European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday december 18,1987 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary nil coaches next move dear Santa Santa Claus called inc other Day. You recall Claus the original refrigerator of the North pole vaulters. You might remember thai team 10 elves Block ing As 300-Pound c1ausvaullcd Over enemy lines. Santa had curious news. He received Christmas lists from All 28 coaches in he National football league. He wanted to know How to respond to these gift requests Pittsburgh s Chuck Noll five Golden rings. Make that a fifth super bowl ring. Remember one for he thumb ? How about one for inc run ? Afler All we can t Miami s Don Shula i m no greedy. I merely want a third super bowl ring under my Palm tree. If not. Send a defensive Tom Landry of Dallas an offensive line would be a perfect gift. Not to mention a letter or recommendation to bum Brig our nervous Seattle s Chuck Knox a map to san Diego. Since that s where the super bowl is and i can never find the Way there t need Denver s Dan Reeves directions to Dallas. Once Landry leaves i belter be Bill Parcells of the giants steeping pills. I want to dream about the Good limes of last january Joe Walton of the jets my old Redskin Cap that i wore backward As their offensive coordinator. 1 need something when they dump me Cincinnati s Sam Wyche a watch. This Dang thing did t work in the san Francisco game. Seems it was two seconds too Bill Walsh of the 49crs the new Beattie boys Bucky r6x cassette. I be been listening to this old one through my head set All Minnesota s Jerry Burns a Homer Hanky. 1 need something to cry into when we choke again Chicago s Mike Dilka Juicy fruit. No make that spearmint. No s buddy Ryan a Book on defense. I thought i wrote the definitive Book in Chicago. Nothing works Here. Could t be the players Cou Dirr Gene Stallings of St. Louis a ticket in Baltimore. Then again Phoenix. Or is in Jacksonville Mem hit Marv Levy of the Bills one playoff game in our town. That should freeze out those nattering nabobs of Anil Buffalo new England s Ray Berry a Pep talk from Nancy Reagan. She promised thai jus say no would work. We Haven t done much since our drug infested super bowl team of two seasons Tampa Bay Ray Perkins new uniforms. Maybe like yours red pants red jetty Black Belt. Any thing but our Bue Orange which reminds me of the Christmas i got sick on Atlanta s Marion Campbell my old defensive to ordinal or Job. At least then i looked like head coach ing material. Now i Don s Jerry Tan Villa we want our old Houston oilers no. 1 song Back. Then Tell me How Miami stole Diego s Al Saunders the Home Field advantage on Jan. 31." Detroit Darryl Rogers William Clay Fords feet i should kiss them after his announcement that i la return in 1988,"jim Mora of new Orleans last year asked for the first playoff spot in saints history. This year you delivered How about a 19-0 season in 1988? John Robinson of the rams More us runners. 1 won with them in the old Days. I m winning with one Ron Meyer of the Colts More sum runners. Iwon with them in the old Days. I m winning with one now Tom Fiona of inc raiders More baseball play ers. Kirt Gibson maybe vim Coleman Kuntu Rity t Frank Gansz a new name. No one will remember Gansz much less pronounce it. Jive me something like Landry. Maybe Shula. Another idea Green Bay s Forrest Gregg a clock that turns Back. Twenty years would Cleveland s Marty Scholtz theimer a Lead that Sticks in the Washington s Joe Gibbs four More years. I know that sounds familiar in this town but 1 want lobe around when the Moscow muggers join the league thai adds up to 28 coaches All right my advice. Santa it give them what they want. Except for that Wyche watch. He s out of time with the bengals anyway. The so i and san part unc hires Tulane s Brown football program to Mack Brown. Must build Confidence Chapel Hill . A Mack Brown who spent three years rebuilding Tulane s football program accepted a new Challenge wednesday in becoming head football coach at North Carolina. Brown 36, succeeds Dick cram who resigned under pressure on nov. 30. Cram left Chapel Hill As the tar heels winning est coach with a record of 72-41 3, but with a s-6 Mark this year in which North Carolina won one of five Home games. Truro came under increasing pressure because of a conservative of sense and a failure in the past four sea sons to win the key games. Brown comes to Chapel Hill with a 17 27 Mark in four years and the task of reversing the fortunes of a team which in the Early part of the decade was considered a challenger fora National championship. Fifteen years ago when 1 Starlet. Coaching i got a list of jobs Hal i fell like at some Point 1 would like to have an Opportunity to be around or look at said Brown whose news conference at the Smith Center was delayed one hour because his flight into the area was late. One of lire jobs thai was very very High on that list 15 years ago was the univer sity of North Brown who will assume his new Job after completing his chores at Tulane mis weekend said his primary goal would be to try and convince those High school seniors who might be considering North Carolina to make the commitment. He is gelling a late Start on recruiting prospects to Chapel Hill although Crum s assistants had been on the Road to recruit up until the time of his resignation. In inc meantime. Brown said he would work with the players that Crum left be Hind following a Cason ending 35-10 loss to Duke. The thing we will do i find a quarterback ,. Then we will build our offence around that quarterback Brown said. We will find a tailback Hal we feel likes a tremendous player. I know we be got some of i Host at the University of Nort Carolina. And a wide receiver and that will be inc basis to our saying he would Combine academics with football. Brown said he would at tempt to build self Confidence such As he did in raising inc fortunes of the Green wave. I know the University of North Caro Lina is a place where you can bring in see Brown on Page 26 College from Page 21 made of Mcclive use of the fast break and3-Pointcr to open a big first half Lead and fun to rout Ohio wrench added 20 Points including 12 from. Point Range As the gators improved then. Ord to 6-1. Livingston Chatman scored i ainu for Florida which led 50-33 at Hall. Jay Burson scored 20 Pom and cur m Wilson had 18 for Ohio stale. I a Mem. Urn a shot 41 percent from the Field in Falun Ric Brown 12 for the trojans who fell of i the buckeyes were bar " -0 in Early going and trailed 28 s1-33 and committed 13 Lourn overs. Lorida blew the game open by out scoring Ohio state 16-2 in a three min Ute Span of the first half and led 34-15 when Clifford Lett capped a 25-8 run with a 3-Pointer with nine minutes left in the first gators led by As Many As 20 Points in the first half and outscored the buckeyes 21-b in the first seven minutes of the second half to build a 71-41 advantage. Arizona 77. Rock s3 Tucson Ariz. Steve Kerr scored 15 Points wednesday night All on 3 pointers As no. 2 Arizona overwhelmed Arkansas Little Rock. The Victory Washie eighth straight for the undefeated wildcats marking their Best Start under fifth year coach Lute Olson. Tom Tolbert also scored is for in wildcats while Sean Elliott added 14. Johnnie Bell scored 13 Points and mending Schembechler rules by Remote control Arkansas Little Ken. Pulled to within 30-25 when Bell scored on rive but the wildcats surged to a 1 3-Poinl Lead with an 8-0 run that opened with one of Kerr l 3-Oointcrs. Elliott added two free throws and Ken Lofton made a Layup with1 3 12 left for a 38-25 Lead. Ann Arbor Mich. A Michi Gan football coach to Schembechler is delivering written marching orders to wolverines players and staff while continuing to recover from a second Quad Ruple heart bypass operation. Schembechler remained in the intensive care unit of St. Joseph Mcvey Hospi Tal where his condition was upgrade wednesday from satisfactory to fair nursing supervisor Val Greaves said. Seem Bechler remained connected to a Respirator but had regained conscious Ness while recovering from tuesday s seven hour procedure she said. The Veteran coach could not speak wednesday but was Able to communicate using sign language and notes. He wrote the words go do it without me on a piece of paper wednesday morning and gave it to some members of his staff who arc preparing for Michigan s Jan 2 game against Alabama in the Hall of Fame bowl in Tampa Fla. Scheme Clit was expected to be hospitalized about another week. The Cam led by interim coach Gary mock a will leave dec. 27 for Florida. Schembechler whose history of heart trouble includes a heart attack suffered the Day before the 1970 Rose buv.1 game underwent quadruple bypass surgery for the second time since 1976. He s a Strong Man who s had kind of a bad said or. Rudolph Richen director of cardiology at the Hospital. But he s a robust Man with Good blood pressure and we re
