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Friday, November 2, 1973
University Daily Kansan
McCullers Thinks Offense Can
Charlie McCullers ought to be a worried man, but don't tell him that.
McCullers, the offensive coordinator for the University of Kansas Jayhawks, is the head man of a 'Hawk offense that has been called inefective, ineffective and downright shaky once it gets close to an opponent's goal line.
But the 34-year-old Florida native, in his seventh year at KU, is one of those rare people in this pessimistic world who is a positive thinker.
"If you think you can do something, you can do it," he says. "If you think you can't, you can."
And that is the way McCullers approaches coaching.
It's more than a thinking process," he says. "When you walk on a football field, you
have to be positive. You have to program
us to build them to build em (players)
us, samp em up.
McCULLERS 'OBVIOUSLY' believes in his philosophy. He radiates energy. His passion is teaching, in speech and, in his slightly down home accent, is quick to point out the good points of the KU offense—like the fact that KU has 15 passing yards on the 50 yard line only four times this year.
But there have been times this season when the offense has done little on the positive side. For instance, against Iowa State the defense forced eight Cyclone defense scored 22 points. There's inconsistency there, and McCullers recoomizes it.
"I'm extremely disappointed with our inability to take advantage of our scoring opportunities," he says, "but it is difficult for our linemen, who are oriented toward pass blocking, to fire off the ball in a running situation."
Hockey Team Needs Victory Or Tie for Title
The state championship will be on the line when the University of Kansas women's field hockey team meets Kansas State University's Tomorrow tomorrow behind Robinson Gym.
It will be the last game of the season for it to defend champions who have a record of winning 25 or more.
"We won it last year." Drysdale said,
"I and I think the girls can do it again."
Coach Sharon Drysdale, said the team bas to win or tie this game to win the championship. If they lose the game, they will tie for the championship.
The team just returned from St. Louis where they played in the St. Louis Association Field Hockey Tournament. They were the only team that didn't lose a game in the tournament. They defeated the Kansas City Field Hockey Club and tied the University of Missouri and the St. Louis A team.
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THERE IS A second big reason for the lack of KU points this year—kicking.
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"Any passing team, if they are going to score a lot of points, must have an outstanding placekicker," he says."If our kicking game were like it should be, we would have had 30 to 40 more points now on field goals alone."
McCullers quickly point out, however.
that KU is not the only conference team suffering scoreboard woes. Nebraska, Missouri and Colorado are not exactly their opponents into the artificial turf.
"In a year or two offense will come back, but today all the good athletes are on the defense," McCullars says. "Coach feels you can't win it, and you can't score on you, they can't beat you."
You get the feeling that McCullers would like to see Javnes pass more often.
McCullers
"WE WHO ARE involved in football are in the entertainment business," he says, and "the fans love to see the football in the stadium or in a big air. There be a big play at anytime."
McMullers coached the offense of the 1968 Orange Bowl team. While that team had better personnel than the 1973 'Hawks, he says, this year's team is more dedicated.
"The league that year also wasn't as balanced as it is this year," he says. "The 1988 team had to play maybe three games. This team cannot afford to jet down."
The KU offense looked a little flat in the Kansas State and Nebraska games, but they were still competitive.
"They are about to explode." he says,
"They believe there is nothing they can't do
and nobody they can't beat. They want the
Big Eight title and a bowl game."
Sounds like the players maybe got insecured with a little of that positive thinking,
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