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3 Friday, August 3, 1990 The Beacon Journal C5 Burnett catches One dark cloud ofi Griese's dream day wwwmw.ui i. Mi' ihi.u 1 i nili i aV Continued from page CI Sports, was perhaps the game's smartest quarterback. He called the plays a job left to coaches these days and made the most of such talented teammates as fullback Larry Csonka, receiver Paul Warfield and center Jim Langer. The three are already in the Hall of Fame. "There's nobody that has run an offense better than Griese did with the success we had in the early '70s," said Miami coach Don Shula, a future Hall of Fa-mer himself and Saturday's presenter for Griese.

"My strength," Griese said, "was knowing what was going on and knowing what play to call at the right time. I was like a coach. I'm not bragging about it, "but I was." He studied film for hours, and victories were the payoff. Miami played in the Super Bowl three consecutive years, and the last of those games a 24-7 rout of Minnesota provided an example of Griese's unique ability. The Dolphins had noticed on film that Vikings defensive end Alan Page's stance tipped off the direction of his slants.

If his left foot was back, he was going inside, and if it was up, he was headed outside. That was all Griese needed to know. He sent Csonka pounding time after time into the gaps created by Page, and the fullback rushed for a then-Super Bowl record 145 yards. "Griese was so adept that he was calling audibles based on Alan Page's foot," Langer said. "That sounds preposterous most quarterbacks aren't going to pay that kind of attention to that kind of detail.

But that was looking czkowski and 1990 third-round draft pick Anthony Pleasant. However, based on Burnett's performance in the scrimmage, he has been a leaping frog in the minds and plans of the coaches. Because he's a rookie, they're just not ready to say yet that he's the player they've been looking for at right end. "We don't know," Teerlinck said. "It's way too early.

The reason we've always said that about the right end is because, if we get a good one, all of a sudden they can't double team Michael Dean. With two guys there, not only does it help everybody, but it will free up Michael Dean a lot more." The search is on for a new right end because Banks, who held the position last year after he was acquired from Houston under Plan had four sacks in 15 starts. Carson has complimented Banks for his run play, but according to 1989 statistics, he finished with 59 tackles, well behind Perry (92 tackles) and surprise 33-year-old Al Baker (70), the ageless left end. Banks, who has declined all interview requests, fell into more disfavor by staying away from the team's extensive, offseason workout program. From the time Burnett was drafted in April until the middle of June when the off-season program began to wind down, the rookie "was here the whole time," Teerlinck said, "and showed a lot in our 1-on-l drills." During the first week of camp, Burnett made more progress.

In Teerlinck's pass-rushing drills, one of the moves the linemen make as they spin, weave and pound their way through a line of six blocking dummies is called the "Ole!" The idea of the drill is for the lineman to whack the dummy and move around it by throwing his hips to the side. At 6-foot-4, 274 pounds, Burnett looks like a towering Spanish bull fighter when he does the Ole. mmmmmm mi Beacon Journal photoRobin Wttek The practice performance of rookie defensive end Bob Burnett has caught the attention of the Browns' coaching staff. Browns By Ed Meyer Beacon Journal staff writer In their laboratory at training camp last Saturday night, the defensive coaches of the Browns made an important discovery soon after they turned on their videotape machines to review the afternoon's scrimmage. "When we were looking at the films," defensive line coach John Teerlinck said, "we were saying: 'Look at Michael Dean flying around.

Great Pro Bowl defensive tackle Michael Dean Perry was being his usual, uncontrollable self. Or so the coaches thought. "When we looked at the films again," Teerlinck said, "we went: 'Hey, that's not Michael Dean! It was him! I think that's saying something." Rookie defensive end Rob Burnett, the team's fifth-round draft pick from Syracuse, was the "him" in question. Even with their high-tech video machines, the coaches thought they were seeing Perry, who wears No. 92, when actually they were seeing Burnett, who wears No.

90 and was backing up Perry at right tackle. Close, but this time they got cigars. Burnett, Teerlinck said, had three sacks and five or six tackles in the 30-play scrimmage. Since the loss to Denver in January, the Browns' third loss to Denver in the last four AFC Championship Games, Coach Bud Carson has been saying that he is one good pass rusher away from being able to put formidable pressure on the quarterback, the kind of pressure the Browns need to beat John El-way. That one elusive rush man, Carson says, would look best at right end.

For Saturday's Pro Football. Hall of Fame game against the Bears, the Browns' depth chart has Burnett buried at right end, in this order, behind returning starter Robert Banks, 1989 fourth-round draft pick Andrew Stewart, free agent Bob Bu- Robinson Continued from page CI j. NFL player. He helps to answer the question: Whose Pro Football Hall of JFame is this anyway? a It is everyone's. An independent, non-profit, educational institution, the Hall of Fame has no direct tie with the The majority of the original lunding for the Hall came from Stark County 30 years ago.

"And," Robinson says, "the "control should remain here." Yet Robinson's presence on the Board of Trustees that meets monthly the entire 17-member will hold its annual meeting today offers NFL players, past and present, a conduit they have not had previously. I Robinson offers an example. 0 "A lot of players and some jother people think there is more politics involved in the selection process than there is," he says. Robinson can help those who question this politicization to understand and accept it. 1 Though a panel that includes sports media from each NFL city chooses the Hall of Fame induct head swell, to keep him focused.

At Syracuse, his sack totals and draft status declined each year, from 11 y2 in his brilliant sophomore season, to 5 as a junior, to l1 as a senior; "That don't matter," Teerlinck said. "He played a real active, cut-and-slash, fly-around type of defense, like we play, in his first couple of years at Syracuse. Then they changed to a read-and-react, 3-4 kind of defense where he couldn't fly around too much. Everyone said it was senioritis and this and that. We think it was just a change in their system.

In our system, we see him like a run-around, fly-around type of guy." A guy like they thought they were seeing when they turned on their tape machines last Saturday night. HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES Bob Griese Age 45 (Feb. 3, 1945). Birthplace Evansville, Ind. College Purdue, 2-time All- American.

Years In NFL Miami Dolphins, 1967-80 (14 seasons). Size, position 6-1, 190, quarterback. NFL career highlights With Griese at the controls, the won five AFC Eastern championships, three AFC titles and Super Bowls VII and VIII. In 1972, Griese took the Dolphins to a 17-0 record, the only perfect season in NFL history. Passed for 25,092 yards in 14 seasorjs directing a run-oriented offense.

Current occupation Network television (ABC) college football analyst. a has unique role in Presenter -r Don Shula, Miami Dolphins coach, coached Griese during the final 1-1 years of Griese's playing career. Shula also presented jina Langer and Stow native Larry Csonka. HALL OF FAME SCHEDULE ees, the trustees determine the policies of the Hall. There is understanding and a working relationship between the groups.

Robinson, for instance, knows what is like to be on the Hall of Fame ballot and fail to gain sufficient votes for induction. "He had a good deal of support," says Hall of Fame vice president Don Smith. "Three votes," is how Robinson remembers it. "I came within three votes of making it." He is not bitter, though. Quite the opposite.

Even though he was a key member of the Packer teams that first set the standards that all subsequent Super Bowl winners have tried to meet and even Bob Griese the sort of thing that made Griese extremely valuable and the greatest quarterbacks of all time." Many were bigger and peV sessed stronger arms. But had enough physical skills to throw for 25,092 yards while playing on ball-control teams during most of his 14-year career, all with Miami. Warfield particularly admired Griese's scrambling ability. V. "Griese could be disciplined as a pocket passer," Warfield said.

"But he had that great physical talent to evade the rush and step outside the pocket when he needed to buy extra time to find, a receiver and make the big play." Now comes what Griese terms "the ultimate honor." Sharing the moment in Canton will be his three sons, ages 15 to 21. Shula will be there. Judi Griese will be in Griese's thoughts. "Someday," he said, "we'll be together again, celebrating." 9 am-9 pm, Sat-Sun 9 am-4 pm The following Is a schedule of events during the Pro Football Hall of Fanje Festival week: Today 7:15 a.m. Mayor's Breakfast, Civic and Cultural centers.

Noon Fashion Show Luncheon, Civic and Cultural centers. 5:45 p.m. Cocktail Hour, Cultural Center. 7 p.m. Enshrinees Civic Dinner, Civic and Cultural centers.

Saturday 7 a.m. Balloon Classic, Grand Parade route. 7:30 a.m. Festival Grand Parade, downtown Canton to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 'jt 10 a.m.

Hall of Fame Enshrinement, Hall of Fame Museum (free-admission) Noon Jim Ridlon Art Show, "Timeless Moments," open to the public, Canton Art Institute. 1 p.m. Hall of Fame Game, Browns vs. Chicago Bears, Fawcett Stadium (sold out). i1 Teerlinck, Burnett said, is a "great guy, a great motivator and a great teacher.

He's taught me more about playing defensive line than I learned in five years of college. He gets you up every day, every practice. And he's very goal-oriented, too. If everything goes well and I'm with the team, our goal is to get 60 sacks. He reminds us of that after every practice." Teerlinck does it by gathering the linemen around him in a tight circle, having them join hands and holler in unison: "Six-oh!" After every practice last year, the chant was "Forty-five," one more than the team's all-time sack record, which was broken in the last game.

The Browns are being careful with Burnett, careful not to say anything that might make his though he was a 3-time All-NFL linebacker voted to the 50th anniversary All-Time Packer Team, Dave Robinson will wait without complaint for consideration by the Oldtimers' Committee. "And," he says, "it will mean more to me if it happens then than if I'd gotten in on the first ballot." Meanwhile, in the years before 1996, when Robinson will become eligible for Oldtimers' consideration, he will help to steer the Hall of Fame through an anticipated expansion. "Every athlete would not necessarily make a good trustee, just as not all players make good TV commentators," Smith says. "But in Dave's case, the board is cast the Cleveland Indians. Initial coverage by both stations will begin Saturday, when the Browns play the Chicago Bears in the Pro Football Hall of Fame exhibition game in Canton.

Pre-game starts at noon. one option year player, running back James Brooks, who is trying to renegotiate his contract. Colts running back Eric Dickers on, a day after he hired Leigh Steinberg as his agent and apologized to teammates for off-season criticism, said he no longer is motivated by his $1.5 million contact to play football. His greatest frustration is not having played in the Super Bowl, getting that ring." Advice from Dickerson persuaded cornerback LeRoy Irvln to sign a 1-year contract with the Detroit Lions. Fullback Brent Fuliwood ended his holdout with the Green Bay Packers by agreeing to sign a $1.1 million 2-year contract after differences on incentive bonuses were resolved.

New England tackle Bruce Armstrong signed a 3-year contract extension that reportedly averages just under $700,000 per year for the next four years. Veteran nose tackle Jim Burt said an Injured left hamstring had more to do with his late reporting to the San Francisco 49ers camp than financial considerations. Burt signed a 2-year contract worth a reported $1 million and was on the field for his first workout. Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino missed a workout against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers because of a sore arm and knee. He is expected to run the offense for about 15 plays in Saturday's scrimmage at the University of Tampa.

Pro Bowl punter Rich Camarlllo arrived in the Cardinals' camp and signed a 2-year contract reportedly worth $575,000. with $275,000 this season. Phoenix has five holdouts rookie running back Anthony Thompson and four veterans, including Pro Bowl safety Tim McDonald. The Pittsburgh Steel-ers learned running back Tim Woriey'i left knee wasn't as seriously injured as earlier was feared. Doctors detected only minor ligament damage in Worley's knee during diagnostic surgery at Divine Providence Hospital in Pittsburgh.

WLTF broadcasts Browns games Pro Hall going to benefit tremendously. "He's not just any player. He's an up-and-coming businessman who has long taken an interest in the Hall of Fame." Nevertheless, this week, Hall of Fame Week, has been unlike any Dave Robinson has spent around the shrine to pro football. "I'm doing my homework," he says. As a new trustee, Robinson feels it's important to take part in every Hall of Fame event.

"I want to know as much as I can," he says. With this knowledge, Robinson believes he will best be able to accomplish a goal he has set for himself as the unique trustee. "I want," Robinson says, "to protect and preserve the Hall of Fame as a place of honor and reverence. "This place, especially on this weekend, is the pinnacle." 580 Kennedy Rd Akron, OH. I 4 miles Irom I I 4 miles from I I t-77 to Exit 27 I 00 SUMM'' I RACING I MNMOVRO A AKRON RACING EQUIPMENT I 7 Oilers get McPherson from Eagles WLTF (106.5-FM) will be the "FM Home of the Browns" this season.

The station will carry all Browns games, including games which won't be carried by sister station WWWE (1100-AM) because of commitments to broad NFL ROUNDUP Eagles president Harry Gamble said McPherson still must sign a contract with the club before the trade is final. COLLEGE JUNIORS planning to declare for the NFL draft will be required to do so by Feb. 1 under a new set of guidelines set down by Commissioner Paul Tag-liabue. The Feb. 1 date was one of a series of steps to modify the NFL's college relations policies.

They were outlined in letters sent by Tagliabue to Dick Schultz, executive director of the NCAA, Charlie McClendon, executive director of the American Football Coaches Association, and Chuck Neinas, executive director of the College Football Association. Tagliabue also created a committee to work with college officials to develop limitations on off-campus activities conducted by NFL clubs before the draft. NOTEBOOK Defensive end Lm WH-llam, his demands tor a renegotiated contract rebuffed, is expected to abandon his walkout and return to the San Diego Chargers' training camp Saturday. The signing of rookie running back Harold Gran leaves the Cincinnati Bengals with just three unsigned holdouts corner-back Lewi Billup, wide receiver Tim McGee and linebacker Joe Ketty and Associated Press The Houston Oilers obtained quarterback Don McPherson from the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday in exchange for an undisclosed draft pick in the 1991 NFL draft. McPherson, the Heisman Trophy runner-up in at Syracuse in 1388, was a sixth-round pick of the Eagles.

Oilers general manager Mike Holovak said he would continue his efforts to sign barkuD Quar terback Cody McPherson Carlson, a contract holdout and the Oilers' backup the past three seasons. McPherson was a backup for Eagles quarterback Randall Cunningham in both of his pro seasons, but he has never played in a regular-season game. "We're very happy to acquire a player of Don's ability," Holovak said. "He's a quality person and a quality player who we feel will fit nicely into the run-and-shoot offense." i McPherson said he had wanted to be traded since the Eagles signed former Chicago and San Diego quarterback Jim McMahan to backup Cunningham. THE OUTLAWS ARE Meet the Wild 200 MPH Nitrous Outlaws k- In Person at Summit Racing Equipment 1 Friday, August 3 11AM-2PM Bill Kuhlmann and the World's Fastest Chevy Beretta Rob Vandergriff and the World's Fastest '57 Chevy Gordie Faust and the World's Fastest Chevelle- Live Broadcast with WONE Morning Madmen Brian Joe! 1 Win Free Tickets to Super Chevy Sunday Free Super" Chevy-Summit-WONE T-Shirts Too! 216-798-9559 Hours: Mon-Fri 4 id mi' ti rl rt ill I -a i.