Tuesday, January 13. 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 5
Cowboys try to wrangle new coach
Jones may corral Broncos' assistant, former coach hints
The Associated Press
IRVING, Texas — Leaks keep hindering Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones' secretive coaching search.
The man he just paid off, Barry Switzer, has been one of the loose cannons Jones would like to tie down.
Switzer told an Oklahoma television station Sunday that George Seifert would not be the coach of the Dallas Cowboys.
Seifert's contract with the San Francisco 49ers end Feb. 1, and he is one of the NFL's hottest coaching candidates. Seifert has said he would be interested in coaching the Cowboys.
The Dallas Morning News reported yesterday that Switzer,
acting on a request from Jones, had called Denver coach Mike Shanahan about offensive coordinator Gary Kubik.
Shanahan gave Switzer an uplifting report about Kubiak, who has been offensive coordinator three years. He also was a backup to John Elway for nine
seasons.
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Switzer: May be saying too much.
Under Kubiak, the Broncos offense has ranked first in the NFL the past two seasons. Offensive problems sank the Cowboys this season. They plummeted to a 6-10 record and failed to
make the playoffs for the first time in seven years.
could call Kubiak with Denver's permission. Kubiak hasn't said whether he is interested.
This is an off-week before the Super Bowl, and the Cowboys
Jones was working the telephones yesterday but was not returning calls to the media.
However, one source at Valley Ranch said, "Barry may not be as clued in as 'he thinks he is."
Jones:Wants to quiet his former coach.
"There will be no details about the candidats."
Switzer's resignation stung Jones last week when it became public before he wished. Jones has vowed that his coaching search will be bug free.
Jones said he would announce Switzer's replacement next month.
Switzer had no comment about former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz, former UCLA coach Terry Donahue, Philadelphia offensive coordinator Jon Gruden or candidates from Dallas' assistant ranks.
Meanwhile, the assistant coaches were studying film from this season while awaiting word from Jones if they will be retained.
Offensive coordinator Ernie Zampese has a guaranteed contract through next season but thinks he will be fired anyway. Quarterback coach Jack Reilly has a year remaining on his contact. Defensive coordinator Dave Campo and special teams coach Joe Avezzano are expected to return.
Jones has given contracts to several new assistants but refuses to name them. That's one secret that has yet to be leaked.
The Associated Press
Former Saints' coach returns to football to lead woeful Colts
INDIANAPOLIS—Jim Mora, who spent his entire NFL coaching career the New Orleans Saints,
He succeeds Lindy Infante, who was fired
returned to pro football today as coach of the Indianapolis Colts.
after a season during which the Colts finished a league-worst 3-13 and lost their first 10 games. The appointment was announced at a news conference at the RCA Dome.
"Maybe I was burned out a little," Mora said. "But I think the year and a half off was probably good for me. One of the problems is maybe in this business that you can stay someplace too long. Over a period of time, a lot of things happen."
Mora, 62, whose son Jim coaches the defensive backs for the San Francisco 49ers, is the NFL's second-oldest player, behind 66-yearold Ted Marchibroda of Baltimore, a former Colts coach. Mora was considered for the St. Louis Rams' coaching position a year ago, a job that eventually went to Dick Vermeil.
"The last two or three years in New Orleans were tough years in the organization," Mora said. "We weren't as good a team as we had
been earlier. I chose to resign... It felt at the time that it was the right thing to do. I still think it was the right thing to do. It was a great 10 1/2 years. Now, I feel like I'm getting a second chance."
When he left the Saints following a loss to Charlotte and a profane postgame tirade, Mora had had the longest tenure with one team of any coach in major professional sports.
"That is a moment I feel poorly about. I don't feel good about that press conference," he said. "Every time I see it, I want to crine. I'm extremely embarrassed about it. I'm an emotional guy, but I carried it to an extreme. I hope the media and the fans in Indianapolis will not judge Jim Mora on that news conference."
Mora coached the Saints from 1906-96 and compiled a 93-78 record, making him the winningest coach in the team's 30-year history. With a 2-6 record in 1996, however, he announced he was leaving for personal reasons. The Saints finished 3-13 after former Colts defensive coordinator Rick Venturi took over as interim coach.
Mora's first season at New Orleans produced a 7-9 record, but the 1987 team had a franchise-record nine-game winning streak and posted the NFL's second-best record at 12-3, the Saints' first winning season.
Baltimore Ravens' player sent to jail
Bam Morris violates parole, plea bargains sentence to 120 days
The Associated Press
ROCKWALL, Texas— With tears in his eyes, Bam Morris was taken from a courtroom in handcuffs Monday to begin a 120-day jail sentence for violating his probation for a 1996 marijuana possession conviction.
Morris admitted to missing seven meetings with his probation officer since going on deferred adjudication in June 1996.
He denied two other allegations and, as part of a plea bargain, was sentenced to four months instead of a possible 10 years.
State District Judge Sue Pirtle told Morris, a free-agent running back who played for the Baltimore Ravens this season, that if he made another mistake, he would have to serve the remainder of the sentence in prison with no chance for appeal.
"It may look like you're getting off, but if you don't report to all meetings, (or) if you are involved with drugs or even alcohol, you have a sentence for 10 years already in place." Pirtle said.
Morris denied that he violated his probation by consuming alcohol and assaulting Dallas resident
April Dawn Brittain at a Nov. 16
birthday party in Woodlawn, Md.
Morris' denial of the allegations was not contested by prosecutors as part of the plea bargain.
Morris, 25, also arranged a plea bargain two years ago, when he pleaded guilty to charges of marijuana possession in exchange for prosecutors dropping cocaine possession charges. Although he could have been given the 10-year sentence at that time, Morris instead received probation for six years and no time behind bars.
Before Pirtle approved the plea bargain yesterday, she warned Morris that this was his last chance.
"I know that you have many agents and other people who try to protect you, but if you come back here, there will be no one who can protect you from this." Pirtle said.
Morris missed some meetings because he was confused about whether he could attend the meetings in Baltimore or in Rockwall, an east Dallas suburb, attorney Keith Wheeler said.
Pirtle said all of Morris's future probation meetings would be in Rockwall. She also sentenced him to 300 hours of community service in Rockwall, fined him $2,000 and said Rockwall officials will have the right to demand the result of any of his future NFL drug tests.
After winning the Doak Walker Award as the nation's top collegiate running back in 1993, Morris entered the NFL and starred with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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