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By DANNY MYERS
Reporter
Willie Foreman doesn’t see him-
Iself as your average college athletic
Irecruiter.
And neither does Texas A&M
[Basketball Coach Shelby Metcalf.
Metcalf says Foreman is “by far
[the best recruiting coordinator we’ve
since I’ve been at A&M.” Fore-
lan, a former basketball player with
Ithe Aggies and Harlem Globetrot
ters, says he doesn’t follow a set pat-
when recruiting a potential
l&M athlete. He just remembers
What he liked when he was being
[ured away to college as a high
ichool hoopster.
“I think a lot of a recruiters who,
first of all, can make me comfortable
jvith him and then can tell me a lot
ibout the school,” Foreman says. “I
ilso like to know about the (head)
:oach and his coaching techniques.
Tiese are the things I try to do when
P recruit.
“We talk basketball and then we
[alk about things that the player likes
md what he wants to do after he
graduates.”
Since most recruits have visions of
Tlaying in the NBA, Foreman says
lie tries to put their basketball ca-
leers in perspective.
I “Most players don’t make it to the
Irofessional level and having a de
cree from Texas A&M says a lot if
they don’t,” he says. “The school
lisually will sell itself.
I “Our players have the same op-
gportunity to make it that I had, but I
Slope they don’t take the same road I
look. You can make it a lot of ways
Rnd I went the long way.”
I The “long way” Foreman took in
cluded leaving A&M in 1978, before
leceiving his degree in recreation
and parks, tp play for the NBA’s
New Orleans Jazz. Because of a con
tract dispute with the Jazz, however,
he joined the Fresno Stars of the
Western Basketball Association.
It was then that Foreman’s basket
ball career literally took a funny bo
unce.
The Harlem Globetrotters were
scheduled to put on a show after one
of the Stars’ games, and the ’Trotters
coach watched Foreman score 40
points that night.
He immediately offered Foreman
a contract.
Foreman went on to be known as
“Sky” with the Globetrotters because
of his slam dunking aerial acrobatics.
Finally, at 30, Foreman came back
to A&M to receive his degree.
“If I could do it all over again I
would get my degree first,” he says.
“This is what I try to tell our play
ers.”
Metcalf says Foreman was a loyal
and talented player and has carried
that talent over to his current job on
the A&M staff.
“His past experience has enabled
him to meet so many people,” Met
calf said. “He knows everybody, but,
more importantly, everybody knows
him.
“I can tell you right now that Wil
lie will be the best recruiting coordi
nator Texas A&M has ever had.”
Foreman, in his first year at the
job, has already landed two of the
most highly sought after guards in
the nation.
Darryl McDonald and James Mc
Ghee, who both attend Westchester
Community College in New York,
are ranked 3rd and 13th respectively
by many Division I recruiters and
have signed letters of ilntent to play
for the Aggies next season.
McDonald, a 6-foot-3 sophomore
averaging 20 points and 7 assists a
game, was recruited by such schools
as Nevada-Las Vegas, Maryland and
North Carolina State.
McGhee, a 6-foot-1 freshman, is
leading his region in scoring with a
24.7 point average and was recruited
heavily by Maryland, Northeastern
and Bradley.
McDonald said the fact that Fore
man told him he wasn’t going to re
cruit any more guards since he and
McGhee were coming to A&M
swayed his decision.
“The people I recruited will make
a big impact on the team next year,”
Foreman said. “They’re all junior
college transfers and they can play.
“I also have a bunch of high
school guys I’m working on now and
they should be able to contribute.
Not so much next year, but on down
the line they should'be stars.”
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — Tom Watson’s
luggage was lighter by a pair of golf
shoes when he came to town for the
$450,000 Shearson Lehman Broth
ers Andy Williams Open.
“You always take an extra pair of
golf shoes to Pebble Beach,” Watson
said. “And when you leave, you
throw them away. They’re ruined.”
While the rain, hail, mud and se
vere winds at last week’s AT&T Peb
ble Beach National Pro-Am may
have taken their toll on his footwear,
the tournament formerly known as
“The Crosby” also provided the basis
for a little optimism by Watson.
The five-time British Open cham
pion finished a strong third last
week — and made a move at the lead
in the washed-out and uncompleted
fourth round. It was the best finish
in eight months for Watson, who’s
trying to dig his way out of a lengthy
slump.
“I nit some bad shots, too many of
them, last week but I hit a lot of good
shots, too, and that’s encouraging,”
he said.
Watson, a six-time PGA Player of
the Year, did not win a tournament
last season.
“I just didn’t work hard enough
last year, and that’s the result. You
usually get out of something what
you put into it, and I’m working
harder this year,” he said before a
practice round at the Torrey Pines
Golf Club, where the renamed Andy
Williams tournamenf'begins Thurs
day.
Watson, a two-time winner of this
event, leads a field of 156 players
who will be chasing an $81,000 first
g rize. They’ll play one round on
oth the North and South courses at
the public facility with the last two
rounds played over the South
course.
“I like Torrey Pines,” he said.
“And I’ve played well here before,
which is a little bit of a plus. I’m
looking forward to it.”
Among his chief challengers are
veteran Ray Floyd, Tom Kite, 1985
leading money-winner Curtis
Strange, Mark O’Meara, Corey Pa-
vin and Masters champion Bernhard
Ganger of West Germany, who has
not finished lower than 13th in four
previous starts this season.
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