European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 02, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 2, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 25 commentary when. Oliver Luck hired former Stanford coach Jack Elway to head the Frankfurt Galaxy London became conspicuous with its headless monarchs. Former Boston College coach Jack Quot Bicknell a it already in place in Barcelona Spain. That leaves London the other tean Vin the world league of american football s european division without a coach. A a a general manager Billy licks in t sweating it. A hiring a coach is a lot like selecting a wife a Hicks said. Mph want to make sure its the person you Wanti it s one of our top two priorities. We be met. With a lot of candidates and we should have somebody in place by the _ the combines Are the we aft a version of a Talent search. The leagues 10 franchises will have scouts in Orlando fla., next week and Wilt draft their teams from the Talent there. The season kicks off March 23 at 8 p.m., when Hicks monarchs enter Frankfurt to Battle Luck Galaxy. The game will be televised by eur sport. The Orlando Thunder became the latest franchise a to grab a coach taking Don Matthews a Canadian football league coach. London joins san Antonio and new York As the Only franchises without a coach. The coaching roster shapes up like this Elway in Frankfurt Bicknell in Barcelona Matthews in Orlando Jacques Dussault in Montreal roman Gabriel in Raleigh Durham . Chan Gailey in Birmingham Ala. And Kay Stephenson in Sacramento. Hicks criterion for a coach is simple a i want a coach who a going to give me the Best possible Chance of a headless entity could become a nameless entity. While Many teams Are going for the name coaches hides is going for crowning Londo Rob Staggenborg. John Gallagher a Monarch spokesman said the team will name a coach by mid morning monday. Quot out of the four or five that we be talked with a you be a probably heard of two possibly three if you follow the game Quot Hicks said. Quot most of them Are currently working nil. Quot really there Are Only three Nanies around the nil that most people in England have Ever heard of Mike Ditka Tom Landry and Don Simla. Landry is the owner in san Antonin and Ditka and Shula Are currently working. Most of the names will be new to the British tucks did Promise that London will have a coach before the combines. R t a none of us a including the coach a gets to look at the players until we get to Florida a the pm said. A hiring a coach is difficult to do from Over Here met with a lot of candidates at the super bowl spent some time with each one. A a it san attractive position. But finding the right Gay with the flexibility to work overseas is not done overnight a a a a a a a despite not having a coach Hicks said London seats will be filled. The British have expressed interest in the games with the monarchs Selling More than 100 season tickets just by word of Mouth Hicks said. A there s no problems with the Kickoff a he said. Quot its not like All 56 million people in Britain Are begging us to Start but there a plenty of interest. We re off and running. R Quot you re going to see an exciting football operation discovery the leagues Talent sweep to generate Home grown Talent on this Side of the Ocean has yielded Good results. A. Of. Hicks is sending six British players to Orlando a two running backs a kicker a pair of linebackers Atid two defensive backs a a a a sending. 13 players including in pc athletes from former East Germany to Orlando. One army player a Keith Craig from Wiesbaden a signed with the Galaxy last Ino Nili. The players will he there. Alt they need is a Boss �?o1 definitely feel the time pressure,�?T1 l licks said a but ii . We All know what a got to lie done know the Lime Frame. A Quot in a looking for a Guy who fits All the t ight criteria. One of that criteria is not How Well he a known. Despite the three head coaching vacancies the world league is to akm shape. A with the backing of the nil owners the Money is in place. Name coaches Are surfacing. Stadium contracts arc secured. London will play Al the 72,000-Capaeity Wembley stadium a site of five american bowls. Frankfurt will play at the 55,000-seat Wald station and Barcelona has a lease in the 70,000rseat Monty Jim stadium. As for coaches Here Are Tuy five candidates for London coach. 1. Floyd Peters sex Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator. 2. Jim Mani fan Washington redskins assistant. 3. Mike while . Raider quarterback coach and a hot nil commodity these Days. 4. Buddy Ryan How did he get in Here. 5. Walt Michaels i a Jet coach. Take your pick Billy. It v the stars and strip Tcunningham should be endangered Eggle dear editor so the eagles finally wised up and gave buddy Ryan his walking papers its a shame it took them a few seasons to realize what the people in Chicago and every other nil City knew already a that buddy is a loud mouthed belligerent Man whose capabilities Peak out As an assistant coach. Now if the eagles despite All the Media hype could till their a a superstar quarterback Randall Cunningham to take a hike elsewhere Canada perhaps they might really Blossom into a decent consistent team. Now those who have been brainwashed by sports writers into believing that Randall is the a quarterback of the millennium a will no doubt Call for me to be burned at the stake for making this suggestion. A a Don t get me wrong Cunningham is. A very capable athlete and has tremendous potential to be an nil superstar but not at quarterback he. Randall Cunningham is inconsistent totally unpredictable both to the defense and to his own offensive teammates and has displayed season after season the Well honed ability to choke in big games. To even compare Cunningham in the same breath As really great quarterbacks such As Joe Montana Dan Marino and Warren Moon is a terrible Dissen ice. Put him out at wide receiver or in the Back Field As a running Back where his role is limited and he can put his running ability to better use. So come on Philadelphia. You be taken a great step by giving buddy the a. Go the distance by getting a Good quarterback to run the team and next year you might even win a playoff game or two. You wont do in with Randall. Now of course you do have Jim Mcmahon currently backing up Max l. Shadle Heidelberg German Price not right with Lockwood dear editor take umbrage with the fictitious uttering of coach can age Price regarding the proposed matchup of the Darmstadt demons and his Pitburg Barons. Sports letters in the Jan. 12 stars and stripes sports commentary entitled a for Pitburg the Price is rights by Rob Staggenborg coach Price proved himself not once but four times to be a great equiv Fator his Grassness rang loud and Clear with his paltry remarks when he said Quot Well play them but there a a time and a place for it. We re not going up there and play on a thursday night with unit level officials. We done to do things half ass at bit Burg. If in a going to do it it has to be first a lets set the record straight after winning the Kaiserslautern Christmas shootout and the Rhein main Christmas tournament i asked not goofy those officials who refereed. Both tournaments but the coaches of Lindsey Hahn and Rhein main air bases whom we beat this season How we compared to bit Burgos team. They All said that both teams would match up very Well. Actually the Only negative comment came from the coaches who All were in agreement that no team would get a fair shake at Pitburg because All of the officials who Call at Wiburg will Call the game the Way George wants it called. He rules the Roost and the officials at Pitburg. I thought perhaps that a True but then All of these coaches and their teams lost at Pitburg and maybe what they were declaring was Quot sour anyway i Wasny to concerned with the officiating As much As i was in playing them. Yes i had heard All of the stories of How George play in tournaments or did no to want to play army teams. I just thought that if Pitburg is the Best air Force team then i want to play them. Win or lose it betters a team to play the Best. You done to get better beating the same Competition Over and Over. _. Lets face it they re 58-0 Over the last three years but who have they played the truth is we Haven to lost to an air Force team this season either and Are 7-0 against them. As a matter of fact we beat Lindsey twice Hahir twice and Rhein main once. These Are the two three and four teams behind Pitburg in the Csc. I told him that we wanted to have a four team College style a a classic at Darmstadt featuring our two teams on saturday and sunday the 23rd and 24th of february Price said that he would be Happy to play us As he wanted some Tough Competition. He liked the idea of this Type of classic. But then he said the Date work because the 23rd was the. Iasi Day of the Csc championship. He asked me if we could play it instead on saturday and sunday the 2nd and 3rd of March. I told him that the classic was set. I reiterated the format of the classic to him. His Only concern was that he said lie did no to want to come up Here and have the army officials allow his team to get beat up. I told him that i had planned to use the Best v corps league officials. He then asked me if it would be possible to also bring in some Csc officials. I told him that would be no problem. I said that we could use a Csc official a v corps official and perhaps an official from another league. I mentioned that for the other official we would try to get one of the most respected officials in Europe de Rowe from the 21st Talcom. George said that would be Fine. He said that he needed to Call Safe sports to see if it would be All right to play. It usually does t take approval from the Safe sports George Price office to play non conference games or in tournaments but i guess Pitburg is special. We played Lindsey Hahn and Rhein main outside of tournament play this season and the first two tournaments if George Price and his Pitburg Barons done to have the fortitude to play the Darmstadt demons while both teams Are at their Best and still have All their players then just say a we done to want to play there is no need to fabricate a Story about Quot not going up there and play on a thursday night with unit level now the question May arise does Lockwood dislike Price not in the least i met George at the Safe for coaches and officials this past september and liked him upon meeting slanderous off handed comments to the press directed toward the Darmstadt Community Are reprehensible. I just done to like this Type of attitude in a coach. In the meantime George if you and your Barons truly want to be the Best play the Best. You and basketball can Only get better. So Pitburg if you feel the Price is right then come on Down. A maj. Gutsin Lockwood Darmstadt i cons coach
