European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday novembers 1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Ryan antics discredit nil integrity Bojoh Steadman Hie Baltimore evening san producer director buddy Ryan who enjoys tight comedy and frequently draws laughs by the Way the Philadelphia eagles play football has changed his philosophy. He s into dramatic presentations. Cheap ones. Slop 10 reflect upon Ryan s desperate Effort 10 cheat his Way to a Victory Over the Atlanta Falcons. One of the worst learns in the National football league. This was t gamesmanship Asil is known but a contrived method to steal extra time from the officiating Crew. Ryan deserves to be taken to task by commission or pie Rozelle. Not Only docs his Man Euver attack the integrity of the game bul it will also make legitimate injuries to players on All teams More than suspect. Too bad. Football is a sport of violent collision. Men Are seriously Hurt in the process of blocking and tackling. A Fine Young Man named Wes Hopkins who has history of knee ailments followed the instructions from Ryan to the letter. On perfect Cue he faked a injury. He went Down but not As Low As Ryan went in ordering him to fall on the ground and unduly alarm his family friends and fans in the stands. If coaches Don t have any More respect for the rules of football than Ryan exhibited then they ought to separate themselves from this so called profession. It was t the first time a coach had been censured for what was a flagrant Case of unsportsmanlike conduct. Notre Dame coach Frank Leahy once pulled a similar stunt in 1953, when he had Frank Vam Chione. Art Hunter and Don Penza feign injury to Stop the clock in a 1414 lie with Iowa. Both limes notre Dame s Ralph Guglielmi passed to Dan Shan non for tainted touchdowns. The incidents brought no credit to Leahy and put the University in a bad Light. An embarrassment to All. What was Ryan attempting to do when he asked Hopkins a safety to go into his act he hoped to extract an extra timeout because the eagles had Al ready exhausted their allotment of three. Trailing Atlanta 27-24, buddy boy could t live with the humiliation unless he pulled out All the slops. He did. Ryan squirmed daring Philadelphia s latest loss. He had Hopkins fake an injury. A violation of coaching ethics. Ryan used his own weekly radio show to Bare the facts in the Case "1 told him to go Down he  he went Down and was earned off. It was just great acting.,. You be got to make it look Good yes but the eagles still lost. Ryan should have had better sense. Furthermore Ryan disclosed he was going to follow up the Hopkins caper by having linebacker Todd Bell try the same thing. Then it occurred to him a second injury claim would result in a 5-Yard penalty. That s in the Rule Bank for a purpose to control the ryans of the world from ruining the game. If Ryan could get away with having players dream up injuries the games would be prolonged late into the night or even into the Early morning hours. This would result in an even More extensive entangle ment of traffic because fans leaving the stadium would be meeting their neighbor heading for work thanks to buddy Ryan the wonder coach of the eagles. Not being Able to beat Atlanta no double put Ryan in an innovative mood. That s when he had Hopkins go Down for the count. On purpose and without physical cause. In the future a player is going to be seriously injured and because of the Ryan strategy be virtually disregarded by the Public press and teammates. They la merely assume he s not Hurt but Only trying to chisel a timeout. Too bad. The mentality of some football coaches defies imagination. It would t be surprising if they used one practice per week to rehearse faking injuries instead of using the time to do something construct live this is the nil Rule on timeouts a fourth timeout is allowed for an injured player. Who must be removed immediately. A fifth timeout or More is allowed for an injury and a 5-Yard Penally is assessed if the clock was running. Additionally if the clock was running and the score is lied or the team in Possession is losing the Ball cannot be put in play for Al least 10 seconds on the fourth or More timeout. The half or game can end while those 10seconds arc run off on the  what might happen now that the coaches have insisted on instant replay to Check on the accuracy of the officials is that a lie Detector test will be Given to players prone on the Field. The quiz would go some thing like this raise your right hand and Tell the truth. Are you lying or arc you dying according to the Reading on the polygraph machine the officials would either permit the player to leave or Force him to go Hack to work. With All of buddy Ryan s machinations against the Falcons what did in save him All of one second. That s what makes such frivolous actions ill the More appalling. While Ditka rests bears try to recover is. Bugs by Thomas George new York times will Mike Ditka have a Telephone Hookup from Lake Forest Hospital in Soldier Field sunday when the Chi Cago bears play the Tampa Bay buccaneers will Dilka simply Call at halftime if his team is losing late will he slip out of his Hospital room to clean up matters no one would be surprised if any of those things happened. Dilka the bears coach suffered a mild heart attack wednesday morning and by the afternoon was saying a shucks Well have this thing licked in 48  the doctors said no he should remain hospitalised for a week. ,. Vince Tobin the bears defensive coordinator was named acting head coach thursday by Mike Mccasky the team president. After a 7 Mart including a rousing monday night Victory Over the san fran Cisco 49ers. The bears surprisingly willed against the new England patriots last sunday losing 30. ,. Ditka was livid raving on the sideline in o manner reminiscent of his week by week showings Early in his coaching Ca reer that approach to his Job helped cause his heart attack according la or. Jay Alexander a cardiologist who treated. Ditkof course he will be Able to resume coaching though not As soon As he likes Alexander said. But he. Must Al Roundup make some changes. I d like for him to stick it out a while but 1 Don t know anyone big enough to make sure he does that.". National conference new Orleans 7 at Washington 5 both teams Are coming off losses. Expect precision play and hard knocks from two clubs that should be primed for Good showings. ". A key is a healthy Doug Williams and the redskins passing game ranked no. 1 in the pfc. The saints defense has allowed opponents to Complete 52.2 per cent of their passes and has yielded 12 passing touchdowns. Dallas 1 at new York slants s Tom Landry said the Effort is there and so is the will but the victories have simply not come. Al limes the cowboys have looked no worse than the giants yet Dallas is last and new York first in the declining pfc East. Detroit 1 lit Minnesota 5 the Lions have a Tough Lime with Minnesota. The Lions have a Lough time with every one. If the Vikings simply gel the Ball to Anthony Carter they win. In Minnesota s five victories Carter has averaged nearly six receptions for 17.9 Yards a catch and the Vikings have scored 30.6 Points a game. In Minnesota s four losses. Carter averaged 25 receptions with the Vikings scoring an average of 13 Points. ,. Green Bay 2 at Atlanta z two teams headed nowhere bul bids have been playing belter football lately. An error filled game should nol be a sur prise the Falcons have made 24 turnovers the packers 29. Los Angelr is 7 at Phila Delphia 4 the rams arc rolling having beaten new Orleans last Sun Day to tie them for first in the pfc West.  -.,.san Francisco 6 at Phoenix 5 i Don t think Joe is 100 percent and until he is Steve Young is the  said Bill Walsh the 49ers coach who keeps the Quarter Back pot boiling with his constant quarterback changes. Joe Montana said his ribs Felt Good enough for him to play. Expect footballs to Fly Phoe Nix has 16 passing touchdowns san Francisco 13,-. 1 american conference Miami 5 i new England 4 a loss by either team and the already slim Chance of catching the Dills becomes even More dim. Both teams have Given up More Points than they have scored Miami leads the acc in pass offence new England ranks third in pass defense. Pittsburgh 2 to Cincinnati 7 opposite records for opposite teams. Pitts Burgh still has trouble scoring and Cincin Nati can seemingly score at will. New York jews 5 to Indianapolis 4 the jets have scored 206 Points More than any other team in the a feast Indianapolis is right behind with 205. Both teams score awol but have difficulty stopping big plays. Kansas City t at Denver 4 the chiefs Only Victory was Over Den ver which still suffers from defensive lapses. The Colts scored 55 Points against Denver monday night. Denver ranks last in acc Rushing defense bul Kansas City has been Bulrush cd this sea son 1,408 Yards to 822 Yards and has been oils cored 149-112. Buffalo 8 of Seattle 5 the Bills own the nil s Best record but Are Ripe for picking in the kingdom. Still a Young team the Bills suffered their Only loss at Chicago and this game against a solid running team precedes key Confer ence games against the dolphins and the jets. Los Angeles raiders 4 in san Diego 2 i told our team the season began today said Mike Shanahan after his Raider beat Kansas City sunday. Bul with games against san Francisco Buffalo and two against Seattle remain ing for the raiders plus games with at Lanta and Denver there is Little hint the rest of tic raiders season will be much different from its Start. Monday night Cli Cland 6 Al Houston 6 Bernie Kosar believes the Browns still have time. We can catch Cincinnati Kosar said if we win the rest 1 think Weca win the division.". Jerry a Triville believes his oilers can continue exploding As they did in beating Washington 41-17, i like our learn said the oilers coach. I like our  .