European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday february 1986 stars and stripes Page 25 Ditka says Good riddance to Ryan byjoe Mooshil Chicago a coach Mike Ditka saying he won t miss defensive coordinator buddy Ryan predicts his super bowl Champion Chicago bean will be even better next year despite the departure of the assistant coach. I m not Happy he s gone i m elated Ditka said in an interview wednesday with the associated press. Well be bet Ter next Ryan who put together the "46" de sense that was instrumental in the bears Success left the team shortly after its 46 10 super bowl Victory Over new England to become head coach of the Philadelphia eagles. Interesting to see How he handles it now that he s head Ryan and Ditka never did hit it off that Well largely because of their differing defensive philosophies and approaches to handling players. We never went out social but then i m not much of a socialize Ryan said of their relationship. I should be so Lucky to have a buddy Ryan around. I d like to have somebody around to take care of me he said Ryan was around because after the 1981 season late bears owner George Halas kept him on As defensive Courdina App Wio buddy Ryan. Sporting new Cap Tor after firing Neill Armstrong As head then brought in Ditka to replace was never a big supporter of Ryan s "46" defense in which six or seven men can be used to Rush the passer Leav ing cornerback and linebackers in one on one situations with wide receivers. And he criticizes Ryan for playing favourites and taking More than his share of credit for the bears successes. I believe in playing tin Best 11 play ers Ditka said. I Don t believe in havin favorite players. I want challenges not preconceived situations. 1 want everybody to have a Chance to play. He Ryan took a lot of bows and i let him take them Ditka said. But Heddin t let any of his assistants take any bows. Some people Don t give credit to anyone else. Why does t offensive line coach Dick Stanfel get More credit we led the league in Rushing three years in a Row Ditka said. The defense should have been great this season. They were on the Field 20 min utes of the game. The offence was on the Field the other 40 Ryan said he did t play favourites. I never favored any players i treated them All alike he said. Id jump on an All pro As Quick As i d jump on a Rookie. Some you have to Pat on the Back some you have to kick in the butt i never Hadany buddy buddy Ditka and Ryan had numerous Dis agreements but their one big blow up came at halftime of the bears Only loss during the past season a 38-24 setback at Miami in a nationally televised monday night game last december. That was major i wanted to know what we were doing on the Field on de sense How we were trying to cover three different receivers Ditka said. He did t know what was going on on defense and we cussed each other out Ryan recalled. But we d do that Ever three or four weeks. Maybe it stands out in his mind but it does t stand out in my Ditka said he backed Ryan even when he did t agree with him. I even sat Back at what happened at he said when Ryan called Rookie defensive tackle William the refrigerator Perry a wasted draft Choice. Ryan indicated it was a ploy to get the most out of a player. It sure worked did t it he said. Although Ditka contends the bears will be team next season Ryan took a wait and see attitude. There s no need to guess. Let s wait and see what will happen he said. The players will miss me but i la miss them Ryan whose eagles will play the bears in Chicago next fall acknowledged his former team could do pretty Well. I read someplace that the bears have the easiest schedule in the nil next sea son and we have the second toughest with Seattle having the toughest he said. So i guess the bears should have a Good Chance of . Skating championships Mich pair nabs ice dance title Uniondale . A Renee Roca and Donald Adair led All the Way and clinched the championship ice dance Crown Friday night with a smooth performance in the free dance at the National figure skat ing championships. Roca of St. Clair shores. Mich., and Adair. Of Romulus mich., skated just ahead of their nearest pursuers Suzanne Semanick and Scott Gregory. And they finished barely ahead of ser Hanick Gregory. Whose exciting final program including a Sabre dance. Roca Adair had 2.4 Factor placements while Semanick Gregory had 3.6. The top two teams go to the world championships in Geneva Switzerland next third place were Lois Luciani and rus Witherby. The other Gold medal awarded Friday be fore a Small crowd of 3.206 that prayed a Winter storm went to 14-year-old Cindy Bortz of Tarzana calif., in the Junior women s class. Defending men s singles Champion Brian Boitano aided by acupuncture treatments for his ailing right ankle won the Short program to maintain his Overall Lead. Boitano 22, of Sunnyvale calif., received five 5.8s for composition and style in his routine which included a triple Lutz and double Loop combination jump. It was the first time be had attempted any jumps in More than a week. The ankle was better than i could have expected it to be this said pita no the Bronze medallist at the 1985 world championships. It s not the Best Short pro Grain Vive done but i m just Nappy to do All the elements Boitano began the acupuncture treat ments thursday following the compulsory thought after the figures that i could t nuke it it Hurt so much he said of the Tendon problem. It s the first time i tried acupuncture. It was a last resort. It was that or injecting Christopher Bowman of Van Guys calif., remained second and Scott Wil Liams of Redondo Beach calif., was third after two rounds. The men were to finish saturday night. Soilano did not have to compete Here to earn a trip to the worlds. As a medallist in 1985, he was guaranteed a spot. Caryn Kadavy tightened the women s championship event Friday when she won the Short program. Kadavy 18, of Colorado Springs colo., staged a vivaciously entertaining Short pro Gram to move into second place in the Over All standings trailing Debi Thomas and ahead of defending Champion Tiffany Chin. Kadavy received two 5.9 scores out of a perfect 6.0 for presentation and style. Mueller wins men s downhill morz1ne. France a Swiss vet eran Peter Mueller won his first world cup downhill ski race of the season and the i Ith of his career saturday. Mueller posted a time of i minute 53.81 seconds on she 3,025-meter Jean Varnet Friday s downhill won by austrian Anton Steiner the course was shortened due Assn stand poor visibility. Finished in 17th place saturday in 1 55.85. Leonard Stock of Austria continued his comeback saturday by taking second place 105seconds behind Mueller. It was Histo the 1980 olympic Gold medal at Lake Placid . Unheralded norwegian atle skaardal trinum third in 1 54.94 in a race which saw Stoces two through 18 separated by Only one second. Gerhard Pfaffe Bichler of Austria matched Friday s fourth with the same place saturday Docking 1 55.07. Gustav Wehrli of Switzerland. Second in the first downhill placed fifth saturday in 1 55.09. Two american Down Hillers finished in the top 15 and earned world cup Points. Michael Brown a late starter placed ninth in 1 55.42, and Bill Johnson was 15th in1 35.78. Felix Lenczyk was the top Canad an finishing i Ith in 1 55.52. World cup Overall Leader Marc Girar Dulli of Luxembourg could not Complete saturday wee after nearly losing a pole coming out of the starting Gate and falling at the second turn. Skal Nate Pleso. Czechoslovakia a Mateja Svet a 17-year-Ou Slove Nian. Stunned the Man by winning sat urday s giant slalom race in the Hight Atra mountains Yugoslavia s first Victo had a winning aggregate of 1 48.71. Run Ner up was Spain s Blanca Fernandez Ochoa who trailed by Only .48. Traudl Hecher of West Germany was third in 1 49.47 for the two runs both flagged with 43 Gates. Fourth was Erika Hess of Switzerland in 1 49.92 ahead of French Veteran Perrine Pelen whose time was 1 50.11. Tamara Mckinney of Squaw Valley calif., was the top is. Finisher with an eighth place in 1 50.54. Am sports Svet who was fastest in both runs with heat times of 53.48 seconds and 55.23, television pro basketball Aba All Star. Game 7 30 pin. Sunday. Radio pro basketball Aba a Star Cane 7 35 . Sunday. Bonn girls shape take Bennor titles shape Belgium the Bon crusaders scored a 32-26 Victory Over the Brussels brigands in the girls championship game of the Ben enor High school basketball championships Here had already clinched a berth in next week s Small schools tournament by winning the regular sea son title. Brussels will join Bonn in the was paced by Alix Ronka with 10 Points. Ton Ingram topped Brussels with 12 shape spartans won the boy s championship saturday with a 39-33 Victory Over the accent Lions. Both teams Advance to the Small schools meet. Shape s Pat Wilson who finished with ii Points hit a Field goal and free throw to break a 33-33 Lions were scoreless in the final 3 39. De Muniz added 9 Points for the spartans. Hank wend log scored 14 to Pace accent. Named to the girls All tournament team were Christina Beilhartz and Ronka from Bonn Brussels Tunja Ingram accents Cassy lord shape s trisby Grant and Hahn Scindy Babcock. Ingram was named most valuable player. And shape s Wilson de Muni Zand Mark Newton. Muniz was voted boys tourney map. In the boys third place game Hahn Defeated Brussels 34-26. In the girls Battle for third place lord s 18 Points paced accent to a 42-38overtime Victory Over Hahn. In saturday s Early games the Bonn boys took fifth puce with a 59-49 Victory Over sons Lerberg and the shape girls beat Oesterberg 50-24 for fifth place
