Canegrad89
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JJ wasn't perfect. Nobody is. But, he was one heck of a coach at Miami and with the Dallas Cowboys (winning a MNC and three Super Bowls is pretty darn strong). Even Nick Satan loses the odd game here or there...and he has every advantage imaginable available to him (big public school, bags ahoy, tradition, rabid fan base, great boosters etc). Satan was average at best in the pros (his dictatorial style totally did not work in the pros). JJ definitely grew as a coach. No coach goes undefeated. Not possible.@CaniacOnTheDanceFloor …
GOAT? I really like Johnson, and he’s probably my favorite Miami coach, but he would have been tarred and feathered digitally if the internet had been around when he coached.
First year: FSU, MD, BC.
2nd year: TN
3rd year: PSU
4th year: NATTY 2
5th year: successfully has a poorly played game stolen in Indiana after nearly giving away a game in Ann Arbor a few weeks prior.
It’s hard to say a guy who could’ve won 5 NC’s but only won one is the goat. And I like the guy.
A heretical comment would be to call him Gus Malzahn 1.0.
Jimmy is every Miami coach’s rabbi.
His teams were loaded with incredible talent, they played hard and refused to lose. JJ has given back to the U and remained involved throughout the decades. His value to the program and the University (which always gets a huge spike in student applications, donations & merchandise when the team is strong) has been significant. As a Hurricane fan, I have tremendous respect for JJ as a coach and a person. How anyone can make any negative comments about such a tremendous coach for us is amazing to me.