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Thanks fo Bobby Cremins, you've got a lot of nerve. First you take us on a whirlwind courtship, leading us the entire way. For weeks, you had loyal Gamecock fans worshiping the mere mention of your name. And as the weeks went on, we were patient as you waffled with your decision on whether or not to come. Then you made your decision. You were coming "home." It had always been a "dream" of yours to come back to Carolina to be the head basketball coach. Your decision set off celebrations across campus. Columbia was on an emotional high the likes of which I have never seen. It was all because of you, Bobby. The press conference was amazing. More than 500 people crammed into Williams-Brice Stadium to welcome home the triumphant white knight. There were 300 people in the Lettermen's Lounge. Even 100 people jammed into an adjoining room to watch the press conference on closed-circujt television. There were at least 100 people standing outside the stadium just hoping tor a glance at the man who was going to be the savior of the Gamecock basketball program. Personally, it was the most exciting day I have been associated with since I have been at USC. I can't even now describe the intense joy I felt toward Gamecock Athletics Director Mike McGee for bringing us Bobby. Cremins was a man I liked and, more importantly, respected for everything he had done. He had proven himself to be everything you could want in a coach. Boy, was I stupid! I was suckered harder than anyone on this campus, except maybe McGee. I plastered the walls in my room with newspapers about Bobby. I dug up all my old pictures with Bobby wearing garnet and black and put them up. All I cm tiff ^there's going to,be one 'bTgjjoniir?' Horseshoe tonight. I'm burning everything I own that ties Bobby Cremins to USC, because, quite frankly, after this stunt, he doesn't deserve to wear garnet and black. The people I have talked to feel betrayed, and rightly so. Cremins inst walw^H intrv tr\u/n lilrp cnmp kind of god and then walked right away without even saying goodbye. Do you think he showed up for some huge press conference to announce he was leaving? Of course not. You might wonder where wasc-FM ALTERNATIVE 90.5 V w *) inBBMf IKTT I g From the Oscar-winning team of II "The Little Mermaid" and "Beauty and the Beast" Book and Lyrics by II Music by II r nothing ^ I c% I ^ TIM THORSEN Cremins was Saturday. Well, he was out of town. Now there's class. I cannot and will not ever forgive Bobby Cremins for what he has done to this university. In the long run, I'm now glad he didn't stay. Obviously, he was never sold on becoming the Gamecock head coach. So my question is, "How could he do this?" Knowing he had doubts, how could he accept the job? Could he really be an effective coach if he were constantly wishing he were at Georgia Tech? No! But he accepted the job anyway. I wish I knew what was going on in his head, if anything. Now, as difficult as it is, we must move on. The healing process must begin immediately. Dwelling on the Cremins fiasco can do nothing but tear our team apart at the seams. We must be angry now, very angry, but we must get that anger out as soon as possible. There is still work to be done. The work of finding a head coach is already underway. The names being mentioned as candi dates are impressive. John Calipari of UMass, Ralph Willard of Western Kentucky and Kelvin Sampson of Washington State have all been reportedly approached. While none of them have the immediate name recognition of Cremins, each of them has been extremely successful at their institutions and would be a fine Gamecock head coach. Believe it or not, someone will accept the head coaching position here, and he will even be happy with their decision. I have the utmost faith in McGee, and I don't doubt for a second his abilities in bringing us a top-notch head coach. He proved his abilities in bringing us Cremins. It is in no way his fault that Cremins turned around and stabbed him and the university in the back. We can't let this deceit ruin us, though. Sure, Cremins has done a lot of damage, but we can recover. Let's just pull together, and give all our support to the new coach. T iii the world's largest studen 'Real Couri Lizafc Thi GOOD <1*0 c^EASONABL Country Breakfast Home Cooked Meats Fresh Vegetables Sandwiches and Sala Speaks and Seafood Open 7 days a week Breakfast Lunch and Dinn< Complete Catering and Carry-out Service 921 Sumter St. Cornell Arms Building (Across from the Horsesho Gamecot Special Marinated Chick* brown served with Frenc $2 Offer good eve 7 day Please brii Lizard's Thicke Cornell Arms Building Good for Eat-in and C Expire Spo Students 1 By TONY SANTORI de Staff Writer dt Amazement. Utter disbelief. ^ Anger. More disappointment and ^ anger. Ihese are just some ot the words that could be used to describe the m reaction of students on campus to n the announcement that Georgia *? Tech basketball coach and IJSC m alumnus Bobby Cremins was not ,ai coming home to coach the Py Gamecocks. Sc In a press conference Wednesday, Cremins appeared -'a jubilant about returning to his alma 'n mater for the 1993-94 season. ev However, following a couple of di: apparently sleepless nights, sc Cremins reversed his decision and decided early Saturday to "return" Pc to Tech. Ci As word of the announcement '? spread across campus, many long dc faces could be seen on USC stu- un Compton i i : . A H r ' -S 1 1 TV Sophomore Darlene Garreis hurl finish in the South Carolina Roui J BSSph t & youth travel organizational I I Ltry Cooking' is 4 l cket I ODAlj ^Sm E TRICES > JI i i jj 11 1 (UH JS111 :k Special! ?n Tenders Fried to a golden h Fries and Honev Mustard ..95 ry day 4pm-10pm s a week ig coupon to (t 921 Sumter St. (Across from Horseshoe) arry-out Call 765-1373 :s 3-31-93 >rts hurt by C :nts. Can these sad-looking stumUs be this way because of m remins' announcement? ab :cording to their comments, prob- fr< ilv so. w; Freshman sports administration cc ajor Keith Kuceris said, "We an :eded a coach, and when we dc und one, he left. He (Cremins) ight have made his team and de mily back home in Georgia hap- Jce r, but he disappointed everyone in su >uth Carolina." wi Freshman marine biology major co son Roach reiterated the sad feelgs. "I think that I speak for M eryone when I say it was a big th; sappointment to the fans and the a hool," he said. w< Roach also brought up a valid lint about the adverse effects of fa emins' decision. "He (Cremins) Sa st the school many millions of H< >llars. What he did was very M [professional." " co foi earns 300 JijL \ ed a one-hitter in leading the Lac id Robin Tournament. ^tan i %?# Easy ; /JY-UZZ I One Month Unlimited $50 1344C Knox Abbott Dr. 3 miles from USC ass are starting right now. Call 256-0673 KAPLAN The answer to the test question. RlWntio. Personalized Graduat Announcements Balfour (Min:10) $12.5' Univ. Bookstore (Min: 25) S3 Balfour prints locally No shipping and handling el\i (When picked up at our local c University Bookstore does not print locally Undergraduate caj gown and tassel Balfour - SI6.00 Univ. Bookstore - $17.49 m re mills' i Freshman chemical engineering i ajor Byron McKie also spoke out the emotional roller coaster 1 im the entire ordeal. "Everyone s is looking forward to having a 1 >ach like Cremins. . . it (the * nouncement) was a major let- * wn," he said. Some students took Cremins' 1 cision as a sign that USC's bas- I tball program would undoubtedly J ffer because of the loss of what ould have been a "big-name ach." Frpchmnn nnlilipal cripnr-p mair\r ? att Feldman said, "We thought at we would have a good team in couple of years, but now we an't." Cremins released a statement by x from Atlanta at 9:30 a.m. iturday through his agent Richard Dwell. USC Athletics Director ike McGee hastily called a news nference at the athletic offices r 12:30 p.m. to make the official th victory * W 1 ? x Pete Rogers/The Gameccok ly Gamecocks to a first-place u From //i? people who brought campus before MTV knew SH CARPI .INA PROG This Week s j Monday, 3/29/93 Dance Lessons in the Golden Monday, 3/29/93 Display of Sections of the All Dedication of New Panels 7:00pm Russell Hou: Speech By Jeanne White, Mother of Ryan Wh Ballroom Tuesday, 3/30/93 Robin Greenstein, New Yor Spur 7:30pm Wednesday, 3/31/93 Video Buttons in the Rus Sunday, 4/4/93 Cockstock, An All-Day Outdo* Toasters With Special Guests Channel Zero, Tl Mary (of 10,000 Maniacs) P.E. Field Begins at All programs arc paid for, in part, by All programs arc subject to change due to budge All events are free for USC-Columbia students, undt ...and we've onlyj \ May Grad ompare and Save $$ ion c 0 5.00 Balfm Free H'^CS parking |_ )fficc) ,nr-r > Phone ordei U 2 or come b 1226 Pic > Thank you, B decision innouncement. One student, however, apparenty did take the announcement in ;tride and had a different assessnent of the situation. "I think that t'o A I O piV/lljr lUUll^ , ScllU ilCMJlllrtll )usiness administration major Sean larding. "There was no way that >ne guy was going to turn the vhole program around in one year, rhey (the team) aren't gonna do inything until after I graduate, anyvay." This pessimistic view was rare imong students. Anger and disappointment did pve way to amazement in certain nstances. "This is an unprecedent;d event in college basketball. I Till cannot believe it," engineering iophomore Robbie Prunty said. Neither could lots of other peo)le. Some still can't. And the anger ind disappointment of many could ast for quite a while around these >arts. ' at USC ly KEVIN COULTER staff Writer As Bobby Cremins was fleeing rom his job at USC, the Yellow ackets' softball team was unable o find the same escape route as he Lady Gamecocks handed hem a 9-0 loss. The victory by USC in the first ound of the Winthrop nvitational marked a milestone or South Carolina Head Coach oyce Compton, who won her 100th game in "eight seasons as he Carolina head coach. Earlier this year, the 18-year :oaching veteran notched her :r>A.v. u: ? u fwwiii tdicci viciuiy, which ncludes her stints as head coach it Mattatuck Community College, he University of Missouri and JSC. Freshman pitcher Kim Sheridan mproved her record to 6-3 while )ana Fulmer provided a three-run tomer in the first inning. USC received another strong (itching performance from )arlene Gareis in their next game igainst Ohio University. Gareis )icked up her 10th victory of the eason as South Carolina whipped )hio 11-1. With the wins, the Lady Jamecocks improved their record o 19-9-1. South Carolina continled play in the tournament over he weekend, but results were inavailable at press time. the Spin Doctors to who they were... >11 ,R AM UNION Programs Spur 6:00pm DS Memorial Quilt and se Ballroom, Followed By A ite 8:00pm Russell House k Singer/Songwriter in the Golden sell House Lobby All Day ir Music Festival Featuring The te Dashboard Saviors, John and 11:00am student activity fees. ttary and progiamatic decisions. srgraduate and graduate, with an ID. 'ust begun! uates1f|p rwn USC < gp_ Pendelton Sana* i ' Qscsu X tt Dunbar Funeral Hem * ?^ Lxtr *s with VISA or MC 54-5330 y our local office kens St., Suite 5 uddy Roth, Cla ss of '72