European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse E stars a to stripes sports of 11,1993 inventive few new theotto sports the Only thing Rhode than a of Roppi i r.?, into the Middle of a i the fight word he been if the pan glider turned our to he Don King. We info 3 morn in f in Jay make Liht of what happened h --./-. no one Ems seriously injured this time. 5 to jus up Zwir electric and his Cro a meant i was wac to. Go. Hsr..in the ring i Ion or. Comes someone Ever a i inst. Fw-indr.f Foly fired the former is in Hea a a sight Champion Stiv the invader before his opponent did Little More a minute into the events round. And Ever it an of Oldfield hacked up astonished yet try my to avoid getting " hit by it Dirk Bow visions of what happened to Monica Seles la Anler against Houston in snowy i game. From wire report Berra Ohio hundreds of thousands of Cleve land area television sets will be tuned to sunday s Browns game at Seattle As fans decide How to Deal with life after Crnic Kosar. Todd Philcox will be at quarterback Kosar feels for him. He s being thrust into a difficult situation said Kosar who was signed by Dallas tuesday after he was abruptly Cut by the Browns on monday after nine years As their starter. I m very Good friends with Todd Philcox and have a lot of respect for him. He s an excellent Young quarterback Kosar s popularity in Cleveland is certainly understandable. A native of Hoard Nan about an hour s drive away he grew up a Browns fan Ami arranged to Grad uate a year Early from the univer sity of Miami so Cleveland could select him in the 1985 supplemental draft. The Browns then went to the Lyrll Check playoffs in each of his first five years making it to the Ai a championship game three times. Coach Bill Belichick however released him this week to end a Stormy three year relationship saying Kosar s skills had diminished. Belichick pointed out that Kosar went 5-11 Over his last 16 starts compared with a 7-4 Mark by three other starters Over the same Span Philcox 1-0mike Tomc Zak 4-4 and Vinny Testa verde 2-0. Tomczak went to Pittsburgh As a free agent after last year. Testa verde is out with a separated shoulder. Statistics can be slanted to whatever View you want to take Kosar said noting that while he was calling the plays in the no huddle offence against Denver lust sunday he produced two touchdowns and a Field goal attempt in five possessions there s a lot of position ing and rationalizing that goes on to justify Philcox who won his Only career Start last year against the los Angeles raiders would not be drawn into the debate. I still have he utmost respect for Bernie As a Friend and As a player Philcox said. I Don t think Crnic skills have eroded. I think he s still a Good quarterback. But that s As far As i la Philcox 27, signed with Cincinnati As a free age tout of Syracuse in 1989. He spent that year on the bengals developmental squad and threw two incomplete passes As a backup with Cincinnati in 1990. Cleveland acquired him As a. Plan b free agent in 1991. After Kosar broke his ankle last year Philcox be came the Browns starter but did t last Long. He broke his thumb in the win Over the raiders and reappeared Only once in a Relief role after that. I Don t think i did anything spectacular in that Start except get the Ball to Eric Metcalf who scored four touchdowns three on receptions Philcox said. Behave the Talent to be successful Here. It s my Job not to waste that on tuesday Browns owner Art Modell confirmed that the club had signed Tom Tupa As a third string backup quarterback to Philcox and Brad Goebel. Tupa was a third round draft pick by Phoenix in1088, he played 42 games with the cardinals starting 13. He was signed by Indianapolis As a free agent in1992 and was released by the Colts earlier this season. Tupa played at Ohio state and is a Cleveland native. Public reaction to the release of Kosar was intense but mixed. Ten people protesting the move picketed outside the team s Camp monday and eight More showed up tuesday. But two television stations polled viewers and found plenty of support for both sides one poll indicating a majority favored Belichick the other showing a majority Tor Kosar. That surprised Kevin Byrne vice president for Public relations who had warned Belichick and Modell to expect an 80-20 majority for the popular Kosar. I said i thought it would be overwhelmingly against Bill and Art Byrne said i said we going to get ripped and the Seattle game can t come fast enough sources close to Kosar confirmed the quarterback was not completely caught off guard by his sources told the Cleveland Plain dealer that Marty san Ottenheimer former Browns coach and cur rent Kansas City coach called Kosar several weeks ago and said be careful. They setting you
