Page 8 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1979 No takers on ‘Snake’ By MILTON RICHMAN UPI Sports Editor NEW YORK — You have to say this much for Ken Stabler — he tried. He tried so hard, he wound up right back where he started, which explains why he’s likely to be show ing up at the Oakland Raiders’ camp in Santa Rosa, Calif., this weekend. The 33-year-old quarterback they call “the Snake” is one of those players who doesn’t ordinarily communicate with mere reporters anymore but the last time he deigned to do that he said he was generally unhappy over his situation with the Raiders. He felt they sim ply didn’t appreciate him. Further more, he believed this whole at titude stemmed from the top, mean ing Al Davis who is the Raiders’ boss. Stabler’s attorney, Henry Pitts of Selma, Ala. claimed his client was “the premier quarterback” in the NFL and that Davis was being so intransigent about the whole thing, he wouldn’t even consider trading Stabler to another club. 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The an swer came back that they felt Stabler should bring two front line players and two first-round draft choices in any kind of trade. Davis said that was fine with him. He went along with it. He did specify, however, the two front line players would have to be “young” and “free of injury.” These would be the “minimum requirements.” By that, Davis said, he meant he’d take two young front-liners from a club like the Giants, Falcons and Buc caneers but if there was to be any deal with the Rams, he would want three front-line players. Upon hearing this. Stabler, through Pitts, sought permission to make a deal for himself with the clubs of his choice. Davis sent back word to Pitts to go right ahead. The Giants were Stabler’s first choice for a number of reasons. First of all, he liked the idea of playing for the Giants’ new coach, Ray Perkins, who was a teammate of his at Alabama, and secondly, there was the added exposure he’d get being in, or at least, very close, to a city like New York. Historically, the Giants could be thinking back 18 years ago when they also traded for a veteran quar terback in the Bay Area many people thought was washed up after he had played for the San Francisco 49ers 10 years, and how this bald ing, 35-year-old gamester by the name of Y.A. Tittle led them to the last championship game in which they were involved. if they made a deal for Stabler, the Raiders naturally would be in terested in getting a young quar- terack in return. What about Phil Simms, the Giants’ top draft choice? Would they consider giving up someone like him and, say, one of their linebackers like Harry Carson? I put that question to George Young, the Giants’ new general manager, and he didn’t duck it at all. “I think Stabler has been a great player in this league,” he said. “I know Ray (Perkins) thinks a lot of the guy and they’re great friends, but we re committed in a different direction.” From speaking with George Young, I come away with the im pression that he wouldn’t mind hav ing an experienced quarterback, a five-time All Pro like Stabler but he isn’t about to give up what it would take to get him. I can’t say I blame him, especially at this stage where most of his efforts with the Giants ;■ . > ,v? Robertson Rocket co . By ; United Press Internatioiul; HOUSTON — The Rockets Wednesday named] Robertson, 49, an assistanti replacing Del Harris who moted to head coach after I changed ownership, Robertson, a native Smith, Ark., formerly wail coach of the New Orleans Chicago Bulls. He was coach the Jazz ever had fired 15 games into the 1974j when the team’s record 1-14. After scouting for two: serving as an assistant at Robertson moved to year as an assistant then the Bulls when Larry Costd fired. He finished the sea 11 victories in 26 games. He was head coach of Tech for 10 seasons, bej 1964. Jhe fire t ivily dam diversity 1 loss Well Led an es No one w l firemen Astros, Oops! Intramurals will be underway once again. Entries for all sports close July 16th at 12 The second summer session and handball noon, doubles is just one of the activities available. Rangers lose agai Workers 1 op the tw Entomolg are remoi revolve essentially around building some kind of foundation with young players. I also get the feeling the Raiders would make a deal for Stabler if one could be worked out. I even think they’d take a chance with an untried prospect like Simms out of little Morehead State. If the Raiders are leaving it up to Stabler and Pitts to make the deal, however, the chances of one being completed are practically nil, keeping in mind neither have ever swung a trade be fore and it’s a lot easier to talk about one than to make one. Two thoughts keep coming back to me on all this. Wasn’t it only a couple of weeks ago that some fans at the NFL draft booed the Giants for making someone like unknown Phil Simms from little Morehead State their first draft choice? And he could turn out to be the next Terry Bradshaw, who came from little Louisiana Tech. And wasn’t it not that long ago that young, eager Ken Stabler, pick ing up splinters on the bench watch ing Daryle Lamonica and George Blanda ahead of him at quarterback, wondered when he’d ever get a chance to play for Oakland? He thought those two guys would never leave. What he wouldn’t give to play more for the Raiders, I remember him telling me. And now he says he doesn’t want to anymore. 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