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A&M baseball signs 12
players to letters of intent
Texas A&M head baseball
coach Mark Johnson on Tuesday
released a list of 12 players who
have siened national letters of in
tent with the baseball program.
Four of the 12 signees are
transfers from a strong San Ja
cinto Junior College baseball pro
gram and include outfielder
Chad Broussard, a 5-11, 180-
pound junior from Houston;
right-hand pitcher Jason Bullard,
a 6-1, 180-pound junior from
Sweeney; left-hand pitcher Rich
Robertson, a 6-3, 170-pound ju
nior from Waller and outfielder
Dan Robinson, a 6-2, 175-pound
junior from Spring.
Other signees included: in-
fielder Sean Drinkwater, a 6-3,
175-pound freshman from El
Toro High School in El Toro,
Calif.; catcher Billy Harlan, a 6-1,
180-pound freshman from Corsi
cana; Bryan native and right-
hand pitcher Brian Harrison, a
junior transfer from Northwood
Institute; right-hand pitcher
Chris Messick, a 6-1, 165-pound
freshman from Plano and catcher
David Rollen, a 6-0, 185-pound
jumior transfer from Panola Ju
nior College.
Record-setting Brenham right
hander Jon Peters has brought
smiles to the faces of many Aggie
baseball faithful with his cnoice to
attend A&M while coach Johnson
also secured two other prospects
from outside the state in signing
junior right-hander Bo Siberz
from Des Moines, Iowa and out
fielder Brian Thomas, a fresh
man from Portland, Ore.
“We are pleased with this re
cruiting class,” Johnson said. “Se
veral of these players will be able
to step in and compete for start
ing positions next season.
“I consider this a regrouping
year, not a rebuilding year,”
Johnson said. “We are looking to
continue the winning tradition
that has been established at Texas
A&M and I feel these players will
help us maintain that tradition.”
Gibbs inherits what Switzer left behind
Vows to remove cloud that has hung over OU football program
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Gary
Gibbs, a player and then a defensive
coordinator under Barry Switzer,
was designated to succeed Switzer as
Oklahoma’s head football coach
Tuesday.
Gibbs, winning the recommenda
tion of the schooPs interim president
and its athletic director, said he
would remove the cloud that has
hovered over the scandal-plagued
football program by “doing it right.”
“We’ve got to remove that cloud,
that uncertainty of ‘What’s going on
down there? Who’s in control?”’
Gibbs said. “We’re a bunch of good
guys. All we’ve got to do is the right
thing.”
Gibbs’ appointment must be ap
proved by the university’s regents,
who meet today.
Switzer quit Monday, after having
coached Oklahoma to three national
championships and 12 Big Eight
Conference titles.
Gibbs would be the third alumnus
to hold the job. His only college ex
perience — as a player and as an as
sistant coach — is at Oklahoma.
Gibbs was born in Beaumont and
graduated from Spring Branch
High School in Houston in 1970 and
received his bachelor’s degree in
marketing and his master’s in busi
ness administration from Oklahoma.
He lettered as a linebacker for the
Sooners in 1972, 1973 and 1974 and
was a starter for the 1974 Oklahoma
team that went undefeated and won
the national championship.
He joined the Oklahoma staff in
August 1975, assisting with the of
fensive line from 1975 through
1977. He coached defensive ends
from 1978 to 1982 and became de
fensive coordinator in January 1981.
He also has coached linebackers.
The 1984 Sooners ranked first in
the Big Eight Conference and sev
enth nationally in total defense.
In 1985, the Sooner defense led
the nation in total defense and pass
defense and finished second in de
fense against the rush and scoring
defense.
In 1986, the Sooners led the na
tion in four statistical categories. In
1987, the Sooners led the nation in
total defense, scoring defense and
pass defense.
Switzer had recommended that
his successor come from the school.
“But I want to tell you that even if
we had conducted a national search
for our new coach rather that pro
mote from within, I do not beheve
we could have found a better person
for the job,” David Swank, the uni
versity’s interim president, said.
“Gary Gibbs is one of the outstand
ing young coaches in the country.”
The change at the top comes six
weeks before fall practice begins and
just more than two months before
the Sooners’ Sept. 2 opening game
against New Mexico State.
Gibbs fielded questions involving
the pressure he would face in follow
ing the winningest coach in Okla
homa football.
“I’m Gary Gibbs. I know what I
can do,” Gibbs said. “Your compari
son is your comparison. We’re going
to go forward and make this thing
happen.”
Gibbs, 36, was chosen over two
other assistant coaches — Merv
Johnson, 53, and Jim Donnan, 34.
“OU has a history of young
coaches rising to the top,” Athletic
Director Donnie Duncan said. “In
the years to come you’ll understand
why I made the recommendation to
name Gary Gibbs as head football
coach.”
Switzer was 35 when he was
named head coach in 1973. Chuck
Fairbanks, whom Switzer succeeded,
became head coach at Oklahoma in
1967 at age 33.
Switzer became head coach while
Oklahoma was serving a two-year
NCAA probation. He leaves the pro
gram in the first year of a three-year
probation, mostly for recruiting vio
lations.
The program’s woes were com
pounded, however, when five play
ers were charged with felonies in
volving drugs, guns and sexual
assault in a two-month period after
the probation was handed down in
December.
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The party’s over for Rick Mahorn. One
lay he’s a champion, the next he’s a chump.
The Minnesota Timberwolves chose
Vfahorn in last week’s NBA expansion
draft.
Is it fair? Sure it is. Detroit wasjust too
deep not to lose a good player. Sure,
Mahorn has a lot to be upset about, but
there’s nothing he can do about it. It’s the
kind of move that reminds us that the NBA
is a business.
But Minnesota needs to be caref ul to not
make too many bad “business deals” in their
•first few years of NBA infancy. What an
xpansion team does in it’s first few years
will have a big impact on their success in the
next 15 to 20 years.
The Orlando Magic, who will join the
Timberwolves in the NBA this year, has the
same problem. The trades, draft picks and
players these two teams deal with in the first
Robbie
Scichili
Sports Writer
few years could literally make or break
them.
The key to success in the NBA is building
a quality team from the draft. If a team
decides to trade players and draft picks for
other players, they are blowing their future
to maybe win today.
A smart team will attempt to stockpile
their draft picks so that they can grow their
own players. Doing this allows the players
to form a chemistry over the years that will
make them more dangerous. A team can
have all the talent in the world, but if there
is no chemistry between the players, it won’t
work.
The Atlanta Hawks are a good example
of this. Last year, they had a good number
of proven scorers who were used to being
the focus of the offense. They would have
been great had they been allowed to play
with five basketballs.
Coaches and General Managers know
that good teams aren’t built overnight.
There is no such thing as a quick fix. If
Minnesota and Orlando did their
homework and looked for a good example
to follow, they need not look any farther
than 1980.
The expansion Dallas Mavericks felt that
if they traded away a few of their expansion
players for draft picks, their future could
be a bright one. How right they were. They
made trades that year that brought them
draft picks which they used to select
Rolando Blackman, Sam Perkins, Roy “the
rebound” Tarpley and Derek Harper.
A team looking for a quick fix could find
life in the NBA a nightmare for a few years.
The Cleveland Cavaliers traded away their
number one draft pick for four straight
years to obtain players, hoping for
immediate results. The results turned out
to be rather ugly. Cleveland was always at
the bottom of the standings, and they had
no chance of improving because they had
no draft picks to deal with.
The Miami Heat, who entered the NBA
last year, has followed Dallas’ example and
are beginning to stockpile draft picks. They
have the fourth pick in this year’s draft, and
have spent some cold hard cash to make
sure they pick the right man. The Heat has
hired private investigators to research a few
of their top choices to make sure there is no
history of drug or alcohol abuse in their
past.
The Heat also feels that drafting a
proven winner instead of proven scorer will
give them an even better player. Not a bad
philosophy. Larry Bird was doubted by a
number of pro scouts that he could play in
the NBA. The Celtics knew he was a winner
and would make the players around him
better. They were exactly right.
These new expansion teams could be the
teams of the 90’s. They could dominate the
NBA like the Lakers and Celtics used to.
The World Champion Minnesota
Timberwolves - sounds funny, doesn’t it? If
they play their cards right, they may be the
ones laughing someday.
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