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If she appears to be just an other basketball coach, remember that role-playing is Lynn Hickey’s most complex responsibility. Hickey, assistant athletic direc tor for women and head women’s basketball coach, says the most difficult part of her job is contin ually changing roles to be effec tive. “As an assistant athletic direc tor for women, my job is to rep resent A&M at Southwest Con ference meetings, NCAA functions and handle problems with coaches,” she says. “But I have my coaching duties, too, and I’m also a wife and mother. “It’s very difficult for people to comprehend everything I have to do . . . even my mother. She asks all the time when I call, ‘But what do you do all day?’ ” Being a mother herself is the latest of Hickey’s roles. Her first child, Lauren, was born in July, and she thinks the additional re sponsibility will enhance her ca reer. “I don’t feel like I’m missing out by not being around the baby — I felt like I was missing out be cause I didn’t have a child,” she says. “When I get home, I just want to sit and hold her, but I look up at the clock and it’s nine, and I haven’t had dinner or made any recruiting calls. “Before I had the baby, an as sistant and I might have sat up here and talked for two hours, whereas now, when I get all the things covered that I need to have covered, I want to get home. I want to do as good a job with my career as I always have, but I have to remember that she’s number one.” Bill Hickey, husband and assis tant baseball coach at A&M, says, “Having the baby is going to take some adjusting. There is really going to be a conflict of interest when Lynn’s out on the road and she’s wanting to know what the baby is doing at home. “But Lynn’s the kind of person who is able to put everything in perspective and do one thing at a time. I’m sure that she’ll be able to coach the game and then go find a phone to call and see how the baby is . . . either that or the baby will be on the road, too.” Although being a mother is Hickey’s newest role, she has been developing role-playing skills since she was four. It was then that her father introduced her to the world of sports. “My dad inspired me,” she says. “He coached in the same little school for 25 years where I grew up in Oklahoma. He was really unique because he was the See Hickey/Page 11 The Battalion Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1988 Page 9 A&M faces character test against 4-6 Frogs Saturday By Doug Walker Assistant Sports Editor The Texas A&M Aggies face perhaps their bigges*: charac ter test entering the final three games of their season b vginning with Saturday’s game against Texas Christian (4-6 ov ’rail; 2- 4 in the Southwest Conference) at Kyle Field. The combination of A&M’s ineligiblity for post , eason play, a tough loss to Arkansas, and a game against a trug- gling TCU team would seem to make the task of mou -ting the Aggies a formidable one. Aggie Head Coach Jackie Sherrill said at his weekly press conference Tuesday in Cain Hall he doesn’t feel the team will have any problems in getting motivated for Saturday’s game. “There are a lot of goals this team still wants to accom plish,” Sherrill said. “We’ve got three games to go. Two of them are on national television (Texas and Alabama) and one is on regional television. “If we can win them, we should be in the Top 20.” Sherrill believes the Aggies can be encouraged by the Ar kansas game. “These seniors have accomplished an awful lot here and I have no doubt they’re going to play hard,” Sherrill said. “This is their last conference game at home. “Against Arkansas there were a lot of positive things that can carry over. Playing a game like that really helps you.” He was encouraged by the Aggies’ overall performance and said that turnovers and mistakes at crucial times killed the Ag gies. Sherrill said, “You’ve got to make the play when you have to and we didn’t. We did more things offensively against them than we’ve ever done, and it was against their best defensive team so far. “I had to check all my toes to see if I still had them because we kept shooting ourselves in the foot. You can’t beat any body playing like that.” Based on what he has seen on film, Sherrill believes the Frogs will get the Aggies attention in a hurry. “Looking at the film, you can see they’re a good football team and have got some excellent players,” Sherrill said. “They have great skill people and their offensive line has done a good job. They’ve moved the ball on everybody.” The Homed Frogs have moved the ball against their oppo nents, but they haven’t been as successful offensively as other teams. TCU is dead last in the SWC in total offense averaging 321.3 yards per game and relies on a strong rushing attack to stay competitive. TCU averages 220 yards a game on the ground (third in the SWC) while sporting the SWC’s weakest passing game (101.3 yards per game). Halfback Tony Darthard, who has rushed for 749 yards (4.6 yards per carry) and five touchdowns, leads the TCU ground attack. Injuries to tight end Roscoe Tatum and split end Jarrod Del aney have further damaged the passing attack for TCU, which hasn’t beaten A&M since 1972. Look for the Aggies to try to utilize the passing game against the TCU defense. In spite of being one of the SWC’s weakest units stastically, TCU has had a knack for forcing turnovers. The Homed Frogs have collected 21 interceptions to tie with Arkansas for the SWC lead. Landry should do himself a favor and pick a QB It’s time to face it. I’ve been putting this off for a few years now but reality is forcing tselfinto my heart. The truth is that I am one of the few re naming Dallas Cowboy fans. And the real- zation has hit me that the Cowboys are not he team they used to be. More simply, hey’re bad. Of course this is obvious to those ever iresent Cowboy antagonists. But sporting ans try to hold on to the glory days as long is possible — especially Cowboy fans, who ;ot used to supporting great teams every /ear. Fans that have stuck with the Cowboys iince their long string of winning seasons ras broken, are coming to accept that there s something wrong. At 2-9, Dallas is in the irocess of compiling their worst record iince the 1960s. Figuring out just what the problem is with Dallas isn’t simple. The truth is, there could be as many problems as there are fans. So where does the critique start? There are definitely some problems on defense. In losing nine games, there have obviously been some points scored on the Cowboys. But to win, you not only have to keep the opponent from running over you, you have to score. So, on offense, the most obvious place to look is quarterback. The Cowboys in this position not because they have no talent at quarterback, but becuase they have a coach who happened to be lead ing the team when Roger Staubach played there. It was easy for Tom Landry when Stau bach was in Dallas. They won almost all the time and the fans loved and were content with Staubach. Without “The Dodger,” though, Landry has had to learn the quarterback shuffle while trying to please fans, ownership and players. The problem with this dance is that pulling a quarterback out every time he does bad can put a wrinkle in his confi dence. For example, the latest shift was Landry pulling Steve Pelluer and putting in Kevin Sweeney. Regardless of how Sweeney did, the next time Pelluer starts he will have pressure on him to prove he is better than Sweeney. Few players do their best work in that environment. Landry would make a wise move by stick ing with one quarterback for the whole sea son. He did great at the beginning of the year keeping Pelluer in week after week. But Pelluer has seen what has went on in the past with the shuffling of Danny White and Gary Hogeboom, and even himself and White last year. So now Sweeney gets a shot, and of course he knows the pattern, too. Two games ago, playing the Giants, Sweeney looked great coming on in relief of Pelluer. In this sutuation, there was no pressure on Sweeney. The Cowboys were getting dogged and the only option Sweeney had was to be a hero. And he was — it got him the start against Minnesota. Starting a game is different, though. All the pressure that is not present in a substi tute role is magnified, especially playing for Dallas. You can’t blame Sweeney for the loss to Minnesota, just like you can’t blame any of the quarterbacks for losses this sea son. They are playing under an unneeded pressure. Inside, I wouldn’t doubt if the members of the Cowboy quarterbacking crew actually dreaded starting, rather than seeing it as a privilege. The Cowboys have capable leaders. With the worst team in the league getting the first draft pick, the Cowboys might have one more capable leader after this season. But a quarterback does not a team make. And if Landry and the Cowboys are going to make a team, they need to stick with one man. Just pick one. S ¥ Office i! Get up to 40% off an IBM PS/2. 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