| Show I THE REAL DOPE r L By BILL COL COLTRIN TRIN j I J. J Dick Romney is justly famed as an dinner after-dinner speaker but those folks who haven't been lucky y enough to have an informal lunch with him just haven't heard the real Romney With the Denver scribes in town Monday for the basl basketball game Dick decided that a press luncheon was in order and we doubt that two hours ever passed more quickly than it did for forthe forthe forthe the guys sitting sitting- around listening to Romney spin the yarns No Unlimited Substitution He gave ave an informal report on the Ule N C A A convention He got ot a chuckle when hen he pointed out that the coaches themselves refused to go along along- with the unlimited substitution rule in football You see Dick said if they had unlimited substitution the coaches would be expected to call every play They dont don't want that all the time Sometimes they want to pass the buck to that skinny sophomore quarterback in fn there I know they do remember I was a coach for 31 years and sometimes the right play just cant can't be called Romney is giving serious thought to all of the complaints about basketball officiating but he refuses to believe that every upset in the league has been caused by the officials Must Be Courageous I tell the officials they must be courageous and to control the game they game they are doing that I think As for the technical aspects of the calls themselves even the coaches cant can't completely agree on what should be called and what But I think that the officiating officiating- is improving all the time Our officials I know are working and studying studying- in an attempt to do a better job but remember officiating basketball is one of the toughest jobs in sports so lets let's give them Ulem a little break Dick was tel telling ing- ing of some sonic of some of the great reat he hethe hethe the timers old-timers in the basketball basket basket- coached during his long reign ball bail scene and someone asked up there he had some good him to name the Ule time all-time all- all allones ones too possibly good enough Rocky Mountain team t t. t t make that mythical time all-time I 1 could do it and easily casily teams team too Romney replied with the Ule rile fife Skyline commissioner well known twinkle in his eye gave quite a boost to the new but it seems rather ridiculous Aggie coach John Roning He for me to make five lve undying said that he believed that friends only to make three or Roning would bring the Ag Ag- four hundred men completely gies back to the front in football foot foot- disgusted with me ball and it was obvious that And then Dick might be just justa nothing would please Romney a little prejudiced in m favor or of more He lie hates this talk about Utah State not being able to compete compete com corn pete with the other schools of the league That is silly he declared declared de de- de- de dared Utah State can compete on even terms any team in this area It is just a matter of getting down to hard work and building the athletic situation up again We Ve had our ups and downs there for years but we didn't have to get out of the league Building Building- winning winning- football teams learns isn't an overnight matter but it is the old Real Dopes Dope's opinion that Romney is right Spirit Spir t tand and fortitude win a lot of games and the have always been famous for those two qualities Let Lct them build for two or 01 three years get the new coaching staff well acclimated and then watch out |
