European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse A True test january 1981 the super bowl the stars and stripes Page 21 i nonsense i by Hal Bock a sports writer new Orleans a when Phil Adelphia and Oakland collide sunday in super bowl the playing conditions will be the temperature in the Louisiana us per dome was forecast at 72 with a pleasant 1mph wind gently there will be no icicles forming on Tony Franklins Bare foot when he kicks for the eagles and nobody throwing snowballs at Jim Plunkett when he thank Pete it is merely Good sense to play the sea sons ultimate football game under optimum there can be no complaints when its Over that your team got beat by wind or rain or Snow or any thing except those 45 Guys on the other Side of the the better team will win and the losers will have nobody to blame but a sports analysis that because the National football league leaves nothing to not even the some questions do you think it was a True test of the raiders and Cleveland Browns to play their american conference semifinal game in subzero temperatures with a min us40 wind chill do you think that usually sur foot de Don Cockcroft misses All those place kicks if theres no wind threatening to blow him and his Holder into Lake Erie do you think Brian Sipe throws that ill fated final risking a season ending if theres a gentle Breeze in Stead of a full fledged Gale huffing and puffing in the faces of the Browns no the Browns did not lose a football game that they lost a survival they happened to be driving in the wrong direction at the wrong time and it was theres no excuse for letting a game As important As that one be decided by the Caprice of Mother not when it can be the nil takes a lot of Static for its timing and staging of the super the league leaves a two week Gap Between the conference championship games and the seasons and there Are two reasons for that one is that absence makes the heart continued on Page 22 some dish Philadelphia eagles linebacker Jerry both teams Are in new Orleans getting Robinson tries to take a bite out of an ready for sundays nil championship Oakland raiders super bowl up photo Raider nerves a bit on Edge by Joe Carnicelli up executive sports editor new Orleans up the ten Sion and the apprehension leading up to super bowl Xiv has begun to particularly on the Oakland we had a very spirited session yester said Oakland coach Tom Flores thursday As he prepared to Send the raid ers through a workout session for sundays championship game against the Phila Delphia there were times we had to tone it the players Are really excited about the game and boys will be we had a few altercations and we thought it would be better to tone things Down a we were going through a pass Rushing Drill and things started getting i looked Over at one of our assistant coaches and he gave me the sign that maybe we should work on something things were getting a Little we dont Call them fights we Call them there was also some shoving and pushing continued on Page 22 by Bruce Lowitt a sports writer new Orleans a new Orleans calling itself the super bowl when the saints go 151 and win a con Ference then let new or leans throw the big party for Oakland or Philadelphia deserves to have the game this the Only reason its Here is because the National football league decreed but that Doest make it Good or ask a few million people in Philadelphia and Oakland where to put the super and Tell Pete who rules the nil from his Tennis court sized office overlooking Park insists that the integrity of this ultimate game is upheld by playing it each year in a War weather City or in that Why should this game a sports analysis be treated differently from those which precede it if the Miami dolphins or the los an Geles rams cant handle the cold of Buffalo or they dont deserve to whether its an exhibition game or the super if youre youre Good no matter what the the 1967 ice bowl Between Green Bay and Dallas is now part of the nil the packers won because Jerry Kramer blocked better than Jethro Pugh could the nil May be Able to extract Mil Lions upon millions of dollars from three National television and the net works May be Able to extract millions More from sponsors panting for precious minutes of air but this game int supposed to belong to its supposed to belong to the the Hometown the fans who Shell out or a game up to eight times each autumn for regular season plus any Home exhibitions games which Are usually part of season ticket this that Means Oakland fans or Philadelphia it Doest mean thousands of corporate types and other High rollers who can afford to pay exorbitant prices for the privilege of impressing their clients or inflating their baseball splits up the vast majority of continued on Page 22 Phillips signs pact to coach saints new Orleans a Folksy bum fired As coach of the Houston oilers on new years signed a five year contract thursday As coach of the new Orleans he is the eighth head coach in the teams 14 years in the National football Phillips hiring by the saints was not team owner John Mecom said the 57yearold Phillips became his leading candidate when he was fired by Houston after the american football conference wildcard which the oilers lost to the Oakland weve kept this As Good a secret As we did our game plans for the 115 sea Mecom Phillips said his first Job would be assessing the Talent he inherits from Dick who was fired with four games left in the 1980 Ive got a month of solid work ahead of me just to find out where we Phillips he said he believes the saints have better Talent than the oilers had when he took Over that team six years i think i know there a whole lot better football team than their record he two years they were and other than two Hail Mary passes against they Are 106 and in the Phillips said he had not had time to Analyse College football Talent for this Springs he said he would not Rule out trading draft choices for established that was one of the reasons that Gen eral manager Steve Rosenbloom and vice president for Dick Stein resigned Mecom has said Phillips will not have the title of general but will have the authority and responsibilities usually vested in that Phillips also refused to Rule out any trades for Veteran saints including quarterback Archie but ill Tell you one they have to come up with a Heck of a lot of Phillips some saints veterans feared a whole Sale housecleaning when a new coach came but Phillips said he did not plan any such we didst have a Large turnover at Houston and we dont anticipate one he Houston was one of the Nils door Mats when Phillips took Over in after an opening season of then 59 and 86 in the next two the oilers were in the playoffs for three straight oilers owner Bud Adams fired Phil lips after the playoff loss to saying the coach refusal to hire an offensive coordinator was the reason for his
