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 “
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