Page 10-Thursday, April 13, 1978-The Michigan Daily
OTHERS ON THE WAY
Orr snares recruitpair

By DAVE RENBARGER
Dipping into the same well that
has produced such recent Wolverine
standouts as Dave Baxter, Tom
Staton and Alan Hardy, Michign laid
claim to a pair of highly regarded,
in-state high school seniors yester-
day.
The newest Wolverines are Keith
Smith, a 6-0 guard from Detroit
.iack:enzie, and Cedric Olden, who
stands 6-6 and played mostly at for-
warid for Highland Park. Both
players achieved first-team All-
State recognition last winter.
Although it was only the first of-
Icjai day of signing and most of the
gest names are still in their
" decision-making process,
Michigan's corps of recruiters are
very pleased with the opening day
C catch.
"We're naturally very happy,"
sai4- assistant coach Bill Frieder.
"Wt, got a couple of very talented
ballplayers."
Smith was the vital cog in
i Mackenzie's attack last year, but is
C likely to find plenty of company next
year at Michigan. Averaging 21
* points and nine assists; Smith has
the ability to get the ball to an-open
M teammate, shoot with accuracy
. from outside and lead a fast-break
'offense. The Wolverines, however,
F currently have six others on their
roster who can play guard.
;.,. fjeder described Olden as "a

real all-around athlete who can play
anywhere." Most likely, he will end
up at a forward slot with the Maize
and Blue. Olden carried a 19-point
scoring average last year, while
averaging 12 rebounds.
Yesterday's signings bring
something of a 'home-grown' look
back to the Wolverines. Of the seven
Recruiting race'
MINN.-Trent Tucker, 6-6, Flint
Mark Hall, 6-2, Springfield,
Mass.
Leo Rautins, 6-7112, Toronto
Kevin Stallings, 6-5,
Collinsville, Ill.
IND.-Randy Wittman, 6-5,
Indianapolis
Landon Turner, 6-9,
Indianapolis
Ted Kitchell, 6-8,
Indianapolis
ILL.-Perry Range, 6-7, S. Beloit, Ill.
recruits taken by Johnny Orr and
Co. in the past two seasons, none
have been from Michigan.
One native son that took off was
Trent Tucker of Flint Northwestern.
Tucker was wooed to Minnesota by
former Michigan aide Jim Duttcher.
As a team, the Gophers got jump
on the rest of the Big Ten, landing
four blue-chippers on the first day.

Three of the four were also on the
Wolverines' list earlier in the year.
Dutcher reportedly has yet another
highly-regarded prospect waiting in
the wings.
There is still plenty of time for the
rest of the league to catch up, as the
cream of each year's crop
historically are just about the last
ones to sign. Three years ago Phil
Hubbard took until the second week
in June to make up his mind, while
last year, Earvin Johnson and Mike
McGee both waited until mid-May.
Orr, has high hopes that two of
those big men still at large will even-
tually end up in Ann Arbor.
John Garris of Bridgeport, Conn.,
and Thad Garner from Hammond,
Ind. are currently mulling over their
options, and occupying their time by
participating in All-Star games.
Both have already visited the
Michigan campus.
Garris is a quick, 6-8 leaper, who
hit 29 points per game along with 17
boards. Garner, an inch shorter, has
equally, impressive numbers, (28
points and 15 boards) and is also
noted for his defense.
'They're both hellish players,"
said Orr of the tandem, "but it'll be a
few more weeks before we'll know.
When you go for the biggies, you've
got to wait a little longer. It's a good
thing we did get a couple guys early,
though. If you don't get anybody on
the first day, you're in trouble."

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EIGHT AID WITH GRIDDERS:

Assistants ease Bo's work load

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By KEVIN ROSEBOROUGH
It is coach Bo Schembechler who at-
tracts the attention of the cameras and
press during the football season.
And it is Schembechler who is given
credit for the exemplary training of his

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WHILE, AS head coach, Schem-
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do with the preparation of his team for
the regular season, his task is made
imneasurably easier by the presence
of eight other men. Each is as intense
as Schembechler and an intent on win-
ning. These eight men are his assistant
coaches.
The responsibility for developing the
individual skills of the defensive
players in spring drills is divided
among four coaches. Jack Harbaugh
takes the responsibility for the secon-
dary and Bill McCartney is the coach of.
the inside linebackers and the defensive
coordinator. Milan Vooletich came
from the University of Colorado in
March to replace Tom Reed as the
defensive line coach. Former
Wolverine quarterbaeck. Deninis Brown
is in charge of the outside linebackers.
"The four of us work together to get
the defenses together," said coor-
dinator McCartney. "We meet for long
hours every day."
THE FOUR D)EFENSIVE coaches
work during the season, getting their
ideas together for the defenses to be
used that week. "Our defenses vary
quite a bit from week to week," said
McCartney. "We present our ideas to
Coach Schembechler, and are respon-
sible for installing them."
To the average observer at a spring
practice, it appears that the coaches
adhere to a "spare the rod and spoil the
gridder" philosophy. "Look where he
is, three yards in the backfield," one
coach can be heard howling at a player.
"Two hundred and fifty pounds of no
hit!" But McCartney claims that their
treatment of the players isn't as harsh
as it appears.

"We like to say that we spend an hour
in the classroom for each hour we spend
on the field. We work hand in hand with
the players, and have a good player-
coach relationship. To those who don't
know how much time we spend
together, we may look a little stern," he
continued.
"BUT WE EXPECT a lot from our
players. On defense you have to play
with emotion and intensity."
The offensive chores are handled by a
four-man staff in the same manner as
the defense. Offensive ends coach
Tirrel Burton and offensive backfield
coach Don Nehlen combine with line
coach Jerry Hanlon and interior line
coach Paul Schudel to organize the at-
tack.
"We do our changing of plays and

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assignments in the spring," said Bur-
ton. "Once we hit the fall we go with the
notebooks." As far as getting the best
out of his athletes, Burton says that
"there is no magic formula. There is
teaching, counseling, and pushing
sometimes. But most kids want to do
the best they can, and all a coach can db
is give them the opportunity."
Historically, Schembechler has had
some trouble with his assistants being
too good. He's seen many moving on to
head coaching jobs around the country.
The list of Bo's former assistants
who've taken over at other schools in-
cludes Gary Moeller at Illinois, Chuck
Stobart at Toledo, Frank Maloney at
Syracuse, Elliot Uzelac at Western
Michigan, Tom Reed at Miami of Ohio,
and Jim Young at Purdue,

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DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Red
Wings are hoping they've lost their
edginess now that they've got the edge
in their best of three games National
Hockey League playoff series against
the Atlanta F lames.
Detroit won the opener 5-3 Tuesday
night at Atlanta. Tonight's rematch at
Olympia Stadium will be the first NHL
playoff game there in eight years..
A victory for the Red Wings would
eliminate the need for a third game
Saturday in Atlanta.
The series winner will move into the
second round, a best of seven set,
probably against the defending tanley
Cup Champioh Montreal Canadiens in
Montreal beginning Monday. the
Canadiens had a bye in the first round.
"I think we got rid of a lot of ner-
vousness last night,"'said Detroit for-
ward Dennis kHextall, one of the few
older players on the team.
Center Dale McCourt, the No. 1 draft
choice of the Wings and in the league
this season, admits to a bad case of
nerves in the playoff opener. 4
"I was really nervous, probably the
worst I've been all year," said Mc-
Court, the team's scoring leader. "The'
whole game I was nervous. I won't be

as nervous now, though. It was just
making the playoffs and that first game
that got to me."
The Flames almost got to the Red
Wings, who saw a 4-0 lead dwindle to 4-3
before Andre St. Laurent's empty net
goal with one second, remaining clin-
ched the triumph.
"Lets hope we learned from that,"
said lextall, "so that if we get a lead
we-don't hang back."
Cliff Fletcher, general manager of
the Flames, has termed a best-of-three
series "nothing more than "Russian
Roulette."
His counterpart, Detroit General
Manager Ted Lindsay, said Thursday's
game "is not any easier" for Detroit.
The Flames "recognize they've got to
win" he said, "but there's as much
pressure on us."
Atlanta is in the playoffs for the third
consecutive year and fourth time in the
last five years. It has won just once and
lost nine times.
The Red Wings' last playoff ap-
pearance was in 1970, but they didn't
get past the first round. Detroit had
missed the playoffs the three seasons
before that and so this year's ap-
pearance is only its second in 12 years.

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