Thursday, November 3. 1977
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University Daily Kansan
Miranda enjoying new challenges
BVSTEVE HERBERT
Sports Writer
Sam Miranda nodded with acceptance, knowing full well the question was coming.
"No," he answered, "I don't miss coachy. I don't miss it all."
Miranda resigned as assistant to head KU basketball coach Ted Owens last spring and is now working as Lawrence manager for the马培印旅行 Service, 900 Massachusetts St. He said that question was asked of him every day.
He said his answer reflected his satisfaction with his new job — a satisfaction strong enough to erase any regrets about leaving the sport in which he participated as a player and coach for 32 years.
HE SAID match the four Maupintur cutlets in Lawrence presented a challenge.
"I don't miss coaching," he said recently, in spite of it because I enjoy I didn't doing what I was doing.
"I've been fortunate, because when it's been time for me to move on to a new job, I've always moved into a good situation," the journalist is challenging and invigorating. "
But divorcing himself from basketball has not been easy, he said, though some of the ingering effects — skills he learned as a coach — have aided him in building his self-esteem.
"I wouldn't trade what I had in basketball for anything," he said. "I'd have to do something a treemendible help in going into another business. Working with young players in basketball has helped me in making 8 employees I'm responsible for here."
Miranda played varsity basketball for Indiana University, coached at three different high schools in Illinois and spent two years assisting at the University of
Challenging
Former Kaupass assistant basketball coach Sam Miranda, now the Lawrence area manager for Mauniputt Tour Travel Service, says he doesn't miss teaching because of the challenges that he is finding in his new job. Miranda resigned last spring after 13 years as an assistant coach under Ted Owens.
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New Mexico, all before his 13-year stint at KU.
His fondest memories, he said, are of the relationships he developed with his players thru us the years.
BUT INSTEAD of being bitter about his decision to quit, Miranda prefers to regard his coaching career as a job finished. Gone but not forgetten.
"The friends with the Jo Whites and the Dave Robisches are very important to me," Miranda said. "Robisch will still come through town and stay at my house a week or so, I coached a long time and teamed with a lot of players."
Miranda said he had not completely ruled out the possibility of continuing his coaching career elsewhere when he resigned. Hather, he wanted simply to look for the best option, even if it did not involve him. Mauntourin, it turned out, was that option.
"WHEN I RESIGNED I talked to several organizations," he said. "I talked to Walt Hook, who the general manager of the company is a couple of weeks before accepting the job."
Miranda said he would not remain a coach at heart,* or speculate on this year.
He did say that they "should have a good team," but added that "everyone else does."
He said he approaches his new job with a best-of-two-worlds philosophy, appreciating the time he spent in basketball and making his new environment is also important.
"A second career矢了 a lot of好 for a
people," he said. "The change has de-
finitely changed."
Home court edge gives volleyball squad win
ByPATSLATTERY
Sports Writer
Playing before a full home crowd, the KU volleyball team extended its record to 26-18 last night by beating the University of Missouri at Kansas City in Robinson
Despite having several inexperienced
players in the lineup, the Jayhawks won the first game of the best three out of five match, 15-10. The inexperience became evident in the second game and the Jayhawks struggled through an erratic performance before losing, 8-15.
At that point the Jayhawks got fired and took the next two games, 15-2 and 15-6.
Progress pleases Owens as basketball opener nears
After nearly three weeks of practice, KU basketball coach Ted Owens said yesterday he was pleased with what he has seen of the Jayhawks' progress.
The Jayhawks open the season Nov. 28 at home against Central Missouri State.
"We've made some good progress." Owens said after putting the Jawhayes through a two-and-one-half hour workout, "but we still have a lot of work ahead. We haven't worked against the zone defense vet."
"We've been emphasizing the transition game, switching from defense to offense," Owens said. We also are working on a new offense if we can't get the fast break."
OWENS, NOW IN his 14th year as head coach at KU, also indicated that the Jayhawks would rely on a pressure defense this year.
"Since the beginning of practice, we've emphasized the full-court pressure." Owens said. "We hope that pressure defense will be part of our game."
All-Big Eight performer John Douglas, who missed the Jayhawks' first scrimmage last Friday because of an ankle injury, has outdone at out full speed this week, Owens said.
The last game was not as close as the score indicated because the Jayhawks held a 14-1 lead before a number of miscues let UMKC score four more points.
KU coach Bohan Stollcik said that although there was some inconsistency in his team's pitching, he said he did not.
The Jahawks' first public appearance will be Nov. 21 in the annual Crismon-Blue game.
"Iused a lot of fairly new people and had some people playing in new positions," he said. "And it takes a while to adjust to the rest of the teams' timing."
"We looked kind of sloppy at the end of the last game, but that was because of the way UMKC was playing. They were disorganized and weren't attacking well. It's sometimes harder to defend against that than an organized attack."
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (MU) - Lucian Allen hit a 15-foot jump shot with one second left in the game to give the Kansas City Kings a 104-102 victory last night over New Orleans, snapping the Jazz's five-game winning streak.
Allen's late shot lifts KC to win
STANCLIFT SAID he was encouraged by the Jayhawks 'play and by the progress that some of the inexperienced players were making.
"The whole thing of volleyball is communicating with the other players and having good timing," he said. "We made a few mistakes, mostly because of inexperience, but overall, we're working really well as a team."
New Orleans forward Leonard Robinson was called on an offensive foul with six seconds left, giving the Kings the shot at the win.
"I don't know what was the matter with them," he said. "But UMKC is a much better team than what they showed tonight. I had to tell them that I played us a really touch match last week."
Stancliff said he was surprised at how easily the Jawhavas won the match.
The Jaywhaks' next action will come
said the team from the host U.S. Volleyball
Association.
Stancliff said he planned to use the warranties provided by his week's expenditure much with Kansas State.
"IT'S NOT that big a tournament," he said, "although there will be some really good teams in it. The main reason we host the tournament is to get more experience for our players and to generate community interest in the USVBA."
The Jayhawks play K-State on Nov. 7, and a win in that match would give them sole possession of the Kansas Conference crown. The team winds up its regular season Nov. 12 in the University of Nebraska Invitational.
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Injury picture brightens, but King, Little doubtful
Kansas safety Tom Fitch and center Mike Wellman returned to practice yesterday in preparation for Saturday's game against Kansas State.
Both have been recovering from injuries this week, and their return brightens the KU injury situation a bit. Kansas head coach Bud Moore said that defensive tackle Franklin King and defensive back Jimmy King are still doubtful for the K-State game.
He said that he was pleased with the play of the quarterbacks this week and that more than one quarterback probably would play in the game.
Moore said yesterday that the Jayhawks worked on their offensive and defensive game plan for Kansas State, and also practiced their hunting game.
Defensive end Jim German and offensive guard Greg Woods are out for the season with injuries they sustained in the Iowa State game.
German will be replaced by junior Jerry Calovich and Woods' spot will be taken by sophomore Mike Gay. Gay's tackle position will be taken by sophomore Dave Fletcher.
" (Brian) Bethke's doing some things well," Moore said. "Steve Simey is making
good deal of progress, and (Jeff) Hines had a good practice today."
Moore said that in preparing for a rival such as Kansas State, one has to expect the other.
"You always worry about that," Moore said. "You prepare for anything to happen. Most every team might add something to their offense or defense.
Moore also announced that the scheduled junior varsity game between the two schools scheduled for Friday in Manhattan had been indefinitely postponed.
"But you're never sure when you try to prepare for that kind of thing."
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Ticket office personnel at KU have announced that they still have about 1,000 tickets available for the Kansas State game Saturday.
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 ticket officials said yesterday.
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