European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 12, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 19 commentary Faust Hopes to quiet Irish alums Gerry Faust is on the spot and he knows it notre Dame fans and Irish opponents know it. This is the season for Faust to produce or be pre pared to coach elsewhere. Produce in notre Dame s eyes is an 8-3 season or better and a major bowl invitation. Anything less is not a Good season As tar As notre Dame standards arc concerned. The Days of going 39 games without a defeat arc Over. That s when the Irish won 3-out-of-4 National championships and finished second in the other season during the years of 1946 through 1949. The last four years have been Long for the Man notre Dame plucked from Moeller High school in Cincinnati. Inexperienced in the ways of College coach ing. Faust has survived thanks to a five year contract. But on the Job train ing and surrounding himself with Able assist ants has helped Faust \ file photo Gerry Faust. Has patience grab a handle on his situation. Most Likely other schools would have dumped him by now. Hit 25-20-1 record does t glitter but there have been some glory saturdays. Even today Faust s Faith in himself has never wavered and he still thinks he can produce a Winner. A Fine after dinner speaker and a Superb Recruiter the native of Dayton has excellent rapport with his players. He also has Good relations with the press despite some constant badgering. Unlike some other coaches in his situation Faust does t react fanatically when members of the press taunt him. He has unbelievable patience. On his future Faust says i m not worried about it so Why should you be worried about it a Friend of mine attending the 25lh anniversary of his notre Dame graduating class this summer said he s gone after this  i dont think so. Even a 7-4 record and a minor bowl bid will earn Faust an extra season or two. On his Side is Rev. Edmund p. Joyce who was responsible for the hiring of Faust. Father Joyce directs notre Dame s faculty Board in control of athletics. He also is a founder and director of the College football association. After an 18-year-record of 174 wins 17 losses and two ties at Moeller Faust said he had trouble coping with losses at notre Dame. The fighting Irish so it says in Roger Valdisirri s 232-Page 1985 notre Dame football guide. Valdiserri is the notre Dame sports information director and the first vice president of the College sports information directors of America. In june of 1981, Valdiserri was elected to the cos Ida Hall of Fame i was so used to winning All the time Faust said. In the beginning it was very difficult for me to rebound from a loss. At first i was unrealistic. I thought everything would fall into place without and problems. But it s not automatic. Notre Dame has its ups and Downs like any place  now Faust has experienced frustration. "1 Hope i m a better coach and a better person because of what has happened the last four years. I be always had a feeling for people. I like people period. But i guess i never had a lot of adversity in my life. Maybe i could t understand How someone else could have that and not be Able to handle it. Now i understand and maybe they la believe it More since i be been through it myself. I be Learned to handle the flak. I be gotten used to it. With the Talent we be assembled if the kids Start to believe in themselves and what they re capable of doing the winds will change. I know we have to do it on the Field now and not just Lazic about it. It s probably been the four roughest years for me in wins and losses. But it s probably been the four Best years i be Ever had coaching. Everything has worked out Well except the wins. I think we a Carly turned things around the Way we played the last month of the season in 84. The Altitude is really great because of  in the last four games the Irish Upsel leu 30-22 in Baton Rouge nipped Navy 18-17. Demolished Penn state 44-7 and stymied Southern Cal in the mud 19-7, some big name schools have breathers in their opening games this season playing such teams As southwestern Louisiana Toledo. Texas Elpaso Northern Illinois. Tennessee Chattanooga and the Citadel to name a few. Notre Dame is not one to feast on a weakling in its opener. It has Michigan far the next six years As a season Star scr. The Irish have eight bowl teams from last season on their 1985 schedule. This saturday in Ann Arbor notre Dame opens its season against coach to Schum Bechler s wolverines. Faust is 1-1 against Michigan losing 25-7 in 1981 at Ann Arbor and winning 23-17 at us ugh Bend in 1982. The rest of this season s games Michigan state. Purdue air Force army Southern Cal. Navy. Mississippi. Penn stale leu and Miami. If Faust can gel through that schedule with an 8-3 cd Ger he deserves a sugar Cotton or Orange bowl bid. With senior tailback and Heisman trophy Candi Date Allen Pinkett 5-Foo -9, 181 pounds and Junior quarterback Steve Beu Calcin 6-3. 201 leading the Way the Irish expect to do Well if everyone stays healthy. The Irish were hampered by numerous injuries Early last season and already have lost starting defensive tackle Mike Griffin 6-4, 246 for the season because of a broken ankle during a preseason scrim Mage. Notre Dame returns 42 Icett Crmen 20 on offence and 22 on defense to a Junior senior dominated squad with a Tutterman at every position. Of those. 10 Are three year letter winners. Six starters return on offence and eight on defense. Three of those  arc the front three right tackle Wally Klinc 6-9, 274. Nose tackle Mike Griffin 6-4, 246 and left tackle Eric Dorsey 6-5, 270. The Interior line on offence looks like this Quick tackle Tom door Ger 6-5, 271quick guard Tim Scannell 6-4, 278. Center Ron Plant 6-4. 266. Strong guard Shawn Heffern 6-5, 266 ind Strong tackle Mike Peramo 6-5. 278. The entire notre Dame squad was recruited by Faust with the exception of one outside linebacker Mike Larkin 6-1, 218 who is a fifth year senior. Larkin played one season under Faust s predecessor Dan do Vine. But Faust knows Larkin Well he coached him at Moll or. If notre Dame can handle ils first three foes Michigan. Michigan state and Purdue then look out. Gerry Faust May be on his Way to another five year contract and disgruntled notre Dame alumni will have to shul up. To St is ind strip i jays plan to play yanks by the Book Jiyu Bobby Cox Hopes cribs will help Toronto a Toronto manager Bobby Cox Hopes playing it by the Book can help his Blue jays stay ahead of the new York Yankees in the race for the american league East Pennant. The Book in question is being compiled by Dave Yoakum a Toronto scout who has been following the Yankees for some 10 Days. Not to be outdone the Yankees put a Tail on the Blue jays several weeks ago. Cox and new York manager Billy Martin Hope to use the extensive crib sheets to help nullify their opponents potent offence in the seven remaining games Between the two clubs. The Blue jays who led the Yankees by i i games prior to monday night Start a four game series thursday in new York and then play Host to the Yankees in a three game series starting oct. 4. Cox says the Book on the Yankees May help in some situations but he admits it will be of Little assistance against certain players. You can get too smart and foul your selves up if you Start worrying about what s in the Book he explained. You have to leave yourself room to react to situations As they come up. We know a lot about the Yankees and they undoubtedly know a lot about us. I m sure any Book on the Yankees will say it does t seem to matter whether you throw right handers or left handers against Don Mattingly. He seems to hit  Mattingly who won the american league batting title last year with a 0.343 average was hitting 0.326 with 118 Rols going into monday night s game against Milwaukee. The Slick first baseman drives in approximately one of every six runs the Yankees score and accounts for about 14 percent of new York s hits and 18 percent of their Home runs. In the face of such statistics. Toronto Catcher Ernie Whitt says the Blue jays have already developed a strategy against Mattingly. Sure i know How we re going to Pilch to Mattingly White said with a smile. But 1 Don t intend to talk about it. There is a Way.  Toronto pitching coach Al Widmar was a Little bit More forthcoming saying the Blue jays planned 10 pitch Mattingly care fully. We usually have pitched him up and Given him off Speed stuff Widmar added. But you can t overdo it. He starts looking for it and you get Hurt. Doyle Alexander has been pretty successful against him be cause of his Good change up and Dave Salieb has had some Good Luck with him. But that Park Yankee stadium helps mat  statistics belie that View. Mattingly hit 0.119 last season at Home where the night Fuld foul pole is a cozy 310 feel Way. On the Road however the left handed hitter batted at a 0.364 clip