European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes Friday june 21, 1991 by Mike Nadel the associated press Minneapolis a Jimmy Rodgers called the twin cities a a god a  he mentioned fishing several times. He spoke of midwestern roots and values. The Minnesota Timber wolves new coach said All the right things wednesday at his first news conference. Now he must do All the right things and find the prop. Or balance Between winning and building for the future. It was a balance that his predecessor Bill Musselman never found. �?o1 Don t know if its that Complex a Rodgers said a we want to win. But we do understand that  going to have to take care of the building blocks. I think you can win games and build at the same  a a a \ a the Boston celtics weren to concerned about building. Their stated goal was winning championships. And when Rodgers did no to produce losing in the first round of the playoffs in both his seasons As head coach the celtics turned him Loose on May 8, 1990. A lit an Odd Way i think that a something of an advantage a Timber wolves president Bob Stein said of hiring a recently fired coach. A if you arc an intelligent person and you make some mis takes you acknowledge those mistakes arid you done to make them  Stein was speaking about himself As much As he was about Rodgers. Lie knew he took a Gamble when he hired the intense Musselman who sex a ceded expectations by winning 51 games in the expansion teams two seasons but who did so Stein Felt at the expense of the future. A we done to want to just be five wins better than last year a Stein said. A we will ask a Are we comfortable that we arc making Progress toward being a championship team a if Wear the wins will Rodgers take care of themselves. A the ability to get. There is one of the reasons the Job was attractive to Jimmy  Rodgers concurred. A a in a hate to put limitations on us. I think there is a Good mix of Young players and experienced veterans a he said. A we done to want to just be an expansion  Rodgers 48, agreed to a three year contract More than $600,000 of which will be paid by the celtics he had a 94-70 regular season record Over two seasons in Boston but was Only 2-6 in the  eight seasons As an assistant meant nothing when he did no to coach the celtics to championships. A obviously when you move Over 6 or 7 inches from one chair to another the chair gets a Little hotter. The expectations Are different a he said of his transition to. Head coach. A but 1 have a pretty Good image of myself. I Feci Good about. The two years i was head coach. What i Learned was that my system was sound and the Way i dealt with people was sound.�?�. Stein Felt Musselman had neither an acceptable system nor enough positive dealings with those around him. He was fired april 22 because he refused to use the teams Young players and because he got along with Lew people in the organization. Most players disliked him. A a let a face it. The fact of the matter is that the players had a big hand in mus Selmah being removed a said Tod Murphy a starting Forward much of the last two years. A from my experience Jimmy Rodgers is a personable Nice Guy who can get along with anybody. I Don t see any More friction Between the players. And   a a a a a. Stein believes Rodgers meets his coaching criteria a Long term philosophy extensive Aba experience including personnel department experience willingness and ability to communicate with players sound technical knowledge of basketball and a desire to become a Community Leader. Musselman was often at Odds with for. Mar Minnesota player personnel director Billy Mckinney. After. Mckinney resigned during last season and was replaced by Jim Brewer Musselman fre quintly locked horns with Stein. Under the Timber wolves current Structure Rodgers is the senior basketball executive. Neither Stein nor Brewer has anywhere near Rodgers experience and Stein said that would be recognized in personnel decisions a including the Aba draft on wednesday. A the Ideal situation is that everyone gives an opinion and they come out Andic say tiered a our consensus a a a Stein said. A but if there a a deadlock and you have to make the Call generally speaking the. Guy with 20 years of Aba experience is the one you defer  since 1971, Rodgers has served As scout assistant coach head coach and player personnel director at the Aba level besides Boston his Only other head coaching experience came at the University of North Dakota front 1967 to 1970. Rodgers said he welcomed the pressure of the Job calling it a the Healthiest thing in the  obviously winning is what we re All about a Rodgers said. A but i think that also this is a Little unique situation in that this franchise is Only 2 years old the main thing we re going to be looking at is trying to grow. We be got to grow. We be got to get better. We be got to move on to the next  Case. Washington apr All his problems began Jerry Tarkanian explained when he wrote three Nasty Little newspaper columns about the Mcaa. A i thought if 1 could raise issues i could help improve the system a said the univ basketball coach. But the organization that oversees College sports a will Bury you. It s above reproach beyond criticism. A / a Tarkanian who never met an Mcaa investigator he really liked spun Liis tale of woe wednesday to the House subcommittee on commenced consumer Protection and. Competitiveness. 1 e says he a a victim of harassment. His basketball programs have been under investigation for eight of the past 18 years univ is banned from to and postseason play next season in settlement of a Battle Between Tarkanian and the Mcaa that began in 1977. A players Only 7 or 8 years of age at the Lime of the violations will he punished this year a Tarkanian complained. A a everybody in College sports a is petrified. Its a reign of be rrb Quot said the coach who announced his intention to resign after a newspaper published photos of three of his players with convicted sports fixer Richard Perry. The Mcaa in the 1980s censured sanctioned of placed on probation 109 colleges. The body a Maze of restrictions is impossible to comply with said Tarkanian who will make next season his last in College basketball. The most onerous restriction the a extra benefits Rule. A Booster can to give an athlete a ride in the rain and a coach can to give a team member a ride to see a Tutor. Louisiana state basketball coach Dale Brown held up the 477-Page Mcaa manual in front of the subcommittee and declared a we be got to Burn that big heavy  some witnesses disagreed. The Mcaa is the body that a a we ourselves have put into leu head coach Dale Brown leans Over to hear Jerry Tarkanian make a Point before panel testimony begins place to oversee our conduct a said University of Delaware president David Roselle. Roselle a is on another planet a said Brown who said that some of the College presidents a Are in a  coaches Are the whipping boy.�?�. A a you be got to give us some help a Brown urged the congressional subcommittee. Some committee members objected Quot this matter is Best left to people who run the institutions not con Gress a said . Rep. Norman Lent . Tarkanian and Brown Are touting a Bill they say would Force the Mcaa to change the Way it does its investigative work. The measure sponsored by subcommittee member rep. Edolphus towns d-n.y., is entitled a the coaches and athletes Bill of  it would require the Mcaa to Accord a due process to coaches players and colleges. That would Likely mean having a verbatim transcript made of All interviews something the Mcaa does no to do now. A a. Co is n to . Cambridge mass. Apr quarterback Keni Liiro onishi a 5-foot.-9, 165-Pound Sophomore has one goal when he meets his opponents in the first Ever japanese collegiate football game to be played in the United slates. �?o1 mus i win a said onishi of Keio University. Harvard and Yale coaches have been training the teams Lor the exhibition game intensifying the rivalry Between two of Japan a oldest private schools. Onishi said he first caught football fever when he visited Canada in Junior High school. The sport is very popular on Campus a and so Are the players lie come out on lop saturday. Taro Koki Suid. 21, a defensive lineman for Waseda missionaries introduced football to said All the players Hope their training Japan 50 years ago the games popu at Yale will help them beat Keio. Purity has taken off in the last 15 years. Waseda a big bears and Keion a uni Onishia a competitors from Waseda corns Are Cross town rivals of sorts both University Are equally determined to. Located in Tokyo