O'Leary Q&A

[vapspwi]

I didn't know (or had forgotten) that O'Leary originally came to GT from Syracuse. Here's an article I saw linked on another site where he talks about GT and Syracuse stuff.

Q&A with George O’Leary: On leaving Syracuse for Georgia Tech, the Carrier Dome and more

Nobody in college football had a bigger hand in building Syracuse and Georgia Tech into national title contenders than George O’Leary.

www.syracuse.com

Funny that we've had two O'Leary-related games in two weeks.

JRjr

 

[vapspwi]

Sounds like O'Leary may give us the slight edge in rooting interest this week.

I like it when former coaches still have a soft spot for Tech. I've seen Boss Ross just sitting in the cheap seats with the rest of the visitors at VPI a couple of times. Too bad we probably can't do much for the 30th anniversary of the 1990 season this year - Ross is getting up there in age (83) and may not be around for too many more anniversaries.

JRjr

 

[Yukonwreck]

I didn't know (or had forgotten) that O'Leary originally came to GT from Syracuse. Here's an article I saw linked on another site where he talks about GT and Syracuse stuff.

Q&A with George O’Leary: On leaving Syracuse for Georgia Tech, the Carrier Dome and more

Nobody in college football had a bigger hand in building Syracuse and Georgia Tech into national title contenders than George O’Leary.

www.syracuse.com

Funny that we've had two O'Leary-related games in two weeks.

JRjr

After O'Leary left for ND but before he resigned from ND, Furman Bisher wrote a scathing column on how great his departure would be for Georgia Tech football. I never quite understood that, but obviously there were some deep issues. ???

 

[interchange]

After O'Leary left for ND but before he resigned from ND, Furman Bisher wrote a scathing column on how great his departure would be for Georgia Tech football. I never quite understood that, but obviously there were some deep issues. ???

O'Leary was caught propagating some dumb lies he made to get his career started eons ago that had no relevance to ability to coach the game of football. I imagine Furman Bisher saw that as a sign of his character overall that would have meant serious cracks in the foundation O'Leary built. I don't think that view is accurate. I'm sure George would have liked to go back in time and not have lied on his resume in the first place, but at the same time I think if he had not done so he would have never ended up as a D1 head coach.

 

[Yukonwreck]

O'Leary was caught propagating some dumb lies he made to get his career started eons ago that had no relevance to ability to coach the game of football. I imagine Furman Bisher saw that as a sign of his character overall that would have meant serious cracks in the foundation O'Leary built. I don't think that view is accurate. I'm sure George would have liked to go back in time and not have lied on his resume in the first place, but at the same time I think if he had not done so he would have never ended up as a D1 head coach.

I don't disagree with you at all but as I remember Furman was writing BEFORE the resume issues were known. It just seemed odd at the time since Bisher was such a supporter of Tech, and O'Leary had certainly had some success at the Flats. But Furman also torched Bud Carson when he was fired. Probably the sin of both guys were they weren't Bobby Dodd.

 

[JJacket]

After O'Leary left for ND but before he resigned from ND, Furman Bisher wrote a scathing column on how great his departure would be for Georgia Tech football. I never quite understood that, but obviously there were some deep issues. ???

I remember going to a Kuppenheimer classic basketball game and a lot of Tech fans had "To Hell with Furman" signs and such. He was considered probably the most friendly sports reporter the AJC had when it came to GT, bit he still wasn't our friend

 

[swampsting]

Yukownwreck, your point probably has great validity.

I met Bisher a couple of times. Even had dinner with him (there were several of us at the table), late in his career.
Didn't Bisher have a son who went to Tech, the one on whom he wrote the column that had the line that just grabs you and kicks you in the gut -
"I saw him take his first breath and I saw him take his last"?

 

[ronricks]

Bisher was a miserable person. Just awful.

 

[00Burdell]

Yukownwreck, your point probably has great validity.

I met Bisher a couple of times. Even had dinner with him (there were several of us at the table), late in his career.
Didn't Bisher have a son who went to Tech, the one on whom he wrote the column that had the line that just grabs you and kicks you in the gut -
"I saw him take his first breath and I saw him take his last"?

Bisher's son played for Dodd.

Don't quote me but I think Bisher's son was what we would now call a preferred walk on. I don't think he was much of a football player but he worked hard and played his part. Bisher never forgot the favor.

 

[midatlantech]

You all go way to far with your attack On Bisher. He was a reporter not political hacks like today. Once a practice I spoke to him for an hour and he wrote a great column, intertwining our conversation with breaking news I had from the Hive and what he picked up at practice. I was very impressed.

 

[ClydeBrick]

If Furman Bisher were still alive and writing I would probably still subscribe to the AJC.