European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 06, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 6, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 25 commentary Curry should hurry to Kentucky by Mark Bradley Atlanta journal Constitution its said thai a Man ultimately winds up with the Fate he deserves. Here s hoping Ihal the imbecilic segment of Alabama fans will get the football coach it warrants a Bama Homeboy to come int Tuscaloosa and make a dishonourable mess of the program and still lose to Auburn every year. How Sweet that would be. And How Sweet that it seems the imbeciles won thave Bill Curry to kick around anymore. While the majority of Alabama backers arc right thinking Fol who were willing to give Curry a Chance the band of crazies who could never forget that the Man was born and educated elsewhere have made life All but unlivable for Curry. The living in Kentucky would be far nicer. At Alabama. Curry never had a Chance. Never mind that he did in his third season what the prickly Ray Perkins could t do in four or that the Hal Lowed Paul w. Bryant did t manage his last three he got Alabama to the sugar bowl. Never mind that Curry s first three years were better than Bry ant s. Never mind the truth. All some enlightened creatures knew was that Curry was t from Bam and had t studied under the Bear and was there fore fair game for the strategic Brick. Of late Curry has been criticized for not playing Gary Hollingsworth sooner for not making siran Stacy the first string tailback in August for play ing Keith Mccants inside rather than outside. And. Lest we forget Curry had lost to Auburn stauburn a disgrace Only to those who Don t Deal in reality. Worse still he had t beaten the hate tigers in his life. Could any of Curry s Georgia tech teams match Auburn s Talent of course  zealots Don t traffic in details if this was How it was after a splendid season imagine How 7-4would be been received. Bill Curry did imagine that which is Why hews in Lexington wednesday. It s also Why this correspondent upon hearing that Mike Shanahan had turned Down Kentucky two weeks ago called Bill Curry that very night and said Are you interested in Kentucky said Curry it s amazing that you Call right now. Carolyn his wife and i w arc just sitting Down to discuss that. Call me again  a Day later furry said he would t pursue the Kentucky Job. The timing was wrong he said he was too Busy preparing for the sugar bowl and  was disappointed and i said so. If i did t care about him As a person and did t want him Tobe Happy i told him i d have advised him not that he needs me for counsel to stick it out i Tuscaloosa and show those people he was tougher than they arc. But i m a believer in the principle of diminishing returns i said and there comes a time when a Man has to face the possibility that nothing he docs will Ever be enough. Said Curry i know. My nature tells me to be Ahard head but i keep wondering what Price my family will have to  monday i called Curry again. The sugar bowl was behind him and Kentucky still needed a  wife had been ill Over Christmas and Curry had spent three or four Days around the House giving him time to reconsider. And after meeting with . Newton and Jerry Claiborne at the sugar bowl Curry had decided to investigate the Job. Knowing i m a native kentuckian and a us Grad he asked me what i thought. And i said this it s perfect. At Kentucky you can go 7-4 and be a hero. Go 7-4 at Alabama and you re a  s already a commitment to academics in the us athletic program and you re used to  of the inherent recruiting disadvantage i m convinced that it takes the exact right Guy Towin there. But i thought you were the right Guy for tech because you believed in tech and i thin you can believe in  i also said this it s a he Kuva lot better Situa Tion than that mess you re in  to this Point Bill Curry has said nothing derogatory about Alabama. Technically he s still the tide s coach though Many insist that the Ken Tucky Deal is done. Significantly though. Curry was asked at a press briefing in Lexington wednesday if he d considered the possibility that simply by interviewing he might alienate Alabama  Bill Curry s famous Blue eyes narrowed As he gave a one word answer. Yes he said. But what the Citi cry of Alabama thinks somehow seems less important than it did last week. Bill Curry my nature tells me to be a hardlikk1." Kosar elbows Browns Back into acc playoffs by Chick Zavin  Binic Koyi Learned lat scar that an in l Quarter Back frequently has top a  pain. It s a it on 0 at items to be . Ilii Cleveland b  Jav l of to Buffalo saturday 6 0 . On a7n radio and to in an Ai c Divi a  p a of game. Kosar who missed most of the first half of the 1988 season because of sprained right Elbow. Buried the same Elbow on nov. 12  a Viory a Seattle lie admits his Arm Hain t been the same since. The injury began a string of 20straight quarters without a touchdown pass. Kosar recovered in time to Lea Cleveland to victories in i a lat two games clinching i fourth acc Centra division title in five years. The Elbow he says probably won theal until he can rest it completely Afier the season although having last week offend practising in warm weather in Dallas this week was a help. The Elbow s been about the same thelast couple was a Kosar said. I think the main thing with it is. I m More accustomed now to the Way it s feeling. And the week off did  the injury and the offensive slump hat followed it opened Kosar s eyes to the fickle nature of even his most de voted fans. A native of Boardman about 60 Miles from Cleveland stadium he had Hcan revered by fans since the  made a elaborate Trade with Buffalo in i Jas to earn the n select him in a supplemental draft. A Hen the Browns  a total of 37points Over Lour Franx n n  and december however  found him self being booed a a Fais began chant ing for Reserve Mike i agcy to replace him. In a to station s pull. Kosar was favored Over i agcy by a margin of Only 51 percent to 49 percent. I Block out the fans during a game whether you re Home or away because you can t get too caught up in that kind of situation Kosar said. You be Jot enough to concentrate on on the Field a Hough coach Bud Carson s support Ozkosar ebbed Carson waited until game Day before naming Kosar As his starter on week owner Art Model said he never lost Faith in his $ is million quarterback. I think for a while there he was hurting More than he would let anybody believe Modell said. I think he s a great Quarter Back a born Leader and Given the Rig lit sup porting cast he can continue to win for this team Lor years to come. I have not lessened my appraisal of Bemie Kosar one  Page mostly kept quiet during the controversy. Though there reportedly was some private grumbling in the locker room the situation never escalated the Way the bickering among Buffalo s Offen Sive players did this year. Look at How Many people wanted to change quarterbacks receiver Reggie Lanck u land s Crnic Kosur carries his 3,5.1.1 passing Yards into showdown with Buffalo. Lorna said but we still stuck . Because we Veall been in slumps our selves. We Veall been banged up  knew he was giving All he had to  despite the slump Kosar completed 59 percent of his passes for 3,533 cards. His rating of 80.3 ranked fourth in the acc. A notch below the 86.2 of Buffalo s Jim Kelly. I Don t think his Arm is 100  Carson said. But the Guy s got such great courage. He s More beat up than he s been in a while. Of All the things that Bernie does for this football team the poise Ihal he shows in any two minute Drill and the Way he audibles Idon t think can be matched by  Kosar s immediate concern is the Buffalo def cynic which was rejuvenated forthe final game of the season when line Backer Cornelius Bennett returned froma knee injury. Buffalo s 37-0 season end ing Victory Over the new York Jet marked Only the third Lime this year thai Bennett and fellow linebacker Shane Conlan had been healthy for a  jump their linemen around and generally the changes they like tomake conic within their front seven Kosar said. They like to mix thai up come up with different fronts to put Pressic on your Protection and put pres sure on your running game with the extra week of practice i m sure they become up with one or two new fronts that they re going to try to use to Cpl Oil some areas of our learn