Page 6 THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1977
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By TONY GALLUCCI
“Coach, we were all over his
back. We hate to take this one away
from you.” That’s for all you sports
fans who always wanted to know
what coaches say to each other after
a game.
For those of you who attended
the Aggie-Tech game, you know it
was said by Tech coach Gerald
Myers. Myers was speaking in con
fidence to Metcalf and an effort was
made to eavesdrop and print some
thing that was not meant for print.
For five years I have watched
Southwest Conference basketball. I
have followed the Aggies through
thick and thin, wins and losses,
winner’s gripes and sour grapes. I
have seen two title runs, a second
place finish and a fourth place
finish.
I have never seen a more pitiful
job of officiating than I witnessed
Tuesday night, courtesy of Billy
Cowans and James Kyle.
Sportswriters, coaches and
players may gripe in private, but
Commentary
coaches say little if anything in pub
lic, players aren’t allowed to and
sportwriters have no impact.
Metcalf has followed a self-
imposed gag rule for several years.
It seems that Cliff Speegle, our man
at the SWC front office, has a ten
dency to make threats.
What can he do, you might ask?
It’s what the man hasn’t done.
The.Ags, the Red Raiders, the
Razorbacks and now the Cougars,
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have been fighting for national bas
ketball recognition since the first
black set foot on a Southwest Con
ference Court.
In this three-year span, the teams
have played consistently better,
with the Ags and the Hogs breaking
the coveted top 20; the nation’s top
players and coaches are choosing
the SWC and people are expecting
better ball.
But how long has it been since an
SWC team went anywhere in a
post-season tournament—and why?
I would say that most teams in the
conference don’t know how to react
to decent officiating. SWC teams
are eaten alive by their opponents
when the refs do allow them to play
basketball.
The front office refuses to recog
nize that a problem exists, and
therefore no action is taken.
New coaches (i.e. Sonny Allen
last year, and Abe Lemmons this
year) are given one season to air
their gripes, before a front office ul
timatum of one sort or another
hangs the complaints out to dry.
Still the problem persists.
In stealing private words between
coaches, maybe someone can be
made aware of what really goes on.
My heart threatens to stop when I
think of the obvious reply Lord
Speegle would make if confronted
with the situation. He d mumble
something about the ref blowing
one call and it just happened to cost
A&M the game.
Well then, let’s review the situa
tion.
FACT: Statistically, both teams
in Tuesday’s game were well within
their averages for personal fouls and
turnovers.
OPINION: Had the right fouls
been called when they occurred, if
traveling had been called when it
occurred and if three-second
violations had been called when
they occurred, then the teams
would also have been close to their
averages.
“Instead, we end up with two
“professionals,” which can only be a
reflect on the conference they repre
sent.
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onto the playing surface
Shelby Metcalf did once, in pro;
ing calls made by the officii *-
Willie Foreman flipped the !)»;
Mike Russell. Russell returned;
gesture. All were violations oil
rules of basketball, with the pe
ties amounting to eight free thm
None was awarded.
OPINION: The coaches, pk
and spectators all have one
common when it comes to
ball. . .wanting a good u
There will never be a perfect
eree. For that matter there
never be a perfect coach or
But hell, we all want togotoa
and remember the good pi
the bad ones, and the good
and the bad ones, and the
judgment for better or worse, li
is what sports is.
I can’t remember going to ai
ference football game and leai
with the same had taste in
mouth that I get at twooutofe\
three basketball games.
It isn’t right to look backu
game, or a season, and remenij
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