<p>Vote for *Navy Coach Paul Johnson!</p>
<p>Liberty Mutual 2007 Coach of the Year Finalists</p>
<p>Between now and December 15th, you can submit up to 4 votes a day - one vote per division - for the coach you feel deserves to be 2007 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year.</p>
<p>Coach</a> of the Year</p>
<p>Currently Paul Johnson is in fifth place for Division 1A coaches. Let's put him in first place where he belongs!</p>
<p>Coach of the Year?</p>
<p>For having the 99th ranked total defense, the 109th ranked scoring defense, and the 106th ranked pass defense, in the entire country? (out of 119 NCAA Div 1A schools)</p>
<p>:rolleyes:</p>
<p>^^^^But what about that offense!</p>
<p>^^^Not to mention a phenomenal graduation rate for Navy football players!</p>
<p>sorry all...too late...Tech</a>, Johnson agree to deal | ajc.com</p>
<p>i voted for him 4 times (all my different family members) yesterday. I, however, am not going to vote for him anymore. A good coach would not abandon his team before one of the biggest games of the year. Johnson actually kind of disappointed me. I understand the need for him to advance his career, but he could have at least waited until after the bowl game.</p>
<p>I don't think GT would have allowed this. They needed to make an announcement ASAP. Half of me hopes that he fails and the other half hopes he really fails miserably (and GT has always been my favorite ACC football team).</p>
<p>Hope he does succeed at GT - I look forward to following him here. Great program and he is a great coach - can take what he has and work with that "pool" Not many coaches can do that.</p>
<p>If you read his press conference this was a hard decision. He is not abandoning the Navy before their bowl game - stepping aside for the new coach or interim coach to run the team. That is the mark of a team player - he learned a lot at Navy IMO.</p>
<p>Sure, most Navy fans are disappointed to hear the news that Paul Johnson, who re-energized Navy football over the past six years, is leaving for the head-coaching job at Georgia Tech. In a perfect world, Coach J would stay at Navy and continue to craft successful football teams that would beat Notre Dame (again), keep an iron grip on the Commander in Chief trophy, and always play in post-season bowl games until he was ready to retire and move south to hit golf balls during the week. Clearly, Coach Johnson has other ambitions and career goals. How can we deny his desires when we covet the same for our mids: work hard to reach their dreams? Who are we to define that dream for Coach Johnson? </p>
<p>I only wish the best for Paul Johnson and his family, and thank him for everything he has done for the United States Naval Academy. He will be remembered as a great warrior who shaped warriors at Navy.</p>
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<p>Surely you are not serious. Warriors wage war. Football coaches play games.</p>