Show Pag 12— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday Dacambar 25 1060 The plan is for George to whip us all into shape ByJoeMuencti Scripps Howard Newa Service Thanks George i whole ofheapAmericans Show up millions why don’t you? ss You’re too much for all the d paunchpots you middle-age- 71 -- year-old temple you physical-fitne- George Allen came ss Urn danc- ing out Of Shady Rest to become a head football coach yet again didn't he look great Not a not a wobble Fine leather on those old bones Allen signed on at Long Beach State where they couldn’t hold And limp the press conference in the morning because he wu too busy with his daily Jogging and jump roping Truth be known Allen is part of a government physical-fitnedan Allen is to be the moat forceful messenger since President Kennedy decried America aslandof the tender bellies That was almost 30 yean ago Long Beach State is Just foe medium by which George will get the government's message across They’re going to let him coach too but he’s at Long Beach as a gawking piece “Look Howie The guy's 71 and he jogs” Blood-a-coursi-ng cult hero It’s figured that likes George Allen Always Yean ago as Redskin coach Allen became popular as the workaholic who watched game films all night then ran laps at dawn He was the epitome' of a fine leader And other guys who didn’t come home at night told their wives that’s what they did too Commentary Earlier plans to catch the ' public eye were failures Wives hated Jane Fonda and husbands wanted to strangle Richard Simmons So videos didn’t help Last summer Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda won on a liquid diet Nice try that's all Nobody budged More recently it wu George But George Allen who runs marathons? And does Allen who served chairman of pushups? Somebody deserves a foe President's Council pn PhysiNobel Prize for this idea Why cal Fitness He has been with the foe guy is soon to be a national National fitness foundation But the older NFL players and building a competitive team He wu the coach who traded college draft choices for old swaybacked the linemen Then he to greybeards victory Now he’s a can’S-mi- u government project Who better than a famous football coach to whip middle-age- d men into shape? Let George do it by George he wasn’t selling many jogging suits Allen became a nationtlly-know- n working man's coach m foe 1960s and ‘70s with the Los Angeles Rams and then the Redskins He hasn’t been a college coach since the 1930s when he guided Momingside in Iowa and Whittier in California Allen’s trademark wu taking pep-talk- ed u ' V Discriminating Dan s his main ’ By Dusty Saunders Commentary Scripps Howard News Service It’s been a battle between a hulking former lineman and a hulking former offensive coach ABC’s Dan Dierdotf and CBS’ John Madden Which television analyst is foe NFL’s best? It's a tough call became both have had good years in the football broadcasting booth My choice: A hesitant vote for Dierdotf because of his ability to dissect both offensive and defensive line play which often is not given coverage became so many of the NFL announcers are geared to die more glamorous aspects of the game Dierdotf offers another major plus — an extremely critical eye Unlike many of his cohorts Dierdorf doesn’t call everyone foe “greatest” simply became foe player hu had (me good half or a single scoring burst In an ere when many broaden ten are caught up in the glamor of pro football Dierdorf keeps things in perspective He's not th one to provide a lot of emotional g Dierdorf also hu transcended foe glitzy atmosphere of ABC’s Monday Night Foot-bal-L The series remains to some degree an entertaiment series but Dierdorf hu given it depth despite foie crowded broadcasting booth Dierdorf s selection doesn't dhnintA the skills of Madden who remains the game’s most colorful broadcaster Also Madden is not seen nationally every week is Dierdorf so die comparison suffers in foe continuity department While I tire of his “Fowl” dialogue Madden remains a commentator who keeps foe entire gtene in focus He rarely gets nw wvtMiingliM cinght up in Mecitemnn( x moment And Madden complements low-ke- y man Pat Summenll to form die NRi’s best broadcasting team back-pattin- three-pers- on u play-by-pl- ay NBC’s Bill Walsh and 'ESPN’s Joe Theismann are not in foe same league with Dierdorf and Madden Actually Walsh considering Ida broadcasting inexperience started out pretty wdL But he leveled off quickly and seems stuck witt the same limited vocabulary (“great” and "great play”) He also hu a tendenev to repeat verbal fractures like on Thaukgiviqg Day when he continually referred to Dtetroirs Barry Sanders "Saunders” Granted such a taring error had a major impact on foil critic Still n wu an error Walsh should have corrected immediately An interne student of the NFL Walsh hu Dierdorf yet to develop his ir persona and Madden have If Theismann who is working ESPN’s Sunday night package wu paid by the word his salary would top that of Dierdorf Madden and Walsh combined The former Redskins quarterback simply talks too much And he hu an annoying tendency to belabor days long after they’ve been completed HURRY IN! 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