Evening star., 1959-11-17
WIN, LOSE OR
GNAV By FRANCIS sTANN
The Horses Some Day.

SURPRISE VISITOR to our town has been Joe
Kuharich, who used to coach the Redskins until Nore
Dame beckoned Joe even got to sit in George Preston
Marshalls ivory tower for the Redskins game
probably observing for the first time his old boss action
on the telephones sending end.
And how does it feel to be tutoring the collegans
again?
II knew it going to be rough at Notre Dame the
first year," Joe admitted. 1--WE simply didn't have the
material to play such big-tme schedule But we'll get
the horses day.
canddy II lucky in that I'd already coached at San
Francisco University plus high school and freshman
work at Notre Dame 1t gives you proper perspective
KUHARICH WAS INVITED to amplify and he did:
well, pro coach who worked with collegans
might have tendency to be impatient Actually the bur-
den is the coach he's the fellow who has to adapt
his philosophy You can't expect college kids at Nore
Dame or any other school to perform like pros
There's big difference" Joe went on earnestly. 1--WE
heard peopeSome were considered pretty smart in foot
ball. tooargue that the best college team in the country
could hold its own with the worst pro club
Nov, that's silly Does anybody to tell me that
Syracuse for instance could beat say the Detroit Lions?
OF course not The bigger and smarter They rum
pass, block. TACKLE and kick better"
MARSHALL MADE POINT when he referred to the
annual Al-Star game in Chicago. "The pro champions
don't often lose that one," George reminded
That's right" Kuharch promptly agreed, "and the
AStars the absolute best from all the colleges not
they've got lot to learn and they start realizing it
when they play in the Chicago game"
Kuharich, Marshall, Cal Griffith and couple of inter
operS were sitting at Grs luncheon board and of
the visitors asked:
"Joe what if you'd coached anybody except the
pros? In your caSe the Chicago Cardinals later the
Redskins Would have been able to adapt yourself
collegians?"
earlier count myself lucky that had coached college
ball."
THE WAY LOOK at it," Joe continued it's nice to
have had varied background I'm not saying this Just
because had one But if fellow has coached high school
ball and college and pro ball he's got to be conceded
edge. OF course" he grnned, wryly "the way I'm not
winning games at Notre Dame may make lot of people
dispute that argument
"But seriously, wonder if pro coach with no college
background at all would the patience The kids make
mistakes, doubt about it. They do things wrong that
pros don't do. And yet it's all relative"
"How about COACH with only high school experience
coming up to boss big college pro team?" Joe
Tucci asked He wasn't meaning to refer to Kuharichs
predecessor at Notre Dame Terry Brennan; it just
slipped out
Marshall gliby claimed the conversational ball. paul
Brown came out of schooboy football and look what
did in the pro leagues" George reminded.
BROWN is GREAT COACH Kuharich said "But
how many Paul Browns do you find? had been thinking
of frankie Albert who took the San Francisco Forty
Miners without any previous coaching experience
albert great star both in college and pro ball.
But he jumped from coach of anybody coach of this
pro club frankie did we'll too but got and
and finally had to get out of the business
Believe me, ulcers and nerves easily enough
when fellow has coached his way up from the ranks"
How are your own ulcers and nerves?" man asked,
bearing IN mind that kuhartchs record at Notre Dame is
not quite the approximate of Rockne's or Leahys
We'll win share" Joe replied. "It's Just that it
might take little time"