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Originally Posted by BuckEyeDr
I think Johnson is being forced out. Tressel saw the film from the scUM game. Al's sideline dance was atrocious!!
The players can't respect him after that jig.
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I was wondering if I was the only one who noticed that!
edit: Apparently, he is being fired....
http://www.daytondailynews.com/sport...0512osufb.html
Ohio State football strength coach fired, two say
School has no comment;
OSU star Whitner says Johnson's test was nation's hardest.
By Doug Harris
Staff Writer
COLUMBUS | Ohio State football strength and conditioning coach Allan Johnson has been fired by head coach Jim Tressel, two former players confirmed Thursday.
OSU spokesman Steve Snapp said Tressel was out of town and unavailable for comment, and the school had no announcement planned.
"I'm not aware of anything," Snapp said. "It doesn't mean it's not happening, but I'm just not aware of anything right now."
Donte Whitner and Nate Salley, two former
OSU players who were selected in last month's NFL draft, both said they heard of Johnson's dismissal, as did assistant strength and conditioning coach Butch Reynolds. The former Olympic track star expects Tressel to officially inform the staff at a meeting today.
"Coach Johnson is definitely a leader," Reynolds said. "His credentials speak for themselves. But he's been doing this for 22 years. I'm sure he's ready to move on and enjoy life. It can be trying over here."
Johnson, who couldn't be reached for comment, was known for his unorthodox methods, and there have been rumblings that his offseason program was too intense. But Whitner didn't feel that way.
"Our conditioning test was the hardest in the country — by far," he said. "But I wouldn't say he worked guys too hard. That's the way you have to work to be successful at this level."
Johnson joined the Ohio State coaching staff in the summer of 2001 — four months after Tressel was hired — after a stint at West Virginia. The Parkersburg, W.Va., native was named national strength and conditioning coach of the year in 2002.