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TUIbUAY, JANUARY 21, 1 'J 11(01 11 1(1. I'M 5C NBA SUraRIESAIlD LEADERS Suns 89, Pistons 86 Nuggets 132, Nets 123 Rams get Vermeil; report says Parcells to leave reb apt 0- 7 II 3 II 3-13 I 4 I 1- 3 0 3 3 2 1 II 1-3 I 3 23 11 1 0-10 0 1 0-0 0 3 3 O-O 0 0 0 0-10 11 DETROfT mm la A Hi 4 7-15 5- Thwoe 44 3- 2-J Rd 7 1-3 1-1 Dumen 41 7-le 1-J Hunler 44 9-70 0-0 32 4-1 (M Curry 12 0-1 1-1 LH l-l 0-0 Grew I 0-1 0-0 HsiHft 7 0-1 1-2 TeWl MOH-H 11-14 HEW JERSEY mm Io fl o-l pi pi 31 17-71 4-4 0-2 4 4 30 24 17-17 2-5 1-4 2 2 26 72 1-5 2-3 1-3 0 4 4 17 3 1 2-2 0-1 4 0 7 12 4 4 1-3 2 2 70 24 1-4 5 4 5 1 0 2 7 72 3 1 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 22 4-7 l-l 09 3 3 23 4-10 1-1 1-3 5 2 1 3 0-1 0-0 1-10 1 0 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Gil J.WiHiamt MatMmburo Park KHllei Dara Daniels O'Bmmon Reeves Mi Daniel War derm TataH 240 47 21-71 10-M 24 22 123 Pr. Win CT ItA 1tM la .41 fmi "mm vw. leam reooumtt: 12. Mvki.

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yea (bum 2, Li.HH, nVDyati, Johrnon, D.EIil, Thomown). 17 31 35-10 la ia it-in 2. me, it's unfortunate that his agent, Mr. (Robert) Fraley, took this time to try to put something in the paper, and I don't think the fans of New England really want to concentrate on that issue right now." Before this season, Parcells asked to have the final year deleted from his five-year contract. Kraft agreed.

Parcells has refused consistently to discuss his future, saying he and Kraft would talk about it after the season. Fraley said he was headed to New England last weekend to try to resolve the situation, but that Kraft canceled the meeting and, instead, sent him a letter informing him that he will seek compensation from any team that tries to sign Parcells after the Super Bowl. ATLANTA: Dan Reeve, who has the most victories among active NFL coaches, was hired as coach and head of football operations. Reeves, fired by the New York Giants at the end of the season, succeeds June Jonet and will be Introduced at a news conference today. The Falcons, 3 13 last season, said Reeves signed a five-year deal that will give him the additional title of executive vice president of football operations.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution said the contract is worth $7.5 million to $8 million. Reeves, 53. is a native of Rome, Ga. He was fired Dec. 23, the same day Jones was dismissed, after a 32 34 record and one playoff appearance in four seasons with the Giants.

Reeves has a career record of 149 113 1, making him the lOth winningest coach In NFL CNN-SI reported that Vermeil got a five-year, contract. Vermeil was never on the Kams' public list of candidates to replace Kich Brooks, who was fired following a 6-10 season. Among those interviewed by the Rams were Jim Mora, Bobby Ross, Kevin Gilbride, IVle Carroll and Kmmitt Thomas. Vermeil, who became a college football commentator for ABC after leaving the NFL, was 57-51 with the Eagles in 1976-82. He led the team to the playoffs four consecutive years (1978-81), including a Super Bowl loss to the Oakland Raiders.

Vermeil was a workaholic who slept in his office after working all day. It caught up with him in 1982, when he quit because of burnout. PAT HAND: The Bill Parcells era. a four-year reign in which he took the New England Patriots from a 2 14 record to the Super Bowl, will end after Sunday's title game, according to a report. Boston Globe writer Will McDonough said the situation between Parcells and owner Bob Kraft might end up in court.

Parcells reportedly is being targeted by the New York Jets for their coaching vacancy, "Bill and I chatted today and we both feel the same way," Kraft said. "This will be discussed at the end of the season, To Fnr I'rcHH Nt-ws ScrvicrH ST. LOUIS Dick Vermeil, who stopped coaching 15 years ago because of burnout, is returning as coach of the St. Louis Rams. The sunrise i selection was con- firmed by president John Shaw on Monday following several broadcast reports that Vermeil would be hired.

'Ilie official announcement will come at a news conference today. "I'm quite pleased with the candidate," Shaw said. "He's an excellent coach high energy, smart" who led the Philadelphia Kagles to the Super Bowl after the 19K0 season, will be given total control of the team. Shaw said he wasn't concerned about Vermeil's absence from the game. "1 have every belief in the world that he has as much energy as anybody we interviewed, and he is a much belter leader than, I think, all of the other candidates," Shaw said.

Vermeil told CNN-SI: "I feel like I've woken up in a dream." history. Reeves became the NTL's youngest coach when he took over the Denver Broncos at 37He guided the Broncos to three Super Bowl losses in 12 years. CHICAGO: San Francisco quarter backs coach Matt Cavanaugh will be named offensive coordinator, according to a published report. The Chicago Sun Times said the only obstacle to the hiring is the possibility of the 49ers promoting Cavanaugh to offensive coordinator, 01' tensive coordinator Ron Turner was named coach at Illinois last month. Special teams coach Danny Abramowici resigned.

with the Bears since 1992, has expressed interest in the New Orleans Saints' head coaching position. NY GIANTS: Christian Peter, the former -Nebraska defensive tackle who. didn't play last season, agreed to a three year contract. The Newark Star Ledger said Peter, drafted and released by Ne England in April, will make the rookid minimum of $131 next season. SUPER NOTES: The coaches who won Super Bowls in New Orleans will participate in the honorary com toss for Sunday's Super Bowl XXXI.

Mike Ditka. Tom Floret, Tom Landry. Chuck Noll, Hank Stram and George Seifert will participate in the on field ceremony before the game. Luther Vandrost will sing the national anthem before the game. TAMPA BAY: Free agent tight end John Davit signed a twoyear contract.

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With the I jons, Moeller will coach All-Pro Barry Sanders in a system that will probably include a fullback or back to give him a k-ad blocker. Sanders has run out of a one-back formation during his first eight seasons. "I'm excited about that," said Moeller. "I think all players need to be coached, but some more than others. Obviously his experience speaks for itself.

Not 'only his experience, but his production." The drinking incident in which Southfield police released a taped conversation with Moeller after he had been taken from the Excalibur restaurant was not a major factor in Ross' thinking, but he said he and Mix'ller discussed it. "I told him he probably mrded to expect some remarks in that line," Ross said. "He said he understood that. I was prepared for that, too. "I think this that it's something he wasn't proud of.

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SieaH: 7 (Harper 1, Matnburn, Jeckton. Geltnt, Ftety). Tethmat. Coach Claamonv detente LA LAKIRS Campbel Heney ONeeJ Jonet Van EiaJ KnigM Horry ftrvent Scott TataH a r.j 4 IS I 13 Jl 1-4 ft 74 l-l 24 4ft) at in 4 I 11 7-M l-l 44 I t1 4-1 140 X-77 19-41 ll-M 149 mistake stay where it belongs, in the past i change, stay right with what he's doing and I'll learn the system." Ross said he has no desire to visit New Orleans for the Suxt Bowl. "I'd rather go there as a participant than a spectator." he said.

Ross and the Chargers kst the Super Bowl lo San Francisco two years ago. him from what I hear about him, he's a good person and obviously a super talent." Moeller has paid an awful price fur one mistake, a penalty I always fell was loo severe. When he returns, he should not have to pay anymore. So what is our proper conduct when he comes back to Michigan? Not what is politically correct, but what is honest and right? Toask for more payment from him is wTong, to boo him would be to linger on the past too long, to joke about it would be tasteless and cruel and to cheer him would send the wrong message. What is right is to stand back and watch, and to let his work and his life scak for themselves.

And if we have a soul and a heart, to hold in both of them the conviction that a good man has long ago overcome a bad night, and that looking ahead can sometimes be a lot more productive than looking back. GARY MoHIER, from Page 1C added Monday. Others are linebackers coach Joe I'ascale, who most recently worked with defensive coordinator Larry IVcratiello at Cincinnati, and defensive backs coach Richard Selcer, who coached the last five years with the Rams. The additions leave Ross with room for one assistant a quarterbacks coach. He intends to fill the position soon, possibly today.

"My big thing was to talk to Scott Mitchell," Ross said. "He wasn't naming my coach. What I was trying to do was read Scott and see who I thought would fit well with him." Former Houston offensive coordinator Jerry Rhome has been interviewed for the position but it is uncertain whether lie is in line for the job. Other candidates are former Bengals coach David Shula, and Steve DeBerg, most recently quarterbacks coach for the New York Giants. Ross was serious enough about hiring Moeller that he shifted an earlier hire Frank Falks from running backs coach to tight ends coach.

"Frank could go either way and Gary just felt more comfortable coaching the running backs," Ross said. "It probably works out better that way anyway because Frank has worked with our tight ends (at San Diego), and that's a pretty involved position." Let Moeller's Ciiarijk Vincent, from Page 1C to resign, I sat with IJoyd Carr in his office. Carr would be his old friend's replacement, but there was no happiness in his reddened eyes. Coaches aren't supposed to cry, but Carr had been crying. He did not want to talk about what had hapiened anymore, did not want to hear anymore.

"For what purpose?" he asked me. "Fverybody wants to make sense of it. but how many rational things do people do who have had too much to drink?" In his own way, Carr loved Moeller. He inspired that feeling in a lot of people who had come to know him over the years. Coaches who can generate that emotion are scarce.

Some inspire fear, sonic inspire loathing; some inspire investigations into their programs, but it is a rare coach who inspires love. When he disappeared from the U- Trust him: SlTKR B)VL, from Page 1C strong suspicion he exceeds that regularly he's pretty much a three-plays-and-out kind of guy. "I don't got to prove nothin' to nobody," Brown said. "I'm here, I'm doing my job and whatever the critics say, they can say. Until he can line up over me and say I'm a three-down guy well, tell him to line up over me on fourth down and see what hapx-ns to him." In four years since being claimed on waivers from the Minnesota Vikings late in training camp of his rookie season, the former Detroit Mackenzie all-stater has become an increasingly effective force.

Hie Packers finished first the NFL in total defense and fourth in run defense, and if they are going to put campus, Moeller reappeared in Cincinnati and for the past two seasons has coached the Bengals' tight ends. When head coach David Shula was fired at midseason, there was speculation that Moeller might get the job, but it went to Bruce Coslet, and Moeller says, "I don't want to overplay that talk; it was just sxvula-tion." Two years in the NFL has convinced Moeller that is where his future lies. "I'd really like to be a coordinator at this level, so I'm trying to take the steps to pursue that," he said. "I think the Lions are going to have success and when that happens, everybody benefits. "I was brought up on Bobby Ross' kind of football.

It's the old Michigan football, the old Ohio State football, a disciplined program. When I'm talking to him, we're talking on the same page. There are things where you just feel, 'Hey, this is the right thing. This 4 Hi ivm 1149 154 3W 11 371 It I .71 I' 9 3U7 90 7 34 911 .35 3713 911 ..39 3MI 973 .17 HIS .39 3t44 914 3M7 940 XN0 94 2 .40 3 M0 943 .40 319 94 7 3M7 949 .37 3UI 954 .37 3-152 940 3t1 9t7 V4 970 ..40 104 977 3719 979 ..40 911 357 99 7 3917 MO 4 3970 MOS 1670 HI 9 304 1079 XII KM 4 3942 M3.7 NOTEBOOK: Ross spent most of his first full day in the office getting acquainted. One of those with whom he spent time Monday was personnel director Ron Hughes.

"Good man. very organized," Ross said. "I like his structure. I told him I don't want him to is something I really want to do. This is the guy I want to be He accepted Ross' offer as quickly as Ross accepted William Clay Ford's.

Assistant coaches can labor in anonymity most places, and the lions may have tried to keep Moeller's addition as low-key as possible. But in Detroit, he is not just a new assistant coach. Here, he is a former Michigan coach, a successor to the legacy of Schembechler and Crisler and Yost, who met an untimely end at his own hand and here, for a while, at least, he will not be anonymous. He will, for one thing, be the man who coaches Barry Sanders, and I wondered what he expected that to be like. I never knew what Mo Forte did when he was the running backs coach here.

And I don't know what Moeller will do. "IVobably," he said, laughing into the telephone, "I'll ask the writers what to tell him. "But I'm excited about coaching times guys like to relax and don't like to be on a certain type of diet all the time. "I'm always doing something playing basketball, lifting weights, doing something to keep myself busy." Brown says he starts the day pretty much like everybody. "Fggs, bacon, toast," he said.

"Same old stuff." Maybe just a little more. And those burgers that have become so popular in the Green Bay Burger Kings are really nothing Brown hasn't been enjoying since his college days at Kansas. "It just came about," he said. "I've been making those hamburgers since I was in college. I go to Burger King and get a double Whopper with extra everything, no pickles, cut in half, extra cheese, all that stuff.

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Back at Mackenzie, when he was. blocking for Jerome Bettis, he did something very few high schoolers do. He became a sprinter on the track team, running the IM and 200 meters. Which begged another question." Did he ever run against Bettis? "We never raced," said "But I'm pretty sure I could get him. I could get him now if the time was right." the brakes on New England Patriots running back Curtis Martin when they meet in Sunday's Super Bowl XXXI, it is likely Brown will be one of the big reasons why.

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