European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A amps Kon Georga Dick Enburg chats with Ronnie Lott before the 49crs-dolphins american bowl in London in 1988.Dick Enberg scores big from the cover self and to be at Case so go for it. Say anything you be got on your mind. You say it Well go with it and build on it a Quot Trumpy says. A Well it was instant Comfort zone for me. I did no to have to worry about fitting in with Dick Enburg. He would fit in with me a Enberg recalls the danger signs in that first broadcast with Trumpy Quot they were Only Little moments of hesitation a he says Quot but because there a so Little time in our business he who hesitates is lost. If in a waiting for you to shoot the Ball and i relax and _ then its a of you re going to throw it Back to me a the moment is lost. So i told him a you take the Ball and run with it done to worry about me. In be got my Side  now a relaxed Trumpy is looking Forward to working his first super bowl As a member of the a team. �?o1 think i have a slight advantage Over other rookies having done two super bowls with Don Criqui on radio Quot lie says. Quot and in be got this great Anchor this Rock sitting next to me. 1 maybe doing my first on to but he Isnit. Ill stay very close to Dick believe  As no cd a play by play Man for All seasons since 1975, Enberg has made a wide Range of broadcasting partners feel at ease. The highest compliment you can pay an athlete is that he makes his teammates better and that definitely can be said of Enburg. He a the magic Johnson of play by play men he knows his teammates strengths and plays to them. Dishing out assists with his questions and Conversa Tion opening comments leading and drawing his partners out White still attending to the m cat and potatoes responsibilities of score time and Down and distance. A Dick pc rvs up those gentle lobs so you can slam Dunk them a a says former Enburg partner Merlin Olsen who mixes his sports metaphors but makes his Point clearly. A a there a no question that he enhanced my career.�?�. Quot Dick can make a Star out Tif anybody a says another longtime partner Al Mcguire who Points to himself As  a shoot from the lip approach and colourful phraseology on no cd a College basketball Broad # casts made him a Loose Cannon in front of a live Mike but Enburg was his Security Blanket. A the knew when i was getting into letters a Mcguire says. Quot i might say a Guy took a chinese Steps a meaning Little ones or Titan my players at Marquette a paved my driveway a meaning they brought me Success. But tilings like that could be misinterpreted so Dick would say a did you mean this which meant a explain it or we re going to get  Quot hell take you on and off thin ice. He knows when if needs loosing and when its false Energy. He ties the Bow at Hal Tinie and at the end of the game. He cleans it All up. There a nothing left a Quot in once paid me a really Nice compliment men Berg says. Quot he said a you know Dixie sometimes Youcan see a probe in coming but when it gets to you you become a filter and when it conies out the other Side the problems gone and it looks like that a the Way it was supposed to be All  the ability to adjust my accommodate himself to personalities and styles As wildly diverse As Olsen and Mcguire the Yin and Yang of analysts is yet another Enburg gift. Quot they re the Antithesis of one another Quot he says with a laugh. A Merlin and i could enjoy a Good laugh hut it was More on a cerebral level. You  tease or kid him. But with Al you knew head make some mistake in the use of the language his preparation or whatever and he enjoyed the fact that you d catch him or. It and have fun with  Enberg has worked with Many partners a Walsh Trumpy Bud Collins Jimmy Connors and Billy Packer to name a few a Liose personalities and styles Rtin the Gamut lie worked successfully with All of them and made it look easy but its not. Cor one thing it Calls Tor Enberg to subordinate his ego. Since he came from radio where the play by play Man is featured lire adjustment to a Silicic it role was difficult. 11 Al first it was very frustrating a lie says "1 thought Here the network has hired me away from the local level because in a considered qualified then it does no to want me to  however Enburg understood a Basic truth about to the picture tells the Story. Therefore the whys Why nols and Hows become critical and the answers to those questions belong to the analyst. A i realized i had to become a complementary player instead of the Lead Man a Enburg says Quot i have a healthy ego a we All do a and looking Back 1 suppose i fought it for a Little while but it would have been foolish to continue to resist. Then i realized the potential Reward if the analyst and i together came to be regarded As the Best then id be on. The winning team. And that a the whole idea really to please the audience and help them appreciate the  Packer who teamed with Mcguire and Enberg on College basketball in the Early �?T80s to form one of sports casting a greatest trios says he was impressed with Enberg slant play the first time he met him. It was 1975. Packer was working acc games with play by play Man Jim Thacker for a regional Syndicate while Enburg was working a clan a Pac-8 games for map Enberg with Aba sidekick magic Johnson in 92. A rival regional Syndicate. The two companies collaborated on a nationally televised Uxa Maryland game agreeing that Packer would do analysis while Thacker and Enberg each worked a half of play by play. A a Packer had heard of Enberg but had never met him. He was looking Forward a a bit sadistically perhaps a to seeing Enberg a reaction to the broadcasting plan at the production meeting. A i figured he a a West coast Guy a Hotshot and egotist so in a focusing on his face to see what happens when he a told he a Only working a half Quot Packer says. A Well he shocked me. He said a that will be Fine. I done to want to interfere with Jim Thacker Strain of thought a All he was concerned about was making the broadcast better making it a team. And he has never been any  it. Enberg says he approaches a game As if he a a privileged fan. A my attitude is that in a Lucky enough to attend a top event every weekend and sit in a special seat next to an incredibly interesting and informed individual who More than Likely has played that sport a he says a and i can ask him anything i a want. I love the game a i might Well be there even if it Wasny to my Job a and i have the Bonus of an expert companion for the Day so i do what any fan would i pick his brain a. Quot the real Good play by play men Are Good listeners Quot Packer says a a they re not on an ego trip where they re the Only ones with something worthwhile to say. Dick listens so Well he knows when to let a Guy run with a Point and when it has run its course and should be Cut off. He a producing on the Fly while he a broadcasting which is very difficult to  Enberg says Good games Are easy to cover the real Challenge is to keep his audience interested during a bad game a a you la use Only 10 percent or 15 percent of what you be prepared for a Good game a he says. A we All sound Good if its close and exciting because the game Sells itself but you prepare for a bad game. 1 lie measure of an announcing team is How they handle 35-0 or 11-1, Are they complaining about the score like its a personal insult or Are they still trying to make it entertaining humorous and interesting a a Case in Point Enberg thinks the finest hour of his 11 year partnership with Olsen was their work on the Chicago bears 46-10 super bowl rout of the new England patriots in january 1986. A a that a where All our preparation really paid off a Enberg