European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday september 13, 1935 sports h the stars and stripes Page 37 by Dave Goldberg a football writer give Rich Brooks and Ray Rhodes the Early Lead for Rookie coach of the year.,. For no other reason than guts. Give buddy Ryan who did the same thing Rhodes did the award for predictable coach of the year. When he lifted Dave Krieg in the second Quarter sunday minutes after Rhodes lifted ran nil analysis Dall Cunningham he was simply being buddy the Man who finds quarterbacks a Nec Essary evil. Brooks got the rams Job after a number of other people including Rhodes went elsewhere. V Here he is in the rams first Home game in St. Louis leading by four Points Over the saints with 2 27 to go. With fourth-and-1 at the new Orleans 48 and the saints coming of he lines up to punt and has the Ball snapped to up Back Keith Lyle who runs 4 Yards for a first Down that clinches the game. That goes against every Rule in the nil coaches handbook a never do anything that can backfire when you can play it Safe a Quot a a. I Sam Wyche did it in 1987, running the Ball against san Francisco in Cincinnati with five seconds left arid a 6-Point Lead. The play failed Joe Montara hit Jerry Rice for a touchdown on the next play and Wyche is still trying to defend the Call a i have never seen anything like it in my life a said Ron Wolfley who a made a career of playing on special teams. A it was incredible. The Man wants to win. He a obsessed with winning. And its starting to spread to a Bunch of these the eagles Rhodes meanwhile did what people had predicted head do since training Camp a yank Cunningham for Rodney Peete. In essence the move was a no brainer. The Only unusual thing was that it took place with the game scoreless in the second Quarter. That shot to say Peete is the better quarterback. But he is a More disciplined quarterback than Cunningham who has got ten by on athletic ability. And As the son of a coach he reads defences better and is far More suited for the trendy a West coast or a a californian or �?o49ers�?� or a Bill Walsh offence Rhodes and Jon Gruden have installed in Philadelphia the eagles won 31-19, largely because Ricky Watters and Charlie Garner combined for 165 Yards Rushing and Peete made no mistakes. Rhodes also did the diplomatic thing by declaring Cunningham the no 1 quarterback. But for How Long As for Ryan he also did the predictable. But he should have known what was coming when he signed Krieg and declared him a the notwithstanding Kriegs excellent half season in Detroit in 1994, when he threw Brooks Rhodes 14 touchdown passes and three interceptions his career has been peaks and valleys. He holds the nil career record for fumbles among other things. He a obviously started in a Valley for the cardinals a three interceptions in the first game and two More sunday night the second returned 37 Yards by William Thomas for a touchdown. That a two More interceptions in 31 attempts this year than he threw last season in 131 attempts. So out he went to be replaced by Mike Buck. Can Jay Schroeder or Jim Mcmahon be far behind while Jerry Jones and Dallas beat Carmen policy and san Francisco in the bidding War for Deion Sanders policy can make a convincing argument for his mane vering. Example Tim Mcdonald the 49ers�?T Strong safety has renegotiated his contract four or five times in the last two years taking cuts in regular pay but stringing out payments and inserting Bonus clauses. One of those Bonus clauses came due on sunday when he returned an interception 13 Yards for a touchdown. That earned him $650,000 because he had returned one 52 Yards for a score against new Orleans the previous week. Why because he got that Bonus if he returned two interceptions for touch Downs in a season. A policy probably figured it was a Longshot a the two in one season Are As Many inter captions he had returned for touchdowns in eight previous nil seasons. A Shula bowl ii now that the Cincinnati bengals have gotten Over the Jacksonville hurdle they need Only to win at Seattle 0-2 and at Home against Houston 1-1 to enter the Miami game at 4-0. Could it be that Dave Shula will be battling his father for Homefield advantage in the acc title game whoa beating Indianapolis and Jack Sonville has unimpressed the Odds makers so much that the bengals opened As a 3l/a-Point underdog in Seattle. In of lick words the bengals arc a team that on any Given sunday can lose to any Given 0-� 2 team. A. But at least Dave will be around to get another shot at his dad. When the raiders and the rams left los Angeles they went in different directions both geographically and economically a consumer oriented study of nil game costs shows. The Cost of the average raiders ticket the highest Price in professional sports is up this year 62.8 percent 1995 1994 cowboys playing Down Sanders ankle problem $31.32 the rams upped their average Price 15.4 percent >33.61 30 $29.13 Jzyk also on the Rise is the fan Cost apm Index a formula combining the Price it few it of tickets parking concessions and a l n souvenirs for a family of four. Fan Cost Index for raiders games is up 42.1%. For rams games it is up 11.2%. $286 per game $196.43 per game the average Cost of an nil ticket increased 9.3 percent. That leaves the league just behind. The Pace setting nil 26.6% also up from last year 1994 18.1% source team marketing reports amps Alice verberne by Denneh Freeman Irving Texas apr Deion dazzled Dallas on monday but did owner Jerry Jones pay $35 million for a part time player who wont play Hurt. The question became an interrogation of Jon Sand Sanders at a cowboys Celebration news conference. Jones said his doctors told him there were 15 players on the cowboys who had worse ankle problems than Sanders. But he quickly added a i want Deion to have his physical condition m the Best shape. This is not a big Deal. The ankle is a non Issue for me. His tolerance for pain is Well Sanders attacked any thought he should be rushed into action before he was ready. A when i step on the Field i want to be 110 percent a he said. A a in a not at full Speed. I can to Cut. If in a limping on the baseball Field i know what it will be in football. I know what i can to Sanders who Hurt the ankle in the Spring when playing for the Cincinnati reds said he will undergo arthroscopic surgery As soon As the san Francisco giants Are eliminated from the playoff picture. Dallas particularly wants him on the Field for the nov. 12 meeting with the defending super bowl Champion san Francisco 49ers. A i want the ankle to be the Best it can be a he added. A i want to give my Best when 1 represent the Dallas cowboys. If i score after a touchdown i want to be Able to dance and have the ankle hold players want Sanders As quickly and wide receiver Michael Irvin said a the Hurt it during baseball season let him get it fixed during baseball Sanders loaded Down with Gold jewelry and wearing a Blue pin striped suit a cowboys Cap and a shirt Collar with a prime time on it had the crowd laughing when he joked he could Haye squeezed More Money out of Jones if his Mother Connie Knight had quit saying she wanted her son in Dallas a i kept telling her a mom Cool it you re costing me Money a a Sanders said. As it was Sanders got plenty starting with a Bonus of one Penny Short of $13 million. Its a seven year Deal for $35 million. Sanders gets $25 million if he opts not to play the last two years. The original Dallas franchise Cost $650,000 in 1960, which makes the Sanders salary i8v2 times that figure for a part time employee. Jones paid $140 million for the cowboys Sanders will receive a fourth of that figure. A my financial situation could have been greater a newest Cowboy Deion Sanders sports appropriate headgear at mondays news conference in Dallas. Said Sanders 28, who signed Early saturday morning. A i just wanted to be a Cowboy. In be always been a Star and now 1t1 have one on my helmet every Sanders said he knew he wanted to be a Cowboy three weeks ago when he saw Jones on his hotel room that was the first time i saw in his eyes that he was really sincere a Sanders said. A that was when i made my decision. I told agent Eugene Parkera get it done. I want to be a Dallas a
