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rm IlteHHttMim' ?9Q \ I M ^ BHMtgftft ^Bj&gp . " ?jB 'i 8MB One of (JSC's leading see against tsaptist uo/tege last Qamecock Founded 1 908 Tom Travis Editor in Chie Leigh Grogan Copy Desk Chie Michael Gooding News Edito Brett Friedlander Sports Edito Mark Chevalier Entertainment Edito Russell Pace Graphics Edito Br,an Duncan /Editorial Page Edito Janet Gibson Wife Edito Mark Platte Assistant News Edito Steve Riddell Assistant Sports Edito James Rokosny. . . Asst. Entertainment Edito William Tinsley Special Editions Edito Carl Babcock Graduate Assistnn Anthony Gray Advertising Manage Bill Outlaw General Man?g? Mark Ethridge Jr Advise Newsroom: 777-7181 Advertising: 777 4249 Business Office: 777-3886 Sole reproduction rights granted to th Associated Press. All other material containe herein may not be reprinted without th permission of the editor. 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Address letters to: Campus Opinion, The Gaqnececk, Drawer A, U5C, Columbia, S C. 29208 Octhi.mn.fi In an effort to increase reader input into future issues, the Gamecock offers a weekly guest column. Columns must be limited to one newsworthy subject and must be no more than four typed e pages. All columns must be typewritten and d triple spaced on a 65-space line. All facts must o be accurate. The editorial page editor reserves the right to reject any column for any reason and edit for space, content, style and ac0 curacy. Columns must be signed with correct name, address, telephone, major and class standing or faculty po?ition. Address columns to: Guest Column, The Gamrcock, Drawer A, USC, Columbia, S C 29208. Basketb By Ronda Templeton Gamecock Staff Wntar The USC basketball team has thre Head Coach Frank McGuire is i position. Team captain Mike Doyle, speakin members, said the basketball tean agrees that if Coach Frank McGuire not play." A report on WSCQ Tuesday sai< turned sown a demand by the USC B that he step down as basketball coa accept a job in USC public relations. MCGUIRE SAID Tuesday he did n< be fired and that he expected to co 1Q7Q-R0 spason I USC President James Holderme broadcast report was based on "uni and trustees chairman R. MarkI McGuire had been issued no "ultii down. Doyle said Wednesday the state team's idea. Our coach had nothinj Doyle said when McGuire was tol statement he said, "He's proud of we're behind him." Thn J 1 i iic oidiciiicia wets digucu uy Dunleavy, Kevin Darmody, Mic Cedrick Hordges, Henry Atkins, Jin Fredrick, Derrick Scott, Jimmy Connaughton, Jim Strickland, Ton Kenny Reynolds. "IT IS RUMORED that at the b | meeting Friday, 0ct" 26' enou6h --- I Zam Fredrick U a game played, ' Team r I By Willie Smith Gnmecock Staff Writer I Itn/IJ- I 11 memuers ui u?t s uasKeioan team expressed their loyalty and dedication to Head Basketball Coach Frank McGuire soon after releasing a letter stating they would not play if McGuire was fired. When contacted, Mark Connaughton, senior forward, said, "Coach McGuire deserves better treatment. The board set the program behind two years ago with the same sort of thing, and now they are trying to kill it. I don't think they can force him out, and if they do I'll quit the team. This Would be a great season and everyone has worked very hard to achieve that goal." "Coach McGuire has done all he could for this university and basketball in the state as a whole. It is unconceivable to me why they wuold want to fire him," junior guard Zam Fredrick."If they give him a chance, it'll be one of the most successfull years Carolina has ever had." SENIOR GUARD Kenny Reynolds said, "The number they are pulling on the man is totally ridiculous. They think the man can't do it. I wish they would let him finish the year and see if he If McGuire fired all team m received not to rene . head basketball coac atened to quit if as vice president for relieved of his statement read. "Our team is ang g for all 14 team trustees has seemii i "unanimously embarrass Coach Mi i is fired we will on the eve of a seas< successful one," the s d McGuire had The USC basket oard of Trustees McGuire "all the wa ch by Friday to as his successor, a( assistant coach Chu considered by USC )t know he would broadcast report, ach through the Boyle said he fii situation after team ] in said WSCQ's the statement beca 'ounded rumor," know about this. We'i ey Dennis said matum" to step DOYLE SAII) h< scholarship as a resi ;ment "was the any more comment, g to do with it." was enough." d of the team's us. He's happy A Columbia news| McGuire had rejecte year as special assist Doyle, Kevin informed that he cou hael Schwartz, camps at USC'sColu 1 Graziano, Zam Foster, Mark McGuire is one ot t i Wimbush and basketball, with m< schools. He has beer was elected to the N oard of trustees in 1977. McGuire led votes will be to the NCAAchampi< 4#|' ^ ^ ^ \ > ^ ^ I-7^ * * lads the USC offense against Fred fast season. cnffirmfi h can do it. They will find out that he fa can. sc "Right now coach has built a so pretty good team. I'm a part of pi that team, and I don't like What's se going on, he said. sit til "As seniors, we're kind of wl scared. We've got to look for the co future, but we're not going to get wl on the floor unless the man is thoro arirf lira /Irk moan PnnnVi T invK V| unu tv v uv iu\.an vwav/ii I McGuire. A dog shouldn't get the sai treatment Coach McGuire has," ms Reynolds added. led Co; Kevin Dunleavy, junior guard, bas said, "I came to play for Coach McGuire. Mv familv has known 5 him for a long time through my An brother Mike. They have grown to Ho respect and admire him as I have, hir He has always lived his life with He pride and integrity and doesn't in deserve this. thf wh THE MOST IMPORTANT ha thing I learned in life is loyalty, bu and I learned that from Coach McGuire. I will be loyal to him," he said. nu "Personally I don't know what mi I'll do if there is a new coach. I Co can't conceive of them doing this to Mj such a man. The program and lot what it stands for would suffer a pr great loss if he leaves, one which it on may never be able to heal. ful This year the team is like a mi /.Vxi? tay quit w Frank McGuire's contract as :h unless he agrees to take a job public relations next year," the ;ered by the way the board of igly gone out of their way to :Guire and demoralize our team >n that we know will be a highly statement added. ball team will stand behind y," no matter who is considered icording to Doyle. Philadelphia ck Daly was among those being officials, according to WSCQ's rst heard about the McGuire practice Tuesday/and he wroted use he "wanted everybody to re behind coach 1,000 percent." ; realized he might lose his lit of the satement and declining , he said he felt his "statement raper reported Wednesday that id the trustee's offer of $75,000-atant to Holderman. McGuire was Id continue to conduct basketball mbia and Conway campuses. he wmningest coaches in college >re than 100 victories at three 1 coach at USC for 15 years and ational Basketball Hall of Fame the University of North Carolina Dnship title in 1957. M*. onia State in Dyalty mily. We all live together, go to hool together, do everything cially togther. That includes the ayers, coaches, managers'and cretaries. We have such a unique lldtlAH llnfA TU:? ? ! .uaiiuu nci c. i ins pruvts uiai in nes of trouble, we will fight for lat is right. If we were in trouble, ach would fight for us, no matter lat," Dunleavy added. tichie Hodgen, team manager, d, "This is nothing but a tlicious effort by a few people I by one man to undermine ach McGuire and the rest of the >ketball team." Senior forward and Allnerican candidate Cedric dges said, "They should leave rt nlntlA anr) iuct lat Kim mm MIVIIV uiivs JUOi IVV I SI ft t A VVOV-II. has done so much for basketball this state and for the university it I just can't understand it. The lole team was planning on ving a winning season the year, t now we don't know. IT SEEMS TO BE a few people inipulating everyone else. We ght not play out of respect to ach McGuire if he is fired, ^self and all the seniors have a to lose, but we also have enough ide in ourselves to make a stand this, even if it does hurt our lure. We care about the man thai ach," he said.