Wednesday, March 31, 1999
The Univer sity Daily K ansan
Section B · Page 3
Test results to determine Wegner's football future
By Michael T. Rigg sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas quarterback Zac Wegner will decide his football fate today upon the results of his final tests, he announced at a press conference yesterday.
Wegner is awaiting results from tests he took in Topeka on Monday that judged the effects of the three concussions he suffered in the past year. Yesterday was the first day Wegner addressed members of the media since he suffered his last concussion against Kansas State on Oct. 30.
Wegner was administered the same tests that he received in January in Chicago, and the comparisons of the tests will determine whether Wegner can participate in spring drills. If he doesn't score better than he did on the tests in Chicago, then he will not be cleared to play. Wegner said.
Having already been partially cleared for non-contact drills, Wegner said the word he received tomorrow would be the definitive, final decision about his football career. If the
results of the tests don't improve. Wegner will quit football, a sport he has played competitively since seventh grade.
Wegner talked yesterday about the impact the concussion has had on his life. He said the time since he was helped off the field against Kansas State has been the toughest time of his life.
"When you get knocked out a couple of times, it's really scary," Wegner said. "My short-term memory hasn't been working as well, and when I used to work out, I'd get headaches. I don't want to be messed up for the rest of my life. I do have plans other than football. If they tell me tomorrow I can't play, then so be it."
Even with the results of the tests not known, head coach Terry Allen already is planning on having Wegner back for the opening of spring practice today.
opening it up in the spring." Allen said.
"Having Zac back allows us to do so many things as far as advancing the offense is concerned."
aslar as divinning the ordece is conformed Allen said yesterday that no quarterback would be subjected to contact during spring drills, so the wear on Wegner would be minimal if he were cleared.
Allen to replace some past starters
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"Algie is potentially a very good football player." Allen said. "We feel that group of linebackers will be very, very good."
The benefits of being one of the youngest teams in the conference could start to be seen this season. Many players will gain experience and look to break away from their backup roles and move into full-time starting positions.
Who the group will be blocking for, however, is still in question.
defensive line to the offensive line. "We'll have a lot of competition on the offensive line," Allen said. "However, we need to develop some cohesiveness there."
Allen will be forced to replace offensive line standout starters Dan Dercher, Justin Glasgow and Michael Lies, with as many as six players trying to fill the three spots. Among the potential new starters are Bob Schmidt and Ben Coleman, who was moved from the defensive line to the offensive line.
Starting quarterback Zac Wegner's fate will be sealed today, and Allen is content to stick with his running back tandem of David Winbush and Mitch Bowles. Allen said he would like to add Henri Childs to the list of Kansas ball carriers, so he also would receive substantial playing time in the spring.
— Edited by Sarah Hale
Sports columnist viable candidate for assistant coach
Commentary
Now that Kansas assistant coach Matt Doherty has moved out from under Roy Williams' wing, I see two candidates Coach Williams should consider to replace Coach
the first is Ryan Robertson. The other is me. Robertson has a lot going for him. Even though he caught heat this season from fans about lacking team leadership, he knows the
guard system at Kansas
He played as a freshman,
and he capped off his
career scoring 31 points
against Kentucky. When
Jacque Vaughn was
injured with a broken
wrist and Robertson
came in and took the
'Hawks to 11-0, everyone
raved about the 6-foot-5,
182-pound shooting
guard-turned point
guard. His play may have
peaked and leveled off
Seth Jones
sports@kansan.com
earlier than desired, but he provided the Jay hawks with four years of solid guard play when they dominated the Big Eight and the Big 12.
Big 12.
Robertson was a McDonald's All-American, an Academic All-American and the creator of the Ryan Robertson right-arm-flex.
Robertson doesn't have much looking at him from the professional standpoint. Many players travel to Europe to seek careers when the NBA doesn't call.
Robertson could try Euro-ball, but he's too small for it. He'd get pushed around by some 6-foot-3, 250-pound guard named Dmitri. He would get trashtalk in three different languages, none of which he would understand.
I, on the other hand, am not an Academic AllAmerican, but I also can make a case for myself as the new assistant coach.
First. I need another job.
First, Treed and then you. The job sounds fun as well. Practicing basketball, going on road games, sitting on the bench, screaming my lungs out — all things I
already do. So I also have experience.
I didn't play in the Big 12, but I did play in the Chisolm Trail League where bench time allowed me to see how the assistant coach position works.
I also wouldn't be afraid to be a pioneer of assistant coaching. I would be the first assistant coach to read The University Daily Kansan while the away team was being introduced. I would wave when opponents fouled out. After a Kenny Gregory dunk, I would glare at the other bench and shout. "Who's your daddy?"
I also do a pretty good imitation of the Robertson right-arm-flex.
I don't have to worry about forsaking a professional basketball career, and all I ask for in payment is for someone to pay for my books.
So the more I think about it, the more obvious the choice.
Seth Jones for assistant coach. Coach Williams, you know where you can reach me.
Jones is an Mulvane junior in journalism.
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