Johnny-isms

[JagerVol01]

I remember him coaching the East during the Hula Bowl after '85 and he was wearing a mike and kept saying "Hell's Bells!" over and over again.....Nothing was funnier than listening to Majors being interviewed in the locker room after a big victory....and every sentence ended with "...in my opinion.".....but I didn't like the way he poor-mouthed our chances in pre-season and always gushed about the opponent.....At the SEC media day in 1990 he said that we just may end up being the best four loss team in the country that year and that was with one of our most talented teams ever (Chuck Webb, Carl Pickens, Alvin Harper, Dale Carter, Chuck Smith, Chris Mims, Antone Davis, Charles McRae, Tom Myslinski, Jeremy Lincoln) and that our first opponent, Colorado, was one of the best teams he had ever faced....We were coming off an 11-1 season ourselves and had no reason to fear anyone but Johnny always preferred keeping expectations low so he wouldn't be held accountable if we disappointed - which was often the case in his tenure.....and we won't talk about the ultra-conservative play calling versus Alabama from '90-'92 that defined him as a coach and was his biggest downfall....

.....finally, on the Johnny Majors show it was hilarious how he could not remember hardly any of his player's names....John Ward had to constantly fill in the blanks as to who was who:

While tape of the game was being played:

Johnny: "Turn around there lil' man! Uh!"
John Ward: "That was Victor Peppers being a little late on the deep pass play to UCLA's Mike Sherrard."

 

[tm3]

Yea.. I second that.. When are we going?

How should I dress...

invite me and i'll bring the jack daniels!

i want to hear johnny's rendition of the time steve superior insulted johnny at a coaches meeting in hawaii, and a couple of other coaches had to hold johnny back from tearing stevie a new one.

 

[rexvol]

My fav is the one during the Sugar Bowl pre-game speech..."they don't have any respect for you, make them remember you for the rest of their lives..."

Gets me fired up everytime I hear it.

I just flipped my desk over and tore my office up trying to hit somebody.