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Technical Tidbits 12/12: The branches of the Paul Johnson coaching tree are growing

Georgia Tech’s football staff took a large hit late last week when B-Backs and quarterbacks coach Bryan Cook took the job of offensive coordinator at Georgia Southern, officially reinstating Paul Johnson’s option system in Statesboro -- at least to some degree, given that Cook may run his offense in the shotgun. It’s a big loss for Paul Johnson’s program, which will now be without the architect behind a long line of very successful option quarterbacks and one of the better recruiters on payroll. Of course, it was an excellent move for Cook himself, who got an opportunity at upward mobility that few other assistants over Paul Johnson’s Georgia Tech tenure have received.