Eagles D-Coordinator Passes Away

LumpiaJeff · 2009-07-28T15:05:43-07:00

Jim Johnson, long time Eagles DC, has lost his battle against cancer today. Rest in Peace. RIP Jim Johnson [ Edited by SF69ers on Jul 28, 2009 at 15:07:10 ]

Jul 28, 2009 at 3:08 PM

adrenaline
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He was a defensive genius. Sorry to see him go.

Jul 28, 2009 at 3:08 PM

Dino
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damn man. he was a great. i loved his coaching style. i'm sure he was a excellent person as well.

R.I.P.

Jul 28, 2009 at 3:10 PM

susweel
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I loved the way he would call up his blitz schemes. I always wanted the niners to have a DC like him. RIP

Jul 28, 2009 at 3:13 PM

nvninerfan1
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He was special. I always dreaded his defensive schemes when he played the 49ers.

RIP.

Jul 28, 2009 at 3:52 PM

WillistheWall
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Rip genious. i always loved watching his defense play dallas.

Jul 28, 2009 at 3:59 PM

Ninerjohn
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Great great defensive coach . Very sad.

Jul 28, 2009 at 4:02 PM

JoseCortez
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He was rumored to be in consideration to be the 49ers Head Coach at one point. I believed he pulled himself out of consideration. We hired Nolan instead.

Jul 28, 2009 at 4:04 PM

nvninerfan1
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He's up there with Dick LeBeau as far as innovative DCs.

Jul 28, 2009 at 4:22 PM

GoNiners
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Originally posted by nvninerfan1:
He's up there with Dick LeBeau as far as innovative DCs.

yeah LeBeau and Johnson were some of my top favorite DC's i was upset to hear about this.

It'd be fun to be a DC for a football team

Jul 28, 2009 at 4:54 PM

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Few people realize how much of a genius this guy was. I was so f**king pissed today that on ESPN they reported the Favre story and the Plaxico s**t before they talked about Jim Johnson. Completely disrespectful.

RIP Jim

Jul 28, 2009 at 5:01 PM

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Even though he had nothing to do with the niners in his career he was one of the greats of all time on the defensive side.........alot of coordinators should take a page from this guys book.

R.I.P Jim Johnson

Jul 28, 2009 at 5:05 PM

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That's too bad. f**king cancer

He made that Eagles D so ferocious and tough. Awesome innovator. RIP

Jul 28, 2009 at 5:09 PM

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IWASATTHECATCH
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Originally posted by NickV:
That's too bad. f**king cancer He made that Eagles D so ferocious and tough. Awesome innovator. RIP

Jul 28, 2009 at 5:12 PM

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Originally posted by IWASATTHECATCH:
Originally posted by NickV:
That's too bad. f**king cancer He made that Eagles D so ferocious and tough. Awesome innovator. RIP