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Show Page 1C North Edition Lakeside Review Wednesday, March 30, 1983 For Cerebral Palsy Girls, Boys Play One More Time 4-- A By DALI z Commentary Arnold's Loss to Utah Is the 'Bottom Line' KRilNOUD and SHIRILIN ROWLEY Ravlow Corroapondonta SANDY They did most of it on their own, former Viewmont High coach Jim Cleverly remarked after coming out of retirement and coaching the boys squad to a consquad, vincing victory over the Not that Cleverly isn't working now, he still teaches Physical Educaall-st- 4-- A NOTE: The words written an the Frank cat havo already filled numeraire epert columnt. Sut Sliee Fullmer, an ardent IYU fan, feeli Arnold haen't been treated with reipect by meet of theee columns. Hera he gives what he thinks is the of 'bottom line' the whale affair. By BLISS FULLMER EDITOR'S Arnold ar 120-9- 5-- A 7. Review Correspondent So much has been written about the firing of BYU coach Frank Ar- tion, but he hasnt coached for about five years, and breaking the game open early and then just building on the lead make the old coach look pretty nold. Everybody who has written would have you believe that his facts are valid, that he is the expert. After reading newspaper good. We only fun. Since most of these seniors are college bound, they played 10,minute quarters, and each of the ten players got to play a full quarter in the iirst half. The first platoon was Greg Woods Cross, at center; joined by Todd Robinson, Woods Cross, who played Gary Seljaas, Bountiful, at forward; and Blake Izatt, Bountiful, in his guard position. To complete this little band came Roys Reid Newey as the other forward.. Before the game, things looked good team. It had three players for the as tall or taller than the 9 Housekeeper, so he had to change his game ' somewhat. Woods Cross Coach Wayne Baker who served as an assistant, said, House has played a lot against Pollard in this BCI practice, so they pretty well knew what each other could do. You cant block his (Pollards) shot. All you can do is get behind him and hope to get help from the other side, and I think it worked out pretty good. He. (Pollard) doesnt have a quick to the basket, he is just going to power it to House--keepe- r, guard-forwar- d; another year. 3-- A "I Hop Tha Team la Satisfied!" blared the headline of a Utah County paper. I see a lot of spoiled young men who are in for some tough times down the road. The Orem paper printed a cartoon 6-- depicting two Mormon Missionaires who were threatening to give up tracting for basketball if they didnt get a new mission president. I certainly hope those (players) involved are proud and satisfied this morning, said the writer in his final barrage. you. It wasnt just the great individual play that won the game for the team. It was how the players would pass and assist each other rather than take the shot themselves that decided 4-- A player for the past season had one school athlete as he helped the 4A more chance to play as a high the 3A. take a victory over RIED NEWEY, Roy High's All-St- ar All-Sta- the game. team lacked the confidence ,The to pass. And this policy began to make the split wider. . team ran its lead up 9 points The going into the locker room. The second half was even better for team as it easily extended itsx the lead. Newey led all scorers, with 21 points and he only played half of the V game. , But Sie Moore from Bonneville wasnt about to take this lightly, and ended with 20 points, tied with the leader Greg Diedrich. : 3-- A had one of the best teams Ive ever had the chance to coach. And the score girls won proved her point as her . 4-- A 4-- A 66-6- 5. . , This was the 10th ' Annual United Cerebral Palsy and the girls game ended as one of the most exciting. Both teams had good balance and tl?e lead many times. Four Davis County girls played in the game: Maren Hansen of e Woods Cross, Traci Belt of Davis, Ipsen of Clearfield and Nikki Nye of Roy. . Maren got six points tonight but I understand she averages 26 points a All-Sta- rs game in regular season. Im sure she upped her college chances tonight with Its really hard coming in and takin- her fine floor play, passing and shoot, g-10 girls from totally different bas- ing display. When it catne to Traci I knew just ketball playing styles and programs and put a winning team together, said what I was getting and let me say Im Jeanie Wilson, after coaching the really glad she was on my team, team. I feel this year we Wilson continued. In our state game girls -- - 4-- A El-is- 3-- A Girl 4--A all-st- ar rs with Davis I couldnt believe how much she had improved. She handles the ball really well for a big girl. She really didnt shoot the ball that much tonight but when she finally decided to shoot she hit the one that put us ahead. We had her down for seven rebounds as well as six assists. Traci will be playing college ball next year, shes just too good to let go by. They have such a fine junior high program that helps the girls get prepared for tough competition that I feel it really gives them an edge, said Wilson. In our area we have the girls for four years and most of the first two years are. spent developing skills whereas your girls come into high school with already three years of competition behind them. I feel this is one of the best groups of seniors the colleges have had to look at in years and youve got four of the best. I "Hi t ;$? i ' " y''-- "(L v - ' ' 5 ac- counts from all parts of the state of the dismissal, I began to wonder if those writers knew what they were talking about. Some of them seemed to let their emotions run rampant as they pointed fingers in a lot of directions. Some of them faulted the administration for fumbling the delicate matter of giving Arnold his walking papers. Others gave athletic director Glen Tuckett credit for finally getting rid of a coach he didnt want in the first place. Some fingered the alumni and booster club for the pressure they exerted toward Arnolds ouster. Many blaned the players for dictating the firing of a coach, whom they refused to play for had three practices, but we did practice passing off and they did well in practice and played well tonight, said Cleverly. We all had 8 K The official BYU publication, The Daily Universe, showed four mad, frustrated and defiant basketball players and the caption, If Frank Arnold isnt fired, were going to take our ball and go home! One of the players was sucking his thumb. Placing the blame on the players brought a strong denial from Roger Reid, assistant coach, and possible heir for the departed Arnold. I hate to see them (the players) take the rap, said Reid, because it just didnt happen that way. The administrators called Frank in to tell him that they were asking for his resignation and it took him by surprise. In his own defense, Frank requested that they (the administrators) discuss their action with the players. He was looking for a vote of confidence from the players, but never got it. Frank was surprised at their rejection and so was I, said Reid. The important thing here is that they did not initiate the firing of Frank Arnold. So what is the bottom line? Who really is responsible for firing Frank Arnold? The mystery has Y 7 TV V har-rasse- ?K.v m i Y 1 ' - : - s - f''y! ' ' MOST RECREATIONAL skiers get their thrills with a small mogul jump. But the competitors in last weekend's Gelanae World Championship, held at Snow Basin, tried to float as far down the hill as possible. Snow Basin will again be the scene of competitive skiing when dual mogul races are held there this coming Saturday. Layton Skier to Compete ftftogul Skiing Sei for This SNOW BASIN The third stop in the American Pro Skiing tour will be at the Snow Basin ski resort Saturday, April 2. ; World Gelande Championships were run at Snow Basin. Saturdays event will be the Dual Mogul race. The race will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the Centennial run, just under the Wildcat lift. Mark Archibald of Layton, currently in a three way tie for first place in the Last week, the pro tour, will be looking for his second win in the dual mogul format. His first win came at Brighton three weeks ago. He took home the $1,400 first place Saturday Amateur mogul and freestyle The event is part of the 1983 KTVX Winter Sports Carnival and highlights will be shown on channel 4 on Saturday Night. Registration for the competition is open and will be Friday from 4 to p.m. and Saturday from 8 to 10 a.m. prizes at Saturday's race. The Mens champion will take home over $1,400 The Centennial Run offers easy ac cess for spectators who ski. For more information, call American Pro Skiing purse. Archibald is the former U.S. champion. There will be over $6,000 in cash and for himself. at 649-145- 3. t sor. The line between interpretation and editorializing is thin and fuzzy. One scribe out of Provo publishes a news letter to the Cougar faithful. Admittedly, he is a Frank Arnold man. He lambasted the university for the way they handled the whole affair. He also took a swipe at the players for their part in the crucifi-catio- n of Frank Arnold. Letting the players dictate who the coach will be, is the precedent that we think the university will have a hard time living with, says this writer. What coach in his right mind wants a job where he knows that the players have the power to dicide how long a coach will remain in his position. The same writer discussed the job Frank Arnolds replacement at The list of potential candidates isnt very lengthy because the criteria for being a BYU basketball coach isnt that long. The newsletter author printed a half dozen men who might be called to the vacant of BYU. coaching job in Provo. In every case he leaned heavy on the fact that the new coach must be LDS. Like many of the other sportswriters in Utah, he ruled out the possibility of BYU to run the baskethiring a ball program. I challenge that criteria. Hal Kopp was head football coach in the 1950s and he wasnt LDS. He resigned under pressure, but only because he got the school in trouble on a recruiting violation. Doug Scovil was hired twice by Lavell Edwards between coaching stints in the pros and contributed a lot to the Cougar football program. Not bad for a gentile. How about non-LD- S Frank Arnolds first assistant. John Mullins might be first in line right now had he stayed on at Brigham Young. Its only a forgone conclusion that BYU would not hire a coach who couldnt or wouldnt live by the LDS standards especially while on are a lot of men in but there campus this world who would fit into the Mormon mold and would do a good coaching job in Cougarville. Lets dismiss this funny idea that re- stricts Brigham Youngs future coach to membership in the LDS Church. I have established my own bottom line, and perhaps it is no better than anyone else. I acknowledge that Frank was a great coach. I personally have been an Arnold fan, and I think that BYU may live to regret his dismissal, but maybe not. I was well aware of the rumble of discontent over Arnold but these same experts used to complain about Stan Watts who did so much for Brigham Young. Their reasoning didnt make a lot of sense for hating Frank Arnold. His bed side manner with the press was not good. I was embarrassed for him for his candid manner of Telling It Like It Is, but I dont think his words always came out the way he meant for them to. I dont think his careless mouth made him a poor coach. He was well thought of in the world of coaching. I dont envy the job the BYU Administrators had in telling Frank Arnold he was through, but I question their method of handling it. I think they should have told him before he had turned down the feeler from Oregon for the head job up there. Maybe he could have gracefully announced that he was moving on. But then maybe thats what they had in mind and Frank Arnold wouldnt buy it. Maybe he decided to stand up against the establishment and challenged them to take a poll of the players. Maybe someone leaked the whole affair to the press and the writers blew things out of proportion. sins blamed on A lot of the Frank Arnold would have been forgiven if he had taken his team into the NCAA, or even the NIT. e But BYU lost in a to Utah in a game that would have given them ownership of the WAC championship and a ticket to the Western Regionals. The Y fans were shocked and frustrated and became bitter. Suddenly all of those Frank Arnold rumors were true. Now all of those grievances, petty and otherwise, be- -' came mountains of discontent. The players felt it. So did the administrators. The alumni groups couldnt handle it. Frank got the been aired and will be discussed for some years to come. Dozens of sportswriters have chipped in their two cents but as I read their papers most of them are worth just that. Doug Robinson of the Deseret News, came up with an indepth discussion of the whole matter, and in my mind, was more objective than anyone else in the whys and wherefores of the whole situation. He cited Arnold for making winners of the Provo school, and winning at least a share of the WAC crown three times He in his eight year stint at the tried to tell both sides of the story about the dirty linen that Frank Arnold aired to the press. d He reported that Arnold had his players both on and off the court, and to the public. He quoted several players who stated that Arnold had gone beserk in the locker room after the loss to Utah. Robinson also dispelled a number of rumors that have been coming out of Provo and Salt Lake City for some time. He denied that the players had planned to boycott one game and, no, Frank Arnold did not take a swing at Brett Applegate in practice. Robinson dispelled one story that two players were going on missions, hoping that Arnold would not be around when they returned. Rob Capemer denied that as his reason for going. Dr. Milton Hollstein, a professor of communication at the University , of Utah also came up with an informative article about the explosive issue. While admitting that the press does have an Obligation to alert us to changes that reporters can see coming, he noted that some sports reporting still tends toward axe. Losing faith in a coach is not cheerleading and hero worship. in the world of sports. uncommon GardDr. Hollstein quoted Jack UCLA lost one great coach; the one The at coach Utah. the ner, past Wooden. He eternal problem of getting scooped who succeededoutJohn because he didnt was pressured tends to force reporters into becomwin the national championship. ing rumor mongers, said Gardner. This is poor reporting. Frank Arnold lost his job by letto team has eager people Every ting the Utes beat him in triple sound off against a coach and to go overtime. And that' tha bottom lino. Y. - after his scalp, said The U. Profes- triple-overtim- |