Thursday, April 12, 1973
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Eleven
Thursday, April 12, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eleven
PASS
THE
TOMATO ES,
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Bob McGinn
ichigan's defense,. .
... a n Moeller's hands now
DEFENSE HAS ALWAYS been Bo Schembechler's game. That's
the phase of football that he has always poured his best ath-
letes into. But for a man so obsessed with keeping his goalline
unsullied, Schembechler really hasn't spent that much time in
the everyday handling of his defenders.
Sure, the 5-2 monster that the man from Miami installed his
first year in Ann Arbor is all his. And Schembechler is the guy
who has done the brunt of the recruiting that has resulted in so
many gifted defensive players enrolling at Michigan.
But all anyone had to do the past four autumns to find out
how the 'M' defense is run is attend a Maize and Blue practice
session.
The first offense is always on one end of the Ferry Field
Tartan Turf, the defense occupies the other. The four offensive
coaches are at one end, the four defensive coaches at the other.
The offense wears blue shirts, the defense white. And Schen-
bechler, whose personal stamp is indelibly impressed on this
team, is always wi - i blue shirts.
He stands behind his regular offensive unit throughout each
and every practice, calling all the plays just as he does on Sat-
urdays at the Stadium. Schembechler is totally immersed in their
performapce. Nothing escapes his eye or his lightning-like
tongue. Nothing, that is, except the defense, going through its
paces some 70 yards away.
Until this spring the main man at the other end was Jim
Young. His title we defensive coordinator, and that seemed just
about right. Young did everything his boss was doing; only the
color of the shirts was different.
The situation reminded one of an assembly line, in which
the two processes remain separate and indistinguishable until
their union, when they are melded into a smooth-functioning
whole.
You know what the results of this two-camp approach has
been. Schembechler's teams have gone 38-6, his offenses
have perfected the grind-'em out style of play many others
have tried, and his chief lieutenant's defense have throttled
the opposition to the tune of 6.9 points a game the last three
campaigns.
Good things like the Schembechler-Young duo can't last for-
ever, however, and so last Christmas Young responded to the
beckonings of the University of Arizona and their offer of the
head coaching job.
Former Wolverine linebacker Tom Kee, who turned in such
brilliant play the past two seasons, put Michigan's loss into per-
spective. "Sure, we had great players," he said. "But Coach
Young is going to have a great defense no matter where he is.
He's an amazing guy. He just knows how to put guys together
and make defense."
You better believe Schembechler had a bushel full of ap-
plications from which to pick Young's successor. Anyone could
see that Michigan was going to have all sorts of defenders back,
and there aren't many coaches who have had the success Bo has
had that are willing to relegate the reins of his defense to an
assistant.
But Schembechler has always been fiercely loyal to his
aides, and he turned to one of them for his selection. Many con-
sidered defensive end coach George Mans as the logical choice.
He had been at Michigan the longest of any assistant, and it
has been no secret that should Eastern Michigan lose its head
man, Dan Boisture, which has seemed imminent at times, the
Hurons would do anything to get Mans as a replacement.
The problem with Mans was that he had been an offen-
sive receiver specialist for all but the 1972 season, and
Schembechler probably preferred to have someone a bit
more indoctrinated into his defensive system.
That man was defensive backfield mentor Gary Moeller, who
had joined his boss at Miami (Ohio) in 1967 after an outstand-
ing All-Big Ten career at Ohio State.
It's next to impossible to read Schembechler's mind, but you
have to think that the job Moeller turned in with last year's
injury-riddled secondary had some effect on him.
If you'll remember, Michigan lost three probable starters
(one in the spring and two in the early fall) in the defensive
backfield, and even Schembechler's eternal warnings sounded
very real..But the unit of Roy Burks, Barry Dotzauer and Dave
Brown became the Big Ten's best at season's end.
Although Moeller prefers to de-emphasize his role, saying,
"I welcome the challenge, but it's still the responsibility of four
guys," you better believe that he has to be feeling some pres-
sure.
Let's say next year's initial foe, Iowa, puts 17 points on
the board, and then Stanford gets two or three touchdowns.
Even though Michigan won the games, as usual, the compari-
son between Young and his successor will be inevitable.
"Thoughts of those kinds of comparisons bother me some,"
Moeller admits. "It's going to be tough to do what we have done
in the past. But all those points-against averages are secondary
to winning. My thoughts are on doing just that."
Moeller goes about accomplishing that task in much the
same manner his predecessor did. He doesn't go in for the yell-
ing, screaming type of coaching that takes place at the other
end of the practice field. The atmosphere with the defense is
far more professional, with emphasis on building a player's con-
fidence rather than taking the chance of tearing it down.
Predicting is always a risky business, but after seeing
the defense Moeller and his assistants have constructed thus
far it seems reasonable to assume that there won't be any
reduction in production with the Young-less platoon this fall.
DIRECTIONS '73
New and Avant-Garde
Solo and Chamber Music
Oriole
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jolts
Tigers
By DAN BORUS
Special To The Dally
DETROIT - He can't run
and he can't field, but desig-
nated-hitter TommykDavis
sure as hell can stick. He'
proved as much yesterday as
tie knocked in two key runs
n the Baltimore Orioles' 3-1'
twelve inning victory over the
punchless Detroit Tigers in
the Bengals home opener be-
fore 46,389 chilled fans.
dGaily
sports.
NIGHT EDITORS:
GEORGE HASTINGS and
JIM ECKER
mound, limiting the Birds to just
three base runners in the first six
frames. Fryman, who sparked the
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Davis rose to the occasion twice Tigers to last years' Eastern Di-
when he scored Don Baylor with vision crown, was humming the
a two out single in the seventh ball with great accuracy. The chilly
and a two out double to left in the climes did not diminish his velo-
twelfth. When Merv Rettenmund city.
followed the double with a solid Yet despite his good start,
shot to left-center, the Orioles had Fryman was keeping the ball
insured their come-from-behind just a mite too high and this
victory, came to haunt him in the
The Tigers jumped to the lead seventh.
with a bang, riding Norm Cash's
two-srk homer in the second Baylor smacked a single to' cen-
for the score. Cash's drive was ter and reached second on a
a liner that just cleared the grounder to third. For awhile it
fence down the 325-foot right- looked like Fryman would escape
field line. unscathed as he retired Paul Blair
But the last Tiger hurrah was on an infield fly.
to come just two innings later.
Designated hitter Gates Brown More sports on Page 9
singled and advanced to third when
catcher Bill Freehan doubled. With That, at least, is what the par-
the bases loaded and stwo away, tisans felt. But unfortunately they
Baltimore starter Jim Palmer got were unable to convince Davis,
Eddie Brinkman to hit a dribbler who rifled a shot to center, scor-
to short. ing the fleet Baylor.
After that the Bengals' attack The Tigers uttered what might
abruptly ground to a halt and the have been a growl in the bottom
tamed Tigers could manage nary half of the frame. Mickey Stanley
a safety for the remainder of the walked, advanced on Brinkman's
contest l sacrifice and took third when a
weanwhileaged micyl Frn thstruggling Palmer uncorked a wild
one. But the . punchless Tigers
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TOMMY DAVIS, the Baltimore Oriole's designated hitter, glides
into second base as Tony the Tiger makes a futile attempt at a tag.
Davis' double drove in the go ahcad run in yesterday's thriller, a
3-1, 12 inning Oriole victory.
Celtics take
sertes lead
over Hawks
BOSTON 61 -- Boston's John
!Havlicek poured in 32 points and
Jo Jo White provided punch to the
Boston attack in the second half
as the Boston Celtics defeated the
Atlanta Hawks 108-101 in their
fifth quarter-final National Bas-
ketball Association game last
night.
With a minute and 32 seconds
left in the game, Atlanta's Pete
Maravich, who pumped in 34
points in a losing cause, brought
the Hawks to within one point at
102-101 when he hit a free throw.
Fourteen seconds later, White hit
on a jumper to widen Boston's lead
and the Celtics rolled on to vic-
torv.
In the ABA last night, the Ken-
tucky Colonels bested the Carolina
Cougars 113-103 in the opener of
the Eastern Division finals.
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New York 3 0
Ch~cago 2 1
Philadelphia 1 2
Montreal 1 3
St. Louis 0 4
West
Houston 4 1
San Francisco 4 1
Cincinnati 2 2
San Diego 2 3
Atlanta 1 3
Los Angeles 1 4
Lerrin LaGrow, who came into
the game in the ninth, continued
to blank the 0's in Fryman's
stead until the fateful twelfth.
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