Welcome Guest! Create an Account login email: password: remember me: BASKETBALLFOOTBALLMESSAGE BOARDCHATLINKS site searchwhere to watchcontact usabout usadvertise with ushelp Message Board BobcatAttack.com Message Board Ohio Football Topic:  Gerry Faust dead at 89 Topic:  Gerry Faust dead at 89 Author Message SBH General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 4,039 Status: Offline     Gerry Faust dead at 89    Posted: 11/12/2024 8:08:39 AM  I well remember the excitement among "Akron U" fans when he was hired by the Zips. I had the opportunity to speak to him a few times. Very nice man. Last Edited: 11/12/2024 8:10:13 AM by SBH Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,313 Status: Offline     RE: Gerry Faust dead at 89    Posted: 11/12/2024 11:05:20 AM  Hadn't thought about him for a long time. Never met him, but he seemed like a very nice person from all I saw from a distance and what I read about him. Unfortunately, the first thing that came to mind when I saw SBH's post was the elation of a co-worker at OU-HCOM, a UND grad and a physician, when he resigned. Nonetheless, I will pray for his soul and his family. RIP! The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 9,943 Status: Offline     RE: Gerry Faust dead at 89    Posted: 11/12/2024 4:04:39 PM  Sad to hear this. Coach Faust was a great person! Back to Top akroncat General User Member Since: 7/23/2010 Location: Akron, OH Post Count: 190 Status: Offline     RE: Gerry Faust dead at 89    Posted: 11/12/2024 11:45:01 PM  I knew Gerry quite well. I met him after he was no longer the coach at Akron. I would talk with him every Sunday at church. A very religious man who was friendly to everyone. My nephews played football and baseball at his high school alma mater, Chaminade, in Dayton. He would always ask how they were doing and he loved to talk sports. He looked very ill the last time I saw him a few months ago. May he rest in peace. Back to Top SBH General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 4,039 Status: Offline     RE: Gerry Faust dead at 89    Posted: 11/13/2024 10:34:39 AM  My father covered Notre Dame football and basketball for Knight Ridder in the mid-1980s. He told me that after Faust's first year in South Bend, the administration brought in Ara Parseghian to give him a daylong "come to Jesus" (sorry) lesson on how to prioritize his daily activities and focus on what was most important. He also told Gerry that he had several very talented players in the wrong skill positions. During the first 2 hours of the meeting, Gerry got up and left the room no fewer than 10 times to speak with anyone who passed his office. He retained zero of what Ara shared with him during this brief period. Ara cut the session short by several hours and told the AD that Faust was hopeless due to his total inability to focus. As it turned out, he was right. Later, during his tenure in Akron, Gerry was a regular patron at Eddie Niam's Fighting Irish Parkette, a hole-in-the-wall restaurant owned by Ara's childhood friend. Anyone who accompanied Gerry for lunch soon learned to go ahead and order their food rather than wait for him to sit down. He habitually spent 20 minutes or more gladhanding before taking his seat. Last Edited: 11/13/2024 10:46:01 AM by SBH Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,313 Status: Offline     RE: Gerry Faust dead at 89    Posted: 11/13/2024 4:37:20 PM  SBH wrote: My father covered Notre Dame football and basketball for Knight Ridder in the mid-1980s. He told me that after Faust's first year in South Bend, the administration brought in Ara Parseghian to give him a daylong "come to Jesus" (sorry) lesson on how to prioritize his daily activities and focus on what was most important. He also told Gerry that he had several very talented players in the wrong skill positions. During the first 2 hours of the meeting, Gerry got up and left the room no fewer than 10 times to speak with anyone who passed his office. He retained zero of what Ara shared with him during this brief period. Ara cut the session short by several hours and told the AD that Faust was hopeless due to his total inability to focus. As it turned out, he was right. Later, during his tenure in Akron, Gerry was a regular patron at Eddie Niam's Fighting Irish Parkette, a hole-in-the-wall restaurant owned by Ara's childhood friend. Anyone who accompanied Gerry for lunch soon learned to go ahead and order their food rather than wait for him to sit down. He habitually spent 20 minutes or more gladhanding before taking his seat. Thanks, SBH, for this interesting and informative post. Gives me a great deal of added empathy for Faust. The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 9,943 Status: Offline     RE: Gerry Faust dead at 89    Posted: 11/13/2024 5:34:04 PM  SBH wrote: My father covered Notre Dame football and basketball for Knight Ridder in the mid-1980s. He told me that after Faust's first year in South Bend, the administration brought in Ara Parseghian to give him a daylong "come to Jesus" (sorry) lesson on how to prioritize his daily activities and focus on what was most important. He also told Gerry that he had several very talented players in the wrong skill positions. During the first 2 hours of the meeting, Gerry got up and left the room no fewer than 10 times to speak with anyone who passed his office. He retained zero of what Ara shared with him during this brief period. Ara cut the session short by several hours and told the AD that Faust was hopeless due to his total inability to focus. As it turned out, he was right. Later, during his tenure in Akron, Gerry was a regular patron at Eddie Niam's Fighting Irish Parkette, a hole-in-the-wall restaurant owned by Ara's childhood friend. Anyone who accompanied Gerry for lunch soon learned to go ahead and order their food rather than wait for him to sit down. He habitually spent 20 minutes or more gladhanding before taking his seat. And to be fair, Coach Faust is the winningest coach at Akron in their return to FBS football in 1987, in both terms of wins and winning percentage. 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