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F R E E  P A R K IN G

 n

  O N B A N K  G A R A G E

PAGE A-8/THE POST-STANDARD, Wednesday, Jan.

 9, 1991

COACH

 MAC'S  FAREWELL

Mac   Says Goodbye

  as

 Only

 He

  Cart

  M A C from

 Page  A - l) se e me d

M a c P h e r s o n   was

 there

  to  d e l i v e r  his own

e u l o g y ,  an d he s t ru ggle d to  find  a ll the r ight

th ings  to say .

S e v e ra l t ime s ,  MacPherson's  c r a g g y M a i n e

voice

 b ro k e u p a n d tears w e lle d up in h i s smiling

I r i sh  eyes.

M acPhe rso n sa id te l l in g his play e rs , w ho he

re c ru ite d to play f o r th e O r a n g e m e n , m i g h t h a v e

b e e n t h e t o u g h e s t p a r t .

  It's  a

 v e r y ,

 v e r y sa d time , sa id M acPh e rso n .

  They're  c o n c e r n e d  a b o u t  w h e r e t h e y ' r e c o m -

ing f rom,  an d  q u i t e h o n e s t l y , th e

  th ing

 d id n 't g o

t h e w a y I  w a n t e d

  it

  to go. How do you tell the

pe o ple ju s t e x ac tly h o w y o u f e e l  a s y o u ' r e  walk-

ing

  o u t the d o o r? The y  w a n t  to se e

  w h a t

  y o u ' r e

doing r a t h e r t h a n w h a t y o u ' r e s a y i n g . It 's t o u g h

f rom  th a t s tan d po in t.

  This is the f i r s t t ime S an d ra an d I a re mo v in g

an d  t h e k i d s a r e s t a y i n g  behind,  a nd  that's  a

tough   move.

  Yo u

  don't  know  w h a t  it's like

  to

pass th a t o n to y o u r k ids . I told t h e

  football

  te am

th i s , m y d a u g h t e r s l o ve m e v e r y m u c h ,  an d the y

sa id , D ad d y ,

  if y o u

  w a n t

  to do

  it , w e ' re re a lly

r ea l ly   e x cite d fo r y o u , an d w e th ink it's  a g r e a t

th ing.  S o I

  sa id

  to my  football

  t e a m ,

  I

  love

 y ou

g u y s

  v e r y m u c h ,  and if you  re a lly lo ve  me, you

don't  think

 of a nyth ing

 else

 bu t

  w h a t

 yo u

 think i s

best for me, and if I

 t h i n k

  tha t ' s b e s t fo r me , the n

y ou   should, too, and be  h a p p y  that I'm going. I

ca n  ho n e stly s ay  t h a t  I'm not  s u r e  if   the y lo v e

m e   or not  b e c a u s e  there  was  a b s o l u t e l y no

re spo n se

  from

  th e  football  team. I didn't get

a nything

 there.

M a c P h e r s o n s p e n t  s  lot of  ti m e t h a n k i n g

ad min is tra to rs

 and local

 s u p p o r t e r s .  He

 t h a n k e d

th e

  me d ia .

  He

  t h a n k e d  h is  family.

  He

 t h a n k e d

j u s t  a b o u t  e v e ry o n e  h e

  c ould

  think  of. On one

o ccas io n , he

  tr ie d s to ppin g

 himself

  from  t h a n k -

ing so

 m a n y ,

  an d the n pro ce e d e d to than k a fe w

m o r e .

If  there  w a s a t h e m e t o M a c P h e r s o n 's m e s -

sage, i t w a s t h a t h e c a m e t o d o a j ob a t S y r a c u s e

University and did so to the

  b e s t

  of his

  abili-

ties.

H e  seemed  t o b e g r o p i n g f o r s u p p o r t a n d

understanding of his decision to   j u m p  ship fo r

the Patriots.

MacPherson said he 's leaving  Syracuse w ith-

ou t

 finishing

  the jo b he w as

  h i r e d

  to do. And for

t h a t , h e le av e s  with regrets.  P e r h a p s t h a t ' s wh y

M a c P h e r s o n p r o b e d r e p e a t e d l y f o r a c c e p t a n c e .

  I don't know why I'm  rambling like

  this,

sa id M acPhe rso n .  I  j u s t  f e e l  we  w e re  here,

an d

  th e

  t h i n g

  y ou

  h a v e

  to

  f e e l

  is

  this :

  Did you

try to do the  best  you  could  all  the

  time

 you

w e r e t h e r e ? T h e p e o p l e t h a t y o u w o r ke d f or ,

d i d t h e y t h i n k y o u g a v e i t  great  e f f o r t ?  An d

w e re y o u a giv e r an d n o t a tak e r? A n d q u ite

ho n e stly ,

  from

  me an d my

 fa m i l y ,

  I'm not  s u r e

we

  e v e r  got across  th e  lin e b e cau se  of  w hat ' s

h a p p e n e d to  u s .

In fac t ,

  MacPherson

  did not  seem  to  wish

to be  h e l d a c c o u n t a b l e  for his  c o a c h i n g s u c -

cesses as  m u c h as  his co n tr ib u tio n s to the  com-

munity.

  I  would  ho pe my fo o tb all te am an d e v e ry -

body

 h e re w o u ld lo ok u po n

 my

 .family

  an d

  e v e r y -

body  here as  giv e rs , and not takers, sa id M ac-

-Pherson,

  tears spilling

  out again. If they

STEPHEN D. CANNERELLI/The Posl-Sandard

Dick

 MacPherson

 says goodbye

 to SU

 players Tuesday

 with

 a hug

 from Warren Prisby

and a

 handshake fro m

 Dan

 Conley.

t io n . The   fu nny  par t o f i t w as , to sho w y o u ho w

cru e l I am, I d id n 't e v e n a sk h e r i f she w a n te d to

go o r n o t. I ju s t a s su me d tha t w e w e n t, an d so

that's how c razy this  g a m e is at times.

C e r t a i n l y ,  there were  p l e n t y

  of

 lighter

moments, often  at the expense of one of  M a c -

Phe r so n 's lo n gtime s t ra igh t man , a th le tic d ire c-

tor J a k e C r o u t h a m e l .

M acPh e rso n h as lo nge d pok e d fu n a t C r o u t h a -

m e l , th e m a n w h o b r o u g h t h i m t o S y r a c u s e .

W h i l e h e   lav ishe d he apin g  spoonfuls  of p r a i s e on

Cro u thame l, w ho is in Ne w O rle an s se a rchin g

for

 his

 successor,  MacPherson also broke

 up the

tension

  w ith a f e w f in a l

 jab s

  a t

  Jak e .

H e w a s   mentioning th e low-point of his career

at

  S y r a c u s e ,  a  35-18 loss  to  M a r y l a n d in the

1 98 5 Ch e r ry Bo w l, w he n  a  C r o u t h a m e l stoly

c a m e  t o min d .

  T h e  low  point would have to be  t h a t

 great

Cherry Bowl game that Jake is still got the books

ou t on  waiting to get  t h a t m o n e y , he  said.

M a c P h e r s o n s a i d h e   pla ns  to c le an o u t his

office  the n e x t fe w d ay s , the n re po rt to Ne w

Engla nd

  on Friday to begin rebuilding a  f r a n-

c h i s e t h a t lost

 15

 game s th is pas t s e a so n .

The  press  c o n f e r e n c e e n d e d  in  d r a m a t i c

f a s h i o n w i th M a c P h e r s o n a s k i n g R e v. Msgr.

Charle s Bo rgo gn o n i to s in g a b le ss in g, an d the

pnest d id  in f a c t  stan d b e fo re the ro o m an d b e lt

o u t the b le ss ing b e fo re a s tu n n e d an d mo v e d

a u d i e n c e .

  It's  an  e x citin g o ppo rtu n ity , M acPh e rso n

would  say , an d  I  th ink this: I'm  blessed with a

great God with a great  family  in a  pro fe ss io n I

lo v e an d am e x cite d ab o u t e ach an d e v e ry d ay I

get up. That's w h a t I  tell our

  football

  play e rs .

  If .

y o u 'v e

  go t

  t h a t ,

  you got

  so me thin g go in g

  fo r

y o u .  To b e a t my age , an d s t i l l d re am an d s ti ll

pu sh, is so me thin g I w ish fo r  everyone. - -• .

An d  w i t h that,  M a c P h e r s o n n o

 longer

  h a d

an y   se con d tho u gh ts .

STEPHEN 0  CANNERELLI/The

 Post-Sandard

Tearful daughter

  Janet hugs

  Dick

  Mac-

Pherson

 Tuesday after his farewell news

conference.

re me mb e r  us t h a t w a y , we're in great s h a p e . We

fooled  t h e m if we  hav e n 't .

Some

  o f the

  t o u g h e r m o m e n t s

  fo r

  M a c P h e r -

son dealt  with h i s  f ami l y .  He told the  story of

h ow

  h e

  left

  the D e n v e r Bro n co s fo r the he ad

co achin g

 jo b a t the U n iv e rs i ty o f M assac hu s e tts

in  1971. He rec alled how the

 family

 m oved into a

bea ut i f ul  n e w ho me o n a

 tree-covered

 street  in

Amherst. M a c P h e r s o n s a id h e t h o u g h t h e w a s in

h e a v e n .

T h e n S a n d r a b e g a n  h a n g i n g  a p i c t u r e t h a t

the w iv e s o f Bro n co s co ache s had giv e n he r ,

and   s h e  b e gan  to  c r y .

 Because she  d id n 't w an t to  le av e Denver,

sa id M acPhe rso n ,

  his

  voice choked with

 emo-

MacNuggets:  Coach Has the

 Final

 Say

(MacNUGGETS,

 from

  A-l

the

  v i c e c h a n c e l l o r , w h e t h e r

  he

likes  m e or  not,  h e h a d t o s a y h e

l iked

 me, so it

  w e n t a r o u n d l i k e

t h a t .

I  said  this:  y ou  j u s t  got a new

C a r r i e r D o m e , F r a n k Maloney is no

longer

 here

 as a co ach, all you thin k

y ou   n e e d

  is a

  co ach.

  I

  w a n t

  you t o

know

 there's

 so me thin g

 else

 w ro n g

aro u n d

  here.

  It's  a  b e au t i f u l  e v e -

ning.  You've got a  bea ut i f ul  h o m e

here. Nick Coyne is dying to get out

of

  here

  because  h is  wife  is  there

waiting to go to a Christmas

 dance.

All

 I w an t y o u pe ople to u n d e rs tan d

is this : y o u might  like  me n o w , b u t

su ppo se

  we go

  5-6,

  4-7 or 2-9 —

an d

 I

  didn't realize

  I w as

  being

 pro-

p h e t i c  — or  1-10.  Wi l l you  love

me  t h e n ?  •

And  the  c h a i r m a n of the  board,

Mel Holm says, M ac w e 'l l lov e y o u .

W e  d on 't k n ow w he re th e h e ll you'll

b e co ach in g, b u t w e ' l l lo v e y o u .

On

 Being  G O

You'd b e a m a z e d s i nc e y e s t e r d a y

ho w man y  people  in America know

that I 'm

 60.1 don't  know if an y b o d y

in

  here'is

 60,

 but as I

  t r a v e l e d

t h r o u g h

  airports,

  I  t h i n k I ' v e

b e c o m e p o p u l a r . E v e r y b o d y  over

60 is for me. Go get  ' em Ma c ,

y o u ' r e a l l right. S o I  th ink  some-

body's for me.

The High

 and

 Low Points

T h e   high  po in t was the d ay I go t

the jo b , the n e x t  high point for cred-

ibility  purposes  was 1984  w h e n  we

b e a t N e b r a s k a .

 

W e

  t h o u g h t w h e n

 we

  c a m e here,

b e e n

  15

 years  b e fo re w e 'd b e a te n

M a r y l a n d ,

 15 years since  w e ' d

b e a te n Pitt,  h a d a  hel l  o f a s t ru ggle

try in g to

 stay

 in

 there  w ith Te mple

an d  Nav y .

In

  1984  we got that victory.

I  k n e w

  it was in

  good shape

b e cau se  Father  Jo hn J.  B u r k e , God

rest his soul, at St. Theresa's at the

10:30

  Mass,

  with

  my  family

  with

me, he said

 there

 will no  more wed-

d in gs on  S a t u r d a y afternoons of

home football  games.  And he

w an te d to

  m a k e sure

 he was

 there.

So I t h i n k

  t h a t

 was the

 start...

The low  point would have  to be

t h a t great Cherry  Bo w l game tha t

Jak e

 has  still  got the

  books

 out on

waiting to get  tha t mo n e y .

Bu t

 all of a

 sudden,

 in

  1986, wit h

pro gram on the

 rise,

 we go

 0-4...

The Greatest Win'

I ask e d this q u e s tio n — there are

g u y s  in  this room  — the greatest

win   t h e y

  h a d w a s

  Pe n n State w h e n

it

 was 41-0 and

 we're

 6-0 and there

w e re s ix min u te s   left  in the thi rd

quarter.

 A n d w ha t a gre a t d e light to

h a v e P e n n State  f a ns  accuse  S y r a -

cuse

 of ru n n in g up t he score.

W h e n  I

 u s e d

  to be

 over there

 an d

the  score  wa s

  4 2 - 8

  and Joe

(Paterno)  w o u ld

 be

  t h r o w i n g

 the

ball over,

 a nd

  he 'd

  sa y

  M a c ,

 I

 know

y ou   u n d e rs tan d , this is a y o u n g k id

and

  I got to get him

  some

experience  t h r o w i n g the fo o tb all .

And

 I'd

  say, of course  I u n d e rs tan d

for   God's sake,  would

  y ou

  like

  to

h a v e  the  g a m e c o n t in u e a  little bit

longer?

An d  th e

  fu nny

  part  of it

  is,

  th e

gu y thin k s  we're  going  to  believe

tha t . I 'm  so, so sorry we're not

p l a y i n g Syracuse

  an y mo re , i t ' s

  a

sad ,

 sad

  time

 to  play

 t h i s g a m e ,

 the

last

  one.

He

 gets  e v e r y b o d y

believing

 it.

  S o t h e y  f eel  bad. He's

the o n e

  that's

  cau se d u s n o t

  pla y-

ing anymore, so

 he's

 sad

 ab o u t

 it. So

we don't  play  t h e m a n y m o r e .

Bu t  t h e n t h e y t h i n k of going up to

P e n n  State

  in

  1988

  and

  b e a t i n g

t h e m there.  S o me gu y s

 th ink

 that's

the game.

Trying

 to

 Get to THT

The

  other

  g a m e  people talk

ab o u t is the W e st  Virginia  g a m e .

Fro m a d ra ma s ta n d po in t, t ry in g to

get to  11-0, and all of a  s u d d e n

y o u ' re d o w n by a t o u c h d o w n ...

One of the   greatest  me n  in all of

Syracuse was  proven  to be a 55-

min u te

  m a n — I

  gav e

  him a

 jersey

with

  55 on it —

  with

  f iv e min u te s

left,

  he gets

  ma d, starts

  sw e ar in g

and left. Steve Rogers, the guy t h a t

r u n s

  the

  newspapers.

 So we

  c a m e

back

  and won the

  game , w e n t

  fo r

two  points, a nd

  Mike

  Owens

b r o u g h t  it in.

There are so

  m a n y

 to

  than k ,  it's

limitless.

  I  s h o u l d n ' t  get  i n t o

n ame s , but I  think  the big  t h i n g is

this — I think the media, how lovely

the y 'v e b e e n . I ha v e n o pro b le ms

with

  an y thin g tha t the y do.

I've  been places where you don't

ge t an y thin g. A n d I re co gn ize ho w

impo rtan t

 it is for

 t h e m

 to

 generate

this  interest  in the pro gram, an d I

believe they're part of it. So I than k

all   th e  newaoaoers.  and I

  t h a n k

 a ll

the

  radio

 and TV

  people

 ... I

  thin k

y o u 'v e been great to us.

They See This Face*

Sometimes y o u d o n 't u n d e rs tan d

the po w e r o f te le v is io n , b u t a s y o u

go across the

 c o u n t r y , t h e y

 see

  this

f a c e

  and they recognize it, they

don't  know who I am, but a lot of

people point at it, and I want people

to  know it's becau se I'm the football

co ach

 at

  S y r a c u s e U n i ve r s i t y ,

 and I

th ink  everybody should know it's

  a

blessing and a  gift.

On

 Opportunities

I don't  know h o w y o u m a k e

 these

decisions.

 I

  t h i n k

 you

  m a k e

  the

decisions maybe  this w a y :

You've

 b e e n h e r e

  for a

  w hile ,

 and

you're really very  h a p p y in  w h a t

you're doing. Then

 all of a

 sudden,

you've   h a d these  o ppo rtu n itie s a nd

y ou   go to  t h e m  a nd  the y ju s t d o n 't

fit

  right, a nd all of a su dden you go

to one and it  fits  j u s t e x a c t l y w h o

y ou  a r e a n d w h e r e y o u a r e a n d w h a t

y ou   w an t  to  b e co me .  AH of a  s u d -

den, all the  puzzle fits.

Been

  a r o u n d  the game  lo n g

e n o u gh

 to

 know

 these

  opportunities

don't co me v e ry o f te n . A nd y o u b e t-

ter

  take

 the

  b u l l

 by the

  h o r n

 if

you're going

 to

 t a k e a n y t h i n g .

And so, I go  b ack to  w h a t I  told

my  players this  afternoon  ...  Each

a nd   every

  year, we've got to

upgrade

 ourselves to get better

because the  pro gram n e v e r  stays

the

  same.

  It either

  goes

  a h e a d  or

goes  b e hin d  ...  That's  w h a t I was

talking to  the m ab o u t.

All of a

 sudden,

 I'm

  sitting

 up

here as a  co ach, I'm te ll in g the m to

p u s h

 o n an d pu sh o n — ho w co me I

don't

 do the

  same  thing?

 So I

 did.

 I

reached

 fo r  a n o t h e r

  level.

 And I'

ho pe the y u n d e rs tan d tha t .

  That's

what's  important.

On Jflke CrouttMrnsj

I

  th ink people here  should know

something  ab o u t Jak e Cro u thame l.

W e

 coached

  against

 each

 other,

 and

we

 decided  t h a t he  wasn't going  to

coach'anymore.

 He was six  wind

and no losses and he was going  to

retire at the end of the year.

W h e n

  Jake coached, nobody w on

more games

 in a seven-year period

in  the Iv y Le agu e than Jake Cro u th -

a m e l . J a k e C r o u t h a m e l was the  f i r s t

guy signed by the  Dallas Cowboys.

He was the first

  profess ional f oot-

ball

  play e r u n d e r contract by them.

And

  n e v e r  once,

  in all my career

here,  with  a ll the c razy  da mn

  s t u f f

going on, did h e e v e r q u e s t i o n w h a t

we  were  d o i n g o f f e n s i v e l y ,

 or

d e fe n siv e or  s p e c i a l t y t e a m s .

N o w I've

  h e a r d h e ' s

  wild

  dur ing

a

  g a m e ,

 but

  I've never

 seen it,

 and

he 's  never  re mark e d  on it to me.

And

  he

  gets

  so

  e x cite d

  at

  time s ,

that  h e ' s a c t u a l l y s m o k e d  a

cigarette.

This

 Thing WM Turn

 Out

1

The

 great

 lesson as I tr ie d to

 tell'

the

 players today

 — and

 people

 are

scared

 to  d e a th  of  c h a n g e —  w h a t

t h e y h a v e  to do is  u n d e rs tan d this is

a

  great  u n i v e r s i t y

  and a

  great

a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ,

 and the

  a t h l e t i c

d e par tme n t is le d by Jak e , w ho has

al l

  the su ppo rt

  systems

  in place for

excellence.

I ta lk e d to Jake at 20 a f t e r 3  this

morning, and he 's not in a very good

mood at  tha t t ime ,  so I  called him

again

  from  the  a irpo rt  at a  q u a r t e r

till 7, and

 he's r i g h t

 in i t. He w as u p

mo st o f the n ight an d it 's   a m a z i n g , ,

you know Jake with that u gly pe n cil

of

  his an d ho w he

  pu ts th in gs do w n

a nd

  gets

 little lists

 all over the

place,

  how he can get  t h i n g s

fo cu se d

  on

 just  e x ac tly w hat he ' s

acco mplishin g.

I h a v e

  great

  f a i t h  in everybody

that this

 thin g  will  tu rn o u t. I  g u a r -

antee that  t h e y ' l l h a v e t h a t . 

•We

 Haven't

 Got

 It

 Done

1

  :

People

  ask me,

  did

  you

  w a n t

  to

tak e tha t thin g

 to a

  national Mel,

an d

 be up

 there  consistently  yea£

a f t e r  year, that's  w h a t  I

 thought

t h a t

 I

 co u ld

 ge t

  done

 by 92, an d

 this

is  only'91.

I

 thought

 '91

 season, '92 season,'

if

 we

  c o n t i n u e

  to win and go ttr

bowls

 ... I was

 very  anxious

 to see

w h a t we could do on  Feb. 6, and we *

haven't got it done. I hav e to admit'

t h a t .

  I

  tho u ght w e 'd

  get it

 done.

 I

th ink  we should have had it done by

now,  but we didn't.

I can't

  e mphasize e n o u gh

 to

 y o u ,

t h a t w h e n I  hav e a c h a n c e to go up

there and get» whole of a b u n ch of

g u y s t h a t are  1-15  and how sad t h e y

are and not

  f e e l i n g

  good

  a b o u t

themselves or the Patriots or  foot-

ball or  an y thin g else, to be  able  to

pu t the m together and m a y b e h a v e

t h e m

  run

  down

  the field and get

h a p p y  and kick the

  crap

 out of

,

 somebody...

 

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