.. ., ,n,,.,, /' Michigan's defense. The Michiaan Daily-Saturday, April 19, 1980-Page 9 With departure of seven lettermen, Schembechler has reason to worry By MARTHA CRALL Head coach Bo Schembechler said is his primary area of concern. efensive coordinator Bill McCartney echoed Schembechler's sentiments. With a defense that lost -seven of last season's starters, it's no wonder the girdiron hierarchy is worried. The coaches will find out further, today whether their fears are legitimate when the Wolverines play their annual intrasquad Blue-White game. The contest, which culminates four weeks of spring practice, will egin at 2 p.m. in Michigan Stadium. Tickets can be purchased at the gate for $1. The most critical area is the defensive line. McCartney, who stressed rebuilding of the line in the spring, is not altogether pleased with how things stand at the end of spring practice. "It (spring practice) didn't resolve our line problems like we had .hoped," explained McCartney. Mike Trgovac, moved from middle guard to tackle this spring, is the mainstay in a brand new set of faces. Gone are All-American Curtis Greer, Dale .Keitz and Chris Godfrey. The exact personnel is not yet determined, but McCartney cites sophomore-to-be Winf red Carraway and Cedric Coles, curently a sophomore, as very promising players despite a lack of maturity. Sophomores Bill Bonnell and Dan Yarno, who were both injured all spring, will also be counted on for alot of playing time. And McCartney says he may try many of the incoming freshman at the line. Dave Nicolau, who will be a senior next season, plans to fill the big shoes Trgovac vacated at middle guard. On the move of Trgovac, McCartney explains, "He was established at that position, but he does have a history of injury. We believe that he will make the American Ron Simpkins and Ben Needham, who was one of five players suspended last month for an indefinite period. 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Backing them will be freshmen James Herrmann and John Brown, and sophomores Mike Czarnota and Sanford Washington. In the secondary, junior wolfback Stu Harris is the only returner, but he injured his knee during spring practice and underwent surgery. McCartney has been pleased, however, with the emergence of Keith Bostic, 4 sophomore-to-be from Ann Arbor, as "fine" safety. Sophomore Jeff Reevesk and freshman Jeff Cohen are up fof safety positions, as well. On. the wide side of the field; sophomomres Brian Carpenter and Marion Body and freshman John Lott, looked good this spring, according to McCartney. On the short side, junior letter-winner Gerald Diggs returns, with sophomore-to-be Jerry Burgei and converted wide receiver, sophomore Tony Jackson backing him up. McCartney said, "Jackson's transition (from wide receiver to safety) was very smooth and he is prominent in our plans." move to tackle smoothly. Heis a quick, aggressive player and he should be a bit more protected at tackle than at middle guard." McCartney's linebacking corps are also "very thin." Gone here are All- Thompson will replace outside linebacker Needham on the field (wide) side with Mel Owens retaining his position on the boundary on the outside. Pickings are slim behind them, says McCartney, with freshman Todd MCCORMICK, HEUERMAN, GARNER: Frieder'sfront line is complete First-year basketball coach Bill Frieder inherits most of a Wolverine team that knocked off every team in the topsy-turvy Big Ten except In- diana and Michigan State on its way to an 8-10 conference record in 980. Frieder loses co-captain Mark Lozier to graduation and sophomores Keith Smith and John Garris to discontent, but he has ad- ded some key recruits who could more than compensate. In. the second segment of a two- part interview with Daily Executive Sports Editor Mark Mihanovic, Frieder breathes optimism about 1981. And he expresses some houghts on his long-time boss and friend, Iowa State-bound Johnny Orr. Daily: Give us a rundown on your roster. Frieder: With (Mike) McGee, we've got one of the finest offensive players around. Our offense starts with Mike. I vant him to become a little more com- plete player. If he could improve from his junior to senior year as much as he improved from his sophomore to junior year, then he's going to have a great year. (Paul) Heuerman and Thad Garner were super last year, but they've gotta come back next year and be better players, and I think they will. I think both of them will come back better shooters and a little stronger reboun- ers. So that gives us a good nucleus, 'because those three kids played a lot last year and were very instrumental in the things that we accomplished. Now, the freshmen, like Tim McCor- mick and even (M.C.) Burton and (Dean) Hopson. .. it just remains to be seen whether they can come in and help us immediately in the front line. And of course, Ike Person, who played pretty well in the non-conference games, but ' otin the Big Ten, hopefully will come ck a better player. So the front line should be okay, especially with the ad- dition of McCormick. (Jon) Antonides is a little further away, but he's 7-2, he's gonna work hard, and eventually he's gonna help us. And Leo Brown's going to be a better player, but he really didn't have any opportunity at all last year. I have extreme confidence in Johnny Johnson and both Bodnars (Marty and Mark). Johnny . . . if he does things right this summer and follows the programs that we tell him to and really has a desire to be a great Big Ten guard next year, I think he will be.'It's been hard for him to maintain consistency and keep a mental attitude that you need to be good every game in the Big Ten. And both Bodnars ... I've got ex- treme confidence in them, and I think they'll have a good year for us next year. Joe James ... he's got a great op- Wrtunity now because we're gonna need some help at the guard, and this should really inspire him to work on his ball-handling over the summer and try to improve at that position. Daily: With the knowledge that Derek Harper will attend Illinois rather than Michigan, is there any possibility that you'll try to convince Keith Smith to stay in Ann Arbor? Frieder: No. Keith is not coming back with us. In fact, I think he's going *o San Diego State. Daily: Is the loss of John Garris significant to your club? Frieder: No . . . I think John's biggest problem is that he was too far away from home. The fact that he was homesick prevented him from playing to his potential. He was lackadaisical. Now he's going to go to Boston College and be closer to home, and he might play better. Daily: How does a lineup of McGee at guard, with McCormick, Heuerman, and Garner up front sound? Frieder: I think Mai.ke playing guard is a possibility, but we really won't know that until we start prac- ticing on October 15. A lot will depend on how fast the freshmen come along and exactly what's needed at the time. Daily: Late in several games last season, McGee appeared to drift away from the flow. Were the other players on the floor at fault for not getting him the ball, or was it a case of McGee not going after it hard enough? Frieder: A lot of times what hap- pened is that late in the game, we would become so-o cautious, especially if we had a lead. That affected whether Mike was going to score or not. I think that came from the bench. Daily: Is there anything in par- ticular that you would have done dif- ferently from Coach Orr this past season? Frieder: He and I agreed basically all the time. We might have used a little different personnel at times, but, hey, you don't always agree with the other guy. My'staff won't always agree with me. But the point is, once decisions are made within the office, now you carry 'em out as a staff. Basically John and I agreed on most things, and I'm sure that's the only reason I was with him for seven years. If we didn't have the same philosophies, we wouldn't have been together that long. Daily: Coach Orr has always had small, quick teams in the past. Do you expect that trend to continue at Michigan? Frieder: The type of players you recruit depends on what you have in your program and what's available to you. When a kid like McCormick comes along, you're gonna take him because you need a big guy. And you don't often get a player of that caliber with that much potential. In our league today, you've got to get size. It's imperative, because the teams are so big and so strong, if you don't get size, you're just going to get killed on those boards. But I think quickness is the name of the game. You've gotta have a certain degree of quickness if you're going to be successful. In the last couple of years, we haven't had the extreme quickness that we used to have, especially at the guards. We've had to become a more ball-control team. So even though I like to run, I think it's necessary to assess your talent and assess your competition, and then you have to play the type of game that's going to get the best results for you. Next year we could become a ball- control team again. Daily: What are Coach Orr's strengths and weaknesses as a coach and what's yours? Frieder: I thought he related well with kids, and no matter what people wanted to think, when the kids went out on the floor, they gave 100 per cent. And that's a credit to John, because I've seen so many teams that don't give 100 - per cent. I don't think that people gave John the credit that he deserved. He was organized; -he did things the way you're supposed to do 'em, as far as handling kids and treating them as men. 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