European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday. November 23, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 35 trying to get a h for a Guy who never ducked a fight or gave up anything without one Bill Mccartney seemed remark ably resigned to giving up coaching. During 13 seasons at Colorado Mccartney s uncompromising personality and his insistence on wearing his religion on his sleeve rubbed More than a few people thew Longway. Those convictions led to skirmishes with the univer sity administration some play ers and their parents and some times in court on matters rang ing from team prayers and drug testing which he favored to homosexuality and abortion which he was than anyone else in col lege football Mccartney waste Guy you figured would go out on his shield. So what made the timing of saturday s announcement so unusual Washow far into the background All had Jim Litke those controversies a re ceded How Little fighting there was left to do by the time he actually walked away. When the Day dawned the 54-year-old Mccartney had never seemed More secure. He was Only three sea sons removed from a National championship he had stabilized his coaching staff reduced his own responsibilities and was looking More and More like a Man who might go on coaching forever. One moment he was tethered to the University by a lifetime contract. And in the next without so much As a word of warning to almost anyone who knew him Mccartney was invoking an option that allowed him to dissolve the Bond after five heard the whole Story there is nothing hid Den he said at a saturday news conference just moments after Colorado s regular season ending win Over Iowa state. There Are negatives Here there Are complaints it s strictly a very positive thing and that s the a. During a sunday night appearance on his weekly television show Mccartney sounded most of the same commentary notes he had a Day earlier. He was not departing for health reasons or because there were problems at the school or with the Mcaa or an impending scandal. Basically he reiterated he was leaving to spend More time with his family. That is scheduled to begin As soon As the buffaloes finish the season with a Jan. 2 appearance in the fiesta bowl. Mccartney said though he Nas plans to return to the profession he could t Rule out a return some Day. ,. F. i know people Are asking the question what s be Hind this he said sunday night. All that s behind this is that it s maybe so. But considering the Way Mccartney s Ca reer has gone something tells us this won t be the last time we hear from him. Like the steady Stream of running backs he recruited out of California and plugged into the up tin attack hews Tough to get a handle on. Every time you thought you had him Mccartney left you grasping air. Evett the Man who first spotted those grand ambitions and gave Mccartney his Start in College football was Only slightly less stunned than the rest of us by the decision ,. -. ". -. Some 20 years ago to Schembechler was the co Chat Michigan and already something of an institution around the state. He remembers Mccartney working a football and basketball coach at divine child High school driving Over from nearby Dearborn in his spare time to attend clinics in Ann Arbor an eager kid Des tined to make it in the big time. The intervening years proved Schembechler s Hunch right. After eight years As an assistant in Ann Arbor Mccartney moved on to Boulder to become head coach. He revived the moribund program he inherited from Chuck Fairbanks won the one National championship and nearly another and became something of an institution in his own right. Now Mccartney is about to become a legend in retirement. The fact they Are finally equals does t sur prise Schembechler although to could t know it Colorado s Bill Mccartney says it s time to go. Fit would happen this soon. Even so like the rest of us he is prepared to take his former Pupil at his s such thing As an Ideal time to get out of the business so i m not going to read anything More into it Schembechler said unless 1 hear it from him.". A. Vathi a Oclit a prom Friday & saturday november 25th & 26th, 8 00 to 10 00 n.,.iin. Bijj. A " also i-1 9 00 to on g of aware appliances shoes More term Wiesbaden s Haine Berg shopping s unique shopping experience. Amy a air Force Exchange service
