European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday november 30, 1985 none has matched magic of Rockne As Irish coach legendary Knole Rockne 1918-1930 set Standard with 105-12-1 Mark Ara Paryj Chian 1964-1974his 95-17-4 record the closest a Emfs it of. A writer in the beginning there was Krulc in conc. The rest were just football coaches at notre Dame where Excel Lence is expected and Good is never Good enough. Since Rockne none has worked inc same magic though Frank . Terry Brenum and Ara Parseghian came close. Caught up in this tempest of tradition was a cars Faust whose standards were higher than his accomplishments w Hose Star paled a Longside Hose of his predecessors. At notre Dame the Only passing Grade is an a. Enter Lou Molt the Minnesota coach who will re place Faust next season. He will soon find out thai this private school in South Bend ind., is no Ordinary school. It was never made explicit not by alumni and certainly not by inc school says Brennan. A celebrated Irish running Back who spent five seasons 1954-58 at the Irish Helm but tradition somehow demands a level of victories that in t commensurate with what other schools  notre Dame does t expect every team or coach to win every game every year Brennan says. But people expect you to be near the top or flirting with it. That was notre Dame in Rockne s time. And while his Success has t made it impossible for anyone to Fol Low he was the Pioneer. We were kind of the caretakers says Brennan who posted a 32-18 record three top 10 rankings and one top 20 during his tenure. Parseghian posted a 95-17-4 record in his ii seasons at notre Dame from 1964-74. He won two National championships two trips to the Cotton bowl two to the Orange and one each to the sugar and Gator bowls. The pressure that got to me was pressure from the inside self imposed never from the outside Parseghian said. Parseghian 62 and a television commentator for lbs. And Brennan. 57 and first vice president of the Chicago office of Prudential Bache securities have reason to be immodest about their coaching careers. But the numbers impressive As they might be. Would Rale Parseghian Only ninth and Brennan 19th among notre Dame s 25 head coaches. Indeed. Brennan s .640 winning percentage is Only slightly belter than the record notre Dame compiled in its first five years of football 1887-89 and 1892-95 without any head coach at All. It was t until Rockne a norwegian immigrant from Chicago s Tough Northwest Side took the reigns in 1981 that the Irish became College football s Standard the object of an emerging nation s love affair with sports. We heard about red Grange and Illinois of course. But the idea of a team with a real National reputation was almost unheard of when i was a Young Man re called is year of Hugh Devorc who served As Irish head coach for two separate seasons 14 years apart 1948 and 1963. But Rockne changed thai because he would go anywhere to play anyone. He put together a schedule that had them on the East coast one week the West coast the next. He played in places like Chicago s soldiers Field and new York s Yankee stadium said Dvore. Who live in retirement in Houston. The nation was growing filling with immigrants and notre Dame was kind of a poor Man s school Back then. The Irish inc italians the poles everybody could find someone of their heritage playing at notre Dame a said. And those people especially liked the idea that notre Dame would take on anyone. Thai i m convinced was the Start of inc subway  from 1918 until his death in a plane crash in March 1931 in route to making a football demonstration movie Rockne set standards that no coach could emulate. Hit .897 winning percentage on a record of 105-12-1 which includes five unbeaten and untied squads is still the highest in either the collegiate or pro ranks. A tireless worker. Rockne coached the Irish football and track teams served As athletic director wrote a newspaper column and three books helped design Noire Dame s stadium and opened a Stock brokerage firm in South Bend in his final season. An innovator he designed his own equipment including the Gold Satin and silk pants that Cut Down wind resistance and stil survive today and recognized the value of a Backfield in motion and the Forward pan legalized in 1906 Long before his opponents caught on. I think All of us were intelligent  Brennan said. I Don t think any coach that followed Ever thought he would be Rockne reborn except maybe Frank  Leahy who played for Rockne and subsequently coached the Irish for 11 seasons 1941-43 and 1946-53. Came closest to emulating his Mentor winning 87 games losing 11 and tying nine. His .855 percentage rank second behind Rockne. I always Felt that As Long As the coaching staff and i prepared the team fundamentally and every other Way strategic emotional conditioning and mentally we could thing would take care of themselves Parseghian said but 11 years proved to be enough. I was watching highlight film recently of my 11 years there from the time 1 was 40 until i stepped aside at 52, and that helped me realize the toll coaching there had Token on  hornets Post second win in Berlin invitational Hanau cagers Down defending Usa eur champs by Tim Boivin staff writer Trun after beating a feisty Ber Lin squad late thursday night in the Berlin invitational basketball tournament Hanau coach Roderick Roach wanted tic defending Usa eur champions the  panthers. He got  Friday and got them Good 96-73, but it was t the same squad that took the Usa eur title last year. In fact it was t much of a squad As the panthers could Only Muster seven players for the trip. Roach took advantage of that tailoring his team s game plan to wearing Down the panthers. Guards Wilbur Jordan and Warren Cherry helped declaw the Panth ers As they combined for 40 Points to Lead the hornets. Jordan explained the game plan. Fir it we wanted to run at them to gel them tired then we went Down Low to get them into foul trouble. Seven players can Only hang so Long and Cherry started hitting his jumpers from the Point. Thai opened up All of our  Cherry agreed and liked the Way he was Able to play the whole court. We wanted to open it up so we could control the game Cherry said. The big men started opening up the boards for us underneath and we were Able to run the fast break. I m More of an open court player so this game suited my  Kaiserslautern coach Melvin Gaither look the defeat in stride. My Guys never gave up Gaither said. They got Down when the hornets ran off two 12-Poinl streaks but they kept coming  the loss could not overshadow a solid Effort by Forward Anthony Gray for the panthers. Gray had 33 Points and Hung in even after being bashed in the last minute under the boards. Gray had to hang in As the panthers had no reserves left. James Baldwin and Calvin Watson had fouled Oul but Gray continued to Battle it out in the Lane with the taller hornets until the final Buzzer. In Friday s other games Biu Holder 93, a Ieuan 84 the bears Lead by the driving Force of guard Greg Ransaw had Only a one Point Lead at halftime. In the second half ran saw turned into a Buzz saw penetrating on offence and picking the wolverines pock ets on defense. Ransaw had six Field goals and six of eight free throws in the second half to Clinch the Victory. He finished with 26 Points. Ransaw knew he had to assert himself after the half. I knew i had to push the Ball up court get inside on the drives and pressure them on defense Ransaw said. Randy Brooks had 22 Points for the wolverines and Michael degrade had 18. However degrade picked up his fourth foul with 18 minutes left and had just one Basket in the second half before fouling out with six minutes left. Aschaffenbur 83, bad Kreuz Nach 73 the suns blew open a tight game in the second half behind the shooting of Theo Dore Upshaw and Greg Newborn. New born had 15 Points in the second half to finish with 23. Upshaw hit 12 of his 21 Points in the second half. Bad or Cugnach was led by Rolt Crick Artt inc with 16 and Timothy priest with Hwu 106, Berlin 101 in thursday s late game the hornets placed five players in double figures to slip by Berlin. Gerald Davis Lead the Way for the hornets Wilh 19. Michael Reese and Ernest Vinson both had 18 for the bears. Ripoffs in Friday s late games  was to play Aschaffenbur and Gissen was to go up against Berlin. Bolh games were in the lower brackets of the double elimination tournament. Saturday s schedule has Baum older against Hanau in the upper bracket game at 2 . Both teams have not lost so Farin the tournament. In the lower bracket games the kaisers Lau turn a Schaffenburg Victor will face the Giessen Berlin Winner at 4 . The second lower bracket game will be at 7 30 . The championship is set for sunday at 1 ., with an if necessary game following at 3 . 6 Hanau coach Roach had few kind words for the officials especially Gar Milner the now York kicks could t come in and win in this gym the Way he officiate Roach complained. He starts giving us four right at the snarl of the game and gets our big men in trouble  the officials were told by Don Carter who Heads the morale support staff Here to keep control of the games to Call them tight thai s whal Milner said he was doing. Roach likes to think he should be con trolling the game Milner said. That l my Job As an  As for the kicks they have a hard time winning in the states too. Another coach was also upset but not at the officials Here. Gaither is having trouble with the morale support people to Kaiserslautern inc Way he tells it. The gym is being renovated w we. Have trouble finding a place to practice Gaither said. We be also been promised equipment and then told we could t have it. Pretty soon the players Are going to gel discouraged and quit coming  Arn sports television College football Alabama n. Burn 9 . Saturday Georgia at Georgia tech 2 . Sunday. Radio College football Florida Start of Florida 6 20 . Saturday Oklahoma Al Oklahoma state t 30 . Sunday