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aeks and TANK DFNANAKA by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds Mecom confused over resignations THE BATTALION Page 13 THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1981 ranklin still confident Overcomes recent slump United Press International NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Saints owner John Mecom Jr. says, the resignations of his general mana ger and personnel executive reveal the shocking extent of diSsention in the team’s front office. “Most of the disagreements were with me, even concerning Bum, but that was just the last straw, not the whole story,” Mecom said. “Appa rently, there was some intrigue I wasn’t aware of, because I didn’t think it was important. “I knew we had some differences in philosophy. I guess I never knew just how many, or how deep, they really were.” HarlemTwWi Globetrotter/ 1 United Press International NEW ORLEANS — Each time they play a Super iwl there is discussion about how the game could be iseandhowit mightbe settled in the final moments by ield goal. But it has happened only once — Jim O’Brien booting iewith three seconds to go for Baltimore to beat Dallas j Super Bowl V, 16-13. And if it happens again, Tony Franklin says he is ady. There was a growing feeling during the second half of e season that Franklin was not ready to be the decid- g factor in any game. Hestruggled and struggled and his misses early in the lal regular season game against Dallas allowed the iwboys — at least for a while — to reach the 25-point vantage it needed in order to capture the NFC East le, The Eagles, however, came back to lose by only ght, that rally featuring a Franklin field goal. After the Cowboys game, coach Dick Vermeil was ecific about Franklin. "He needs to get his problems worked out," said the liladelphia coach. And that has happened, at least to ar Franklin tell it. T just had to get away from the people who were jing to tell me what was wrong,” said Franklin, the refooted kicker from Texas A&M who set 18 NCAA cords and is the only player in football history to kick ofield goals longer than 60 yards in the same game, epuiled that trick against Baylor in 1976 when he was ccesslul on tries of 64 and 65 yards. Like a golfer who looks at videotape replays of his ring, Franklin broke out of his slump thanks to a close tidy of film. could see that I was lunging at the ball,” said Franklin. “I was trying to kill it. I was taking much too big a stride and when I planted my left foot it was ahead of the ball. That threw me way off. ” Since the Cowboys game Franklin has returned to proper form. “I’ve hit three out of five in the playoffs,” he said. “And those two misses were because of missed blocking assignments and they were blocked. ” Since the mental aspect of kicking is so important, the site of Sunday’s Super Bowl meeting between the Eagles and Oakland Raiders could come into play. The calm, comfortable — if noisy — surroundings of the Superdome make for perfect kicking conditions. And that eases the mind of the kicker. “When you are indoors you feel like you can kick one through from anyplace on the field,” said Franklin, surveying the Superdome playing field. “The conditions really make a difference. When it is cold it feels like you are kicking a shot put.” But no matter how it feels when you kick it, it doesn’t make any difference unless it goes through the uprights. And if it comes down to Franklin as the one doing the kicking, he feels he knows how to cope with the pressure. “One thing I’ve found to be true,” he said. “You can’t go out onto the field thinking what might happen if you miss. That is a defeatist attitude before you start. “If that situation comes I just watch the game and when it comes time to go, I go.” But, surely, there would not be any pressure in foot ball like that on a kicker who goes in to win or lose a Super Bowl. And it would probably be just fine for Franklin if his teammates went ahead and relieved him of the responsibility on Sunday. ooMfwaMiv ZU»M 105 College Main at Northgate CORPS SENIORS ’82 Prices on SENIOR BOOT PANTS will go up Feb. 15... Order yours NOW and save. 846-6019 presented by ® MSC Town Hail TUESDAY JANUARY 27 7:30 PM G. 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