Coach withdraws name from vaunted position in Miami
MIAMI (API Colorado Stole conch Sonny Lubic k
withdrew Tuesday as a candidate for the Miami Hurri
canes' vacancy, throwing the job scum h wide open
Cubic k. o former Miami assistant, had boon regarded
as the front-runner to sow cod Dennis Frick son
C-ertninly Miami has its attractive lure of a great uni
versify anti its footledl tradition." I.uhick said at a news
conference in Fort Collins. Colo "But CSU is a pla< e
that's treated me tremendously over the last two years
1 fit in here that's the basic 'why.'"
i.uhick. 37, had repeatedly expressed com ern that his
courtship with Miami would hurt Colorado State s
rei roiling Nonetheless, his announcement represented
the rejection of a powerhouse program
"Kind of a shoc ker." former Hurricanes coat h Jimmy
lohnsori said
I.uhick is expected to sign a i ontrac t extension that
will increase his pay at Colorado State to $115,000.
h rick son made $550,000 last season at Miami
i.uhick s itnnoum ement provided a twist that fit a
trend, leeuiuse the Miami vacancy has prodmed wide
spread lack of interest among potential candidate*
Duke's Fred Goldsmith. who grew up near the Miami
campus, Imcaine at least the second coach to turn down
an interview invitation from Hurtitaims athletic dine lor
Paul Dee Several other < oar lies ruled themselves out of
consideration
Six day* into the seen h that I)ee hoped to conclude
this week, the only known candidates were two NFL
assistants and a Division I AA coach. Jim Tressel of
Youngstown State
"It may la* that they may have to go for someone that
has not hail head i oai hing experience." Johnson said
TJiat category includes former Hurricanes assistants
Gary Stevens and Hutch Davis Stevens, the Miami Dol
phins' offense coach, interviewed with Dee last Friday
Davis, the Dallas Cowboys' defensive i oordinetor. has
said he would like to lie considered
"I haven't heard from atnl>odv with the university.”
said Davis, who was in Mobile. Ala . for the Senior Bowl
People know where to find me if they're looking ."
Besides Stevens and Lubick. the only coat h known
to interview with Miami is Youngstown State's Trvssel.
ifumtanes officials parhap?eagertoimpi • ■ rpro
gram's renegade image, apparently like Tressel'* reputa
tion as a disciplinary
"They wanted to know how I handled players, how I
dist iplinod players, even in terms of celebrations how
they rea< ted when we m orvd a touchdown." Tressel told
n luncheon group Tuesday in Youngstown "It's obvious
th«v want to clean up their act "
Tressel, 42. led hi* team to the national title three of
the past four year* Mi* ret ord of 61-9-2 in the 1990* is
the best of any coach in I-A or I-AA
Hie growing list of coaches who denied an interest in
Miami included Goldsmith. Glen Mason of Kansas,
North Carolina * Mai k Brown. Wisconsin's Barr>
Alvarez and Brad Scott at South Carolina All had lawn
mentioned in various list* of potential candidates;
Alvarez turned down a chance to Interview with Dee
The level of wariness i* perhaps surprising consider
ing the Hurricanes have won four national champi
onship* since 1963 and sent their past two coaches to
the NFL.
Miami's search may be hindered by an anticipated
N( .AA investigation of a Pell Grant scandal and play-for
pay scheme lri addition, prospective candidates are
aware that brick son v*as widely criticized in South Flori
da despite a six-year record o( 83-9,
"The expectation* are such that it might scare some
people away," said Johnson, who coached at Miami from
1984 to 1988 "People are not going to be happy unless
whoever comes in is competing for the national cham
pionship and wins it r* cnsionnlly You don't have those
expectations other places, but other places don't have
the same talent, either."
RAMS
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up in St Louis, took the micro
phone, she was met with cheers
and applause
"I'm overwhelmed," she said
"I don't think I've been this hap
py since the last game we won
ITontierv said she planned to
meet with e<t( h player and their
families and said she know
they'd la- anxious to move
The deal also < alls for Mis
souri businessman Stan Kroenke
to purchase part of the team
The city assembled the ulti
mate care package to lure the
Hams, who were *1 12 last sea
son It includes a potential of
$20 million in annual profits
Thu Kami will got a $2I>0 mil
lion domed stadium to play in, a
SI5 million practice* facility to
prepare in an<i « cushy $250,000
( im< !Ii.it Him'l i ut into
profits The city is retiring the
Rain*' $ to million debt to Ana
heim. Calif. and paying 515 mil
lion in assorted relocation foes.
Rams president John Shaw
told the Los Angelin Tuni s that
the agreement "is a* good an
economic deal as there is in
football today.”
So what does the city get in
return?
"We all think St Louis is ln-t
ter off with football for all of the
intangibles emotional, prestige,
pride." said Frank Viverito of
the city s Convention and Visi
tor* Commission "All of those
or** going to make this n win
ner "
Not everybody is happy about
the deal
"Look ai the loot they're going
to get," said I om Sullivan, who
heads the Campaign For Better
Government in St Louis "The
Rom* are getting ail the revenue,
and taxpayers art* picking up all
of the coat
Sullivan said he's been told
bv Jerry Clinton, a Inter distrib
utor who headed the city's
expansion efforts, that the lease
alone is worth S;tO million a
year over 30 yean.
“It's apparently the most
lucrative lease in the history of
sports," Sullivan said.
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