Checked the web today looking to see if there was any news on Johnson and your blog post popped up.
The lead-in to your post was apropo as I’m still doing the baseball parent thing and my kid has played for coach Johnson. As a parent, I would add you’re looking for a pitching coach that’s realistic about your kid’s strengths/weaknesses and looks to leverage and minimize them respectively. Add a scientific approach, passion for arm care/recovery, a data geek, total respect for the athletes, humble, and an infectious positive attitude and you’d be scratching the surface as why I’m a huge coach Johnson fan.
Lastly I would add, don’t worry about him coming from college to the pro ranks. At the D1 level he allowed athletes to supplement with their own unique training methods if not proven counter productive. He educates through data and being a resource - the athletes engage because it correlates to success and it’s quantifiable. There’s no “my way”, just data and what can be done to maximize results.
I haven’t thought much about the Twins since Kirby was in center, but I’ll be watching and cheering for them now (unless they’re playing my kid’s organization). Lol.
