European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 stars and stripes thursday. January 30, 1986 Landry rates Bear defense Best Ever by Dunne ii. Freeman Irving this Dallas  ii Rich ton  Silys tic Chicago rears defense is probably inc Best Ever. A s pm bibly the Best Porto minis de  Sild , rating he heart Over the Pii Kiir i icel cars steel curl in and the i us Lxiv doomsday defense of the 1170s. I d Siy in is More dominant Ihian the Sheef curtain was said Landry in in ninth i in Quality of the National Tun kill  bus been diluted a Little  a ii dry had u close encounter with the bears defense Elliis year the cowboys were Defeated 44-0 Dur ing the regular Sunsun by the bears who crushed new inf land 46-10 in the super bawl pm sunday. What the bears Hove going now is a Uitos defensive Eon Cepl that is new Landry wild tuesday. He said inc Washington find san Francisco 4 Eri name up with new offensive concepts several years ago that kept the Resl of the or. Off bal inc. It will take 3 Little Lime for Tennis to catch up with  said Landry. But i be never seen 11 defense thai lusted Loo Long without somebody coming up with an  Landry said offences in tic nf1. Will have to learn to adjust to the "4ft" de sense or the bears which was designed by their defensive coordinator buddy Hyan. It will take a Little while to adjust assuming thai they stay intact Landry said. Ryan was expected to be named the Philadelphia eagles head coach at a news conference the eagles railed fur wednes Day noon if they lose him in could hurl said Landry. It takes the right combination of coaching and people to have u great de sense. Remember. Atlanta wus playing the same defense this year i father. Bum resigned in late november with a 4-8 record. The 5-11 finish was the saints second worst in Phillips five seasons at new or leans which has compiled some dreadful numbers since the franchise was formed in 1967. The saints prepared for this latest coach ing change by firing Wade Phillips and most of his staff on Jan. 22. Excluding Wade Phillips and three other interim appointments Mora becomes the seventh head coach hired to bring a Winner to new Orleans. Like bum Phillips before him Mora brings a Winner s credentials to new or leans. He coached the stars to s2 victories Over three years including Usel championship the past two seasons first at Phila Delphia and then in Baltimore. Mora s contract with the stars expired Jan. 17 and in was speculated that he would become head coach for the Philadelphia eagles. When that Deal fell through the Rumor Mills had Mora beaded for new or leans. Thai report was further fuelled by disclosures that Mora had been interviewed by Benson on Jan. 13 and by general manager Jim Finks on Jan. 21. Fink Sard Mora s contract was for four years and that s one More year than 1  neither Finks nor Mora would go into detail on what the agreement was. It s Good said Mora. It s Good enough for me. I m very Happy with  Mora said thai he would bring Bis entire Slaff of eight assistants from the stars and that he expected them to arrive on wednes Day. Eight of my coaches Are coming in Tor Morrow mating and we will sit Down with scouting director Joe Willey and he will indoctrinate us. We will be very very involved Over the next four Days in going Over our personnel Mora said. He said the basis of his scouting philosophy is hard work i believe in working a team hard and working a Slaff hard and i m going to work hard he said. I Don t believe there s an easy Way in this  he said he does not believe the team s Post record Hai any bearing on what it can expect to accomplish from now on. The s a were Mora s Only professional head coaching Job. Before that he coached at Occidental College his Alma Maler and later at Stanford. Colorado. Urcla and Washington As a defensive assistant. He moved Inlo the nil As defensive line coach with the Seattle sea Hawls in 1173, then became defensive coordinator for he new England patriots in 9s2 before be coming the stars Bead coach just two weeks before the Usel s first season began. Asked during that first season Why he left the Security of an nil Job to join the stars Mora replied i did t want to enter a situation where i Felt 1 would t have u Chance to  new Orleans is he Only nil team that has never had a winning season and the Only team to have never made Trie playoffs. The team s Overall record is 83-187-5. The saints had two 8-3 seasons in 1983 under Phillips and in 1979 under Dick Nolan. Their worst finish was 1-15 in 1980 an nil record for futility. Nolan stepped aside during that season and the Smuts hired Phillips who had built a super bowl contender at Houston it was Midway through that season that saints fans gave inc word bag Heads to football when they began coming to games with paper bags on their Heads to assure heir anonymity. But the Light hearted approach to losing was Over after he saints narrowly missed the playoffs in the strike shortened 1982 season. Phillips guaranteed a winning season in 1983, but finished 8-8 after a series of injuries. Phillips again guaranteed a winning sea son in 1985, saying he d Juit if he could t deliver. As the losses mounted the fans grew ugly dousing Phillips Wilh Beer and hurling verbal abuse at him each Lime the team left the Field. Attendance sagged and even Phillips resignation for the Good of the learn failed o bring the fans Back. President for academic affairs Keller made a name Forin Iscle at the University for writing a plan entitled a commitment to  the paper outlined ideas for improving Minnesota s academic programs and helped boost aim into inc president s office. After naming longtime assistant coach Jimmy Williams As Bulcher s replacement on an interim basis Keller let it be known that something had to be done to improve the academic image of Minnesota s athletic program. You can make Small changes yourself Keller said. You can t go All the Way in making those changes and that s where the big ten comes in. We As a conference can take the Lead in this country in making changes that might not be immediately acceptable by the Mcaa. There is an Opportunity for us Here it s an Opportunity to take a Lead nol in the quixotic venture of doing it alone but in the More practical one of trying o bring a group of people together who Are in Competition with each other who play Well and energetically with each other to approach lit question Asa group Williams to resign As flu coach after bad season Tallahassee fib