The reason fonts are butthurt is because Curry's departure felt like a major betrayal. He was a 'true blue' Tech man, a Dodd protege, and he brought us back from the absolute dead, and he did it with panache and style. The 1985 season was a fantastic year, finishing with only 2 losses, our best since Dodd's last year in 1966. The All-American bowl was our first in seven years, and our first bowl win in 12 years. It felt like we won the Rose Bowl. To beat UGA in '84 and '85, after they'd just torn up the world with Herschel from '80 to '82, was a triumph. It felt like Curry had really resurrected the program. Then he left for greener pastures...
But it is funny how life turns out. In 1989 he gets Alabama to #2 before losing to Auburn and Miami in the Sugar Bowl. A week later he resigns from Alabama to take the UK job (obviously under pressure). Within a year, the girl back home that he spurned wins the MNC that he thought couldn't be done. It had to be both a pleasure to see GT win, and bitter as heck to realize what he'd done. He turned his back on a place that he loved, and that loved him, reaching for the ring, and then we got it and he didn’t. Not the first to make that mistake, but as far as I can tell he has tried to make it up in whatever ways he can ever since. My sense (and I don’t know him personally) is that he regrets the decision to leave Tech.
A friend inside the AA asked me to help support Curry’s application for AD back when Radakovich left, bc my friend did not want Bobinski hired. I tried, though obviously I was ineffectual. Though I realize many don't like him, he would've been a lot better for GT FB than Bobinski, certainly. It's interesting to wonder how CPJ's tenure would've ended differently with an old-school football guy supporting him upstairs.
I disagree that Curry is a significantly worse coach than Bobby Ross, BTW. They're both good coaches.