Coach Mac...

[jekelish]

Awesome to see a couple ESPN personalities talking about Mac today, especially since neither one is a guy you'd associate with college football.

 

[bevosu]

I told this coach Mac story a few years back on the old site...

I was driving back to Syracuse on Rt 81 after a business trip to Montreal and Ottawa. I'm up around Watertown and I turn the radio on and find the coach's radio show.

Coach Mac takes a few calls and then a young (maybe 11-12) kid is on the phone. It was a little awkward because it was obvious that the boy had some unfortunate mental handicap. I was curious how coach Mac would handle the call.

He was unreal...genuine, gracious, kind, never talked down in any way to the kid. He kept the boy on for at least 10 minutes and had a very engaging conversation. I'm sure he made the kid feel like a million. I was touched.

Not many people could have handled something like that as smoothly and graciously. That convinced me that he's a great guy.

 

[MSOrange]

I told this coach Mac story a few years back on the old site...

I was driving back to Syracuse on Rt 81 after a business trip to Montreal and Ottawa. I'm up around Watertown and I turn the radio on and find the coach's radio show.

Coach Mac takes a few calls and then a young (maybe 11-12) kid is on the phone. It was a little awkward because it was obvious that the boy had some unfortunate mental handicap. I was curious how coach Mac would handle the call.

He was unreal...genuine, gracious, kind, never talked down in any way to the kid. He kept the boy on for at least 10 minutes and had a very engaging conversation. I'm sure he made the kid feel like a million. I was touched.

Not many people could have handled something like that as smoothly and graciously. That convinced me that he's a great guy.

Thanks for sharing. I'm a sucker for stories like that about helping people with disabilities.

 

[KellySyracuse]

I have a great Coach Mac story

Back what seems an eternity ago, my boyfriend at the time was the food & bev director at Drumlins. They had some big event going on and the person that was supposed to work the coat room stiffed so he asked me if I could do it. Now if you've never worked a coat room you would think it would be pretty easy. I had been a bartender for many years prior to that and figured no sweat, what's the big deal. Well let me tell you, what a shiete show it turned into.

There had to be 200 - 300 people at this event all queued up dropping off their hats, umbrella's, coats, boots, gloves, you name it. After a while it was like a Jerry Lewis movie with me trying to grab stuff and hand out claim tickets to people. There was stuff stacked all over the place.

When the crowd started to leave they would hand me their claim ticket and I'd start pawing through piles of coats trying to find their items. Obviously I did not have a good system and people started to get pissed. Right when I was on the verge having a melt down, Coach Mac came behind the counter and put on someone's fur hat and coat and turned what was a debacle into a hilarious event. He was joking with people and grabbing anything off the rack and saying, Is this yours? No. How does it look on me? Oh my god, I'll never forget it. What a great guy he is and that was a night that lives in infamy in my memory because of him.

And he not only gave me a giant tip he also made sure that everyone else left a tip too. I'm so glad they are honoring him, I can't wait to see the ceremony as I think this time SU might finally get it right.

 

[Millhouse]

I have a great Coach Mac story Back what seems an eternity ago, my boyfriend at the time was the food & bev director at Drumlins. They had some big event going on and the person that was supposed to work the coat room stiffed so he asked me if I could do it. Now if you've never worked a coat room you would think it would be pretty easy. I had been a bartender for many years prior to that and figured no sweat, what's the big deal. Well let me tell you, what a shiete show it turned into. There had to be 200 - 300 people at this event all queued up dropping off their hats, umbrella's, coats, boots, gloves, you name it. After a while it was like a Jerry Lewis movie with me trying to grab stuff and hand out claim tickets to people. There was stuff stacked all over the place. When the crowd started to leave they would hand me their claim ticket and I'd start pawing through piles of coats trying to find their items. Obviously I did not have a good system and people started to get pissed. Right when I was on the verge having a melt down, Coach Mac came behind the counter and put on someone's fur hat and coat and turned what was a debacle into a hilarious event. He was joking with people and grabbing anything off the rack and saying, Is this yours? No. How does it look on me? Oh my god, I'll never forget it. What a great guy he is and that was a night that lives in infamy in my memory because of him. And he not only gave me a giant tip he also made sure that everyone else left a tip too. I'm so glad they are honoring him, I can't wait to see the ceremony as I think this time SU might finally get it right.

amazing

 

[jekelish]

I have a great Coach Mac story

Back what seems an eternity ago, my boyfriend at the time was the food & bev director at Drumlins. They had some big event going on and the person that was supposed to work the coat room stiffed so he asked me if I could do it. Now if you've never worked a coat room you would think it would be pretty easy. I had been a bartender for many years prior to that and figured no sweat, what's the big deal. Well let me tell you, what a shiete show it turned into.

There had to be 200 - 300 people at this event all queued up dropping off their hats, umbrella's, coats, boots, gloves, you name it. After a while it was like a Jerry Lewis movie with me trying to grab stuff and hand out claim tickets to people. There was stuff stacked all over the place.

When the crowd started to leave they would hand me their claim ticket and I'd start pawing through piles of coats trying to find their items. Obviously I did not have a good system and people started to get pissed. Right when I was on the verge having a melt down, Coach Mac came behind the counter and put on someone's fur hat and coat and turned what was a debacle into a hilarious event. He was joking with people and grabbing anything off the rack and saying, Is this yours? No. How does it look on me? Oh my god, I'll never forget it. What a great guy he is and that was a night that lives in infamy in my memory because of him.

And he not only gave me a giant tip he also made sure that everyone else left a tip too. I'm so glad they are honoring him, I can't wait to see the ceremony as I think this time SU might finally get it right.

So basically, Coach Mac is the greatest man in the world.

 

[KellySyracuse]

So basically, Coach Mac is the greatest man in the world.

yes, he is to me. He got us so close to a national championship and he's an all around great guy IMO. I wonder what would have happened to SU football if he didn't leave for the Patriots