The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - April 16, 20Q1 3 OPTION Continued from Page 1B be the highest-paid coach at Michi- gan. Schembechler went on to say that money didn't matter to Carr. Pitino - who may have com- manded over 1 million dollars a year in salary - ended up taking the job at Louisville that had been vacated by Denny Crum. Michigan Athletic Director Bill Martin responded by hiring Seton Ilall'sTornmy Amaker. Now that the smoke has cleared. Carr is still Michigan's highest-paid coach and is highly supportive of Michigan's new basketball coach. "Bill Martin hit a homerun when he hired Tommy Amaker," Carr said. "I'm excited about what he brins and what he'll bring to Michigan basketball. I like him personally and I think he'll do a tremendous job. "He obviously knows the game because anybody that has his back- ground - he played at a great pro- gram (Duke) and he's had experience as a head coach (Seton hall) - will do a tremendous job. I'm excited to be working alongside him at this department." Amaker, who is a college football fan, said that he is excited about attending Michigan football games and using them to his advantage while recruiting. 2' DAVID DEN HERDER MARJORIE MARSHALLDaily Jermaine Gonzales used his athleticism to bring a new aspect to the Michigan offense at the annual Spring game on Sat- urday by running the option. Heirs apparent In search of an o world, columnist ' ee sanctuary is English for the Latin is a sign tI word ar/netwni. Folks around here the job. i call our tree sanctuary the Arb. No, the I've never been to the Arb. Not to eat, to ing. Beca' nap or play Frisbee -- that was one of the athletics a conclusions that came from last night's star- dow to co ing contest I had with the ceiling. all night L Of all the things "I'm not going to lose Some p any sleep over," this final column was sup- define col posed to be one of them. replay in y Things didn't work out that way, of plenty, so course. I'm not sure how many things actu- paper, son ally do work out "that way." But trying to I lalflim capture your college experience - frame it, press box comment on it - that is a difficult thing. forever, so Mine is a story that begins in 5007 I I ins- you ever I dale and ends 12 days from now, somehow. Midnig Somewhere along the way, somebody ketball ga decided that I should have a weekly col- drink rum umn. And so I've tried to use it appropriate- a southern ly and to its fullest. Faceof' People sometimes ask if it's frustrating to night, scr be bound to the spoils page. I understand be heard o their question - this column, and the job the exciter that once came with it, have led to my pas- intent pro sion for athletics much more than the other Walkin way around. gzan Stadit In the end, I certainly learned enough To be h about Michigan sports - maybe more than that's the I wanted to. night, star I learned that the line between celebrity sion. Beca and anonymity is a negligible one in Ann such thing Arbor, and that folks on both sides can be 12 days, n equally inspirational. Or detestable. - or Dave th I learned that the people who got paid to Everyth "know best" many times did not, and that me in the1 authority didn't always translate into ratio- history, an nality or respectability. it or not. It was certainly a unique time to have a But asI voice in Michigan athletics. I saw, as a leave Seto freshman, the Wolverines experience their gan last wi best season in recent history: A national lic outcry football title, a national hockey title, an goes, he w excitingo basketball season. It was perhaps a barber me boisterous facade to internal deterioration, "Well C but still a very proud year for the Universi- ple are up ty. the heck o Then I watched the department collapse you are lei on itself a low point in the tenure of Uni- And m versity president Lee Bollinger and in the lege. history of Michigan athletics. No, I d It is still no exaggeration to say that in beats the h February of'2000. Michigan's athletic were over department was in utter disarray. Bill Mar- And unt tin, the man called in to restore order, spent on doing e his first fewx weeks in office simply calming thing I'll n the panic among his own staff: It's clear Tomorr though, one year later, that the department is back on track. The recent appointment of' iD Tommy Amaker to men's basketball coach rydinary, a~a signs off that Martin is the perfect maqf y sports column was never f istr ruse I'd discovered that colle-e are really nothing more thanavw llege life - the same life l sper ast night trying to define. eople have told me the best way lege is by the moments you call your mind. I suppose there ar; me of them connected to this ; mne of them to sports in genergjl: ne standing on top of the Purdue the air so lucid you can-se o crisp you can inhale deeper th, have in your life.{ ht in muggy Atlanta after a has- me, watching your coIleague as it pours of fthe bare micirrT n belle. Tat Yost Ice Arena on opeing eaming in your friend's crjust over the pep band, trying 1t cOv ,ment on your face with a mask c fessionalism. g for the first time into the Mic um tunnel. honest, I don't want it to end' - other conclusion I came to last ing the ceiling into blurry subm~ ause as of today, there is no lon, g as Dave the columnist. Ani in no such thing as Dave the st iden he anything else. ping that has more or less ddfine last four years becomes o1fi'iall nd it's time to start all over ' lit Tommy Amaker packed up to n I lall and begin anew at Michi veek, there was considerablt pub due to his departure. As the stor- xas distraught -- until his lodhi ntioned this: Coach, the fact is that mayb pec set and disappointed, but' itbeat out of people throwing a.party the aving." aybe that's the way to loj)«fcc on't want it to end - but it sure heck out of whining, wisliifliit tii .t is over officially . j lan verything I haven't done, &vry- ever get the chance to do again. ow, I'm going to the Ar'b"', id Dlen IIlrder cull he ajd dden(aqn i'ch. ed : ,, ; 5 ; ,:;: 1': }'. P Name: Jermaine Gonzales Current Year: Freshman Type: Mobile, scrambling Experience: None. Performance in spring game: Gonzales saw sig- nificant time in the scrimmage as he started for the home team. Gonzales showed his mobility with the option, but also showed his inexperi- ence with four interceptions. All photos by MA RJORIE MARSHALL,/Daily Name: John Navarre Current Year: Sophomore Type: Drop-back Experience: Started three games in the place of Drew Henson last season. Performance in spring game: Navarre start- ed for the visiting team and threw two inter- ceptions. Likely starter for 2001-02. Name: Andy Mignety Current Year: Sophomore Type: Drop-back Experience: None. Performance in spring game: Mignery saw very limited action in the scrimmage, but struggled in the action that he did see. Mign- ery threw one interception to give the Michi- gan defense seven on the day. i I CALLING FUTURE sical Therapists nvited to attend an information session on Central Michigan University's SICAL THERAPY PROGRAM. Wednesday, February 28, 2001 Wednesday, March 28, 2001 Wednesday, April 18, 2001 *AIl sessions will be held at 6:00 p.m. in Pearce 136. pplication dline for fall 2002 is 1/15/02! b "M',-4L - -A Contact us to r a session reservation, program informa n, or to obtain an application! Contact the Admissions Office at 517-774-1730 Phone or 517-774-1853 Fax E-Mail: chpadmit@cmich.edu ovides individuals with disabilities reasonable accommodations to participate in university activities, programs, and services. Individuals with disabilities requiring an accommodation to participate in this program should call the College of Health Professions Admissions office. n U V ThyUniversity of Michigan, College of LSA presents Joel D. Blum John D. MacArthur Professor in Geological Sciences and Chair, Department of Geological Sciences Environrnent a Science: Research at . D isciplina.ry> -<' F r,3 . .*-k m r