Pace 4 The Portland Observer Sept
ember 12, 1990
1 Portland Observer
THE LOCKER ROOM
O C K E R
R O O M
Portland football fans forced to watch Seahawks
P R O F
Donald
Dixon:
New Men’s Basketball Coach At PCC
Donald Dixon, the new Head Basketball Coach at PCC with perhaps
another future coach, his son, Dominick
appointed former Benson Tech/UCLA
Richard Washington as his assistant coach.
Chester's dictionary “ tricky”
W ashington also played with several
as “ given to or characterized N.B.A. teams.
by deception or trickery; drafty; sly; wily.
A native of O akland, Ca., Dixon
2. Requiring caution or skill...” Donald was a All-City perform er at Fremont
Dixon is known around the Pordand bas­ High School, one of the traditional powers
ketball com m unity as “ T ricky” , not be­ in the Bay Area. He was recruited by
cause o f any flaws or kinks in his person- hundreds of colleges around the nation.
ality-he ju st had a creative way o f han­ Dixon married his college sweetheart
dling the basketball. Simply put, Dixon (V em ette) eight years ago and they have
could pat the rock.
one child (Dominick, 21 months old).
At the University o f Portland, where The D ixons’ live in Northeast Portland,
he (74-78) captained three Jack Avina and are very active in the community.
teams during his four year stay, Dixon W hy did you accept the position at Port­
earned a reputation as a slick assist man land Community College?:
and one who would hit you upside the
D ixon-” It was a com bination o f a
head with a pass if you were not w atch­ couple o f things. One was being able to
ing. Dixon played with the likes o f Dar keep my high school job. Secondly, it
Cook, Rick Ravio, Leonard W illiams, w asn’t too much different from what I
and Jose Slaughter in a tough W.C. A.C. am doing in the Pro-Am League. I al­
conference featuring Dennis Johnson, ready know how to raise corporate spon­
Bill Cartw right, Jam es Hardy, Clint sorships, recruit, and do the other ele­
Richardson, and a host o f N.B.A. no­ ments it takes to bu ild a program . 1 f I can
tables.
build a successful Pro-Am League, I’m
After graduation from the U niver­ sure that I can build a successful pro­
sity o f Portland, Dixon went to work for gram at PCC. It should be easier...”
the Portland Public School System. He
Portland Observer-How do you
coached football/basketball (freshm an/ evaluate the potential of the PCC pro­
JV) at Madison High School before gram?
moving to Jefferson four years ago. Dixon
Dixon- ’ ’ I see great potential for th is
had been strictly a counselor at Jefferson basketball program. It’s evident would
until he was convinced to coach the you look at the Pro-Am League. Many of
freshman team last season. The team the people playing in the league were
went 20-2. Dixon has also coached seven standout players in the Portland School
years in the Portland Pre-Am League, systems. Now, they’ve finished college
which features some of the finest profes­ and are back home. I’ve seen a lot of
sional and college athletes in the Pacific talent, overlooked talent of course, over
Northwest. Coaching is in his blood.
the years and we will have a good base to
This past summer, Dixon, who holds recruit from. Portland is not a place where
a B.A. degree in Secondary Education, many o f the scouts flock to , but there is
was asked to coach the M en’s basketball plenty o f talent there and room for the
team ai Portland Community College. program to grow. We have a few players
H e accepted the job and immediately around the city, who will receive some
BY ULLYSSES TUCKER, JR.
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national attention and recognition. They
will help put Portland back on the map.
Not since Richard W ashington, have the
scouts been here in droves. PCC is going
to get it’s share o f talent from around the
city.”
Portland O bserver-W hat are your
expectations as coach?
D ixon-’T always have high expec­
tations. So, anything short of that would
be a disappointment, but it w ouldn’t be
something that is devastating. 1 think
that in order for you to be successful, you
have to feel loss and see what it’s like to
be at the bottom. My expectations are to
be com petitive and to make my players
conscious o f the fact that we are not
going to roll over and play dead. We are
not going to use rebuilding o r starting a
new program as an excuse. My inten­
tions are to win the league first and
foremost. W e are not going to concede
anything, and we are not going to give
anything away. Our goal from day one is
to win the league and after that, we will
try to move on to post-season play. Many
people might consider this as unrealistic,
but that’s still my goal and objective.
You can believe me when I tell you that
we will play every gam e like it’s a cham ­
pionship.”
Portland Observer-How did the U of
Portland shape your basketball attitude?
Jack Avina has to be one o f the toughest
coaches in the United States to play for.
He use to say that life was easy compared
to playing for him. Your reaction?
D ixon-’T think the UP experience had a
profound effect on my basketball atti­
tude because my relationship with him
was unique compared to most players as
you know. I was captain for three years.
So, I had direct com m unications, with
him regarding not only basketball, but
serving as a liaison between the other
players. The relationship was a little
different relationship than that o f an
assistant coach. We always basketball
too. X ’s and O ’s, discipline, methods he
used, and I even questioned some o f his
practices. If nothing else, it makes me a
better coach and sensitive to the needs of
people or players. He laid a sol id founda­
tion for all the coaching that I’ve done
over the years. I would just say that he
was a great motivator in a opposite kind
of way. Sometimes you have a coach
that inspires o r motivates you and you
feel real good about it. Then, you have
the T dare’ you type o f motivator. He
m otivated me to be a coach because
when 1 questioned him, he would sug­
gest that I go out and get my own team,
The hypothetical game of
the week. The Cincinnati Bengals
travel to San Francisco for a battle o f
unbeaten teams both standing at 10-
0.
All eyes are focused on
Candlestick park for the colossal big
game which could be a preview o f
Super Bowl XXV. All eyes except
Portland's. We solemnly sit through
a sleeper between the Seattle
Seahawks and the Dallas Cowboys.
Why m ust Portland football fans be
forced to view an uninteresting
Scahawk gam e when a
more
entertaining game is being televised
elsewhere. The answ er is regional,
not logical.
Every week a board o f
Television executives from N.B.C.
and C.B.S. put their brains together
to figure out who watches what
where and at what time.
The
determ ining factor is always who is
closer to what where and at what
time.
Therefor all Northwest
affiliates o f N.B.C. and C.B.S. must
broadcast the Seattle Seahawks. N o
m atter who is playing whom
wherever and at what time.
It seems logical to me that
fans in Seattle would be interested in
watching their beloved Seahaw ks and
although there exists the undeniable
presence o f die hard Seahawk fans in
Portland, I believe we should have a
choice. Especially this year.
When the Seattle Seahawks
were competitive it w asn't so bad.
During
the
m id-eighties
the
Seahawks
played
com petitive
football coming one game shy o f the
Super Bowl in 1983 and playing
solidly in '84, '86, '87 and '88. A lot
o f the time they were even involved
in the game o f the week.
N ot
anymore. The Seahaw ks are simply,
and 1 express this in the m ost
simplest and kindest adjective I can
think of, bad.
During the early eighties I
personally developed a hatred for the
Seattle Seahaw ks. Being an avid
football fan I spent many a Sunday
watching football. I also spent many
a Sunday cursing the networks for
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JOSEPHINE
OCEAN
Seahawk
games you will
V.S.
Better gam es you w on't see
see
Sept. 16 Raiders at Seattle
(Buffalo at Miami)
Sept. 23 Seattle at Denver
(Kansas City
at
Green Bay,
Miami at N.Y. Giants
Sept. 30 Seattle plays a Monday night
gam ev.s. Cincinnati
Oct.
7 Seattle at New England
(anything would be better)
Oct. 14 Seattle at Raiders
(Cleveland
at
New Orleans,
Houston at Cincinnati)
Oct.
21 Kansas City at Seattle
(Pittsburgh at San Francisco)
Oct. 28 Bye
Nov. 4 San Diego at Seattle
(Houston at Rams)
Nov. 11 Seattle at Kansas City
Nov. 18 Minnesota at Seattle
Nov. 25 Sunday night game
Dec. 2 Houston at Seattle
(Raiders at Denver)
Dec. 9 Seattle at Green Bay
(Cleveland
at
Houston,
Denver at Kansas City)
Dec.
16 Seattle at Miami
(Houston at Kansas City, )
Dec. 23 Sunday night gam ev.s Denver
Dec.
30 Detroit at Seattle
The Philadelphia Eagles and
the W ashington Redskins were
engaging in what would turn out to
be one o f the classic games of 1989.
The
final
score
was
42-37
Philadelphia. Northwest fans were
taken away from the gam e when the
score was 37-35 W ashington. Why ?
At the time o f this atrocity
there existed a network rule which
stated that a regionally televised
game must be seen in it's entirety,
starting with the opening kick-off.
Therefore those o f us in the great
Northwest witnessed 58 minutes of
one of the great gam es o f the 1989
season, but missed the final two
minutes due to the start o f a Seattle
Seahawk game against the Phoenix
Cardinals.
Needless to say many
people in Portland w ere furious.
KOIN TV, an affiliate o f CBS,
received
hundreds
of
calls
complaining about the interruption
of
the
W ashington-Philadelphia
game.
The rule was changed the
next week.
Maybe we can change more
rules.
Listed to the left are
Seahawk games which will be
broadcasted
regionally
in
the
Northwest.
Listed below each
Seahawk game are gam es which
feature playoff contenders. These
games we will not see.
My suggestion is this.
Why not set up phone polls with the
networks. This way fans can call in
during the week casting votes for the
game they would like to watch. A
system like this would probably take
a while to develop but it must start
somewhere. So why not here at the
Portland Observer. Pease cast your
vote.
(Green Bay at Denver)
An even worse situation
occurred last season. It's one thing
to not see a game at all as was the
case with Chicago/San Francisco.
It's another crime all together when a
network takes you away from a game
during the last two minutes. Such
was the case during week two o f the
1989 N.F.L. season.
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Seahawk Network Debate
Prince Leaves His Mark
With Graffiti
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televising the Seahawks while their
existed a more desirable contest, The
pinnacle o f my Seahawk hatred came
during the
1985 season. The
undefeated Chicago Bears were
playing the defending Super Bowl
cham pion San Francisco 49ers.
Clearly the game o f the week. Most
o f the nation saw it. But not the
Northwest. Instead we were treated
to a classic struggle between two
teams headed to the seller fast.
Seattle and Atlanta graced our
television screens while Chicago and
San Francisco played on without us.
by AARON FENTRESS
BY ANGELIQUE SANDERS
Prince, in collaboration with
Morris Day and The Time, Mavis Staples,
and Tevin Cam pbell, provided his best
work yet with the movie soundtrack
“ G raffiti B ridge” .
The album combines the raw dance
energy o f Purple Rain with the reflec­
tive, spiritual mysticism o f Sign O The
Times, and carries a foundation of M or­
ris D ay’s funk. Prince trades a bit o f his
trademark sexual lyrics for more o f a
theme o f love. He carise a hit o f the
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world’s responsiblity with the lyrics, show­
ing concern for the future and people
(which is further punctuated by his clos­
ing dedication: “ May U live 2 see the
daw n” ) as he touched upon a bit in
A round the World In a D ay (though that
album showed helpless concern and B at­
man illustrated effectual concern). Prince
does not get lost in his themes at the ex ­
pense o f his music, though. The only
songs I find that don’t dem onstrate his
full abilities arc the songs "Graffiti Bridge"
which sounds like a m ainstream, wishy-
washy, uninspired song; and “ Still Would
Stand All T im e” , which is strong music,
but not as powerful nor intense as Prince
is capable o f producing.
While Graffiti Bridge and Prince’s
previous release, Batman, can y strong
sim ilarities in overall musical style and
themes, his maturity o f style is exhibited
in Batman, though not the potpourri ex­
perim entality of Graffiti Bridge. The
song “ Tick, tick, bang” sum m arizes the
feel o f the album as perfectly as the
album sum m arizes all o f Prince’s work:
upon first listen, the song seem s almost
chaotic with all the patchwork instru­
m entation and a theme that takes several
listens to catch on to. But in the same
manner a good jazz album ’s multiple
musical themes weave through and com ­
plem ent each other, so goes * ‘Tick, lick,
bang” in less o f a calmed manner.
The album also seem s to play
around with heightened and lessened
tension (which I believe to be another of
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Prince’s more covert sexual themes).
“ C an’t Stop This Feeling I G ot” and
“ New Power G eneration” slap unfet­
tered energy at the listener. “ Release
It” , the third song, folds in the beginning
o f the first side’s tension. “ The Q ues­
tion o f U ” tosses in a sm ooth, sexually
heightened, nightclub feel to the album.
“ Joy in Repetition” , at the end o f side
one, is the ultimate release o f the clim ac­
tic build o f the first half o f the album.
This pattern is repeated on the other side.
Prince and M orris Day have both
benefited tremendously in this collabo­
ration as well as past ones. M orris D ay’s
musical maturation was strengthened
through working with Prince, and Prince’s
funk roots were built up via working
with Morris Day. The styles o f both have
grown toward each other, but still re­
main unique, though: Prince is still the
crowned m aster of intensity, but he can ’t
outdo The Time on its funk. (The Time,
by the way, also has a new album out.)
Fact time: the album has seven­
teen songs (three are The T im e’s), and is
running for in-between the price o f a
regular album and a double album.
“ Thieves in the T em ple” , its first re­
lease, made it to num ber three, and I
predict the album will make it to the top
ten. 1 suspect the releases off this album
wi 11 be “ New Power G eneration” , “ The
Latest Fashion” , “ C an’t Slop This Feel­
ing I G ot” , and, if w e’re lucky, the
album ’s best, “ Joy in Repetition” .
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