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You are assuming that Johnson was motivated by what was said about him.
That's generally how coaching works
I don’t generally see many coaches questioning a players toughness publicly when they enter the transfer portal. So there are exceptions to every rule.
Maybe he was always tough?
It wasn't public until a recording made w/out permission was put out there "publicly". If I remember correctly it was a recorded conversation between Leach and another party in Leach's office, a private place. And I don't remember a day that I played football that players weren't criticized or had their toughness questioned, it goes w/ the territory like it or not.
WowDillon Johnson promises his mother he will play in championship game - Mississippi Today
Mississippi native and Washington running back Dillon Johnson has helped lead the Huskies to the national championship game.
I thought it was a little in bad taste too, but in @Rick Cleveland's defense, none of that was mentioned in the article. So, he's just being a message board poster like all of us as far as his thread title. And Lord knows we've had plenty of people criticize Leach.
What? Leach didn’t say that to him. He said that about him, to a recruit, in front of another 3rd party (who recorded it). Johnson was never within earshot of any of it.
This is our first year since 2009 tonight be at a bowl. Have we had bad luck? Sure. But damn you make us sound like Vanderbilt
The problem is balance. Leach was stubborn not to run the ball more when the lanes when they are there. Arnett tried. To make qb something he isn't. Arnett also tried to play too conservative. Barbay also ran a lot tight formations. Both were as equally absurd.
Was the person who recorded the convo ever punished or better yet , fired? Regardless, leach shouldn’t have said it especially to a fellow player, woody Marks. Poor taste , imo
doesn't matter how he said but he said it and it was about Johnson and Johnson heard. It did him good either way.
"Look at strength in your body, the desire in your heart. I gave you this."Dillon Johnson promises his mother he will play in championship game - Mississippi Today
Mississippi native and Washington running back Dillon Johnson has helped lead the Huskies to the national championship game.
Get the hell out of here with this crap. What a trash thing to say. Especially when you have no truth insinuating he’d be drunk with players and/or recruits.
Actually, he may have been perfect. He was basically telling DJ to kick rocks. More coaches need to do that. Was it a bad decision for DJ to leave? Doesn't look like it.
Leach could have run more, but absurd is not the word I would use. His offense worked and he was winning games. T-bro Arnett is the one who was absurd.
The video going public made the situation better imo. The hypotheticals about what was said were insane
Nope. We wouldn’t be active in the portal and our offense would continue to suck ***
It certainly matters in this context. He’d already made the decision to leave, and informed the coaches. So its very reasonable to assume that he wasn’t going to “receive” anything they said after that fact. Furthermore, he publicly lashed out at Leach in his farewell statement on Twitter after it happened, so acting like it was some great sage life advice that he cherished is dumb as hell.
