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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1992)
There’s no leaitimate reason to fire Monson FROM THE SIDELINES BY JAYSON JACOBY Tin’ bigg.-M question mrmith fating the Ore gon men's bciskettiall team in no longer whether .1 suerc'ssful sea son (.nil In salvaged In terms of w in Ions records, 1 O'11 in already in the looks as one of tile Din ks worst seasons ni'l regardless of what happens in lln fin.if I WO g.lllll'S Now I he unknown is ihe future of couch Don Munson (oven Oregon's in jury woes .iml the lineup w ith wlufh tin Dm ks f.11 e<! the I’.k die If) < order, m e who h ini hides four .Ml win te.iuis athletic director Hill Hvrne could h.irdlv pistifv firing Munson on the h.r.o. id niu season ()f ( nurse numerous f.u tors, espci labs fin.mi in 1. mov fon e Hyrne to tire Mon son .invw.iy \\ 11h iittend.ini e .it .1 HI year low. tin- program may lose 11n.no Considering the multimilllon dollar nth letu department deficits at Oregon and the states other N( A A schools. Hvrm mas not he aide to afford to keep Mon soli Still, if thf political { Uinttlf alifW's nr paper tin- future of Oregon liaskclball ran only hemlit from Munson's presence The group Munson has assembled ba the potential to he an up and c oming team 111 the- I’ai HI. and Munson deserve-, to finish out the two sears on hi-- eon trac t. the only true proof of his abihts as both a mat h and ret ruder first, this season ram only !«■ seen a-, an anomaly True, Munson has never won more than ft. games at Oregon, hut he real fled that mark three times and also won I r< games twice file real slurs this \ ear hasn't Iscn Ivlin has pias t d. he! w l.o hasn’t The Duck-, have played every l’a< 10 game Without starters fads I shell and Andre l adlii 1. and the last .i\ al i loss 1". without another -.tarter, Clsde or dan fh.it represents three of Oregon ■ top four scorers. and 'Is tup rrlmundrr hi lor d.m The three i otnbtned lor ;% ' v points ami 1 r> rebounds pur game or inof ill.in half the teams point average iind m irly half its p« r game rcliounds The I- .'.lit' : . f i I \ hs O VS.I.' VS .! I eV (Inn and Collier out of the lineup and norm- since Jordan joined thi- injury pa rodi* shouldn't r.uiiio «is *i surj>ri Antoine Stoudamlri- lias }■ n • i up some of lh< slack, scoring morn that . " point* per game But hi inis lion ! ti < «t lo i arry aninordinate portion of On grin's snoring load In tin' Ducks omy svtn situ i- the c onferenc e opener i in ‘i against ( al .1 M <1 i vs In mu < begun State I 1-h It Sloiidatutt'’ had hi of Dr rgon s points In fad, Stoud.uiiin lias 'a orrd more than one third of Oregon's points in I'ar 50 games Teams with that i.u k of si or mg halam '• don't vs in many games The Ijuestlim IS vsh\ lias there hern guilt'll laris of support lor Sioudamite' Tiie .msss i r is simply tii.d the Hut ks have had lo rely on players most of whom are Iri shmen vsiiii no college haskeilsill experience hi h.u k llllli Up (Iregon has start. I at least Isso fresh men in every league' game, anil for the past three weeks first year players and true freshmen Jeff Putter and Johnnie K, ,-t ,■ along vs ith r. dshirt freshman Wd I nuns, hay e started Again. the Ducks i iirreilt seven game losing streak shouldn't come as a sur prise It’s no shin k that the league s y oungest and most inexperienced team is in last plac e So lar 11 looks like ail the evidenc e is ag.nrisl keeping Munson However, one season does mil a c arerr make l or example. Du k Harter who was re plac i d hy Moiimm s pm In essor, Jim Ha m y, in 1*l7H. v\ is just <■ .10 his first sea son Harter Hi nt on to h ad tile Dm ks lo six straight winning seasons C.rallied (Ills 1st! ! Munson's lirsl sea son. hut llie same logic applies You have to give .1 i i i.u h the nec ess.irv time to de yelnp hi- program \t the present time M nson - progr im Is made up mostly of Don Monson young players I hr most experienced of whom imxc been injurii! A te]<) record under the t nnditions of this season don't warrant Munson s dismissal As disappointing as tins season 'Inis lio n, it is likely to pav substantial divi dends down the road 'I-hose dividends will likely start up p- .i[ini; nest \ ear I lie Dinks, who this Veal have appeared .it times like hoys playing against nu n, will boast the league s most ex per lem i'll i rop of young players next season liven better, all those freshmen v\)h were initialed into lollegr basketball by a veritable trial In fire will probably have the luxury of iaiming off the beneh next season Stoudnmire. I.vden. ( ollmr. Jordan and returning (efoot-11 junior Hob lilt who lias two years of Pat Id expert elite under Ins belt will likely he tin starters in 14tC’ ‘It That's a pretty im pressivts lineup, even ill the I’ai It) Rente potter arid Williams all id whom are developing into steady per formers will likely he miitv successful turning off the I*-! li, rather than kmiyy mg that they are the first line of defonst against the like-. <g ( I.A ami Arizona Keet e espet tally Weilid seem tti bene fit Me has shown the skills that made him the Ki« ky Mountain Region Player of the Year his senior year in .1 Denver high sr him! and allowed him to si ore 2B pole's a! Washington Stale But Reele has been fori ed In do most of (he Iwll handling since ( oilier s injury That's not Reece's strong point, and il has sen ously hampered his ability to gel open for good shots And Potter ii.ts improved consistently throughout the year, while having lo bang inside with the opposing team's renter ( - ruing olf the trench will take some of that pressure off Potter, and Ins offense [day espes tolly should improve Munson loses onlv toot i enter (.hto k Patterson from this year's squad and his departure should he more than adequate lv filled by the return of Fife and the ad ditions at 1. tool 10. 270 pound junior college 1,enter Damion Porter and 0 foot h Aaron Johnson Neither are proven N't A \ Division I players, hut the < ombination of the new i outers with the returners has the look of being a potent one Of course it is wav Ion early to make any predictions, hut next year's team has a lot of strung points There is no evidence that Munson's presence is net essarv for all of these players to do well. Hut he is responsible for bringing them to Oregon, and with two years remaining on his contract lie deserves to si's the results of Ins rei ruit ins ['here ire lin.im ial aspects in Mon son’s favor, as well. The I'niverxity would still he responsible lor Munson's s.iluiv for the remainder ol his contrail, and attrai ting ,1 qualified coat h will like iv i os! ,1 lot more than 1! did when Mon son vs as hired nine vears ui?o But the basic f,ic t remains that this sea son is not representative of Munson's stint in Pugene \nd Oregon's dismal re lord can he direclly related to krv tnju ries and putting inexperienced players on the 1 our! Oh v toll si v these are (,i< tors 1 ompleti lv mil of Munson's control, and he doesn’t deserve to lx' lin'd solely he cause of them l,ii son I,unity is ,1 sports rrportrr lor lht‘ bn 1 eraltl emerald CLASSIFIEDS C ~ Call 346-4343 Before 1 p.m. Today To Put Us To Work For You Tomorrow! 1QS PERSONALS //«•% Uimif A km mrn. your lui man BOBCAT GOLDTHWAIT i» comintf April 10. 8 p m Mac Court Be ready"' Kul X Then I AS l <), :W! .17:’ I) CLASSIFIED POLICIES O Placement \.h may he piatcvi '•* {Ml iiiuiM oil* < * o Pa\ mail \ u!» iiitiii tv pri j'.t. 1 .nil billing tu% Keen cu*b!uhcd 1 vi billing arringcmcitft pluvc v-»l! '-Jr, |i|i, -r \u y by u v A ' \ ' . .! ’ ! . 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