European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday. February 1, 1986 stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Berry would t look the other Way now maybe you can apr Ciatu what Don Shinnick tried to Tell you about Raymond Berry Shinnick has known Berry for 29 years. He roomed with him with the Baltimore Colls and is one his assistant coaches now with the patriots. When some in 5s v r a n assess Man of Berry Shinnick sex oiled his football expertise his dedication and his Lack of pretension and then searched for still another Way to pinpoint what he was talking about. I be been under them All Shinnick said. I worked under Don Shula Chuck Noll John Madden and George Halas but Raymond is by himself All alone. Everyone can now see to Whit extent Shinnick meant by Berry s painful Public disclosure revealing the drug problem among his acc Champion new England patriots. He has made it known that at least five of his players including four of his starters have such a problem and As Many As seven More Are suspected of having one. In this Day and age when the general practice is for coaches and baseball managers to sweep this kind of dirt under the carpet or hide such dirty Linen in the closet. Berry is All alone laying it right out there completely in the open. How Many coaches or managers do you know who would do that in foot Ball baseball basketball or hockey i Don t know Many who would. Offhand i could t even name you another one. Everybody is so Overly protective so frightened blindly failing to realize it s easy not to blow the whistle or sound the alarm but that s How the House always Burns Down. While others in Berry s position Are choosing to shrug and look the other Way he s trying to implement some effective Means of dealing with it. To do that he has been a major influence quite possibly the primary one in leading his Patriot play ers to become the first team in the nil to agree to a voluntary drug testing program. That Means the patriots Are the Only players in the league who Are volunteering to be tested. A photo coach Raymond Berry. His players Trust him Why arc they doing this when their Union the nil players association is dead set against it the answer is simple. They Trust Raymond Berry. You can fool All the people some of the time and some of the people All the time but you can t fool All the players anytime. Not about their conch anyway. They know How much Raymond Berry cares for them and believes in them. Not As prime beef on the Hoof As so Many other coaches Sec their players but As still developing Young men going through the same emotional and physical struggles he did during he 13 years he played for the Colts. Television caught most of the drama in the Louisi Ana sup Rome sunday but one thing it missed was How Berry made a Point of shaking hands with every one of his 45 players before the game. He did it unobtrusively and without getting in the Way while they were going through their pc game Warmup. You have to go Back to another game in which he was on the losing Side in 1957. He was still with the Colts then and one of their halfback Lenny Moore committed a Fumble that Cost Ihm a game with the Lions. Ultimately it also Cost them the division title. On the Way Home Moore was inconsolable. He was sitting alone in the Back of the plane when Berry Slid in alongside him and talked to him telling him there were other important things in life. He had no idea How much that meant to Roe Moore still says. Only Raymond Berry would do something like at a meeting in new Orleans after their loss to the bears on sunday the patriots voted 90 percent in favor of undergoing urinalysis next season for the detection of drugs in their systems. Ron Woolen the patriots fourth year offensive guard and assistant to player representative Brian Holloway had to Vole against the plan because of his position in the Union but you could Tell he was Lorn by his comm Cal at Sullivan stadium in Foxboro mass., tuesday. I m certainly More behind the program Here than with the Union in Washington he said. The Union sees a need for this program too but they want to do it on a collective bargaining basis. We Felt we Don t have that much time. Individuals Are More important than the Union As a Raymond Berry thinks that Way too. Human beings have always been much More important to him than anything else even Money or winning games. United Pratt inter Maltoral Young dribbler waives offers Worth $100,000 by Alan Robinson Beaver Falls a. A scan Miller May be the Only 17-year-old in the country who had to give up commercial endorsements and a lucrative professional career just so he could play High school a talented showman and bal handler who can dribble five basketballs at the same time. Miller As a High school freshman made an unpaid television commercial for Converse shoes that was shown during the 1984 appeared on that s incredible and the tonight on which he tried unsuccessfully to teach Johnny car son the multiple Ball dribble. He had shoe company breakfast Cereal and to show offers Worth an estimated would have ended his dream of playing College basketball. V it was t a hard decision to make Aba from Page 21 ulary with Mchale out coach . Jones. We it. A poorly for a while that we a fourth Loris Points behind going in i. Bosto led 80-79 with 10 19 remaining. Said Miller a Junior at Blackhawk High school. The trick stuff gets Boring after a while and i be wanted to play in College since i was 6 years that was the age when Miller and his father John who is Blackhawk s coach were just beginning to perfect the Ballan doing show that the younger Miller has performed at College and professional games and basketball Camps on two Conti 6-foot, 154-Pounder has Little time now for showmanship As he tries to steer Blackhawk 12-6, into the Western Penn Sylvania class aaa playoffs. He plays with an obvious flair and Confidence built during years of having a basketball or two or three in Bis dribbles effortlessly through zone presses then whips passes into the hands of sometimes unsuspecting team he is uncontested from even 20 feet away. Miller s shot almost automatically finds the Bottom of the Basket. He does t put any Mustard on any part of his game but sometimes hell dribble behind his Back twice bringing the Ball up the floor and not know it his father 42, said. Dribbling behind his Back for him is like you or me dribbling in front. He can do so Many things naturally that someone else would have to work on for is probably the finest bal handler in High school basketball said Scholastic sports writer Dave Kridor in a basketball times column. The slender Miller is also an excellent shooter who averages 21 Points a game on fewer than 20 shots a game. He quickly is developing into one of the top basketball talents produced in a Section of Western Pennsylvania better known for such foot Ball stars As Joe Namath Mike Ditka and Tony works on basketball nearly every Day his father said. We keep a Chart and he s shot at least 100 free throws a Day for almost 700 Days in a Row. That s Why he shoots More than 90 percent from the foul had visited Japan Germany and France by his Early teens but he won t be satisfied until his career leads to a College scholarship. The nearby University of Pittsburgh already is interested As Are Boston College Purdue and Wake Forest. I watch a lot of games on to and i know How much better i have to get Miller said. I have to get quicker and stronger. I see players who have so much More Talent than me i know i have to ploy 10 times harder than them just to play on their s probably Only five Days a year i Don t play. Sometimes when i m tired or want to go out at night 1 wish i did t play As much As i do but then 1 realize How much Money a scholarship is Miller inherited his intensity from his father but John Miller said he would t have pushed his son unless he wanted pushing. I m very Lough on him tougher than i am the rest of the kids on the team he said. Every Day of the week i Tell him he has to get belter. From the third Grade on he s been told it s not How you do it s How the team docs. He s always put the team Meta ton Boston led 80-79 a but the celtics outscored take a 90-83 Lead with 4 22 remaining. Elsewhere in the Aba sonics89,nets82 East Rutherford . Ai Wood scored 25 Points and Jack Sikma added 24 to Lead Seattle to its fourth Road Victory this 112, cuts 99 san Antonio Mike Mitchell scored 26 Points and Artis Gilmore added 22 to help the spurs break a three game Home losing Streak. Mitchell Gilmore and David Green Wood each pulled Down 10 rebounds. Nuggets 102, knocks 97 Denver Alex English scored 39 Points and Bill Hanzlik had a career High 27 Points to Lead the nuggets. Rookies Patrick Ewing and Gerald Wilkins each scored 25 Points for new York. Lakers 118, blazers 94 Portland ore., Kareem Abdul Jabbar scored 25 Points and the los Angeles lakers ran off 14 straight Points in the third Quarter in route their 18th Victory Over port land in their last 20 meetings. Kiki Vandeweghe led the blazers with 25 Points. Rockets 111, Kings 109 Sacramento Calif. Robert Reid came off the Bench to score three baskets in the last six minutes for the rockets. Reid s final Basket with 1 10 left put Houston ahead 111-105. Bucks 120, warriors 108 Oakland Calif. Terry cum mings scored 26 Points to Lead a balanced Milwaukee attack. Sidney Moncrief scored 26 Points and Paul Pressey had 20 for the Bucks. Eric Floyd scored 30 for Golden
