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Coach: Pac-10 season will decide the Ducks’ destiny this year ■ Continued from Peg* 12 iRctpvntncvd when you go through the rotter." Green uu<i It t* totally opposite of the way it was last year I thought last year was so veteran that we were ready at the start, and I felt that we were going to be successful * Not to thi# year The Duck* have five true freshmen on their rotter, and at time* this year they have shown it. The team hat been streaky, playing good in one game and mediocre the nest Although th« I Am A * are «-•». it is hard to toll what team will bo out on the floor; the team that fought Nebraska long and hard at the Big Island Invita GREEN hona! earner this year, or the team that self destructed on national television against Fresno State just weeks later “It is a little scary because the inexperience a lot of times ha* an unpredictable factor." Green said, “and it 's exciting because I think everybody can play and help us ' Hut the kind of Dr |eky!l and Mr Hyde persona the Ducks have earned has made it hard for the them la establish a winning trend, and has given Green the job of rebuilding his team “It is kind of like a redo, redo ing things over again," he said "We are not as solid as last year, it is a lot different feel. I am not as confident as I was last year. If you had asked las! year 'Are you guys going to lie good?' I would have said yes “This year if you ask if we are going to be good I would say yes, but I'm not sure when we will be good It Is certainly not the continuity that you would like where you have got seniors and juniors as leaders that have t«Mtn playing Slew « while! " Green is no stranger In rebuild inn a program how««w In fad, the reason ha came to Oregon wh because the pm grom needed to b» rebuilt "We have rebuilt everywhere **» Hava been." Green Mid There's two ways lo g*t a col *«** job One it whan a coach ha* ram wl on «o bigger or better thing* — usually that program it pftrfiy strong _ and lha other it whan lha program hat been kind of embarrassed and the < <>*< h hat lo leave or it fired or what* rvw, and that was the taw at the University of Oregon ’ Groan r am# to Oregon from Kantat in 1092 lo taka over an ail ing program that had won only two I’m 10 game* lha year before Tltal year. Groan hail no open wholarthipa available to woo top protfam I* to Oregon bmauMi all of Ihmn were taken. tail (imn wat n't about to drop ih* established player* lhat he had adopted He tHi.il the program art at ml wluii he hadinherited "It all started whan we got hero,** he tatd “We had no scholarships. and we didn't come In like tome other mat h** do and (u#t run player* off We knew that there were saute play ers hero that should not be play ing high level Division I basketball, but we stuck with what we were given It wasn’t the easy way to do things ** In fad, it developed a rather troublesome pattern that has given Green the job of rebuild ing every two years In his sec ond year. Green had eight scholarships, but after signing the players he needed, he had only one to work with in his third year "It is almost like a two-year pro. ess to some degree." Green said "This imbalance has Iteen there basically since we go! hero It is going lo lake a white (to correct), because u mandates if you lose eight of 13 players, you have girt to bring somebody in. and how many do you bring 66 haw mtkir tomr ground tim e wr <omr hrrr. nr trrtamh hftvr more rrsprct sine* **<• tumr here Hut whether this tram ran get to thr X4 tournament or not / don't know Hr don’t hate a confrrrm r tournament at the eml of thr war. to w hat wr do during thr ftu 10 troton is wry. wry imfsortant — Jerry Green Warn RasfcrtfiuH Coach 55 Inf if you brtng tn eight (schol arship player*!, you Jus* recreate the problem “ But Grown is working to « or rtw t (hat imbalance Despite hav ing to go out and get so many new player* thl* year, Green kept two scholarships Mid* for top prutpn 1« Mike Mi Shane and Tyrone Man love both high m hool wit or* who have already signed letter* of intent with the Ducks 'I think w* will have n ironed out in about another two year*." Green *aid "Whatever we do now is kind of an investment into what we are going to get ne*t year, because we will have all of these kid* hack " That bring* Green memories of the 1993-94 season, the year lie fore he look the Duck* to the tournament "It remind* me a lot of our second year here, when I really felt that we were eventually going to be good, but we were not very good early." Green said “But we came on late It really felt like we were going to be there, we fust didn't know how soon along it would come That year, it came about halfway through the l’«< 10 season, and really led u* into this past year, which was a great year for us ~ And the Ducks have shown glimpses of great play this year Oregon ha* scored more than 100 pom!* in four game* this reason, marking the first time an Oregon team has accomplished the feat When we are calm and pul live weight of the game on our ilelense we can be good.” Green said Hut that i* not alway* the nw Agalnti Oregon State on Sunday. the IHn.k* got flustered by the Heavers' style of play. but rallied to pull out a 70-50 win "When we are impatient and we try to do thins* without knowing what we are doing we «an he very marginal." tireen *ald "The thing that ha* realty hurt u* U being unwilled often tively. making play* out of ton trol and not real I v getting into tt It i» a new. young mexpeneived basket halt team and I think that lead* to ttM;umt*ien< v last year we were very veteran and w« were a lot more volul Hut last year'* team may not have the htgh-«nde that that team hat In other word*, when tht* year * aquad get* on a roll, Green *4td. they van lie a talid and Competitive college hatkelhall team 'The way I look at tht* loam t* that tt it an opportunity." Green •aid "We have made torn* ground tint * we tame here, we certainly have more retpect tint* we tame here Hut whether thit team tan get to tire NGAA tournament nr not I donl know We don’t have a confer erne tournament at the end of the year. »o what we do during the roe* 10 tea ton it very, very important **1 think that tome of thete kidt at they go along are going tu lie outstanding college play er* li t jutt a matter of giving them tome I tine to mature and got into ttmie war* like thit one Thursday night “ LOUhi'S l^LLAOe friSTAUR/W AfC lOUfUJi: CHrv.se amc fitreexfin i'-ooc Thurvtoir t1 0Cam lO tQpm • f rnttw > * Oftm ’MlMtiUt Nourt i i 00pm • 'juvUi Noom tO ktytn ORDERS TO GO 343-4480 947 Franklin Blvd. Located directly across from the Law School Monthly parking available Coll for rates DANCE SHOES BALLET • JAZZ • TAP FOLK • MODERN CAPEZIO • BLOCH • FREED • CHACOTT LEO'S TIGHTS TOPS CAPEZIO • DANSKIN • DANCE FRANCE Marika • barishmkov • and more! 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