has not had a signature win is special teams being extremely sloppy. If we shore up special teams to go along with what Dan is doing on offense and what Geoff is doing on defense- look out SEC.

I'm tired of people getting good returns on us.

I'm tired of fair catching punts on the five.

I'm tired kicking off the ball and it barely getting to the ten. (Before Bell)

I'm tired of watching us dropping snaps and getting the punt blocked.

God is tired of me wasting prayers and his time on 30 yard field goal attempts.

It's way past time to fix special teams.

[DownwardDawg]

God is tired of me wasting prayers and his time on 30 yard field goal attempts.

I hear ya man!

[TXDawg]

According to someone on 247

http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/johnson_brian00.html

Reading that, it looks like he played at Utah for Meyer and Mullen (was a true FR back-up to Alex Smith). Could be an even better fit if he already knows Dan. He's also from Baytown so that could help with TX recruiting as well.

[West Houston Dog]

we NEED another stud recruiter on this staff. If this guy can hit La and Tx that would be fantastic.

Yes ST was a problem last year. But we got to land more studs in recruiting....

[AFDawg]

Here's his recruiter profile at 247, FWIW. http://247sports.com/Coach/Brian-Johnson-908

[deltadawg99]

He does already for a commit from a kid named Alfred Smith that is from Louisiana. 3* with offers from florida, clemson, duke, MSU, OM, tennessee, nebraska. Pretty solid offer list and would likely flip to us if we hired Johnson. Their other 2015 commit is also from his recruiting area.

IMO a likely scenario for coaching moves would be:
Brian Johnson - QB/CO-OC
Steed LOBO - TE/CO-OC
Billy G. - Passing Game Coordinator/ST coach

Like Tood said earlier, I wouldn't be opposed to us hiring a stud ST coach that just focuses on that, but you rarely see somebody just coaching ST. If we do John Baxter come on down!

[Political Hack]

if we hire him Gonzo will likely be named OC.

Makes a lot of sense to replace Les with him from a recruiting standpoint. same general area although the six counties on the coast would be new territory for him.

[engie]

if we hire him Gonzo will likely be named OC.

Makes a lot of sense to replace Les with him from a recruiting standpoint. same general area although the six counties on the coast would be new territory for him.

Agreed... That was the first thing that popped out at me about Johnson.

Could we just expand Hughes down to the coast as well? Hell, he's already covering primary on all of MS it seems like. He needs a raise.

We damn sure need a ST coach in this cycle. Hire a ST coordinator and give him TEs, give Gonzo OC title, make Johnson co-OC, and let's roll.