Portland Obaervar D ecem ber 13, 1979 Page 11
Sports Talk
by Ron Sykes
Sports Editor
HUNT'S
PEACHES
Ernie Kent named Oregon
assistant coach
Oregon basketball under the tutelage
of Dick Harter gained national recog
nition for its kamikaze style. Harter,
now moved on to Penn State, is prob
ably the reason "th pit” is not the most
feared arena in the PAC-10 for oppos
ing players to come into.
Harter no doubt left a lasting im
pression on the City of Eugene for his
success at Mac Court, but he also left a
few quality young men. Ron Lee and
Greg Mallard are perhaps the two most
talented players from the H arter
regime, and both are now performing
in the NBA. Aside from basketball
talent, Harter searched for intelligen
ce, and a good GPA was one
prerequisite for joining his entourage.
One of those players who fit the
qualifications was Ernie Kent. Ernie
Kent came to Oregon to prepare for a
career as a professional basketball
player.
Two knee operations and a lot of
pain forced Ernie to give up that idea.
Which he did.
Last month Ernie was named as a
part time assistant basketball coach for
the Ducks and will be taking some of
the duties of Barney Holland. Ernie
Kent is a remarkable young man and
in his home town of Rockford, 111. he
is a living legend. The mere mention of
Ernie brings smiles to the faces of ad
miring youth around Rockford East,
the high school that spawned the gifted
athlete.
So with so much charisma it’s only
natural that Kent would be counted on
heavily in recruiting. " I love recruit
ing," Kent says. “ It’s been very enjoy
able.”
Some people have wondered why a
razzle-dazzle player like Kent ever came
to Oregon in the first place. He says
Mac Court was the biggest influence,
and the way the fans responded to the
game.
Kent says that playing pro basketball
was his lifetime dream but after the
knee problems started, then the dream
gradually diminished. Lacing the fact
that his dream would never come true
was a hard thing for Kent to accept; his
attitude changed—it was a big shock.
“ It’s a big shock to readjust to society
and become a working man and be on
your own. I decided to deal with that
and my values changed. I may not
know how to solve the problem, but
I know how to deal with it,” he says.
Ernie says he's not tied to coaching
and realizes that it might not work out,
so he’s getting himself prepared for
television—a job he thoroughly enjoys.
Kent believes that he has some of the
basic qualities needed to become a suc
cessful college coach. "Everything I’tn
doing is going to benefit me, if not
now, eventually down the road," he
adds.
PLAYER TO WATCH
Ron Burn. At seven feet even, the
freshman from Tacoma, Washington
was one of the most sought after play
ers in the country last year. How did
Oregon land such a highly regarded
prospect? Well, Burns was all set to go
to W ashington University. But he
changed his mind because his father
didn’t want to see him waste two years
playing behind Husky center Peter
Gudmussen. Haney promised the tal
ented Ron a chance to play immediate
ly, and that turned the trick. Ron Burns
gives a definite lift to the Oregon bas
ketball future.
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(Photo: Richard Brown)
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