Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-12-29 | Page 8 | Coaches to Battle Present Policy of Ruthless 'Firing'

Coaches to Battle Present Policy of Ruthless Firing Tiring Stabilization of Professional Is A Aim of Campaign Launched 1 by Organization Stagg Urges Less Les Stress on Victory t. t By JACK CUDDY United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK Dec 29 The 29 The nations nation's football co ache have begun a campaign against the ruthless firing o 0 gridiron pilots in an attempt to o s stabilize the coaching pro pro pro-i The American Football Coaches Coaches' as association as' as association is has pledged the most ous fight since the associations association's inception inception tion in 1921 An undercurrent of dissatisfaction n with the indiscriminate discharging ol oj coaches which threaded through th the thi two-day two meeting of ot the association flamed into the open in the closing minutes of the final session and at last Ian nights night's brown derby banquet STAGG URGES COMMON SENSE Amos Alonzo Stagg 72 grand ol olman old old man anan of the gridiron sounded th the battle cry at the banquet when h he declared the profession must be sta stabilized ta to prevent coaches from continuing continuing con can to suffer unduly He sea rec recommended ree a campaign of common commonsense sense which will vill be carried to tocol col colleges leges to alumni to the public and tithe tc ti the press Dan McGugin of ot Vanderbilt sity newly elected president pled pledged ed the associations association's utmost ef ci efforts forts Corts to remedy the situation Chet Wynne of Alabama Poly Polytechnic tech lie nic institute brought the problem mt inti the open after it had been by huddled groups for nearly twi days when he launched a red hot attack al at tack on firing Wynne assailed par pal the practice of coaches in fri sending a mal mai out to lead a squad in September anthen am ani then firing firine him six weeks later With Wit Without out due provocation Stagg recently retired by Ch CIt cago university after 41 years o c coaching there said the win at an cost spirit which has permeated co col colleges leges was responsible for tab Ili t In coaching He said the he teachers were partly to blame Instead of Impressing upon student l college officials and alumni that th coaches' coaches chief function is the ph phys cal and moral development of youn men he charged they have allowe everyone everone to judge their worth on th number of games won and lost PLAN OWN RULES COMMITTEE COl A At t the final session the voted to establish i its own rules rule's con COR which will vim send del delegates delegates' t the National Collegiate Athletic I a asocial social Ions Ion's football rules commute with suggestions suggestIons' for rule change The association decided it was nI m necessary for these delegates to ha hl voting power on the thc N. N C. C A. A A A. A con cor Lou Little of Columbia w appointed chairman of the new cor can McGugin succeeded Dr Mat Mai Steens Steens Ste Steens ens recently resigned Yale coach president Dana Bible of Nebra was elected first vice president ar as B. B W. W Bierman of at Minnesota secor vice president The N. N C. C A. A A. A was opening its a anual nual meeting today at the Actor h ii tel