Paul Johnson Estate Sale

That is so Paul Johnson to have a ööööing yard sale

I always liked Coach Johnson, but this type of stuff is disappointing to me. It makes me question what he really thought about Georgia Tech. I didn't know him personally, so maybe there's a side to the story that I don't know about. But, he was a great coach, and I'll always be grateful for those wins against Georgia, Clemson and FSU, which I will never get tired of watching.
 
I always liked Coach Johnson, but this type of stuff is disappointing to me. It makes me question what he really thought about Georgia Tech. I didn't know him personally, so maybe there's a side to the story that I don't know about. But, he was a great coach, and I'll always be grateful for those wins against Georgia, Clemson and FSU, which I will never get tired of watching.
I'm a huge fan of PJ and I wish we would've hired one of his younger proteges, but he is very obviously a Mike Leach-style mercenary. He's just a football nerd and we were his experiment to see what would happen if he got ahold of a P5 program. I don't even slightly hold it against him and he was obviously our best coach since Dodd, but he doesn't give a öööö about GT, 100%.
 
We should have let him end his career at Tech on his terms.
You are absolutely correct! Coach Cremins not only built our basketball program, but he helped revive our entire athletic program in the 1980s. Tech's basketball program has never been as consistent as it was under Bobby Cremins. I think when Coach Cremins left Tech he was the 3rd winningest coach in the ACC. Only Dean Smith and Coach K were ahead of him.

But most importantly, like CiraldoForever said, Bobby Cremins is a very good person! Coach Cremins is my favorite Tech coach that we have had in ANY sport!

GO JACKETS!
 
At the end of Bobby Cremins coaching tenure at Tech, he was extremely kind and let one of my sons and me come to see him at his house. There was nobody there but him and his wife, Carolyn. He was so nice. After we talked a while, he took my son and me up into his attic, which was crammed full of all kinds of Tech memorabilia. He let us both pick out something we wanted. I picked one of his neck ties he had worn during a big win against North Carolina. I can't remember what my son picked. It might have been a game ball that Coach Cremins signed for my son. Yes, I think it was. Then, he took us to lunch. We were not close friends. I mean I only got to spend time with him a handful of times. He didn't have to spend ten seconds with us. He had absolutely nothing to gain from doing it. He was just an extremely nice and good man, and he truly loved Georgia Tech. We told a lot of stories. He smiled and laughed a lot. What a great person.

I once walked the Duke golf course for several holes with Bobby Cremins as we were both there to support the Tech golf team. He was in the Triangle playing in the tennis portion of a Jimmy V sponsored charity event. He seemed to enjoy the conversation as much as I did. We joked with Puggy Blackmon. He asked all about my life, and was thrilled to know My Dad had played for Joel Eaves at Auburn. From that day on, Coach Cremins always spoke to me with a warm greeting, “Good to see you Reverend!”, asking how things were with the church and with my family. There simply has never been a coach who enjoyed people more.
 
I always liked Coach Johnson, but this type of stuff is disappointing to me. It makes me question what he really thought about Georgia Tech. I didn't know him personally, so maybe there's a side to the story that I don't know about. But, he was a great coach, and I'll always be grateful for those wins against Georgia, Clemson and FSU, which I will never get tired of watching.
He's got Navy and GSU stuff there as well. It's not like he's selling the good stuff, he just doesn't need a reminder of the peach bowl in his retirement.
 
no playbook?

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At the end of Bobby Cremins coaching tenure at Tech, he was extremely kind and let one of my sons and me come to see him at his house. There was nobody there but him and his wife, Carolyn. He was so nice. After we talked a while, he took my son and me up into his attic, which was crammed full of all kinds of Tech memorabilia. He let us both pick out something we wanted. I picked one of his neck ties he had worn during a big win against North Carolina. I can't remember what my son picked. It might have been a game ball that Coach Cremins signed for my son. Yes, I think it was. Then, he took us to lunch. We were not close friends. I mean I only got to spend time with him a handful of times. He didn't have to spend ten seconds with us. He had absolutely nothing to gain from doing it. He was just an extremely nice and good man, and he truly loved Georgia Tech. We told a lot of stories. He smiled and laughed a lot. What a great person.
I was a sophmore at Tech in 82 when I applied to the Technique for a sportswriter position and got assigned to cover the basketball team. They told me to go to the GTAA and introduce myself. I did so and Perry Clark was in Cremins' office but he jumped out from behind his desk and said hello, made me feel important and asked a couple questions. I was a backup reporter but did cover the GT v Michigan game at the Omni - even caught some stray balls during the game. But I had to move on. So two years later, I graduate and my parents are in attendance. So the Ramblin Wreck is parked outside the TiT so I stroll over for a photo op and guess who walks up - Bobby Cremins - and he acted like we were best buds and said hi to my parents and remembered where I was from and mentioned it. I could not believe that he remembered our short meeting or any details from it but he did and I was a hero for one day. That was 40 years ago but I'll never forget it.
 
I get CPJ not wanting to move all of the memorabilia. An estate sell is the easiest way to get rid of stuff. But, a lot of that memorabilia could be useful to a charity auction or a local booster club. I know coaches sharing memorabilia with us for a silent auction with our annual booster club golf outing is always very much appreciated.
 
We are having an estate sale for my parents household items. But except for mid-50's engineering textbooks, all of their GT items are now at my house.
 
I get CPJ not wanting to move all of the memorabilia. An estate sell is the easiest way to get rid of stuff. But, a lot of that memorabilia could be useful to a charity auction or a local booster club. I know coaches sharing memorabilia with us for a silent auction with our annual booster club golf outing is always very much appreciated.

I'm sure he's keeping plenty of stuff, the good stuff that is. I suppose he can part with the Sun Bowl football and some 20 year old quarter-zips.
 
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