2- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 14, 1995
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The athletic director began making up
his mind after Michigan topped Boston
College, 23-13, Sept. 16.
"We had played three ranked teams,
two ofthem away on artificial turf, and it
was real opportunity for me, in fact, to
travel with the team and Lloyd and seethe
way those young men were responding to
him," Roberson said.
Roberson kept watching Carr and the
players, and his decision was made after
seeingthe effortthe Wolverines put forth
in Saturday's 5-0 win over Purdue -
tffort that came a week after a tough loss
to Michigan State.
Roberson and University President
Jhmes J. Duderstadt told Carr thejob was
his after Saturday's game.
The decision had actually been made a
'week earlier when Roberson and
-Duderstadt talked in Kansas City.
They decided that hiring Carr was the
ight move; they just didn't know when
the right time to announce it would be.
The fact that the Wolverines beat the
Boilermakers made yesterday the right
time.
"(A loss) probably would have changed
the timing, but not the decision," Vice
President forUniversity Relations Walter
.Harrison said.
Roberson told the team Sunday, which
"-eupted at the news and jumped to con-
gratulate their coach.
"They got on their feet and hugged
_me," Carr said about the players. "It was
a special moment in my life."
In his five-and-a-half months as in-
terim coach, Carr had become known as
a players' coach.
Junior co-captain Jarrett Irons said at
one point that ifCarr didn't get thejob, he
wouldn't be back for his fifth year.
Yesterday, Irons stuck to that state-
ment, saying that he was going to gradu-
ate in May and that there wouldn't have
been a real reason to stick around. Now he
plans to stick around.
"I think the whole team is really happy
that he is going to be coach," Irons said.
"It would have been devestating if he
hadn't been hired."
Junior nose tackle Will Carr credited
Carr with turning his collegiate career
around.
Will Carr said that he had been very
inconsistent before Carr took over.
"He told me what I had to do and he
wasn't going to put up with the little
things I was doing wrong all the time,"
Will Carr said. "Coach Carr brought
out a lot of good things in me and made
me realize how much I love the pro-
gram."
This season, Will Carr has 61 tackles,
41 more than his previous two seasons
combined.
University Regent Deane Baker (R-
Ann Arbor) was happy with the choice of
Carr.
"I'm very pleased he was hired," Baker
said. "I think it's a good decision."
Accordingto Harrison, theregents were
almost all notified of the decision by
Roberson Saturday night.
The announcement comesjust five days
before the Wolverines start their toughest
two-game stretch of the the season. They
play at Penn State Saturday, and return to
Ann Arbor to face No. 2 Ohio State Nov.
21.
And Carr, who had enjoyed the mo-
ment Saturday and Sunday, was ready to
get back to business.
"The most important thing for our
staff and our players is that we cannot
be distracted more than a few minutes
here because this game we're going to
play in Penn State is a big game," Carr
said.
But as Carr goes back to business as
normal, it will be just that.
He said that he had been doing every-
thing that any other head coach would be
doing, including recruiting.
Now that he officially has the head
coach's job, though, Carr has definite
goals and standards.
"My pledge is to lead this program in a
powerful, positive presence, consistently
and to do things in the right manner," Carr
said. "I will also pledge to never jeopar-
dizethe integrity orcompromise the prin-
ciples on which this great university
stands.
"Third, I will not rest and will not be
satisfied until we are in Pasadena and are
Rose Bowl champions."
Carr admitted that the last five-and-a-
half months had been tough, but he'd
sought advice and support from other
people within the program.
And, in spite of wanting the job, Carr
refused to ever lobby for the position
because he felt it might be a distraction to
the team.
Carr wanted to be Roberson's choice,
and yesterday, that's exactly what he be-
came.
"My mother taught me that you don't
want tobe somewhere you're not wanted,"
Carr said. "I feel good to be wanted at
Michigan, but I only wanted it under
those circumstances."
AP BKETBALPOLL a
Here's the preseason Associated Press men's basketball poll with each
team's final 1994-95 record. First-place votes are in parentheses.
1. Kentucky (34) 28-5 14. Missouri 2 :
2. Kansas (24) 25-6 15. Maryland 26-8
3. Villanova (2) 25-8 16. Arkansas 32-7
4. UCLA (4) 31-2 17. Michigan 1744
5. Georgetown 21-10 18. Stanford 20-9
6. Connecticut 28-5 19. Virginia 25-9
7. Massachusetts 29-5 20. North Carolina 28.6
8. Iowa 21-12 21. Cincinnati 22-12
9. Mississippi St. 22-8 22. Virginia Tech 25-10
10. Utah 28-6 23. Indiana 19-12
11. Wake Forest 26-6 24. Purdue 25-7
12. Louisville 19-14 25. California 13-14
13. Memphis 24.10
Fisher hasn't picked
Blue's first five yet
By Brent McIntosh
Daily Sports Editor
In the Kentucky Derby, more than five
thoroughbreds can start at one time.
Such is notthe case inbasketball. Michi-
gan coach Steve Fisher has to pick from
among his thoroughbreds to find a start-
ing lineup, not an easy task with the talent
spread throughout his roster.
Example: Albert White, considered
one of the nation's top ten freshmen by
many recruiting experts, is only Fisher's
fourth big man. Then again, White started
the Wolverines' last exhibition game, an
89-65 mauling of the Siberia Basketball
Club of Cheremkhovo.
Don't look for the 6-6 freshman for-
ward to hold down a starting spot when
Michigan takes on DePaul tomorrow in
the first round of the Preseason NIT.
1 a
o a new mom,
the most beautiful sight in the world
is the face of her baby.
Maurice Taylor, the
6-9 forward, who
snagged the Big Ten
Freshman ofthe Year
last season, is a near
Basketball
who they are. By the Big Ten season all
nine ofthose kids will start. I'll be shocked
if that doesn't happen.
"All nine guys are going to be in the
rotation. Nobody is going to play 35
minutes a game. We are going to have a
lot of guys playing 20 minutes."
NOTABLE QUOTABLES: After
Michigan's win over Siberia, Taylor
wasn't letting his teammates forget that
he dunked on the first possession for
which he was in the game.
"I made a bet with the guys that I would
dunk the first time I got the ball," Taylor
said, glancing obviously at some other
Wolverines. "So somebody here owes
me money!"
Nor was Taylor going to let White or
Traylor forget the wide-open dunks that
they missed, sending the ball embarrass-
ingly skyward.
"They're going to hear about it," Tay-
lor said after the game Thursday. "Not
tonight. Maybe we'll wait till Saturday,
let it marinate for a while."
"Maybe we'll tell them in practice to-
morrow-not in practice, afterpractice.
We'll be too tired from running to say
anything during practice."
THE CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN: The Wol-
verines will not be sporting the now-
customary black socks that they have in
the past three years, since the Fab Five
started a trend that is mirrored on play-
grounds around the country.
"Fish would let us do that," Taylor
said. "We wanted to because of style or
whatever, but he wouldn't let us. "
OR IS IT THE HAIR?: Taylor is an avid
proponent of the Constitutional right to
hairdo self-determination. While Fisher
may decide what socks the Wolverines
wear, their hairstyles are their business.
"I don't think Fish can control that,"
Taylor said. "Right now I don't feel like
cutting mine. It's cold outside."
lock to start. Notebook
LouisBullockand
Robert Traylor are
possible freshman
starters; if the other
three are sopho-
mores, that Wolverine lineup would be
the youngest since five famous freshmen
played together four years ago.
IfFisherdefers to seniorcaptain Dugan
Fife, and Travis Conlan still starts, Fife
will be the shooter.
"When Travis and Dugan are on the
floor together, Travis will be the point
guard," Fisher said.
Fisher's not tipping his hand as to
which of the Wolverines will see the first
court time though.
"I may notknow until (tonight)," Fisher
said. "There are two orthree (starters) that
I'm pretty sure of- I'm not telling you
As a new mom, you'll want to spend every moment
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why you'll want to see the newest addition to our family,
the Women's Hospital Birth Center.
WOMEN'S HOSPITAL BIRTH CENTER
GRAND OPENING
Saturday, December 2, 1995
10to11 a.m.
Pre-conception Planning Seminar
11 a.m.
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Invited guests: Mrs. John Engler and triplets
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Tours, food, entertainment & free gifts
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For more information about the Grand Opening, or to reserve
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Michigan forward Maurice Taylor lays the ball up against Pennsylvania last.year.
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PATTERNS IN NATURE
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1. Michigan at Penn State
2. Iowa at Wisconsin
3. Minnesota at Illinois
4. Northwestern at Purdue
5. Indiana at Ohio State
6. Florida State at Maryland
7. Virginia Tech at Virginia
8. Clemson at South Carolina
9. Duke at North Carolina
10. North Carolina State at Wake Forest
11. Rutgers at Temple
12. West Virginia at Miami (Fla.)
13. Boston College at Syracuse
14. Colorado at Kansas State
15. Kansas at Oklahoma State
16. Iowa State at Missouri
17. California at Stanford
18. UCLA at Southern Cal
19. Oregon State at Oregon
20. Washington State at Washington
21. Alabama at Auburn
22. Vanderbilt at Florida
23. Tennessee at Kentucky
24. Columbia at Brown
25. Notre Dame at Air Force
Tie Breaker - Michigan at Penn State, total points
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