B6- Wednesday, November 25, 1981 - North Shore News If the Grey Cup game proved. nothing else, it did manage. to get across::the point that the members of the media. have maintained their image of not knowing too much about the game. The pontificating breast- beating, especially of western reporters, was duly rewarded by.a game that had absolutely nothing of what our ‘experts’ had predicted. While the game will not go into the records as one of the best on record, it was one of the more exciting for which the CFL should be forever grateful The season stunk, and if. the media predications had been correct for a dismal Grey Cup, the league would have found itself lacking credibility and in deep trouble. If Edmonton were to hand out ~special awards, they should give a special one to referee Bill Dell and his band of merry incompetents for giving them the field position they needed at the end. Sadly, in the CFL, the officating crew live under the adage that when the going gets tough, the flags Start flying. The way that crew destroyed the flow of the game in the late stages almost made J.C. Watts bowling over of referee Bill Dell, the most satisfying play of the second half. There's an old saying by some of the more cynical in this business that oc- casionally holds true: ‘You can't buy truth for a quarter.’ There are some very angry and upset’ professional soccer players in Canada following the Nationa: team’s defeat in an attempt for a World Cup Berth in Spain. North Shore Ski Swap Many are wondering just why the team which got them to Honduras by taking the round from Mexico and the U.S.A. last year and then swept their pre-tournament tour was totally broken up by coach Barrie Clarke in game after important game. The players lost faith in the team at the top levels: they were angry and frustrated, and it showed. But don't knock the players. They were a proven lot who had an exciting attacking potential which was never utilized by coach Barrie Clarke. If Canada wants to continue to advance in the world cup’ of soccer then they will have to grow up at the management and CSA level. A coach of = it- ternational repute who has been tempered in the fires of ‘this type of competition is needed to work towards 1986. And he is needed now. Within the next six months. He has to be able to bring together the players regularly for internationals during the year and he needs to be able to best blend the various international! temperments that go into making up the team. To field a team with fire in their hearts. Coach Clarke must also be held accountable for the strange benching of John McGrane for the last few games of the tournament. 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What we have been left with after Honduras is a collection of demoralized and dishearted players coming back to a somewhat suspect NASL and a media that by and large could care less. Again. a special mention of the CBC _ for their abysmal coverage of the, Honduras tournament. If soccer is to succeed in this country, it will be the responsibility of the people involved with the game. They won't receive any outside help. It can be done. te Brent Mudry, a West Vancouver cyclist, finished second in the last league bicycle race at Jericho Park Nevember 22. Andy Hansen of Deep Cove finished fourth, while his sister Mary came first _ among women competitors. Mudry finished. second over all in the season, while Andy Hansen was.. tied” for 922-9891 My time ts special. — My friends are special. So my rye 1s special. Mudry came in second fourth. Bruce Spicer of Vancouver topped the ‘league. 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