The siren call of getting a head coaching often lures assistant coaches into taking bad jobs and getting fired a few years later.
Ben Johnson isn’t one of those coaches.
Johnson has been a hot commodity on the coaching market after his success as the Lions’ offensive coordinator. He was courted by the Panthers a year ago and was a candidate for both the Washington and Seattle jobs at the end of the last season.
He decided to remain to remain in Detroit to see, in his words, if he can “reap the rewards a little bit longer” in Detroit.
“I like the sunshine,” he said at a recent press conference according to NFL.com. “I like what we’ve built here, starting with ownership. the head coach, the GM on down.”
“Something that really resonates with me is, OK, eight openings this past year. What would you set the over-under (at) in three years? I’d put the over under at. 4.5 I would say. I would say there is a good chance that five of them will be out of jobs three years from now.”
Now we will see how this plays out. Will he go on to win a Super Bowl ring in Detroit and get to pick his job? Or will the Lions falter and he will no longer be a hot candidate?
Will he have any regrets or will it turn out he made the right decision? He will find out in the next couple of years.
Meanwhile, you have to admire him for making a mature decision.
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