European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 a the stars and stripes saturday july 13, 1991 ready to Roll by the associated press the Pittsburgh Steeles cursed offensive coordinator Joe Walton last season. About the Only person remaining in Walton a Corner was coach Chuck Noll. A was usual Chuck was the Only one who was farsighted enough to look Down the Road a said Tom Donahoe the steel Erst director for football development. A the knew Joe a system would work with after some offensive Success late last season and a productive minicams in late june it seems like just about every player is in Walton a Corner this year. Quarterback Bubby Brister who openly criticized Walton a system last season now is looking Forward to running the offence. Brister is convinced now that it will work. A there were growing pains and All that stuff last year and it was hard but it made us All grow up a Little bit a he said at training Camp thursday. A but change was probably something we needed to do because we re not predictable anymore. A we have the weapons we can use now a Brister said. A we needed Eric Green. We needed some new wide receivers to go with the people that we already have. A i think its something we needed to do. Now that its behind us maybe we can take a step the Steeles did no to score an offensive touchdown last season until the first week of october. By season s end the offence nil Camps had been shut out in seven of its 16 games. Donahoe does no to anticipate another drought like that in 1991. A the attitude this year is outstanding a he said. A some of us maybe me included did no to handle the change As Well As we should have last year. I think most of us resisted the change because we had made the playoffs in 1989. The Steeles offence Wasny to up to Par during practice thursday at St. Vincent College however. Wide receiver Louis Lipps is sidelined indefinitely1 with a cracked rib and running Back Tim Worley sat out Contact drills the second Day in a Row with a strained Back dolphins Miami a training Camp started thursday and so did the countdown to their season opening showdown against the acc Champion Buffalo Bills. The dolphins who lost at Buffalo twice in the final four games last season head North again sept. 1. A it really gives your training Camp a lot of purpose because you know you re going to be tested by the Best a said Miami a Don Shula entering his 29th year As an nil head coach. A a it a fresh in our minds what happened last a loss at Rich stadium on dec. 23rocket s delayed liftoff has Toronto fans upset Ottawa apr a the rockets introduction to the Cal regular season was a loud chorus of Boos on thursday night. But Raghib a a rocket Ismail the slender Rookie receiver from notre Dame got an even louder vote of Confidence from Bruce Mcnall one of the new owners of the Toronto argonauts. A this attitude is great a Mcnall said at halftone in the game Between the argonauts and the Ottawa rough riders at Lansdowne Park. And Mcnall dismissed reports that he had summoned the injured Ismail to los Angeles recently to straighten him out. A the sat me Down a Mcnall said with a laugh. A the just said i want to play bad. He said you be got to find a Way to help me with this thing leg injury a Ismail watched the game from the Bench while actor John Candy another Argonaut co owner sat in the stands. Wayne Gretzky the third owner who also plays for Mcnallis los Angeles Kings did not attend the game. The crowd of 23,254 booed heartily when the Public address announcer informed them that Ismail was not dressed for the game. Prior to Kickoff Ismail met with the Media for the second time in As Many Days. A this is a Cal record Isnit it Quot he said with a laugh when asked about the number of news conferences he has held in recent Days. Ismail sidelined for nearly a month by a pulled leg muscle repeated what he had told reporters at the sky dome in Toronto on wednesday. His doctors have yet to Clear him to play. He is frustrated. He wants to play next week against Hamilton. Ismail also dismissed suggestions that he needed to meet with his teammates to explain his absence. A a they re grown men. In a sure they can understand what a going and he defended a recent trip to los Angeles where he received therapy for his leg and appeared on the Arsenio halt show. A i Wasny to out in la on a Beach or anything. I was out in la getting therapy and working out myself. It Wasny to like 1 was just sitting around doing Ismail said he understands people a Are As frustrated As i am. In a just tired of All this stuff. In a ready to As for his Long awaited debut a when the doctors feel in a ready that a when i m the 10-minute news conference held in a cavernous Hall at the Ottawa civic Centre attracted More than 40 reporters photographers and cameramen. Asked about whether he was Worth his four year contract that could pay him As much As $26 million Ismail did t miss a beat. A right now what a going on is what in a getting paid for. Things like knocked Miami out of the race for the acc East title. A loss there Jan. 12 eliminated the dolphins from the playoffs. The dolphins opened Camp with 17 holdouts one of them unexpected. Safety Jarvis Williams who is in the option year of his contract and seeking a new Deal failed to report. For each Day missed Williams will be fined $1,500, the nil Angeles rams Todd Lyght the rams top draft Choice was the most notable no show when the team opened Camp for rookies and Young veterans. In All 59 players were in eos form including a number of Veteran defensive backs defensive linemen and linebackers plus Veteran quarterbacks Chuck Long and Mike Pagel. Although not required to attend pro bowl cornerback Jerry Gray and fourth year linebacker Fred Strickland also were expected. Not under contract they chose to stay away. I it Lyght an All America cornerback at notre Dame was the big Surprise. A we thought he was coming a Robinson said. A but the real Issue is one of How much time he Vikings receiver Hassan Jones underwent arthroscopic knee surgery for a Small Carti Lage tear and is expected to miss the beginning of training1 Camp which starts july 22. Jones missed most of training Camp last season with a similar injury but went on to catch 51, passes for 810 Yards and seven touchdowns. The Vikings signed eighth round draft Choice Reggie Johnson a defensive end from oilers cornerback Steve Jackson of Purdue a third round draft Choice agreed to terms. Jackson said he soon might sign a two year $903,000 package that includes an option year. When he signs he will be the highest of 14 picks to do so with bengals wide receiver Reggie Rembert idled last year with a hamstring injury Isnit making much of an impression with coach Sam Wyche. Wyche says he Hasni to heard from the second year wide receiver in three weeks and that Rembert missed an appointment to meet on wednesday. Wyche last heard from Rembert shortly after the receiver finished a two week stay in a Minnesota alcohol rehabilitation Center and just before he was accused in civil and criminal suits of assaulting a Man. The bengals ordered Rembert to undergo counselling for alcohol dependency after he was charged with Drunken driving in two off season car accidents Toronto a Raghib a a rocket Ismail cheers on a teammate during the teams to subpoena 10 in collusion lawsuit Dallas apr Leigh Steinberg and nine other prominent agents appear headed for a Day in court in Minneapolis. The nil plans to subpoena 10 top agents in connection with a lawsuit in which the league alleges Coil us tween agents and the players association. An nil source identified three of those agents As Steinberg Tom Condon and Bob Woolf who represent dozens of nil stars. Nil spokesman Joe Browne said that the depositions would be served As Early As next week. Quot they just want our testimony a Steinberg said thursday. A a it a not Clear what the term collusion Means or. The practice that is referred to. Whatever is necessary to produce a satisfactory contractual result for a client is certainly covered under lawyer client at a six hour meeting thursday the 28 nil clubs were told that the subpoenas will be served for a lawsuit being heard in Federal District court in Minneapolis. The league has charged that the nil players association and various agents have been in collusion in fixing salaries by sharing salary information. A with the draft soon to expire and players almost certain to win a Case destroying free Agency restrictions a Steinberg said a under the current climate i would expect an Olive Branch instead of a Cannon Doug Allen assistant executive director of the a Flea argued that the nil has things backward. A what the agents and a Flea do is pro competitive a Allen said in reference to negotiations involving draft picks and Veteran players. A Only an employer can fix prices. Its not collusive but
