European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 03, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Jimmy Johnson right and offensive coordinator Norv Turner Are no longer a Dallas coaching team. Turner signed wednesday As the new Washington head coach. Redskins hire Cowboy aide Nymat Yancey Ashburn a. A the washing ton redskins selected Dallas offensive coordinator Norv Turner As their new coach wednesday seeking a Quick fix to their rapid decline from super bowl glory. I am convinced Norv Turner will put the redskins Back where they belong among the top teams in the National foot Ball league and frequently the league s top team owner Jack Kent Cooke said. Turner succeeds Richie Petitbon who in one season guided the redskins to a 4-12 finish their worst in three decades. Terms were not disclosed but a redskins official speaking on the condition of anonymity said Turner was Given a five year contract. In Turner the redskins see Many similarities to Joe Gibbs who guided Washington to four super bowls in 12 seasons before retiring in 1993. I think that s amazingly flattering Turner said explaining that he had spent years studying Gibbs methods. But Only one thing will make the comparison valid and that s the test of  with an aging team that was crippled by injuries much of last season Turner acknowledged there Are some Tough decisions to be  among the first positions to be exam ined he said is quarterback where injured Mark Rypien who is still under contract to the redskins with a salary of $3 million finished the season As worst rated starting signal caller in the league. Turner said he talked tuesday night with several possible new assistant coaches and would be bringing them Here Over the next three  in introducing Turner Cooke Drew similarities with his hiring of Gibbs 13 years ago. He also set some High expectations a winning record next season and a return to the playoffs by 1995. This is a new Day. A new time to reach for the Heights that we enjoyed in the past said the 81-year-old Cooke. Three super bowl trophies Are not enough for Norv and his wife and they re not enough for me and my  less than 36 hours after Turner helped take the cowboys to their second straight super bowl title he was on a plane headed North. He said he had not definitely made up his mind on taking the Job until he talked with Cooke whom he met the stars and stripes ports february 1994 for the first time tuesday. But Turner the redskins third coach in less than a year was the Only Candi Date considered by Cooke and general manager Charley Casserly. Soon into five hours of meetings among them tuesday the Deal was sealed sources said. The hiring of Turner was All but completed four weeks ago. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones gave Washington formal per Mission to talk with the offensive coordinator during Dallas Bye week Between the end of the regular season and its first postseason game As Long As it did t inter Fere with his team s playoff preparations. But everything was put on hold when commissioner Paul Tagliabue intervened invoking a league Rule that forbids the interviewing of coaching candidates until their last game has been played. In Between the playoffs this Job has been in the Middle and the front of my mind for a month Turner said. The Phoenix cardinals also had expressed an interest in Turner after firing Joe Bugel last week Turner said he had weighed talking with the cardinals until or. Cooke brought me to my  Petitbon the redskins defensive coordinator for 14 years before succeeding Gibbs last March had a two year con tract with an annual salary of $450,000. Petitbon was fired Jan. 4, but Cooke has said he would Honor the terms of that contract which Calls for Petitbon to be paid a second year if he does t take a Job elsewhere. Alaska s Lindh nabs 1st world cup ski win by the associated press Sierra Nevada Spain american Hilary Lindh could be the world s most confident skier head ing into the Winter olympics later this month at Lille Hammer Norway. Lindh the 1992 olympic Silver medallist in the Down Hill behind Canada s Kerrin Lee Gartner won wednesday s world cup downhill her first Victory in eight seasons on the circuit. Lindh s previous Best was a fourth in downhill last month in Italy. The Victory came just four Days after a chilling crash killed two time world Champion Ulrike Maier in downhill in Germany. With the fourth place in Italy a few weeks ago and this Victory i think i m going to have a Good Confidence base headed into the olympics Lindh said. This race does t necessarily mean anything for the olympics but it makes me feel Good about my skills. Obviously there was More focus on the olympics than in the world cup. But i la take it. Eight years Isa Long  the 24-year-old Lindh from Juneau Alaska posted a time of 2 minutes 04.21 seconds nudging out French skier Melanie Suchet by one Hundredth of a second. Isolde Kostner and 18-year-old italian who got her first world cup Victory in the same race in which Mair was killed was third in 2 04.65. Katja Seizinger of Ger Many was fourth in 2 04.96. Lee Gartner and about a dozen members of the aus Trian team were the major absences this week bowing out after Maier s death. Lindh raced Only four events in 1993 before injuring her right knee and later requiring surgery. She said the knee is Fine. Lodh termed this downhill course very Safe after last weekend s trag Edy. They obviously paid a lot of attention to safety Lindh said. They re trying to make a Good impression with the world championships Here next year. They had netting up everywhere the finish area was really Long and there were lots of bumps  the Victor wednesday moved Lindh into fifth place the Lind landings were in the world cup downhill standings with 164 Points. Seizinger leads with 282 Points. Wednesday s race which came off without incident was moved up from the weekend because of weather conditions and to Honor a request from the austrian ski federation not to compete on thursday when Ulrike is to be buried. A slalom and a super a Are expected to be run on saturday and sunday. Garmisch men s race cancelled Garmisch Germany unwilling to take risks after the fatal crash of Ulrike Maier world cup officials on wednesday cancelled a men s downhill ski race on the same course where the austrian Star broke her neck. The National coaches of the women racers meanwhile issued a joint statement saying the unavoidable danger of a downhill race had to be taken into account. Maier broke her neck when she crashed into a timing device on the Kandahar course during a women s downhill saturday. She was 26. After inspecting the course with coaches world cup officials decided to cancel the men s race that had been scheduled for saturday. A slalom will go ahead As planned sunday. 0�246850"000504"