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eff Goldberg, most valu-
able player of the 1988
Major Indoor Lacrosse
League (MILL) champion-
ships now in his first year
with the Detroit Turbos, is in
the prime of an already suc-
cessful playing career.
But the former New York
Saints scoring star also is in
his first year as an assistant
coach of a NCAA Division I
lacrosse team — the Michigan
State University Spartans.
And it may be from. that role
that he will gain the greatest
satisfaction.
"I always wanted to be a
coach, I always wanted to be
a big brother," says Goldberg,
29, whose father died when
Jeff was just a few months
old, leaving him to be reared
by his mother and three older
sisters. He "never had that
enforcing 'old man' saying,
`Jeff, you can do it, don't
quit,' " he recalls.
But, as a coach, he notes,
"I'm everything. I'm their
player; I'm their success; I'm
their brother. I'll tell them
about my life, how I've done
in life and how to further
their lives."
And so far, he loves the
response he's been getting
from his East Lansing
charges.
"I get insane respect (from
the players) just because of
(my) being a competitive
player and a great athlete
and being a part of the game,
so it's one great relationship,
coaching college players," he
says.
"I'm not a lot older than
these guys, but when I talk,
it's like E.F. Hutton and these
kids are glued to me. And
that's important. You get
respect. And they'll want to
play for you; they'll want to
win for you. They'll want to
kill for you. Just like I was. So
that's neat!"
Goldberg has the creden-
tials for the job. As a top pro
lacrosse player, he led the
New York team in scoring all
four seasons he was with
them, including 1988, when
the Saints won the MILL
championship - and he took
the playoff MVP. He's also
coached three New York-area
high school teams — his
Manhassett crew won two
division titles — and a Divi-
sion III college team (Kings
FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1991
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Jeff Goldberg:
Gets "insane respect."
Point U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy), as well as a club
team in Australia.
Goldberg says he makes
sure he gives encouragement
to his players. "I'm a very
positive coach," he says.
"Everything's positive. If (a
player) doesn't do right, you
still don't reprimand him. You
pat him on the back and tell
him what he did wrong.
"It has to be that way with
anything. With teaching,
with a little kid who's crying
or who's done something
wrong that you don't like,
that you just want to smack,
you have patience; patience is
a virtue. It's big for me!'
Growing up in New York,
Goldberg was active in swim-
ming, diving and football. He
began playing outdoor
lacrosse at age 10 and it im-
mediately became his favorite
sport.
"It's part of me," he says. "I
didn't walk anywhere with-
out my stick. 'There's
Jeff Goldberg; he always has
his lacrosse stick! That's
what I was labeled?'
He played several sports
through. high school, but
played only lacrosse at North
Carolina State University,
becoming an All-American.
While still in school,
Goldberg made his first trip
to Australia, working in 1982
for a company promoting
lacrosse. Goldberg gained his
first coaching experience with
a club team there and was
also introduced to indoor, or
"box," lacrosse.
The indoor game — which is
what the Turbos play at Joe
Louis Arena — is similar to
ice hockey, but with lacrosse
sticks and without ice. Teams
dress 19 players and play six
at a time, with three for-
wards, two defensemen and a
goalie. Teams change on the
fly, as in hockey. Lacrosse also
has penalties and power
plays, as in hockey. But
because the players are run-
ning, rather than skating,
they can start and stop easier,
making for a quicker, higher-
scoring game.
"It's a completely different
game" than outdoor lacrosse,
as well, Goldberg says. "It's
lacrosse, but it's just an up-
and-down, fast-paced game,
with a lot of exciting goal-
scoring, a lot of hard hitting.
There are a lot of beautiful
plays, like behind-the-back
passes. You don't see that" in
outdoor. lacrosse.
Goldberg was re-introduced
to the indoor game in 1985,
when he played for learn USA
in a U.S.-Canada indoor
challenge series. The series
was played in 12 cities in
1985 and 1986 and was the
precursor to today's MILL.
Six -of those 12 cities receiv-
ed franchises when the MILL
began in 1987. Goldberg join-
ed the New York Saints,
becoming the scoring leader.
He scored four goals in the
Saints' 17-16 championship
victory over the Washington
Wave.
When Goldberg landed the
MSU job this season and mov-
ed to Lansing, the Turbos
were able to claim territorial
rights and draft him.
The Turbos are in their
third MILL season. They tied
for first place at 6-2 in 1989,
but fell to 1:7 last year, draw-
ing 9,000-12,000 fans per
game. Some new personnel,
including veteran Goldberg
and rookie twin brothers Paul
and Gary Gait from Syracuse
University, may rev the Tur-
bos' scoring engine this year.
"The Turbos are going to
have a lot of success,"
Goldberg predicted before the
regular season. "They were
1-7 last year, so everything's
uphill from that. They've got-
ten some great players com-
ing in here. They've gotten a
lot of young talent, which
they needed. They got Paul
and Gary Gait from British
Columbia. We're going to be
an exciting team!'
It looks like he's correct.
The Turbos pushed their
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