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The University Daily KANSAN March 28,1984 Page 16
Gottfried given consent to hire temporary coach
By MATT DeGALAN Staff Reporter
Faced with holding spring practice short of two assistant coaches, head football coach Mike Gottfried yesterday obtained permission from the KU Office of Affirmative Action to hire a temporary coach while the search for permanent replacements continued.
The opening was created Friday when receiver coach John Fox resigned to accept a position at Iowa State. Gottfried is also looking for a recruiting coordinator.
Gottfried had said Sunday that he doubted the positions could be filled before spring drills ended April 28 because affirmative action guidelines had to be followed. The guidelines require that women take the position in several publications and allow seven business days for applications to arrive.
The Office of Affirmative Action must also approve the job description placed in the position offered.
Bill Simons, KU's assistant director of affirmative action said, "On a rush situation, I
could see the whole situation taking about two weeks."
However, a full-scale, nationwide search for a coach would take 30 to 60 days, he said.
To fill the immediate gap, Gottfried decided to look into hiring a temporary coach.
Simons said his office allowed the University, in the event of an emergency, to hire temporary personnel without going through the process required under affirmative action guidelines.
The temporary personnel remain at the jobs until permanent employees are found, Simons
The temporary coach, however, can apply for the permanent job, Simons said. Simons said this might give the coach "a leg up on the others." However, he said the tempordy system was sometimes necessary to deal with emergency situations.
Brad Munn, affirmative action compliance officer at Nebraska, said the university followed
"I have an emergency, I might allow them to bend the rules," he said. "But it has to be an emergency. They have to need somebody right away."
By GREG DAMMAN
84 players suit up for first spring practice
Sports Writer
Jayhawks sign two more recruits
Spring football practice began yesterday for the Kansas Jayhawks on the soggy turf of Memorial Stadium. Coach Mike Gottfried said he was pleased with the work of his team, which was forced to move to the stadium because of a wet practice field.
"It's been a good day, an introductory day," Gottfried said.
Gordon did not play football in high school because his school did not have a team. However, he played basketball for two years. Gottfried said that Gordon would be allowed on the team only if he reduced his weight to a playable figure of about 325 pounds.
In addition to the practice, KU announced the signing of two more high school players yesterday. Marvin Mattox, a 6-foot-4 190-pound defensive end from Garey High School, and Michael Affonso, a fielder, and Mark Gordon, a 6-9, 390-pound player from Central High School in Chicago, IL.
Mattox played linebacker and tight in
high school and had 23 quarterback sacks in
the season.
"Renwick Atkins and Reggie Smith played basketball with him over vacation." Gattried
said. "They said he moved well, so we brought him in. He's got to get down and he knows that."
The Jahayhaws worked in full pads and ran contact drills. Gottfried said he was impressed with the play of tight end Robert Cairn, who doug Certain and quarterback Tom Quick.
Tucker began practice working with the offensive team, but was switched to the defensive unit in what Gottfried called an experiment.
"Robert Tucker is a pretty good athlete," Gottfried said. "We looked at him on defense, and if he's good enough we might switch him to defense."
Certain, a transfer from Cincinnati, will be trying to help establish an offensive line.
"It's good to see him back," said Gottfried, who coached Certain at Cincinnati.
The Jayhawks have five quarterbacks vying for the starting job for next fall, with sophomore Mike Orth and junior college transfer Mike Norsesh leading the pack. The remaining walk on Jeff Long are the other candidates, which is the only player with varsity experience.
"Tommy Quick really came on last year
during the junior varsity schedule." Gotfried said. "I'm anxious to see how he does."
An area the Jayhawks will work to improve is panting. KU finished 102nd out of 105 teams last year in that category. Gottfried said that Mike Zarch, a transfer from Praut Junior College, had already done duties during the spring, but would battle with recruit John Brane for the job in the fall.
Junior Chint Colburn, KU's punter last season, did not return to the team.
S six players are being held out of spring practice in order to work on academics. They are defensive end Len Gant, defensive tackle Joe Masamai, wide receiver Sandy McGee, defensive guard Rod Timmons, offensive defense Harris and wide receiver Murray Ravy.
"They're going to have to do it to stay eligible." Gotttried said. "Going to class is important. It hurts a little bit because you take six guys out that would be battling for starting positions."
Tight end Ernie Wright, a player who has suffered numerous injury problems during his career, will graduate this spring and has decided not to play football. Wright has one year of eligibility remaining because of a redshirt season.
It's time to catch up, Dreiling savs
Pat Ewing, Melvin Turpin, Sam Bowie and Akeem Olajuwon will all sturt their stuffs at the Rim Rattle in Seattle this weekend. the closest Greg Dreiling will get is his living room recliner.
The four are generally considered the best big men in college basketball today. Dreiling, by his own admission, just finished a sub-pa season — one in
JEFF CRAVEN
Sports Editor
which he averaged just five rebounds a game.
three years, I've got behind, so now I have to catch up."
So why even make what seems an unfair comparison. Larry Brown was Dreiling's third different coach in three seasons. And furthermore, Dreiling's freshman statistics at Wichita State were nothing to indicate a dominant center.
But not so long ago, Dreiling was 7-foot-1 senior in high school and dominated Ewing in a national all-star game. People expect a lot out of him. And Dreiling is expecting a lot out of himself next season.
"When I came out of high school, I was on the same level with Ewing and Akeem," Dreiling said. "In the last
Brown has made it clear that Drelling will have to improve over the summer to fit into next year's team, which is expected to be much quicker. Next season is expected to be the best season for Drelling, and he knows it.
“Coach told me after the Wake Forest game that he expected a lot out of me next season, “Drilling said. “He said, 'Greg, you have a long way to go.' You can see him in the club, but you see where you have to go to be a player like Akeem or Pat Ewing."
Dreiling has decided he needs to work on both his physical and mental conditioning to improve next season. He decided not to take a week off after the season and began his off-season conditioning program last week. Dreiling knows he wasn't in top physical condition during this season.
"At times I could really dominate," Dreiling said. "But it would come and go in spurs. I would start to get tired, I would stop playing, and I would play more like a a-footer."
Dreiling struggled particularly in the rebounding department. In one five-game stretch in the middle of the Big Eight season, he averaged just two rebounds a game, including a game at Oklahoma State where he didn't grab any shots on the physical limitations, he also had some problems concentrating.
"There were times when I didn't feel the intensity," Dreiling said. "It was
really frustrating because I couldn't figure out why I couldn't get up for a game."
One of Dreiling's problems was obvious. Last August, he was married to former KU cheerleader Kelly Handers, then, while at the Sugar Bowl celebration in New Orleans in late December, his wife had a baby daughter.
For the first time in his life, Dreiling had to worry about something except basketball during the season. Besides the marriage and the child, the Drelings moved a few times during the season.
"It was really a crazy year." Dreiling said. "Usually during the season I didn't have any other responsibility. I spent time in a new capacity, staying up with the baby at night — and both adjusting. Sometimes I would come out from practice and not feel like talking, but I had responsibilities."
He also had to get used to competition after he sat out a year because he transferred to Kuwait, which helped the team take down Drewling's importance to the team.
"He didn't put too pressure on me because I think he realized what my limitations were." Dreiling said. "Now he came to weip out those limitations."
Dreiling is trying some new things to try to improve his game. He is considering taking a dance class and is going to take a martial arts class to
work on both his physical and mental condition.
"It should help my flexibility and build a better state of mind," Dreling said. "This year I was a little too emotional and lost my temper too much. I've heard that martial arts people are real stable, emotionally."
Before last season started, Brown brought in Pete Newell, who runs a summer camp for big men in the National Basketball Association. Drew Linghau taught him footwork drills that Dreling worked on throughout the season.
"I've got to get my speed and agility up," he said. "You see Olajuwon and Ewing come across the lane and block the shot when a teammate gets beat. I was a step behind and got called for the foul.
Dreiling will have to pull down 10 rebounds a game and be a defensive force to be valuable to the Jayhawks next season. KU's top two rebounders, Kelly Knight and Carl Henry, are seniors and will not be back.
"I need to take more responsibility." Drreling said. "I will be one of the older guys, and they are going to call on us to set an example. For the young guys coming in, they can see we have a big kid that is willing to work."
No one knows what is ahead for the 7-footer. Brown, Dreiling and the KU fans all know what they would like to see. And Dreiling has apparentlyized his job to get to that level. But talk is easy and the work is not. Only time will tell.
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