The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, January 18,1978-Page 9 full court PRESS CONSIS TENCY KEYS SUCCESS: Chelic strives New cagers meshing.., .as Orr's team develops One of the main elements which has distinguished the successful basketball coaches from their cellar dwelling counterparts is the ability to interject new, inexperienced ballplayers into an established system and come out with a winning product year after year. John-Wooden's record of 19 conference championships and 10 NCAA cham- pionships in 27 years of coaching comes to mind first. Others such as Al McGuire, formerly of Marquette, Dean Smith of North Carolina and Johnny Orr of Michigan have all been able to take the raw freshman or sophomore and make him flow into their system of basketball. And it's Orr's current challenge to do that once again. Taking a team with six new players and a starting five which has only one returning starter, and still winning the Big Ten championship is a monumental task. But that's what Michigan fans expect. Forget that All-American center Phil Hubbard is almost definitely gone for the season. Forget that of the twelve players who travel on the road, five are freshmen and two are sophomores. And don't even consider that Michigan's only starting senior has been a substitute off the bench his past three seasons with the varsity. None of these factors can be considered if you are the average Michigan fan. Despite all of the inexperience this team possesses, Michigan followers demand victory, regardless. Well they'll still get it this season, but they'll have to swallow a couple of losses in the Big Ten along with the slam dunks and fast breaks. Given time, this Michian team is probably going to surprise many people. I know it's surprised me already; Inever thought Orr would be able to put a winning team on the court given the circumstances he's been asked to work under this year. But it's a big credit to Orr that the Wolverines are 3- 1 in the conference instead of 1-3. Yet there's still a long way to go. "We still haven't got used to everything," said junior forward Alan Hardy. "I don't know what people from last year can do. But I don't know what the new guys can do and they don't know what I can do. I think that's everyone's biggest problem," continued Michigan's fourth leading scorer with an 11.4 average. And the man who should be the authority on this subject is the Wolverines' only returning starter, Tom Staton. "The biggest problem is getting used to playing with four or five new players," said Staton, who's averaging 9.1 points per contest. "Everybody is learning how to play with everyone else. We just try to keep on thinking about keeping it (the ball) moving instead of realizing why you're out there and that's to take it to the opponent." Co-Captain Dlave Baxter, who's taken the role of floor leader and the player whoruns the offense agrees that the Michigan team still has some improving to do. "We're still making adjustments," Baxter commented. "It's difficult enough learning the old plays, let alone the new things this year. It's a whole new learning process. In the past I'd come back to practice and know what's going on .Now things are different." The inexperience of the starting five has caused a few- changes in styles of play for Hardy and Baxter."You have to adjust mentally. That's the biggest adjustment," said Hardy. "Mentally, my eating, and my rest. Those are - the main changes I've had to make," added Hardy, who prior to starting this year was one of Orr's talented players off the bench. "When I wasn't playing it was a whole different story." For Baxter, the changes are about to happen in the next few Big Ten games. "I'll be changing and looking to score more," said Baxter. "If I'm not scoring then that hurts the team so I'm looking to score. I'm also going to quit trying to pace myself and just play as hard as I can for as long as I can." The other member of the starting five who is a returnee from past seasons is center Joel Thompson. Used as a forward prior to this season, Joel has probably undergone the biggest adjustment of anyone. "I have to do a lot more rebounding than in the past," Thompson said earlier in the season. "This year3I have to be a lot more consistent. Last year I, would rebound strong some times, butnot always. This year that can't happen;'Apparently it hasn't as Joel leads the team in rebounds and is tied for the scoring lead with freshman Mike McGee. So the improvement must now come game after game, each player hopefully learning something from the previous game which will be of benefit for future encounters. What would be ideal for the Wolverines is to have this process hit its peak at just the right time so that the biggest games - the two Michigan State and Purdue contests and the final meeting with Minnesota - will have Michigan playing its best possible basketball. All Orr can hope for is that each Michigan basketball player realizes the situation and plays each game with as much intensity as he's capable. "We just have to go out and play our best and do the things which got us here," said an optimistic Staton. "If you do that, what more can you ask." By BILLY SAHN Imagine possessing qualities such as strength, endurance, style, deter- mination, and athletic ability and putting them altogether in a consist- ent fashion on a diving board. Thatis, the task for Michigan's men's varsity diver Matt Chelich. Chelich, in his third year of diving for Michigan, was last year's NCAA diving champion on the one-meter board as well as taking second and third place honors in last year's Big Ten Championships. "He's one of the best in the country," commented diving coach Dick Kimball. CHELICH, A zoology major, near- ly ended up attending Big Ten rival Indiana. "I was originally planning to go to Indiana until I mete Dick Kimball. After looking closely at both schools, I decided that Michigan was the place for me. It has what I want," said Chelich. "Consistency is what counts in diving," said Coach Kimball. "It takes a lot of desire and dedication to be good in this sport; you're under constant pressure," continued the '59 Michigan alumnus diving coach. Consistency, dedication, and desire are all very important in the art of diving. These are the qualities that Chelich had to offer. Michigan on the other hand had to offer to Chelich the coaching of one of the top coaches in the country. "WHAT I WANTED was personal attention. I knew I could get it here. That's why I'm at Michigan instead of Indiana," remarked Chelich. Chelich, a two-time All-American, practices a minimum of three hours a day. In addition, he attends Kimball's diving camp in Florida for a good part of the summer. "I guess diving is a big part of my life. It always has been. I've been diving since the age of six when I was coached by my dad," said the junior. (Chelich's father was a collegiate diver at Northwestern.) Thus far this season, Chelich has been a consistent victor in his events. Yet, his two toughest dual meets are to come. "THE BIG TEN is highly competi- tive and well balanced in diving. However, two teams (aside from Michigan) stand out, Ohio State and Michigan State," said Kimball. One of those meets, Ohio State, is an away meet. Usually, divers would rather dive at home than on the road. "Each diver acquires a feel for the diving board. And, even though they all look alike, all boards are differ- ent. It's a big advantage to be in your pool for diving," remarked the one-time Olympic coach Kimball. Yet, whether at home or away, Chelich appreciates fans. "I LIKE TO SEE a lot of people come and watch the meets. When I know people are watching, I get more intense. Before and during my dive, it's total concentration. But after the dive, I can hear the crowd. It's a big psyche up," said Chelich: Chelich's present plans are to continue diving, even after he grad- uates next year. "One goal for me is 1980. It would be great to be in the Olympics," re- marked Chelich. The Olympics is a definite goal for under pressure Chelich. However, he has a long way : medalists: Phil Boggs (1976), M: to go. Right now, Chelich must King (1972) and Bob Webster (19 contend with the Big Ten's and then Fortunately, if you want to w the NCAA's. After that, comes the Chelich and the rest of the Mich AAU (the Amateur Athletic Union) diving and swimming team in ac meet and the Olympic tryouts. you won't have to wait until 1980 "ONLY A SELECT group make. - travel to Moscow. This week the Olympic team. It's not easy at Michigan hosts Purdue, Friday e all," commented Kimball. (Kimball ing at 7:30, and Illinois, Satur has previously coached three gold afternoon at 2:00, at Matt Mann P licki 964). atch igan tion, , and kend wen- - rday Pool. -V -r - - o-- LZ REPLAYS SPARK, CONTROVERSY Play it again, Pete? By The Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - National Football League Commissioner Pete Rozelle's revelation that the league may implement instant replays of controversial calls sparked mem- ories of an earlier experiment that put O. J. Simpson, his Buffalo Bills teammates and the Dallas Cowboys on candid camera. In a 1976 Monday night football game pitting Dallas against the Bills, cameras were set up at the field's four corners. Art McNally, NFL supervisor of referees, watched the game with a stopwatch to gauge how long it would take to review plays from the video tape camera in front of him. "We asked the camera technicians to give us different angles. The first thing found was the time factor in- volved was a low of 26 or 27 sec- onds, up to two minutes," McNally recalled. "Two of the plays involved O. J. Simpson. On one play, he complained to an official that a Cowboy line- backer had grabbed his jersey on a pass pattern. We looked at the film and sure enough, O. J. was grabbed. "A few plays later, we saw O. J. go down. How did he go down? We re- played it and the very same line- backer had tripped 0. J. The officials University of Michigan League MICHIGAN LEAGUE Conference Rooms 4 & 5 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 s.&Fri., Jan. 19/20/1978-11 am-8pm PURCHASES MAY BE CHARGED ARRANGED BY SFERDINAND ROTEN GALLERIES BALTIMORE, MO. had missed it," he said. "Suppose in the first instance O. J. went back to Coach Jim Ringo and said, 'Hey, Coach, that linebacker grabbed me on that pass pattern' and Ringo called for a challenge to the officials. "If Ringo is right, the officials would then penalize the Cowboys. If he is wrong, it's 15 yards against the Bills for challenging and being wrong," McNally said. The dilemma: "Now do we call interference on that linebacker for grabbing O.J., which technically is a foul? "Or do we decide as we normally would that no harm was done. We would then penalize Ringo 15 yards for challenging and being wrong. "If things got that technical, what would prevent Cowboy Coach Tom Landry from then saying: 'Wait a minute. Run that replay again. Wasn't that center holding? Wasn't his arm outside his body when, he blocked Jethro Pugh?' 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