PAUL JOHNSON GOT A MICROWAVE, TWO BRICKS AT A TIME
We refer not to the street pharmaceutical bricks, but to bricks of gold, which we're certainly hoping Paul Johnson isn't putting in microwaves, because unless you have a high-speed camera behind a blast shield of some sort that won't end well at all. ("Time Warp:" now on Discovery just to admit that after 9:00, 30 percent of the viewing audience is high as fuck and looking for mindblow.)
Johnson took one season at Tech--albeit a 9-3 season in year one with someone else's personnel--and was granted a seven year, $17.7 million contract paying $2.3 million in 2009. The deal makes Paul Johnson the highest paid coach in the ACC, which means he would be the seventh highest paid coach in the SEC. (See here; Kiffykins is allegedly being paid 2.35 mil in year one, and the rank for Johnson as a hypothetical SEC coach on this scale could fall depending on how many GIGGITYbucks they threw Houston Nutt's way in his contract renegotiations.)
The lesson? Beating Georgia is profitable, and as always, passing more than 15 times in a game is for little girls.

Back that truck up. No, just a little further. No, just a little more...
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PJ apparently negotiated higher salaries for his assistants too.
by gtne91 on Dec 18, 2008 11:55 AM EST reply actions
What’s that work out to, something like $5,679 per yard they racked up on the ground against the leg-humpers?
Nice work if you can get it.
by OllieGator on Dec 18, 2008 11:59 AM EST reply actions
So, basically, Georgia Tech Weissed him?
I question the long-term wisdom, but Johnson seems like a decent guy, and I don’t begrudge him a dime.
by DevilGrad on Dec 18, 2008 12:03 PM EST reply actions
After Dec. 30th Paul Johnson will have just as many SEC wins as Les Miles. And we saved millions in the process. That’s efficiency.
by women and cookies on Dec 18, 2008 12:04 PM EST reply actions
DG—A proper Weis’ing would include a 20 mil buyout.
by Orson Swindle on Dec 18, 2008 12:13 PM EST reply actions
They did Weis him, but it’s a better bet because, unlike Weis, the Grounded One has also succeeded as H.C. of the U.S.N.A.
by Delicious Pundit on Dec 18, 2008 12:14 PM EST reply actions
Johnson owes WIllie Martinez and Reshad Jones a big, fat Christmas bonus check from that payout.
It’s only fair.
by Darkknight on Dec 18, 2008 12:21 PM EST reply actions
Tech Fans for Donnan
um strike that..
Tech Fans for Martinez, and Jones in 2018…
by A.G. on Dec 18, 2008 12:25 PM EST reply actions
Additionally…I’m not sure we have that kind of money.
Wonder what program we’re cutting to pay this??
though it’s not like we’ll ever have to worry about Title IX.
3 to 1 and half of them are queer….
by A. G. on Dec 18, 2008 12:26 PM EST reply actions
No. 7
As soon as Reggie gets his check, Willie’s and Reshad’s will be in the mail.
by women and cookies on Dec 18, 2008 12:26 PM EST reply actions
Not really a Weising, he was already on a 7 year deal, so this only extended by 1 year. It did bump his salary up a good bit for the remaining 6 years of the original deal.
by gtne91 on Dec 18, 2008 12:47 PM EST reply actions
Usually you have to work pretty hard to score a raise at your job. At least harder than beating UGA this year. That was like surfing the interwebs all day.
by NativeSon on Dec 18, 2008 1:22 PM EST reply actions
Charlie Weis doesn’t have time for this bullshit.
by OhioDawg on Dec 18, 2008 1:22 PM EST reply actions
No, no, no.
Passing for less than 20 yards per attempt is for little girls.
by Counter Trap on Dec 18, 2008 1:38 PM EST reply actions
Not technically a Weising, since it only extends his current contract by a year.
Look, it’s been a fabulous season in retrospect, and I’m glad that PJ is getting rewarded for it. We were picked almost consensus to finish in the bottom 3 in the ACC, instead, we get the UGA streak over in what was supposed to be Georgia’s dream season and we’re one helmet-to-helmet call and a fumble on the 10 yrd line away from playing in the ACCCG with a trip to the Orange Bowl on the line.
That’s pretty damn good. GT is also sending a message to the rest of the ACC:
Yes, we DO want to be MIT on Sat – Friday and F$U on Saturday.
by Techie on Dec 18, 2008 2:00 PM EST reply actions
When Paul Johnson went to school, he didnt go to recess….Why? Because he dont play.
And passing is for fags. When you pass, either you get your Qb sacked, or ya stop the clock. Time is money. Dont stop the money. Money waits for no one.
And can ya make the bonus in small, unmarked bills?
by Mr.Pelican Pants on Dec 18, 2008 2:20 PM EST reply actions
Tech really needed to find a way to pull out that ACC championship this year, and then the Sugar Bowl needed to find a way to get them in the game vs Bama (let’s face it, Utah/Cinci is way more appropriate than either of the games we’re getting).
It’d be just like going back to the 20’s and 30’s. There probably wouldn’t be 10 passes thrown between both teams. Just imagine the hitting. Hell, CERN could scrap the supercollider, just put sensors around the Superdome.
ARRGGGHHHH… Damn you BCS!!!
by PeterPumpkinhead on Dec 18, 2008 2:58 PM EST reply actions
Orson — I believe St. Bobby makes $2.4M a year. I expect PJ will make more than that in 2009 due to incentive bonuses though.
@18 — Bama vs. GT would be bad for my marriage. But good for football. Be nice to get a matchup before the slated 2013-14 series.
by GTornado on Dec 18, 2008 3:43 PM EST reply actions
More like…
“M’on back! M’on back! M’on back!”
That’s how you tell people to back up in the south.
by joekidd on Dec 18, 2008 4:02 PM EST reply actions
techie @ #15…are you making the same mistake your cross-state rivals made after beating Florida last year? They were absolutely certain that their 17 years of futility against the Gators had concluded with a cheesy, illegal display of feminine emotion in the endzone after a simple touchdown. Their dreams of glory and the end of Gator-caused strife was dramatically premature. I am not saying you haven’t turned the battleship…I’m just saying next year isn’t this year…just sayin’. Good luck.
by sb on Dec 18, 2008 5:07 PM EST reply actions
See, y’all don’t unnerstand. Paul Johnson is the future of football. All that forward pass stuff – Paul will do that when he gets an offensive line and a throwin’ QB. But football isn’t about what play you run; it’s about knockin’ mofos dicks in the dirt. That’s worth more money than the Federal Reserve can print.
by Lazy Media on Dec 18, 2008 7:49 PM EST reply actions

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