Oregon daily emerald., April 12, 1995, Page 9, Image 9

Kris Hknr\
Cutting
programs
no solution
to problem
veil as a lifelong follower of
the captivating world of
JL_Jsports, I most admit that
there are still some things that
puzzle me From contract dis
pules to strikes to Title IX
queries, sometimes I think we've
all lost our way in the sporting
profession.
Recently I've seen a few letters
lambasting Oregon for the con
tract given to ferry Green.
These individuals have writ
ten about how the men's basket
ball coach had little to do with
Oregon's success this season. He
had eight seniors (six recruited
by the previous coach) and a
nonexistent freshman class The
questioning letters stopped |ust
shy of calling Green a fluke
All of these whiners need a
reality check
With ali due respect to the
inherited seniors, they never
would have accomplished as
much without the Groentiell core
They were molded into a prolif
ic attm k by the new regime. Oise
closed
Those words of a fluke lack
credible intelligence Sure
Green's second recruiting class
has yet to shine in the green and
yellow, hut that doesn't mean he
doesn't know talent Ho the
n.lines Kenya Wilkins Henry
Madden, Zach Sellers, Harry!
Parker, jamar Curry and famal
Gnvrem e ring a bell? All were in
Green’# first recruiting class.
Also hovering over the sports
desk is the ongoing saga of Jody
Rung*' and her I mi t tie with the ath
letic department at Oregon.
The second-year women's I mis
kethall coach's one-year contract,
which included a clause to poten
tially sue the University, has
nearly run its course Many are
looking at Green's contract and
crying for equality. Others ore
looking at potential replacements
for Runge
I VI V ^IVK mil MIIIIP imiiP IliUll*
ey. Shu has earned it with iuu.k
to-hack trips to the NCAA tour
ney But. as 1 said earlier this year
when tite dispute began, she does
not deserve the same money as
Green. This horse has been beat
en to death, and l just wish she
would realize that and pul! out
of the saddle.
Kunge has done a credible job,
but how much revenue, exposure
and attention did her program
gain for Oregon ' Not enough to
Turn to HENRY. Pago 10
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Tony Gra*lanl may finally get his chance to direct the Oregon
the Ducks lose a four-year starter In Danny O'Ned
HA ’ Ai i <M« H* t ***«*}
oftenii# on a full tim« basis In 1995 as
Ducks try to fill O’Neil’s shoes
Trevor Kearney
Oregon (\ti\ Emtt&a
At the beginning of spring
practice, the biggest question
mark for the Oregon football
team hovered over the quar
terback [Mention, a position the
Du< ks hadn't worried about
since Danny O'Neil took the
helm four years ago
Coming into the drills, it
looked as if the Job w oil Id be
up for grabs, with Junior to In
Tony (ir-nziani. junior Ryan Per
r\ Smith, freshmen Jason Maas
and Mike Phelps and incoming
freshman Justin Wilcox all bid
ding for the job
Hut a look back to last year s
game against USC — when in
his first collegiate start ( ira/i mi
threw for 2H7 yards on 18of it
passes to lead his O'Neil-less
team to a convincing 22-7 vic
tory — ail but answers the
quart erf km k question With that
clutch performance, Graziani
convinced his teammates and
coaches alike that he was capa
ble of filling the enormous
shoes left by his predecessor
“l have tried to instill con
fidence in my teammates, and
hopefully I've done a good job
of that." Graziani said of ins
orX'Srn
($ gUARTERBACX
effort against USC last year
for Grnztatii. earning that
txmGdence and the rule of start
tng quart ertaw i has bean some
thing he has been working at
ever since he tlepfwd fiKit into
Aulzen Stadium
"I'm real comfortable with
it." Graziani said. "I've bwo
looking forward to this lor two
years, and I've tx-en preparing
myself for two years to do this,
and I’m ready
And every indication points
towards the Modesto, (Utlif ,
native as being the Dunks' go
to guy next year
"Pretty much they are look
ing to me to step in and replace
Danny." Graziani said, {musing
to explain, "just t*M ause of my
experience and that I've gotten
a little bit more playing time
than the other guys that are
competing."
But for new Oregon offensive
coordinator Alan Borges, there
has I wen no hesitation thus far
in labeling Groziani ns the
starter
"Graz is No 1 coming in,”
Borges said, "ami he hasn't
resdly done am thing to lead mo
to bolloyt that is going to
change.”
rhe main mason for Grayiant
being the probable starter when
tin# Ducks kii k off their t«05
campaign against t flail on Sop
tember 'l is his exporienuu ami
proven ability to deni with
game time pressure
"i think any snaps you can
got are a plus,'’ said now Ore
gon offensive coordinator Alan
Merge* and ! think m a inis
tile environment like USG
where he played and won, I
think that is a great experi
ence "
And with four strong candi
dates lined up lieiiirui Craziani.
the IXli ks look to have retained
tin# depth that they had last
year at the position
'Wo have some good qurtr
teriiai ks and we feel pretty
good about the position
Us ansi! we have enough depth
to survive if Graz should get
hurt,” Borges said When you
have a i apable hack up like
Turn to FOOTBALL, Pa )<■ 10
Oregon finishes 13th in Santa Cruz
Shrts Metz
:.*«gun fi*V (•’**&>
1'iu ed by Ted Suavely** ®-ovor-par. 22.2. Oregon
managed a Kith-place finish while USC slid by the
:ompetition to capture the 4‘tth annual Western
Intercollegiate Golf Tournament in Santa Cruz,
lalif., on Tuesday
The Trojans came from behind with a third
round score oi 288 to finish at 872. three strokes
ihend of host San Jose State and five ahead of sec
:>nd-round leader BYU and Pat:-10 foe California at
the Pasatienipo Golf Course. BYU ended play on
Monday one stroke ahead of USC and three shots
ahead of San Jose State.
Kyan Ilietala of UTEP won the individual title
largely on the strength of a solid 4-under-par 67 on
luesday to finish with a 211. ridging Cat’s Charlie
VVi Wt fired an even-par 213 for the 5B-holo wvont.
HYU’s Todd Ponce and Oregon State's Charles
Kingsbaker. who owned the lead after the first two
rounds. tied for third at 215 on the t>,4H.’t yard. par
71 course
The Ducks, who wore tied for tOth after two
rounds, shot a 30.1 on Tuesday to finish at MdH,
good enough for a tie with UC Irvine for 1 tth in
the IB-team field.
Behind Snavely's 222. fellow Duck Andy Schei
dt carded a 224, while Jeff Barney shot a 220. Paul
Regnli a 231. Jason Muttaini a 2 m and Chris ('.one
a 240.
The Ducks take to the desert next, traveling to
Tempo, Ariz.. for the Thunderbird Intercollegiate
Saturday and Sunday.
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April 12, l«W5
Vv>tumc 96, luuc I 50
Tyson broke? Don't
bet your palace on it
Nt W YORK {AH Mike
Tyson has bough! a Las
Vegas palace, paying $.s 7
n- -<>m i- cash The
News reported today
Tim News said !ho former
heavyweight trhampion
bought ar» 11.000 square
foot house on a street called
T omryasu, near Wayne New
ton's reskJenee
The house called a t.uro
pean palace, the best ol
Vegan has seven txid
rocxns, a gourmet kitchen,
w>nQ cellar. exarosa room,
tennis court, swimming pool
arx! a guest house accord
ing to T he News
T yson released from an
nsLa'ia in M c- c ,’S ,ft,*r
serving three years ol a Six
year f 14x1 sentence, had
!>*fc" :ay -sy at tt a MGM
m i J Hotel is Las Vegas
Lacrosse squaas
suffer defeat
five men s lacrosse team
lost its first spnng league
game ul the season in grand
fashion over the weekend,
t.i '■<} 11 1 on (he road to
Linluiid College
Oregon, now it in the
inaguo, will travel this week
end to Washington for two
g.lines The Ducks w-H take
on Washington ' .tale on Sat
.•day and Whitman cm Sun
lily
Over the weekend th©
women •> lacrosse team dav
it I
taste of competition th<s year
The Ducks, suffering from a
lack of experience, came up
short in each of its tour tour
ney games
'We rea y pu! m a strong
effort this weekend,' Oregon
p .:*»•' i o,i ' Amy Wilson
said '! his year's team is in it
for the experience, so every
time wo play wo re improv
in{J '
The team will travel this
weekend to Washington for
two more contests versus
Washington and Western
Washington
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