Thursday, February 13, 1986/The Battalion/Page 15
Schramm says Cowboys
heading 'back to basics'
By DENNE H. FREEMAN
An APSports Analysis
IRVING — The Dallas Cowboys
[are having their first volcanic uphea-
[val in 26 years in the National Foot-
|ball League.
The fiery
leruptions in the
[Cowboys’ world
[matches the heat
[and molten lava
[in the stomach of ^ ^
[Club President
[Texas E .
[Schramm.
He is admittedly the worst loser in
[the Western Hemisphere. However,
[the Cowboys haven’t had a losing
Iseason since 1965.
But they’ve been adrift on some
[mediocre shoals since they played in
[their fifth and last Super Bowl in
11979.
“It’s time to get back to basics,”
Schramm says. “We’ve lost track of
[what got us to the Super Bowl. We’re
not getting worse but we’re not get
ting better, either.”
Dallas has been the NFL’s most
stable organization since I960, its ex
pansion year.
For decades it had the same
owner, same general manager, .sarpe
personnel director, and same coach.
The only thing that changed was a
few of the assistants and the players.
Bum Bright bought out Clint Mur
chison a few years ago.
Now, a shakeup is rattling win
dows all over Valley Ranch, the Cow
boys’ new home.
Despite a 10-6 season, good
enough for a National Conference
Eastern Division title few experts
thought the Cowboys could win, a
20-0 flogging by the Los Angeles
Rams in the playoffs burned Dallas’
pride.
Get ready to duck. Schramm is
just as tough a competitor as Randy
White only he doesn’t have a helmet
or shoulder pads.
“Tex is burning inside,” says a
Cowboys’ staffer. “The Rams’ game
Mavs bury
Nuggets in
late rally
Associated Press
I DALLAS — Sam Perkins scored
[six of his 17 points during a 12-2
[Dallas run late in the fourth period
[and Rolando Blackman scored 25
[points Wednesday night as the Mav-
[ericks defeated the Denver Nuggets
117-110.
| Dallas, trailing 100-96 after a Bill
[fianzlik basket with 6:33 remaining,
[got a three-point play from James
[Donaldson, a layup by Perkins, two
[free throws by Derek Harper and
[two more by Perkins to open a 105-
jlOO lead.
[ After a jump shot by T.R. Dunn
pt the Mavericks’ edge to three
[points, Perkins hit two more free
[throws to extend the lead back to
five.
[ The Nuggets never drew closer
lhan four points the rest of the way.
[ Dallas, winners of three straight
|nd eight of nine, got 20 points from
lay Vincent and 18 from Mark
Piguirre in improving its record to
17-22.
I Denver, which lost center Wayne
Kooper with a torn calf muscle early
In the first period, was led by Alex
fcnglish and Danny Schayes with 19
[points each.
Kings say Celts ‘human’
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The
Boston Celtics were mumbling about
missed opportunities as the Sacra
mento Kings savored a strange
string of Tuesday night home victo
ries.
“We missed the open shots and
they didn’t,” Celtics forward Larry
’Bird said after Boston’s winning
Other Wednesday NBA Scores
(home team in capitals)
PHILADELPHIA 106
Chicago 98
DETROIT 113
New York 99
Milwaukee 103
INDIANA 97
L.A. Lakers 126
PHOENIX 100
Late Tuesday NBA Scores
GOLDEN STATE 137
L.A. Lakers 113
L.A. CLIPPERS 120
Phoenix 112
SACRAMENTO 105
Boston 100
Washington 124
PORTLAND 116
SEATTLE 105
Utah 92
streak was ended at 13 games by a
105-100 King’s victory.
Open shots were not all the Celtics
missed. Bird blew two free throws
with 31 seconds left and the lowly
Kings leading 101-98.
“I’m not used to missing those
shots in that situation,” said Bird.
“We didn’t deserve to win tonight.”
Sacramento guard Mike Woodson
said the Celtics are “only human.
You can’t expect these guys to hit
.500 all the time.”
showed him changes were needed.”
Certainly, not a head coach —
Tom Landry needs no introduction
or second-guessing. He was one of
the leading contenders for NFL
Coach of the Year for the job he did.
Schramm made some suggestions,
then let Landry decide what to do.
Suddenly, Paul Hackett, who fine-
tuned Bill Walsh’s offense at San
Francisco, was hired as quarterback
coach to replace Jim Shofner.
Shofner caught a plane to St.
Louis to join secondary coach Gene
Stallings, who left to take the head
coaching job with the St. Louis Car
dinals.
If you’re counting, that’s five
Landry assistants who are now head
coaches in the NFL.
Offensive line coach Jim Meyers
announced he will retire at 65 after
one more season. Landry could hire
his replacement soon to work with
the Cowboys for a year.
Then Schramm sliced in half the
duties to be performed by Vice Pres
ident Gil Brandt, who no longer wiill
be in charge of players’ contracts.
Brandt will zero in on college
scouting, period.
The new man will handle con
tracts and evaluate pro talent for
possible trades. Schramm should
name the “pro personnel director”
probably sometime in March.
Poor performance in the NFL
draft in the 1980s made Schramm
decide that Brandt was stretched too
thin. Passing over such All-Pro play
ers as Dan Marino and Howie Long
led Schramm to his conclusions.
There could be some major trades
like dishing off unhappy quar
terback Gary Hogeboom, but the
Cowboys are committed to regaining
their reputation as the shrewdest
judges of talent in the NFL.
“Getting players by trades is
overly exaggerated,” Schramm says.
“We’re a different animal than base
ball. Clubs don’t often give up any
thing but bad players in the NFL.
We’ve got to put our emphasis back
on the draft.”
The Cowboys haven’t drafted a
Pro Bowl player in the 1980s.
They’ve had so many recent draft
ing disasters they’ve lost a lot of lus
ter.
“When the NFL moved the draft
from Janizary to April we lost our
edge on everybody,” Schramm says.
“Now everybody has the same infor
mation we do and we’ve made some
mistakes.”
There’s never been a shakeout
with the silver and blue like the one
that has begun at the Cowboys’
working ranch.
The Cowboys’ success turned
them into fancy dudes. Now, they
want to be real Cowboys in the Super
Bowl again.
OP trail boss “Tex” will see to it.
You can hear the bullwhip crack
ling how.
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