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Thursday, August 24. 1978 The Daily Tar Heel B3 - " - IDick Crums more to Mfe tham sweeps and blitzes V f z i Head coach Dick Crum Dick Crum said later that afternoon in early September of 1976 that he wasn't even watching when Carolina played a trick on his Miami of Ohio Redskins. Crum had turned to confer with an assistant and a player during the second quarter .of the season opener when UNC quarterback Bernie Menapace, traded his program for a playbill and turned actor. Menapace, tackled near .the right hashmark. feigned an injury while his teammates lined up near the left hashmark. Miami was still in its defensive huddle when Menapace stood up and scooped the ball off the turf to Mel Collins, who sped 69 yards amid a blockade of blue protection to a touchdown. Most, of the Redskins at this point were either digging holes in the turf in which to plant their flustered faces or else complaining about their opponents intestinal fortitude, or lack of it. "1 didn't see the .runner until he was 40 yards past xnie," Crum said after the 14-10 loss. "I'd never seen the play before." Two years later things are a lot different. ' Menapace is no longer a quarterback. He plays safetv. The man who told him the play. Bill Dooley, left last January to coach at Virginia Techv Crum isn't at Miami anymore. He coaches the Tar Heels. . , And he's not interested in repaying the trick played on him two years ago. In fact, he's trying to help his players in other ways besides teaching them football. Crum knows that there's more to life than end sweeps and safety blitzes. Last spring he told his players they could move out of Ehringhaus Dormitory, known for years as "The Zoo" because some of the young men living there tended to become a bit roudy. Just ask the fellow who threw a refrigerator off the sixth floor several years ago. "1 just think athletes are part of the student body just like everyone else." Crum says.1 "Part of the total college experience is living with other people not just other athletes. We're just trying to give them the option of living with other people if they want to." Crum isn't amused by the "dumb jock " image. Lee Pace . He believes the slogan is inaccurate and is making sure his players do what they can to refute it. "I don't like people to have the impression that athletes are dumb. They're not." he says. "Most people j ust don't realize the pressure that these kids are under and 1 don't mean the pressure to win. 1 mean the pressure to be a student and an athlete. "During the season these guys have five hours taken out of the heart of their day. From the time, they show up to get taped to the time the finish their evening meal, it might be from five to six hours. That's time that other students can spend doing anything they want including studying." Crum has rules he expects his players to live by. He's strict in enforcing them, but tries not to be a dictator. "On any problem he's been willing to try to compromise, to work something out," says senior split end J im Rouse. "I don't know that anyone has gotten a plain 'No' from him. He's reasonable." All of this, of course, is not to sav thnf Dick Crum doesn't want to win, and win big. He left a strong program at Miami for a larger and more powerful on-- at Carolina, and admittedly doesn't have the pressure on him to build a contender out of weak foundation of skinny, slow players and fat, slower players. But he may have a greater responsibility. The far Heels are good, and everyone knows it. Anything much less than last year's 8-2-1- regular season record and Liberty Bowl berth would be a disappointing first year for Crum. x But success seems to follow coaches from M iami, known as "The Cradle of Coaches" because of all of the school's former head coaches who have gone to bigger and better things elsewhere. Guys like Bill Mallory, Bo Schembechler and Ara Parseghiam. Dick Crum hopes he does as well. LB W T E (cT) (g) (V) Striped line indicates ball carrier. C center; G "guard; T tackle: QB quarterback; RB runningback; N noseguard; LB linbacker. J E Lr ' (rb)- rb) (rb) RB (rb) RB Tlie Veer New Carolina offense m depends on precision There's a new offense at Carolina this fall. Gone is the Wing-1 and in its place is the Veer, a triple option offense that gives the quarterback, the choice of handing the ball off to one runningback, keeping it himself or pitching it to another runner. The diagrams above illustrate the basic option play of the veer. The option that the quarterback chooses depends basically on the reactions of two defenders usually the tackle and end on the side the play is being run to. No one blocks-these two. Depending on how they react, the quarterback makes his decision, one that has to be made in a split second. A decision, also, that has to be correct if the offense is to function. The top diagram shows the initial movements oi three offensive backs and the linemen on the side the play is headed. The offensive tackle does not block the man aligned directly opposite him or just to his outside. Instead, he blocks the first linebacker to his inside. The quarterback takes the snap from center and runs to the side, where he is met by the right runningback, or the dive back. Here the quarterback makes his first decision. If the defensive tackle does not move to tackle the dive back, the quarterback hands off to the dive back, as shown in the second panel. But if the defensive tackle hits the dive back, the quarterback keeps the ball. The third and fourth diagrams illustrate the quarterback's next two options, options that are governed by the reaction of the next defender on the line, in this case the defensive end. Like the defensive tackle, he is not blocked. If the end takes the quarterback, as shown in the third panel, the quarterback pitches the ball to the left runningback, or the option back. But if the defensive end rushes toward the option back, as in the fourth diagram, the. quarterback keeps the ball and turns upfield. And in case the defense beeins stonnine the basic option plays, the Tar Heels can throw a few different wrinkles tntothe offense. Counter options, in which theplay starts tp on.sde and then switches to the other, can be used as well as various pass plays. - At the beginning of practice last Friday, Matt Kupec was running at quarterback with Ken Mack and Amos Lawrence the starting runningbaoks. I X" v I J 5 rx x w V' 6 5.3 . - - ' s o AMOS LAWRENCE ...rookie of year Want to foe a sportswriter? applications tor openings on 4he sports staff. Experience is not required but is helpful. Applicants should stop by the DTH office in the Carolina Union between 1 and 3 p.m. today and Friday. 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"Because if teams start keying on me it's going to give the other backs a chance to break loose. "But I don't mind being in the spotlight if it is something you work hard at," he said. "If you're good and go out and do the job right, you'll naturally be in the limelight. "I would like someday to be Carolina's all-time leading rusher and I've thought about it some. But right now I'm just tak ing things as they come. I need to stay healthy." He was talking about his physical well being, but it's been a healthy atmosphere around training camp so far also. Tar H eels From page B-1 I awrence said t he new staff is not all foot- ball like some; Crum emphasizes academics. "Coach Crum is a rough guy, big on discipline," he said. "But you can talk to him about anything and he'll listen. It's easy to communicate." Crum even had the players take part in a series of motivation sessions to build confidence and positive thinking about Sept. 16 opener with East Carolina especially. "They've got us psyched on East Carolina. We can't take them like a team we can beat them for sure," he said. "The whole team is eager and it gets us more stirred up w hen we're on the practice field and other teams have already played." Yeah, "Famous Amos" is all revved up. "More than anything else I'm motivated to win. A lot of top teams think the ACC is nothing. I want to prove we're as good as any other team in the country." Lowell Eaken and Donald Lucas vying for the left guard spot since last year's starter, John Rushing, is out for the year after knee surgery. Bob Loomis, a converted fullback, is now at tight end and Jim Rouse, Wayne Tucker, Delbert Powell and Carey Casey are all looking to start at split end or flanker. Crum has inherited a wealth of From page B-1 talent as he pieces together the 1978 unit. The veer promises to keep peoples' eyes oh the game, not on the ice chest, Carolina's defense can hardly wait" to be turned loose and from all indications in Kenan Field House and down at the palyers' training table this season is going to be quite different, as if a new. era has arrived. ATTENTION NEW STUDENTS: O R I E N T AT I O N ' S MPT, """"""OVER! ";- Events still to come today and tommorrow include: Forum Thursday, August 24 from 4-6 and 7-9 p.m., featuring faculty and campus leaders djs cussing academic and extracurricular involve ment.. In the student union. Woollen Gym Night Friday, August 25 from 7-10 p.m. A sports night where there will be something for everyone: basketball, volleyball, swimming, softball, water polo, water (innertube) basketball and softball. For more information, check with your orientation counselor. 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