Show THE SUMMER STATESMAN MONDAY JUNE 29 1981 The Ags will continue to gang tackle says Snyder be tied USU J football fortunes may to success of Aggie outside linebackers indicates is the second and final installment of the mounting of a conversation frtwrrn USU Sports Information Director ('ran Bruce Snvder Hulop and football Coach reurnVr gotnf into last year you laid this could he a different the? uem 't otn to he the itari that ttee u''f ytm trrith i mtrre to this year Vus ft teems to apply are re alls a young tooihall tram I mailest senior class that I have had m lx- a vrrv imnsof numtirrs Hut et it I going to stnng I think we have mr niof daw in terms of leadership the still same names Hippie But not Itud lining people those guvs Bv the time thrv were due tar PiTTm Jones who had followed Agie into thor careers Irn not real sure juaftall knew their names bwwl ho Mike iVrko is hut I’ll tell you he t gmg to s great vrar He had a grrat year as a junior and hr I hrlirve will har t ut out J! bv the end o! the year Hr will he well known I he same w run fcg himself think Brian is going to lx- a h Bnan I think N p player Iave Blulord is a ujrr player wrll known as as thrv airn’i stars fhive)me just mw of thae others Hut by the end of the year they 'll breoenf much more visible Ihu team will have those don’t too Right now the ltdelbnauM- - think the H i - rvrrtJv rrrUi - 1 paed at tKee i eem to he more people u ho m o mtrat to the it I hat uvuld in in ate ' that of to fie tne a st m 6tenjue pai m eie Ot om nvsl ie yes tmf ‘ stronger defensive football trim han I e were in tei ause of eJcjenen e fikr IVrko Coon mil really tx a fine nose guard for us he piavrj a lot bit year Blulord is back Pat Mi Krnna is rriliv a he's returning lirrv H gue t good football plasrr ba k Brady Bairs I think we are jur g mg ru tteme Vet We will a fthall esvrine and ne learn fiet ause of last year lake Shawn tdir but isn’t conudird a smi much bigger now mu h more arcmanly But hr phmal and has unproved just with age Hr will !xtrr Crrf Kragrn who plaved as a lockup last vru will br rraQy a gnid football plaver and will lx a stattri here sturdav He will jiav a great deal nest vrai A couple of freshmen corning in will make their pmrrxe frit And Hal Garner Aaron Smith air rra!U foe young football players So I see ut as fmng lxrrr I 4 t see anv wav we i an’t be firttrr defensively brltffrmgef ystsg guvs that wr had (ucUe) who plavrd a lot - If b the theme umld I you of the (Kara ofenie ? is more emphans she detente t“ that I could latiel it We’ve always tx-rhave txcn herr a pressure football tram that Wtothe foodiall and wr play at really a high intensify gang tackle and we will continue to do that br ausr kids really believe in it uf P lly I fu iUy five u Farmer and Kragen I believe before the some other names in there But going into fall those would be the five that must pi as I think Iannv Nelson's to make an im-a- t going on that group We have some new players coming in nest tall who will make their presente felt also I think of Brent Haru a transfer that we have in by the name ol Jas(er Boyar Wesley Cross commit from Tooele Mike Mambv All have a c haute because they are physical enough right now if they come along in terms of their techniques Outside linebacker Pat McKenna could turn out to tee one of thr liest plasrrs we have ever had at outside linebacker Thai's mtludmy a Claude Nelson Will Withers and so forth He's really tummy into a fine football laser Not a serv biy yuv nor a very fast yuy but he has a yrear instim t for plating and he is very phssiial Ur is the mils reallv irturmny stalwart at this spot The other people we have at the position have nrver plaved it lietorr Cartier Km Crisbv Stan Rollins Bruce Thorpe has placed dr cosirion but neser in varsity comjietition xr esrn lookrd at Siotamr L’luavr as an outside linebacker And vunewherr in camp if I'm not satisfied with how we rr doiny at thr other outside linebacker I have thr alnlttv to move Blulord out But Gamer did Vmr thmys this spring as an outside linrbackrr that Sou wouldn't rxrt t from a yuv that has just Ijeen moved Irom a defrnsisr (jack postton briber he can hold up ayainst a strony running club like I iah or not I don’t know Me may Ire not yet tna'ure enouyh phssicalK Mr certainly thinks he is A lieshiiian John Mill will lie a serv yood plaver Inside linefiee ker we base a lot of iriiplr and a lot of yood football placers ssiinnny that Blulord stavs inside Dennis Deloil h is teiurmny as a multi-vea- r letterman L’luave teas placed in there ( lance O'Hiri has plavrd quite a tut inside newcomer bs the name of Aaron Smith had a yreal spiiny he ilasrd all tiyht end last fall So he re aly ls has srrs little rsjierirnce at it and was eery yood a lack of rierience And of course Kelly 11 yell lorniny in Me should lx- a real factor inside Secondare Iarrc Moyur is the best and most consistent in secondare He is the riyhr comer Thomas Bates had rralls an excellent spring at strony safety Krsin Brads is in heavy competition with Curtis McGee who Will plac and plav a lot Me can plav either strong or 1 he other corner spot is less defined I'm weak safric not real sure who thr starter is right now So that will be a leal ptiorils earls in tamp iu voles however there will lx- - st irteniueii )'ae 1 ide iinebcuieri V ’ i unarmed iti an area hy area rundou n of the x idea of the athletes you are counting 0 deene the defensive line right now I would sav wr are counting on five propie That would fe Prrko & ofySf coach Next the kicking game We hear your coverage teams might be had Guy McClure is an outstanding punter Dale Money the kicker i was not as strong in the spring as some of the best you ' Go over the kicking game you expected In the spring we just practiced two phases: place kicking and punt punt coverage I sense that we’ll be a really gocxl cover team on punts I just believe Guy McClure knowing him knowing how strong he is as an individual is going to have a fine year as he has had the last three He is shooting for four straight PC A A titles And Clancy O’Hara is back as a long snapper which is always a critical part of the punting game We really didn’t practice too much against a lot of pressure from our linemen so that wasn’t a critical part of practicing place kicking But we did feel we had to put Dale Money under some pressure which we did Money for the first three weeks of spring kicked extremely well He really drilled the ball He hit a slump I think the fourth week and then the fifth week started coming out of it a little bit He’s talented enough and he has been around enough he will be fine That doesn't mean he won’t tniss some he will I just told him that it can’t be against Utah But I'm not disappointed in him I’m not concerned right now at all He’s good enough to kick and be gntxi How would you capsulize your description of the 1981 team? Is that the overriding you 'or talked a couple times about youth theme ou know there's a lot of optimism right now amongst the team and amongst the staff that we have a chance to lx- a really gtxxl team To be very honest I don’t feel that yet I don’t think this team yet has a personality something they can hang their hat on I don’t sense that we have really become a football team yet Maybe it is because of the unknown at quarterback a new quarterback Maybe it is because I see only one outside Imrbai ker who has played I sec the injuries to Dennis Deloaih Dave Bluford Clancy O'Hara All have knee injuries I see two starters or potential starters on the offensive line get hurt knees right away It’s just unsettling enough to me not to be as optimistic I have been more optimistic in the past than I am right now about the team And one final question In the past you have looked at phases of the game from the previous year that you weren ’( really too phased would say we were not as strong a running wanted to be Now we are going to be a stronger running team I have addressed that we will be Not just because of personnel but our personnel lends itself to it But also I have made a commitment to be a stronger running team Our penalties went up last year compared to the previous two years We will get that solved We were not a great fourth quarter team last year which really is one of the very few times I have addressed a problem that hasn’t gotten better That was one of our goals last year — to be a strong fourth quarter team— and we weren’t We are going to continue with that emphasis and try to come up with a solution for the fourth quarter First I trails am L'lah our first opxinrnt ts a strong runna commitment that we are going tnadr we but Irani ing n improve our pass defense And one of the ways you do that is to base more mobile linebackers So we tcxik two secondary guss and made them outside linebackers Now can they hold up the first game against a strong running and tram I think they are going to be really very good the season goes on against the as better become us help So it is the right decision in terms of the passing teams BYU season long goal of being better against San Jose lullrrton Weber and Long Beach But can we get concerned about that through thr first game1 I'm ti r with and decided how to eliminate them or improve So what are those things that fall in that category as you prepare for 1981? heiause oj Uttlt experience at lotta4 uniin 4do t think t'orunce Miilrr (win fifth-yea- I tram as I Glauser’s Restaurant SIKAKS SHRIMP CHICK KN 25 WEST CENTER LOGAN Different Merchants Lunch Every Day 2 95 Other Entrees Includes Soup vegetable potato and roll CONTACT CAPTAIN CtlOLE OOM 107 MIL1TABT M I LUC PHONE 710-IS- Good Homemade Cooking -1 1 - -- |