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Friday, April 4, 1997
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Phillips keeps lips sealed after early jail release
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — Whatever lessons Lawrence Phillips learned behind bars, he won't be sharing them.
Before St. Louis Rams general manager and coach Dick Vermeil retrieved his troubled running back from a Lincoln, Neb., jail Wednesday, he put the muzzle on Phillins.
"I'm going to keep him away from the media for a while, just sort of make him off-limits," Vermell said. "Let him get his feet on the ground first."
Lawrence Phillips
Vermeil wasn't kidding. When Vermel and Phillips returned to St. Louis Wednesday night, Phillips, who has pretty much avoided reporters since joining the Rams, was whisked out a side door to avoid cameras and microphones.
The sixth pick of last year's draft served 23 days of a 30-day sentence for violating his probation stemming from the 1995 assault of former Nebraska basketball player Kate McEwen. He was released early for good behavior.
That's a switch from his recent history. He was sentenced to jail a day after pleading innocent to a disorderly conduct charge stemming from a party at an Omaha hotel. He also faces civil lawsuits filed by two party-goers.
Phillips' probation was revoked after he pleaded no contest to a drunken driving charge in California last month.
Vermeil has high hopes for Phillips.
Vermell inherited this problem, having joined the team in January, and he seemed to forget part of Phillips' past at one point during a news conference, saying he might buy the running back a beer. Later, he said he only had been joking.
"I have a lot of confidence in him," Vermeil said. "I know you leave yourself wide open for criticism if he does fail, and I'm willing to take that chance.
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"We'd like to believe we're going to end up with a young man who's maturing, growing and going to
play football for the St. Louis Rams for a long time."
If that doesn't happen, Vermell said life would on go.
"What have we lost?"
he said. "A running back. We're going to line up with 11 guys anwvav."
Phillips had offseason knee surgery, and Vermell isn't sure how much the running back will be able to participate in the minicamp, which began with a team meeting last night. During his incarceration, Phillips got time off to rehabilitate the knee.
Phillips has lost 20 pounds in the offseason, which Vermeli blamed on bad hospital and jail food. He expects Phillips to be back at 220 pounds by training camp.
Vermeil's side trip to Nebraska came a day before his first taste of NFL coaching in 14 years. He hasn't been on the field and in charge since he resigned as coach of the Philadelphia Eagles after the 1982 season.
Workouts were scheduled today through Sunday. The minicamp is voluntary, but Vermeil said every player under contract would attend. He said that's the way it should be, considering the Rams were 6-10 last year and haven't fielded a winner since 1989.
"Really, we want to have some fun together, enjoy each other's company, relieve some of the tension that's created by change," Vermeil said. "It's an insecure business at best."
Williams, a defensive back now with the Green Bay Packers, was sentenced Feb. 19 to a six-month jail sentence for firing two shots into a car.
Phillips is the third Nebraska player from the 1994 national championship team to spend time behind bars. The others were Tyrone Williams and Christian Peter.
Peter, a defensive lineman, spent 10 days in a Kearney, Neb., jail after pleading no contest to disturbing the peace at a bar in March 1996.
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