Monday, August 27, 1984/The Battalion/Page 15
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TCU’s Jim Wacker
United Press International
PORT WORTH, Texas (UPI) —
m Wacker, being about as good a
niblic speaker as there is in college
thletics, could probably talk his way
ut of most any difficulty.
! But he cannot talk his way out of
| fact that in his first year as head
bach of the Texas Christian
lined Frogs his team was 1-8-2.
So, to his credit, he does not try.
Ilast year was the pits,” he said.
We rad one basic problem. We
dre not very good. And we found
lut that is a bad basic problem to
I e
Wacker, who had coached South-
|t Texas to two consecutive na-
nal championships, came to TCU
par ago as one of the most enthu-
tic coaches in a profession that
prs to enthusiasm.
Tiis team came close to beating a
f teams. But it beat only one —
Rice Owls. The Horned Frogs
s continued endured their 21st
Ing season in the past 24 years.
“I'm not living in a bubble,”
Jcker said. “I know we can’t win
I one game this year. This is a crit-
year in turning this football pro-
Jnaround. If we don’t win five or
games I’ll be very upset. This is
year we have got to get things on
ck.”
fCU made a good start at turning
jigs around by having an excellent
juiting year, but Wacker wants to
Ishirt as many of those freshmen
possible.
That means he will have to get it
lie mostly with the players who
Educed the 1-8-2 record in 1983.
on
3Ck
the keys to that group will be
grterback Anthony Sciaraffa, run-
ng back Kenneth Davis, world-
iss sprinter James Maness at
nker and a defense headed
Ibacker Gary Spann and
|rd KentTramel.
[here will be a goodly number of
by
nose
freshmen, including quarterback
Scott Ankrom, who could well be
Southwest Conference stars of the
future. Help, however, is needed be
fore the future gets here.
Wacker has thus concentrated on
two areas — trying to make his play
ers more physical and trying to make
them think like winners.
“We had a meeting of coaches,”
he said, “and we all agreed we can’t
be 1-8-2 again because in two years
we will be gone and there won’t be
any food on the table.
“We had to corhe up with a plan.
And that plan involves what we call
‘smash-mouth football.’
“We had a clinic here last year
with a lot of visiting coaches and we
were embarrased because we didn’t
have any players who could deliver a
blow on the blocking sled.
“If you are a boxer you develop a
punch by hitting the punching bag
over and over again. Our players
have hit that blocking sled over and
over again this year. They look great
hitting the blocking sled. Now we are
going to find out how they look hit
ting other people.
“When you look back at last year
we were fourth in defense in the
conference and that’s not bad for a
crummy team. And that’s what we
were — crummy. We were fifth in
total offense.
“But what makes the difference is
what happens inside the 20-yard
line. If you are a good team, you
score when you get inside the 20. If
you score you win, and we didn’t
score so we lost.”
Then there is the mental ap
proach.
“I’ve taken over programs that
were down,” Wacker said, “but
never one that was this down. Last
year you could see it happen when
the other team would throw a long
pass and score or when we would
turn the ball over.
“The players would come over to
the bench and hang their heads and
say, ‘oh, no, here we go again.’
“Then the other team would beat
the dog out of us the rest of the day.
That is what we have got to get
over.”
In 1983 the Horned Frogs had
good chances to beat Kansas, SMU,
texas Tech, Houston and Texas.
A few inches here, a single play
there and Wacker’s first season at
TCU would have been a winning
one.
But getting the right things to
happen on those few big plays could
be a major hurdle to clear.
“This year they (the Horned Frog
players) are bigger, faster and
stronger. We have worked them
very hard. It is called sacrifice and
dedication. We are not going to go I-
8-2 again. Those days are over.”
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