Hypothetical HC hire

Strong out of that 5. Did pretty darn good at Louisville in over his head at TEXAS. Knows the south and Well respected in the Game.

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Originally Posted by scottycameron

I definitely don't want that earring wearing douche as our HC.

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What coach wears earrings?

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Originally Posted by DudyDawg

If rather go 3-9 than run a triple option.

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Wholy buckets! Are you crazy?

For those of you who are dead set against the offense that Navy and Georgia Tech run. Please tell me why. In MS we have some of the absolute best running athletes in the country. With that offense your opponent will be very likely ill prepared to face you week after week. Just look what took place with Houston this past week. You know that Houston has better players than Navy. However, had Navy not lost to Air force last week, they'd be in the possible play off picture. Now tell me, do you think a coach wants to have to prepare his players for that offense for one game, when he will likely not face it again the rest of the season. Hell no, he wants to face an average everyday ordinary offense that his team faces every week.

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Originally Posted by DanDority

For those of you who are dead set against the offense that Navy and Georgia Tech run. Please tell me why. In MS we have some of the absolute best running athletes in the country. With that offense your opponent will be very likely ill prepared to face you week after week. Just look what took place with Houston this past week. You know that Houston has better players than Navy. However, had Navy not lost to Air force last week, they'd be in the possible play off picture. Now tell me, do you think a coach wants to have to prepare his players for that offense for one game, when he will likely not face it again the rest of the season. Hell no, he wants to face an average everyday ordinary offense that his team faces every week.

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You get down late they very seldom are able to come back. When playing teams that have time to prepare, like bowl games, they lose a high percentage of those games. Those teams don't run against SEC athletes on defense week end and week out. Maybe a legitimate dual threat option QB can keep the defense in check enough but a pure triple option against 8 SEC athletes in the box every week I believe would have a tough go.

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Originally Posted by Really Clark?

You get down late they very seldom are able to come back. When playing teams that have time to prepare, like bowl games, they lose a high percentage of those games. Those teams don't run against SEC athletes on defense week end and week out. Maybe a legitimate dual threat option QB can keep the defense in check enough but a pure triple option against 8 SEC athletes in the box every week I believe would have a tough go.

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I'm not so sure... sec teams are having to build defenses to stop passing teams these days, so I think defenses could struggle vs a pure running team with a very different blocking system.

I know the ACC isn't the sec, but Georgia tech isn't one of the more talented ACC schools and Johnson is 39-29 in ACC play... that's including his worst year in his career last season at 1-7 in ACC play. That means going into year 8 at GT, Johnson was 38-22 in ACC play

Have you been talking to Emory on the other side?

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Originally Posted by msstate7

I'm not so sure... sec teams are having to build defenses to stop passing teams these days, so I think defenses could struggle vs a pure running team with a very different blocking system.

I know the ACC isn't the sec, but Georgia tech isn't one of the more talented ACC schools and Johnson is 39-29 in ACC play... that's including his worst year in his career last season at 1-7 in ACC play. That means going into year 8 at GT, Johnson was 38-22 in ACC play

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He is 23-22 in conference play since 2010 through this season so far. He win totals since 2010 are 6, 8, 7, 7, 11, 3, and is 3-3 right now. His first two years and his 7th are his best years and his win percentage is .580 at GA Tech. Even if you don't adjust for stronger defenses that the SEC has on average VT traditionally has good defenses and a good DC. They have beat VT just once since 2010. I really think if he avg 7 wins per year for the last 6, then it's looks a lot like 6 wins on average at best with our division.