40 Field Hockey vs. Central Michigan Tomorrow, 7 p.m. Tartan Turf SPORTS Football vs. Maryland Saturday, 1 p.m. Michigan Stadium The Michigan Daily Steve Blonder Wednesday, September 27, 1989 Page 10 Open season on CCHA _,0 Berenson's Wolverines are by Eric Lemont picked to finish third by coaches Canham allies ambush Bo A portly Detroit columnist suggested yesterday that having Bo Schembechler run the athletic department and the football program is a bad idea. He goes on to suggest that Schembechler resign and that former athletic director Don Canham and Schembechler serve together on a search committee to find a successor. I'm not quite sure that this columnist is looking at the same athletic department as the one on south State Street. Morale in the athletic department is higher than it's been in recent years, or at least that's the indication athletic department personnel are giving to the regular Michigan beat writers. What the columnist may have been referring to is the confusion that athletic department officials are having about their new jobs, as many of them are learning new jobs all at once. Associate Athletic Director Fritz Seyferth is in charge of a $12 million capital campaign while the athletic department has never previously had a capital campaign. And Bruce Madej is no longer solely in charge of the Sports Information Department, but has also been saddled with marketing and promotional responsibilities. Moreover, the support staff is now being expected to think. It is no longer like the old regime when the king would walk down the hall and tell people what to do. And they would do whatever until instructed otherwise. Yes, Don Canham has to be considered a major figure in college athletics. He was certainly at the forefront in terms of setting up television contracts and marketing college athletics. But most people would agree that by the time Canham reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 and retired last year, his admittedly superior skills had deteriorated. It was time for a change. And the Bo Schembechler-Jack Weidenbach regime has been just that - a rebirth for arguably one of the top athletic programs in the country. The current administration has refused to look the other way, as was allegedly done during the Canham years. And several coaches whose programs were often the subject of rumors about alleged transgressions of NCAA and conference rules no longer claim residence at Michigan. AND THE PROGRAM is better off without them. Weidenbach has done a quality job handling the day-to-day operation of the athletic department, despite what the well-known columnist asserted yesterday. Even though Weidenbach came in with little experience at running an athletic department, he had served as the University's Director of Business Operations where he solidified his skills at running a bureaucracy. And he has surrounded himself with some quality people to provide advice concerning the intricacies of college athletics. The duo at the top has been picking up where the previous regime went astray. Women's athletics are now being given a higher priority, as evidenced by the increased scholarships and the changes in travel modes. And while Weidenbach may not know the specific wants and needs of every program, he is making every effort to find out. Facilities are being upgraded so as to help Michigan catch up with everyone else. See BLONDER, Page 12 Daily Hockey Writer DETROIT - The Central Collegiate Hockey / Association officially kicked off its 1989-90 season yesterday with its second annual media day at Joe Louis Arena. Michigan head coach Red Berenson, whose team was picked by CCHAccoaches to finish third in the conference behind Michigan State and Lake Superior State, was confident about this year's squad. "I'm optimistic that our team this season, becausej we're being led by eight seniors, should be a stronger ~ team than we've seen at Michigan in the past couple of years," he said.; Berenson, who mentioned senior goalie Warren Sharples as a key to the fortunes of this year's team, believes that the team's success will be measured by their defense and consistency. "We have finished in the top three in goals against in the past two seasons and we realize how important B e re n that is. Michigan was always known for a wide-open, high-scoring type team." he said. "We certainly like to ...very opt score but we realize that if we can compete successfully in the goals against department than we can compete for the final four. "We feel this year won't be a successful year unless we get to Joe Louis," Berenson said. In order to get to Joe Louis Arena, the site of this year's CCHA playoffs, the Wolverines must first get through seven league road games to open the season. "They're going to be crucial." Berenson said. "There's no question, that our schedule, faced with seven league road games, we're going to have to come out of that with some important points." "The consistency of game to game, week to week is the sign of a good team. We were a good team on the road last year, but we were under .500 at home, which is unusual. And it will be important that we play well at home as well as on the road." In addition to defense and consistency, Berenson hopes to garner strong special teams play from of his- power play and penalty killing units. Commissioner Bill Beagan opened the press.' conference by noting the expansion of televised CCHA. play to 11 million homes. This represents the addition of two more million Midwest homes to PASS. network. 1 All of the head coaches joined Beagan in his praise, of the level of competition in the conference, and a majority said that getting back to Joe Louis Arena at the end of the season is their primary goal. One exception was Bowling Green head coach Jerry York. While the coaches picked the Falcons to finish, fourth for the upcoming season, York has his team aiming for the CCHA title. "I think that's a legitimate goal for our program. I wouldn't want to settle for anything less," York said.. 'son omistic "We're optimistic, we're upbeat about the 89-90 season and to accomplish that goal we're going to certainly have to have outstanding" years, probably career years, for our five seniors, who I think are five of the legitimate top players in our conference." More conservative in his outlook for the upcoming season was Michigan: State head coach Ron Mason, who was in the hospital for hand surgery. In a, prepared statement, Mason denied feeling any pressure coaching the preseason number one team. Adh B arrowman W] by David Hyman Daily Sports Writer When Mike Barrowman set the world record in the 200 meter breaststroke this summer, he cap- tured one of swimming's Triple Crown possessions - a world record. And just one month later, the 20 year-old junior from Rockville, Maryland captured another accolade. He was named the United States Swimmer of the Year by the sport's Governing Board this past Saturday evening. Winning the World Champ- ionships and an Olympic gold medal are the other two honors Barrowman is looking forward to garnering in the future. But, for now, those will just have to wait. Nominated two months ago for the Swimmer of the Year award, Barrowman was told, along with three others, to fly to Portland, Ore- gon and attend the U.S. Aquatic Sports Convention to commemorate the world records set this past year by American swimmers. "It was a big surprise," said Barrowman. "I can't begin to describe what a great feeling this gives me. I've always thought of this as the Matt Biondi or Janet Evans award, you know, the 'stars' of swimming. So for me to receive this award is a great honor. "(Winning the award) is the kind of thing that's not me against the breaststrokers, but me against everybody - the breaststrokers, the backstrokers and the others," Barrow- Barrowman man said. "That makes it extra q special for me." Barrowman earned the award by breaking the five-year old record of- Canada's Victor Davis two times within three weeks this summer. He. broke these records at the U.S. Swimming Long Course National Championships held at the Uni-+ versity of Southern California and- the Pan Pacific Swimming Champ- ionships in Japan. "I'm very proud of Mike becausef he devoted the entire year to be thee best in the world and he attained it," said Michigan coach Jon Urbanchek. 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