Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-14
SEGH AT LARGE
McPeuk Given
One Solid Vote
By MORRIS STEGEL


THE MOOD OF THE customers is unroiStoLoh,
SuAen' IL began as murmur right after the openins
game loss 10 Cleveland 1t has emerged as an oinous,
growing demand that the Redskins by now should b.
ready to aim and fire Coach Bill McPeak
Throw the bum out" is the general outcrv from N.
insurgents. McPeak alone number of fatheads main.
a responsible for another season irretrievablv sho
to hell. ' OH"
one scandalous indictment, unsupported by the
author-accuser, charges team spirit is lower than tn,
morale at Leavenworth. Others point to the usual "
football"
The outcries have not taken McPeak by surprise H,
knows the rules of his unhoy alliance win or ht ths
road He even helped to sow the seeds of mounting on
position to his rule with his prediction of chapionshir
on the eve Of the season.
THE MEMBERS OF ruling junta of the Redskins
quarteroacked by c. Leo Dorsey, officially have sale
nothing. But they have been thinking privately an6
together Their unofficial decision is that nothing will b.
DONE at least not until the Of the season If then
one Stockholder best attuned to the feelings of h
Dretnren repeats reminder ut was McPeak who MI,
himself on the spot not u.s." he says I'VE didn't tell him
10 say we were going to win championship He did it on
his own" ~ ~ ~ Va
Seemingly this relieves the directors of the
phy OF explaining change they vote to make one The
decision to rehre or discharge MPeak should not be based
on what he Said but on what he and his team did
On this basis alone, McPeak's case is difficult to
oeleho Inc REDSKINS have won only two games If there
are eAIenudCng circumstances and there nobody
Guiding this department. is interested in hearing them
again.
INJURIES bad breaks etc. all part of the game and
no team is exempt The better equipped clubs rise above
these annual occupationa setbacks the poorer simply
suffer more.
THE CHARGE AGAINST McPeak is self-nflicted He
shortchanged himself As the omnipotent unuuestioned
complete overseer of the players and coaching General
Manager McPeak brought Coach McPeak Door lot to
coach. ~
Vince lombard who performed a miracle at Green
Bay in three years. McPeaks tenure would have done no
better or worse here than McPeak Overlooked in Lom-
bardS thrust to is the fact he inherited wealth
OF strong raw material from his predecessors
McPeak was not so fortunate when he was Amounted
neao coacn OF tne Redskins Instead he bequeahed
SIuauon winch leo the league only in being unorganized
frantic, helter-Skelter slpShod and almost chaotic
McPeak has brought order and organization There
are now systematic approved company-method WAYS of
doing things He met by resistance originally but
gradually McPeak who knows the art gentle persuasion
won his way Today he has of the heathiest losing
shops in the league.
EVERYWHERE HIS NAME is known McPeak is re-
garded as personabe honest practitioner of his pro-
feSSion In the hurlyburly pro football this is not
extremely important, but what is important is that
McPeak also is regarded as fine football coach
Last year he could have walked out on the Redskins
ana walked INTO one OF the lucrative head coaching
jobs in the NIL This offer definite There also were
In recently discussing the team failure, McPeak
blamed Coach McPeak rather than payer-gaherer Nc
Peak This is understandable Many of the players he
chose are still with him and to damn them would be more
than just indscreet 1t would be foolish Nobody goes
around knocking the hired hands until requirements are
available.
WHAT THE REDSKINS are in dire need Of more than
coaching change, is overhaul of their recruitment
system For the past three McPeak and his aides
have admitted their offensive backs not to be confused
with Al-Pro material
Why, then, haven't they drafted more runners? In
the three McPeak has been in full charge of talent
the Redskins altogether claimed only IA offensive backs and
wound up with only four, including Norman Snead.
Some like top draft pick Leroy Jackson proved in
competent Others failed to sign The result is the same
cast that has been ploddng steady to nowhere
still on the same road The Giants and others have one
organization whose ful-tme job is to inspect the
college raw material Jim Lee Howell New Yorks man.
washington has no such animal.
Inc Redskins, like Others depend too much on the
ADVICE OF college coaches Not too many collegiate head
masters really know the requirements of todays pro
player.
McPeak is good coach and should be retained but as
tne late jim Tatm once remarked getting good foot
pail players just as important coaching them" Get
AcPeak the goods and he'll merchandise it.