European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 26, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 21 prep Pickin s All Europe selections under Way the nominations Are All in and the work of selecting the stars and stripes 1987 All Europe football team is in Progress. 1 Hope to present thai squad net \ week. The response from Wil ii us a doubt Wai a Farrr 1 serving kids definitely were overlooked. Most of the coaches who responded did include information on outstanding performers on opposing teams. I certainly appreciate i hair appraisals. This year i was More fortunate than the past Cou ple of Yean in that i could gel out of inc office on More saturdays and personally observed 10 different teams in Aclipen. The Bennor coaches evidently decided thai no one in the conference was Good enough to Merit two Way consideration when they met to name the 1987 All conference team. International school of Brussels was attic Only Ben enor team i saw play this year but All during the season most learns had at least four players going Bolh ways and they were key performers leading their respective squads in Yors gained and in tackles sacks or inner captions i is difficult to comprehend that Noi even one managed to earn two Way recognition. Accent International school of Brussels and shape dominated league action this year by tying far the league title via an i Cal you you cat him he cat me routine. Those learns also dominated the All conference selections having among them 20 of the 24 players picked. Accent and is each had seven players chosen and shape placed sin on the squad. Lions chosen were running backs Ricky Crosby and Reggie Ber Nard Center roman be Csc lineman William an Drews and Kkt or Robert Holmes on offence and Back Mario Perez and lineman Mike Muldoon on defense. Making it on offence from is were Back John Delia and linemen Tim Richardson and Bob Bishop. Defensive selectee were linebacker Thad Brennan end Billy Humphrey Back Jim Fraser and lineman Ben Abrams Francois Longin. Shape 5 selectee included quarterback Shane Lee end Mark sch Mcyr lineman Dale Smith linebacker Don Wilson and punter Marc Evanoff rounding out inc selections were offensive end Mitch Girdler linebacker Tim Ortez and Hack Eddie Koharik of Bonn and defensive lineman Billy Mur Phy of Hahn. Crosby was named offensive player of the year  Vilior was Jit Afu Denci iils fld to pc me year i Haven t received the All conference selections from the Spain or Italy coaches. Italy finished play Only last week but Spain completed us action some time Back. That learn should have arrived by his time. When Vicenza cold whipped Naples White and Aviano outlasted Vincnza while the 1987 High school football program finally came to a close Sal urday also bringing Down the curtain on another year s prognostication. The final log shows 126 right picks 42 misses for a .750 Mark. That raises the Overall record to 1,680 dazzling choices 673 staggering upsets and 84 lies. That All figures throwing out the lies As always has been my policy to a lifetime .718 Mark an improvement from .710. This is the longest football season i be Ever coached said Don Drakulich Mentor of the Italy Champion Vincnza Gold team. It seemed As if it would never  the live Italy teams played Home and Home games this year prolonging the season until last sat urday. The 7-1 record Vicenza Gold compiled moved Drakulich within Range of achieving his Loolah Dodds Victory. In 10 years at Vicenza dra Krilich coached teams compiled a 42-20-1 record. In nine previous years at Frankfurt he had a j4-ii-0 record giving him 96 career wins As a Dodds coach. So next year he can hit the Century Mark. This year was the first year Drakulich has coached a full season of eight Man football. In a couple of previous years Vicenza Naples and Aviano played 11-Man against each other and eight Man against is Gonella with different players being required in each game against that team. Drakulich had some views on this year s scup first of All All three schools in Nlaly could have played 1 a Man football. However because of some administrative politics we got eight Man. At least we got to play he said. Eight Man was supposed to balance the league. I Don t think it needed balancing. We had Good com petition As it was even though Aviano had t won in three years. Aviano coach Ken Mcneely had Sev eral wins slip through his fingers Laic in the game during thai time but i teams surely were competitive All the time. You Don l break up inc bears just because Tampa Bay has had a few bad  some of inc reasons for Fielding eight Man foot Ball teams were More games More kids could play he i Herr a d of fewer injuries. Sure eight Man gave us More game but tit could have played i a Man and played some of the italian youth cams who Are really getting Inlo american football Drakulich said. And it s True that More kids get to play. But is thai Good nor Mally at Vicinia we get about 10 players with some football background out each year we can usually bide a couple of marginal Pat yrs in the Middle of the line in i a Man. In eight Man you can t hide anyone. I had to Start players with little1 or even no fool Ball experience. This scared me. In eight Man each Man must be a big contributor to the learn Effah. And As far As fewer injuries goes that could be he cause there arc Sli ims players on the Field. Speed is great to have in any game. And it s especially great in eight Man football. The defense has Only eight men chasing the runner rather than 11. Chasing is the key word Here. The defense chases after the runner has broken through or gone around in. A team still has to Block to get the runner free and make the defense Chase him. And they do it Wilh Only seven players blocking not 10. So though there May be fewer injuries i really believe the fatigue Factor is so much greater in eight Man because of All that running he concluded. Fall sports have been completed but there is no rest for the weary already Many fall sports athletes and coaches have swung into preparation for basketball and wrestling campaigns. They open next weekend in Germany and the by Tenor inc week after in the . And after inc Christmas holidays in the other territories. The first basketball championship will be decided feb. 13 when the Small schools tournament concludes. Buckeye superiors Hod rated Bruce High of we inc Styes Earle Bruce. After Michigan Triumph by Rusty Miller Columbus Ohio a seven months before he was fired As Ohio stale head football coach Earle Bruce was praised for his leadership qualities and lauded for the Job he did during the 1986-87 season probably. His Best coaching Job University records showed tuesday. A personnel evaluation of Bruce last april conducted by Bill Myles the associate athletic director and signed by athletic director re. Bay gave Bruce no ral ing below 8, on scale of 10, in 10 different a is of competence. The University made that evaluation and the prior year s evaluation of Bruce available to the associated press. Bruce was fired nov. 16 by Osu president Edward h. Jennings. Bay resigned in protest the same Day. Bruce has fixed a $7.44 million lawsuit against the univer sity Over h is dismissal. Bay asked if Jennings had Ever seen the evaluation said no probably not. He would have something like 5.000 employee evaluations to look at. He would t see in unless he was specifically looking for it. They Seldom go beyond my office unless requested by someone  Jennings was unavailable for com ment. A University spokesman referred questions for Jennings regarding the fir ing of Bruce to attorney John c. Elam. Elam did not immediately return a phone Call to his office. The 1987 evaluation conducted less than five months after Bruce finished a 10-3 season with a 2b-i2 Cotton bowl Victory Over Texas a4m. Showed Little change from the i486 evaluation. In the 1986 evaluation also dated april 22, Bruce received a score of less than 8 in Only one category budget management where he received a 7, under inc heading for athletic director comments on the 1987 report. Bay wrote great Job Ohio state is Lucky to have you in the most recent evaluation Myles gave Bruce a 10 in the area of compe tence in Field. Myles wrote knows the game of football very Well. Has won big ten championships and was voted National coach of the year in 1979. Proba Bly did his Best coaching Job this past year after facing much  Bruce lost two assistant coaches before the Siart of the 1986-87 season. His buckeyes lost their first iwo games be fore winning nine in a Row. Bruce also received a 10 in development where Myles wrote works very hard to slay abreast professionally and stresses in with his  under the heading relations Wilh of hrs Bruce received an 8 in the 1986 report and a 9 in the 1987 evaluation. Improved Over last year Myles wrote relations Are Good Wilh those around him. Good when he wants to be. When he prepares he is very Good with the  under judgment Bruce was rated an 8 and Myles commented " in things other than football Bruce does not Al ways Eva Lunoc Impact of his decision in related areas. Exceptional judgment in football  Bay. Speaking tuesday said the evaluation forms were used within the athletic department to determine Mcrill pay. They should t be taken out of perspective Bay said. They were a Way to work with Earle in different areas. When i got a Chance i would talk to Earle about being better prepared in Public speaking. It was a matter of self improvement. Just run of the Mill  Bay said the evaluations Back his con Tention that the firing was a mistake. I be said All along that they were not justified in firing the Guy. Judging from his record and All the other intangibles Bay said. In some situations maybe he could have done belter but he stuck his foot in his Mouth. But gosh As a whole